The herald., 1896-11-12
: WOMAN SUFFRAGE :
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Last Monday afternoon the woman
suffrage headquarters presented an an
imated scene of more or less agitated
femininity. No one gave the least evil
dence of the bitter disappointment that
had come to them through the failure
of San Francisco and Oakland to carry
the sixth amendment.
They had had time to put defeat behind
them, and had already begun to make
plans for renewal of effort, and very
cheering factor in this determination
was the consciousness that Los Angeles
had given the largest majority in the
state for woman's suffrage.
This gathering was in response to the
call of the president for a last meeting
of the county campaign committee,
which was called to order at 2:30 o'clock.
The first important order of exercises
| was the report of the financial secretary,
Mrs. Gray, which disclosed the fact
that all expenses were paid and a small
balance remained in pledges, as good
| as cash in hand, with which to start a
| new fund.
The corresponding secretary, Mrs. Lu-
III p. Little, followed with an admira-
| BILE report, showing much hard work
accomplished in correspondence, in
| Guiding an elaborate report of the re-
| turns of the election on the amendment.
This was followed by a report from the
| chairman of the press committee, CIV
| ing detailed account Of press work
| done by the various members of the
committee. and commencing many 9TH
| ers who had aided the committee by
| timely and appropriate contributions to
the press, which throughout the county
has been liberal and courteous beyond
expectation. This report was accepted
with a rising vote of thanks to the chair
| man.
| A committee was then appointed by
! the chair. consisting of Mrs. Gray. Mrs
Ludlam and Mrs. Little, to take charge
of all unfinished business of the county
| committee, and by a unanimous vote
Mrs. Gray was made custodian Of all
| the property that had been accumulated
| by the committee during the campaign.
Mrs. McComas then presented the fol-
| lowing resolutions, which were unani-
mously adopted:
wherets, A majority Of 800 ESQ far
counted) of the voters Of Los Angeles
county have shown themselves In favor
of progress and civilization, having
steadfastly upheld the American prin-
ciple Of universal liberty and equality
before the law by voting for the eleventh
amendment; therefore be it
Resolved, That we. the Los Angeles
county woman suffrage campaign COM
mittee, in regular session assembled,
while we recognize in the defeat of
woman's suffrage in the state menace
to good government from large class
of the voters who have declared against
this political reform is so essential to the
upbuilding of our commonwealth. we
most gratefully acknowledge the gen.
crosby and "Reminiscences of the men
of this county in their noble efforts in
our behalf during the campaign and at
the polls.
Resolved, That we highly esteem and
appreciate the splendid service of our
county newspapers, which have so lib
orally granted space in which to present
our cause and acknowledge without hes
itation that our work would have been
more than doubled without their timely
and invaluable aid.
Resolved, That we fully appreciate the
value of the quiet. constant and unag-
gressive individual work of hundreds
of women in this county, who, while not
laying aside their domestic duties, SO
simplified them as to be enabled to give
time and means to bring about final vic
tory; and we feel assured that they
could never drop back where they were
before this battle begun, but will be
ready for further action when the time
arrives for another effort to place our
state upon higher political plane.
Resolved, That while we know that
1t would be unjust to discriminate
among so many self-denying workers,
we cannot close our campaign without
a grateful mention of our faithful pres
ident, Mrs. Lizzie H. Meserve. and our
efficient financial secretary, Mrs Anne
dia B. Gray, who have served daily at
headquarters with no thought of COM
pensatiOn save the ultimate success of
the committee in carrying the county
for woman suffrage. No words can ex-
tne ittr1a ~ + %n~ 60,
such loyal service, without which other
workers would have been less efficient,
and the labor of the campaigns less eff
fective
Resolved, That while we deplore the
present defeat in the state, we will, n
couraged by the gallant help of our
husbands, fathers and brothers, press
forward in this just cause until every
county in California Is as willing as our
own to grant to women all the rights
of citizenship.
Resolved, That our corresponding Sec
rotary be instructed to convey In writing
to Mr.. 7. d. Stimson our sincere thanks
for the generous loan of the four rooms
we have so comfortably occupied as
headquarters, and to the Los Angeles
Furniture company and Barker Broth
ers for furniture loaned.
Resolved. That these resolutions be
published in San Francisco and in all
on the minutes.
A motion was then carried to adjourn
sine die, as the organization had existed
simply for campaign work and its task
was completed.
Mrs. Ada j. Longley Immediately pre-
sented a resolution calling county con-
vention to be composed Of two or more
| delegates from each precinct club, and
from this to form permanent county
organization.
temporary committee was elected
to take the matter in hand. Mrs Me-
serve. chairman; Mrs. Little, secretary:
| Mrs. Lydia Rees, Mrs. Georgiana Hodg-
man, Mrs. Margaret Rice. The call was
signed by representative women in the
various precincts and will be published.
| Thus 1t will be plainly seen that though
much of the work of the present cam
paign must be repeated. the suffragists
are equal to the task and are confident
| of fnal success. The work will in the
next two years be even more systemat-
| ically arranged, although this county
led the state in systematic work, and
the experience gained in this campaign
viii make the one that it to follow more
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