The San Francisco call., 1896-05-08
The Tribune and the Mercury
Open Their Columns to Aid
the Movement.
OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN
Stirring Speeches by Some of the Lead
ing Men of MADEIRA on Woman's
Right to Vote.

MADEhAi OAL., May Tine women
suffragists and their friends and sympa.
thizers turned out in full force this even.
ing and packed Athletic Hall. 1t was an
enthusiastic meeting from start to finish
and success that its promoters, the mem.
bers of the Equal Suffrage Club, have
every reason to be proud of. Judging
from the interest now manifested in the
movement and its exceeding popularity
with the voters of all shades of political
faith in MADEIRA County the amendment
will carry by a large majority in this
county.
Both the MADEIRA newspapers, the Mer-
curry and the Tribune, have thrown open
their columns to the discussion and ad
vocacy of the suffrage movement and the
Equal Suffrage Club has selected two press
committees whose duty it will be to see
that none of this kindly offered space goes
a-begging. Mrs. w. B. McElwee and DIR.
Mary Ryerson Butin will have charge OF
the department in the Tribune and Mrs.
E. E. Vincent and Mrs. w. H. Finley will
supply and edit the woman's suffrage
matter for the Mercury.
At the big meeting in Athletic Hall this
evening the speakers and their subjects
were as follows:
Judge o. T. Redfield, "The Horoscope OF
the Future Parties"
Judge w. T. Searles, "Proportionate
Representation"
Judge W. F. Fowler, "Why I am a
Suffragist."
W. Fl. Larew, 1.-THE Eleventh Amend.
ment."
R. L. Hargrove, 1.-THE Populists."
W. E. Wolf, "The Democrats
W. H. Williams, "The Republicans
F. w. Taft, "Free Silver"
Thomas Cosgrove, "The Press"
B. &. Hawkins, "The Schools"
G. W. Mordecai, 1.-The Tariff"
DR.. F. R. Brown, "Why Am I a Suf-
fragist?"
All of the speakers strongly indorsed the
suffrage movement and declared not only
their intention of voting for it, but also of
advocating the amendment with all their
powers of persuasiveness. There was
much enthusiasm, and all of the speakers
were.warmly applauded.
Mrs. Ella Mcconnell, the president of
the Equal Suffrage Club, presided at the
meeting and made brief speech in open
ing. She spoke of THE Calls advocacy of
VIC OduoC dllO p4GuICbcQ lOT ludL paper the
gratitude and support of all thinking men
and women in California. Her remarks
were roundly applauded.
During the evening refreshments were
served by the ladies. There was a big
toothsome equality cake that was pro-
nouneed of delicious flavor by those for
tunate enough to get taste-for the size
of the cake had its limits and the crowd
was almost unlimited as to numbers.
There was also free silver and a Peoples
party cake, besides other deiicacies parad :
ing under political names too numerous
to enumerate. The committees in charge
of the meeting were as follows:
On hall-Mrs. E. A. Hill, Mrs. Larew.
Mrs. Dunn.
On speakers-Mrs. McElwee, Mrs. Boon.
DR.. NJ. R. Butin.
On refreshments-Mrs. D. B. McFaul
Mrs. Hutchinson, Mrs. Mcconnell. Mrs.
Tambaugh.
Aside from these and the officers of the
Equal Suffrage Club the following mem
bers and tn .ir friends and sympathjzers
were very active and did much good work
in various different directions toward
making the event the splendid success it
was: