The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-02-12
WOMEN WHO WOULD VOTE
Delegates to the Convention Are
Arriving i'm the City.
Sessions to Begin Monday and Con-
tinue Du airing the Week-Those
who Win Read Papers.

Delegates to the thirtieth annual
National American woman's Suffrage
convention which win convene at the
Columbia Theater Monday morning
and continue i'm session throughout the
week. are arriving i'm the city in large
numbers today.
Susan B. Anthony. president OF the
association and Harriet Taylor Upton,
treasurer and chairman of the con-
Vention press committee. are here and
are stopping at the Hotel Regent Miss
Anthony came here from Philadelphia
where she spent several days in con-
sultation with officers of the society.
She also visited Elizabath Cady Stan
ton and Frances E Willard in New
York Miss Anthony has been a mem
Der of the association since 1850, whe 2
she became interested in the movement
at Rochester.
In an interview Miss Anthony said:
81 am very hopeful that women will
be given suffrage in this country and
j feel certain of success"
Mary :. Sperry and daughter. Of
san Francisco, who viii attend the
convention are in the city. She is the
niece Of one of the millionaire manu-
facturers of San Francisco Mrs. s.
4. Gross and niece. Of Chicago. have
arrived. Among the women who have
attained distinction i'm politics who
VIII attend the convention are Martha
h. Cannon. state senator Of Utah. and
Martha h. Conine. a member of the
legislature of Colorado.
Ella Knowles Haskell. of Montana,
who is assistant attorney general of
the State. is also here. She ran on the
POpulist ticket as Ella Knowles
against Mr.. Haskell Republican. Her
opponent was elected and be then mar
ried her and made her assis ant attor-
ney general Rev. Florence Ruck. pas
tor Of tie Unitarian Church. of Cleve-
land: Emma 7. Ewing. the famous
cooking school preceptress: Catherine
Waugh Mccullough, and Lucy Clay.
daughter of Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay. are
among those who have already arrived
in the city.
The first session Of the convention will
be- held at the Columbia Theater Mon
day morning. beginning at 3 o'clock
when the executive committee will meet
The convention will be formally opened
al 10 O'Clock. In the evening at O'Clock
Miss Anthony viii deliver her annual
address. A hearing VIII be given by the
Senate Committee on Wcman's Suffrage
in the marble room at the Capitol. There
VIII also be a meeting before the Judi
CiaTy Committee in the House.
The convention viii meet every morn
ing. afternoon and evening during the
week. Papers Will be read BY the fol.
lowing: May Wright Sewall of Indiana
Grace +. Patton of Colorado. Caroline
HallCwell Miller of Maryland Belle
hearney Of Mississippi. Jessie j. Cassidy
Carrie Chapman Gait. Harriet Taylor
Upton, Clara Berwick Colby. Mariana
". Chapman, Clara Weyman Of New
NClk. Or. Clara Marshall of PernsyI
Nania. Rev. Florence Buck Of Ohio Ella
Knowles Haskell of Montana. Sarat
Clay Bennett Lille DevereauX Blake
Augusta w. Machen. Emma p Ewing o
New York. Rev. Frederic A. Hinckley o.
Pennsylvania, Catherine Waugh McCuI
ipch Of Illinois. Henry B. Blackwell
Laura Clay. Matilda Joslyn Gage o.
Illi0is. May Wright SeWaH Mary Churcl
Terrell and Elizabeth Lange Aus Of Nor
way.
The association viii hold a religion
service at the Columbia Theater at
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon Rev. Anna
Howard Shaw will deliver the sermon.