The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-11-14
WOMEN suFFRAGIsTs COMING.
State Convention VIII Open in Min
neapoIis Today.

The state convention of the Woman's
Suffrage association this week will
have greater Importance attached to its
sessions, than any of its predecessors
The meetings will be tomorrow and
Tuesday in the First Baptist church,
and the local committees have been
in a state of uncaasing activity making
arrangements for the event. The pres
ence of four of the national officers,
Susan B. Anthony, president; Rev. An
ma H. Shaw, vice president; Mrs. Car
RE Chapman Gait, chairman of the
organization committee; Miss Mary G.
Hay, national organizer, the most con-
Spicuous members of the National
American Woman's Suffrage associa-
ton, will make it the most important
convention in the history of the local
body The object of their coming is
a conference with the state association,
as the first OF a series of visits which
they will pay through the winter. Their
itinerary is Minneapolis Nov 1916;
Madison, Nov.-17 and 10; Chicago, Nov.
10 and 20; Grand Rapids Nov. % and
90; Providence, r. l., Dec. II and IS.
They will be in Washington, D. c., Feb.
a and 10, for the annual convention
of the national association, which
meets every second year in. the capital,
and alternate years in states where it
will do the most good.
All four of the officers will have ar
rived today, and will be entertained
during their stay at prominent homes
in the city. Several outside meetings
in the churches will be addressed today
by the visitors. Rev. Anna Shaw will
speak in Andrew Presbyterian church
on the East side, this afternoon at 3
o'clock. In the evening she will make
All address in the Church of the Re
deemer Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait
will speak this evening in Wesley NJ.
z. church on THE New Citizen. -
Tuesday morning, Susan B. Anthony
will address the students of the univer-
sity, at chapel.
Mrs. w. B. Leach, president OF the Wo-
mans council, will make the address of well
come in the opening session tomorrow morn
ing. Miss Mary A. Whedon, president of the
North Dakota Equal Suffrage association, OF
Fargo, will bring greeting from North Da-
kota. Greeting from South Dakota will be
given by Mrs. Annie R. Simmons, president
Of the South Dakota Equal Rights associa-
ton, of Huron. There will be a symposium
on equal suffrage in the afternoon, to which
contributions will be made by Mrs. Julia B.
Nelson, of Red Wing; Miss Nellie Eggleston
DR.. A. S. Hutchson. Minneapolis; Mrs.
Cheta Ferris Lutz, Wells; Rev. Alice R.
Palmer WayZata.
In the Tuesday morning session the con-
ference of the national officers with the state
executive committee will be followed by a
free parliament on THE Relation of the Club
viii be Mrs. c. e. Conant, of Wells Mrs. G.
b. Willett Minneapolis In a discussion OF
''The Interests of Women as Affected by the
Proposed New City Charter" the speakers
will be Prof NJ. L. Sanford, Mrs. T. B. Walk
err Mrs. c. W. Dorset, Miss Grata Coun-
tryman. Mrs. A. D. Buell., Mrs. Robert
Pratt, DIR. Ripley. In the afternoon session
there will be addresses by Mrs. Ada Warner
Gray, Miss Ella L. Guptill, Mrs. Bessie
Laythe Scovell Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
Miss Marie C. Prehm and DR.. Mary Mccoy,
of Duluth. Rev. Annie Shaw will conduct the