The Portland daily press., 1900-02-19
A Magnificent Tribute to a Portland
Woman.
Annual Meeting Of Local
organization.
Programme for Next Year Pre-
scented.

The meeting of the Equal Suffrage club
was one OF special interest Saturday af-
ternoon, on account of the reports of the
two delegates to tire National convention
at W ashiDgtop, as well as the fact that IL
was the ANIMAL nesting.
The president, Mrs. Bigelow, was In
che chair. After the roll call the nominat-
ing committee trougnt In the report OF
the officers of the ensuing year, which
was voted upon In the order of business
and the following officers were eleoted:
PJesident-Mrs. K. VI Bigelow.
Vice PTesldents-MIs N. 3. Gard ner
Mrs. George y. Frye Mira. Cherries Day.
I Recording Secrstary-Miss Sarah +.
Colburn.
Corresponding secretary-Miss Anne
Burgess.
Tressursr--Miss Alice Blanchard.
The club Is to be congratulated on it's
efficient board.
The question Of repeating the public
entertainment which was given SO sue.
&c sfuily last year called forth good
deal Of discussion, but 1t was finally yot-
ed to Iet eat Il. and as the former chair
man, Mrs Isnas Thompson. felt unable
ges. WAC appointed in her stead to supply
all vacancies, as it was understood that
some of the ladies' who took part last
ysar might not be able to serve again. 1t
was also suggested that this en- ter tainment
be given In the latter part Of March, but
no definite action Was taken.
Mrs. Noah Burgess, as chairman of the
programme committee, brought IN an In
terssting report for the work OF the ensu-
ing year, which IL was hrally votsd so &C.
csps and havs printed. The principal
subject to bs considered was naturally
the one for which the clnb stands,
"Sufffsge." Miss Burgt IS In her report
of the convention at Washington spose
especially Of the heiptuluess OF the N set
ings called ''Work Conferences. ''in which
methods vera discussed, tbs necessity
for organization bsiog point upo
which particular stress was laid. Miss
Burgess also spoke admiringly Of the eve
ming nc dresses but left that part foi
Mrs. Day to speak Of at lenath.
The informal report which Mrs. Lay
gave WAS most interesting to all, for she
tell exactly what her listeners wan ted to
hear, and quite got them into the spirit
of the wonderful convention. she said
What shs was impressed each year with
the personnel of the women gathered
there and also with the fact that 80 many
of the speakers vera young women, all
Ct whom spoke readily, easily and often
e!oquently. There were between. two and
three hundred qualified delegates, but
at all the meetings the audiences were
large, and In the evening, full to over
flowing.
Mrs Day specified some of the most In
teresting Of the different speakers, two of
whom were oolored women, but to her
Portland friends. the strongest interest
conferred In the enthusiastio report she
made of the very tlatteriug way In which
a former townswUman, Miss Gail Laugh
lin. was reosived. Mise Laughlin was
in trudnoed by Miss Anthony as "wage
earnsr,' and as therefore being qualified |
to speak on the subject of "rhs Condi- |
lions Of the Wage Earning Women Of our |
Country"
Mrs. Day said that Miss Laus hlin's |
speech was an admirable one from every
point OF view. for shs not only made her
poinss with clearness and earnestnsss,
hut shs also presented the pathetic side of
the sweat shop question. with eloquenos
and telling foros, At the close of her
speech, she was greeted with the hsartisss
sort of spplArse,s SO that the next speaker,
Mira. Hslsn 4. shaw Of Massachusetts.
very GrAaoasly explained to the audience
who Miss Lapghlin was. of her being a
graduate of Wellesley, and Of Cornell
Law school, and something Of the no nor
she had .wonpn the two colleges. So much
interest was eviroed by the audience,
shat at the close Of the nesting she re-
ceiSed a real ovation which to Mrs. Day
was a mattsr OF great satisfaction and
pride.