The San Francisco call., 1896-11-06
THOSE WHO FOUGHT
FOR SUFFRAGE
The Annual Convention of
the State Associa-
tion.
Credit Given to the State News.
papers, Excepting the
Chronicle"
THEY ARE NOT CAST DOWN.
Consider They Have Won Victory
in the Great Vote Polled for
Them
THEY ARE NOT CAST DOWN.

The women who have been in the front
of the battle for suffrage in this State are
anything but cast down by the result of
Tuesdays election.
At the annual convention of the State
Suffrage Association assembled in Golden
Gate Hall Saturday nearly every speaker
referring to the subject at all did so in the
tone of congratulation and satisfaction.
Miss Anthony especially expressed graf
ifcation at the result, and Mrs. Ida Har-
per, chairman of the press committee,
strongly seconded her.
1--WE from the East who came to work
with you through the campaign will take
the train next Saturday and return
home." said Miss Anthony, land we will
DO so with no feeling OF disappointment
whatever on the result. Quite the con-
trary,
1.-The fact that such large num- ber of
votes were cast for the amendment is in
dication of a great stride toward the
emancipation of woman in California.
You must RENE N ber that this matter has
been discussed in this State but little.
The only reason for its failure now is
ignorance-a lack of confidence in the
very fundamental principle of the repub-
lie itself. But no such work of education
has been accomplished anywhere in any
like period of time-a mere little eli g ht
months. Down in my country, in the
East, we have been working and agitating
for many years, going before the Legisla-
| ture session after session and to political
conventions with the same regularity
| with which they are called, and We have
| not yet got suffrage.
"You see, We have a great many new
people to educate down there. The thou
sands of newcomers that are year after
year brought IN from other countries
wholly unaole to comprehend the spirit OF
our institutions-they form our obstacle
so we have about given up hope of storm
ing those citadels, and must wait for you
OF the West TO work the reform. You have
done excellently we'll, md it only re-
mains for you 10 keep at work, to educate
and educate and We will shortly win.
Il have TO say that very much OF the
credit of this great work belongs to women
whose names we never heard, whom we
| never see-:hose noble, loyal women who
have la bored in their own districts among
their neighbors. They have accomplished
III uch."
Golden Gate Hall was filled by the
delegates to the convention and friends of
| the Cause. By vote, il was decided 20 give
representations to every club or organza-
tion IN the State bailing from places where
there was no regular county representa-
| ton.
An additional delegate was allowed for
every twenty-five mem bers in excess of
twenty-five in every cub or organization.
| Mrs. McCann OF Santa Cruz became q
delegate by this action, and was warmly
applauded when she arose to speak,
| coming as she did. and as she proudly said
| she did, rom "a county that carried for
| suffrage"
The presidents, secretary's and treas
urer's reports were read for the year.
| Alameda County was reported as havin G
| the largest suffrage club, mbering over
| 800. The treasurer reported credit in
| the bank OF nearly $780,
| The routine business of the convention
being disposed of Mrs. Ida Harper, chair
| man OF the press committee, was called
upon Tor report of the work. She said
that though her pen nad scarcely been
out of her hands for these eight months
past, she had not prepared a report as yet,
but would talk about it.
when Miss Anthony first came here to
direct this campaign" she said, Il offered
myself Tor her disposal. l had known
her many years; l had been always ready
to do what L could in the cause oil suffrage
and now stood ready to obey her orders.
She Immediately put me in charge OF the
press committee. We called upon the
proprietors and editors OF all the news
papers AID met with a most cordial re-
ceptlon at their hands without exception.
They said they would give us what aid
they could, and that they would not op-
pose US in any way. They have all kept
their words and have treated US and our
cause with great liberality."
voice: Did not the Chronicle on the
morning of the election and for several