The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-01-24
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Opening of the 2Sth Annual Convention in
Washington.

Washington, January 23.-At the open
ing session of the National American
Woman Suffrage association today over
one hundred delegates were in attend
ance. The report of the secretary, Mrs,
Avery, follows:
The success of our cause in Utah
demonstrates clearly the adyisability of
securing the aid of political parties
through planks in their respective plat
FORMS This having been seen by the
women of Utah. they did not wait TO
show their work after every thing had
been decided by the party leaders, as has
too often been the case in States where
we have had state amendment cam
paigns; with non-partisan impartiality
they secured from Republican,, Demo-
cratic and Popnlist party the assurance OF
the support or the rank and file of their
members To "a Constitution containing d
guarantee of full suffrage Tor the won IA
citizens of their Commonwealth, after
which effort on the women's palt they
could well sit by and serenely watch the
course OF events with the assurance that
their acknowledgements was won. We now
have six senators and Representatives
from three states on the floor CT Con-
giess, all of when stand there with all
ever present sense that an important
Tart OF their constituent" are OF the
female sex.
. A pleasant sign Of the growth of pub
Ec saatlaa elt iga iasox Of woman suffrage
VA rue n3agiIi9cena reception accorded
- rue pr, sssteu5, >lsan Is. Anthony, ana
arr V3e,' PCS asIt-at-large, Rev. ANA
~. .. tiAii19i mia last spring, whe,
q boz. i, 1,,.. = L.
:, IA fu's Long ess Association.
y oiien IS lar fro being Il
.stttss. yet tiey seated Miss
lU n cHair lgane entirely OF
y. Sh-,. With l@p6 attention to
.i. sors tff1ua hout tlei, week 5
:eBs pon a hs iionse" and
n' 30 u ny enough in tonor anu
neE. a ~. Sta. fer gong cut
q IAN aissing il heil c9unseis
i,r' magnificent gift OF oTatcrE
'..s ,sfuied al lnvitation for Misss hs n
h, +. ~. 81 no ereat tuurtn CT july ceie-
g "a III ip'San hia4- cisco asa in essFy
: ~ >st.wef Steir high appreciation o
! p 2 tvo leaders il. our work After the
t.osfan's Corgrsss, Miss anthony and
l,t straw made What vas truly 'ta
ilIun3pEal march from one END uf the
sia.e % the otler ana finally returned
eat wth inuuuieraDle Invitations I'M
tl4e, ard with pr misses TO return TO the
Golden 6ate at no distant dale.
9UriEg the latter part of the year, tie
work has lteen in several directions much
hlndered by the general misconceptions
CT the relation of the so-caled Woman s
Bible to our association. As an organi-
zat ON we have bnen held responsible fos-
tie action of an individual Gan action
which many of our members far from
sympath'z ng with, feel TO be unwise)
in issuing a volume with pretentious
title, covering p tumble Of comment mot
translation as the title would indicate
without either scholarship or literary
value, set forth in spirit which is
neither reverent nor inquiring. If the
organization were not in so many
quarters held responsible for his work, l
should feed it out of place to mention it
here, but should be untrue to my
duties as secretary of this association, did
fail to report the fnct that our work is
being damaged, and 1 recommend that
we take some action by resolution to
show that'the association is not respon-
sible for the individuals action of nay of
its officers when acting unofficially and
as an individual SIMPLY -