The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-02-08
MANY DELEGATES HERE
The SnfFragist Convention Now
Ready for Business.
Prominent Women's Rights Leaders
Present From Every stnte in the
ing Held Last Night-A Memorial
May Re Presented to Congress.

| 1 ne HESl executive meeting oil the thirty
second annual convention of the Nationa
| American womans Suffrage Association
was held last night at the Riggs House
Miss Susan r. Anthony presided. and mo
| tons and propositions were discussed an
adopted relating to the business before tn
convention. Zach State was reprcsentet
| and the following State delegates wert
rreser,:
Alabama. Virginia Clay Clopton: Ari
| IONA. Mrs. Pauline NJ. ONeiu: California
Mrs. Mary Wood Swift; Colorado. Mrs
Amy X Cornwall: Connecticut Mrs. lisa
| bella Beecher Hooker: Delaware. Mrs
I Martha 5. Cranston; District of Columbia
| Mrs. Ellen Powell Thompson and Mrs
:. Helen Rand Tindall; Georgia Mrs. Ger.
! trude c. Thomas and Miss Adelaide vii
/ son; Illinois. Mrs. Catharline Waugh Nc.
/ Culloch and Mrs. Elmira Springer; n
| diana Mrs Bertha C. Wade Mrs. Alice
| Wheeler Peirce. and Mrs. May Wright
/ Sewall. Iowa, Mrs. Evelyn II. Belden ant
| Mrs. Mettc Baub Romans: Kansas. Mrs
Annie L. Digs and Mrs Anna c. Wait;
| Kentucky. Miss Laura Clay: Louisiana
| Mrs. Caroline E. Merrick Maine Mrs
| Lucy Hobart Day and Miss Anne Burgess
Maryland Mrs. Mary Bentley Thomas and
| Mrs. Emma Maddox Funck: Massachu-
sets Mrs Mary A. Livermore. Mr. Black
| we'll. and Mrs. Ellen W Garrison: Massa
chusetts National. DR.. Salome Merritt
and Miss Lavina A. Hatch Michigan. Mrs
! LenOr Starker Bliss. Mrs. Elizabeth \.
Willard. Mrs. May Stocking Knaggs and
Mrs Mary L. Doe: Minnesota Mrs. Martha
! ]. Thompson; Mississippi. Mrs. Hala Ham
mond Butt Missouri. Miss Ella Harrison
and Mrs. Addie NJ. johnson; Montana, DR..
Maria ". Dean; Nebraska, Mrs. Mary
I Smith Hayward; Mrs. Clara Bewick Colby.
and Mrs. Marble: New Jersey Mrs Flor
enee Howe Hall and Dr. Mary D. Hussey:
New Mexico. Mrs. Catharne 2. Wallace:
New York. Mrs. Mariana w Chapman
Mrs. Ella Hawley Crossett. and Mrs. Lille
Devereaux Blake; North Carolina. Miss
Helen Norris Lewis: North Dakota Mrs.
Flora b. Naylor and Mrs L. L. Muir; Ohio.
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton and Mrs Har-
riet Brown Stanton: Oklahoma. Mrs. Mag
gle O. Rhodes: Oregon, Mrs. Abigail Scott
Duniway; Pennsylvania. Mrs. Lucretia l..
Blankenburg and Mrs. Rachel Foster
Avery; Rhode Island. Mrs Ardelia Cook
DewiDg; South Carolina. Mrs. Virginia II.
Young; South Dakota, Mrs. Anna r. Sim
mons; Tennessee. Mrs Ida Merriwether;
Vermont, Rev. G.. L. Story: Virginia. Mrs
Ora Langborne; Washington. Mrs. Carrie
". Hill; West Virginia. Mrs Beulah Boyd
Richie and Mrs. Fannie J. Wheat, and
Wisconsin. Rev. Olympia Brown.
The first public session of the convention
Will be held this morning at 10 o'clock. at
the Church OF Our Father, corner of Thir-
teenth and l. Streets northwest Public
sessions will be held daily al 10 a. m. and
s p. m, and the admission to all LESSONS
will be free
The programme for this NOR hing's ses-
sion embraces the report of the Vice
President Large. Rev Ania Howard
Shaw: report of the Corresponding Secre-
tary, Rachel Foster Avery. committee on
Federal suffrage, Sarah Clay Bennett.
Chairman: legislation. Laura VI. Johns.
Chairman; Presidential suffrage. Henry b.
Blackwell Chairman; industrial problems
affecting women and children, Clara Be
wick Colby, Chairman; reports OF delegates
TO quinquennial of International Council OF
Women. by Susan b. Anthony and Rev
Anna Howard Shaw: addresses by the
State President OF California Mrs. Mary
W. Swift Colorado. Amy X. Cornwell:
Connecticut, Isabella Beecher Hooker;
Delaware, Emma Love. Representative;
District of Columbia Ellen Powell Thomp-
son.
Tonight's public session will begin at
o'clock, with the following programme:
Addresses by Isabel c. Barrows. CT Massa-
chusetts. on "Womeu's Work in Philan-
thropy;" Harriet May Mills. of New York,
The Winning OF Educational Freedom
Mary c. c. Bradford. of Colorado. on THE
Social Transformation. Elizabeth Cady
Stanton. of New York. Moral and Ma
terial Law Alike Immutable and Inexor-
able"
Delegates are arriving in large num-
bers, and the Riggs House, which is the
headquarters of the association, is fairly
well taken possession of by the members
OF the association. Among the prominent
sessions are Rev Anna Shaw Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait, Mrs. Lille Devereaux
Blake, Harriet Taylor Upton. Mrs Ida
Hustled Harper. A. Emmagenc Paul. Mrs.
Annie l.. Diggs. Alice Stone Blackwell.
Rachel Foster Avery, Mary G.. Hay Of New |
York. Mrs. Ellen Wright Garrison Of Bos-
ton. Mrs. Eliza Wright Osborne. Auburn;
Mrs. Louise Southworth, Cleveland Mrs. /,
Frank Leslie. New York: Catharine !
Waugh McCulloch. Chicago: Julia Cathar- !
me Barnes. President OF the Illinois Wo !
mans Press Association. Nine. Sofia 1
Lvovno Friedlander. delegate from Rus
'ia. is expected. also Mrs. Harriet Stanton /
3latch from England. who is a daughter
u EliLaDeth tady stanton.
IL is the purpose Of the convention to
gain memorialize Congess on the woman
uffrage question, with particular reference
o the newly-acquired possessions of the
ountry. The respective committees will
lave hearings before the Senate and House
committees on February To-
The election of successor 10 Miss
anthony as President Of the association is
matter OF great Importance and lively
scussion Miss Anthony has decided TO
esign. after Il service as the head of the
rgauization for more than twenty years.
nd there has been much speculation and
anvassiug TO her prospective successor.
Mrs Lille Deyereaux Blake. and Mrs.
'arrie Chapman Gait are among those
hieiy mentioned for the honor. But there
also considerable runner as to the proba-
ility Of an unknown candidate entering
he field
The following are the officers OF the as
ociation: Honorary President Elizabeth
'ady stanton; President. Susan u. An
lony: Vice Presidential Large. Rev. Anna
toward Shaw. CORES pOndng Secretary,
achel Foster Avery; Recording Secretary.
lice Stone Blackwell. Treasurer. Harriet
aylor Upton: Auditors. Laura Clay.
atherine Waugh McCulloch Chairman
Committee on Organization Carrie Chap
ran Gait.
The local committees are composed of
he following ladies': Lucy f. Anthony.
NINA NJ. Gillett. Nettie Louisa White
larry G.. Hay. Elnora NJ. BabcOck Ellen |
Dwell Thompson. Helen Rand Tiudall
Irs. j. r. Hawley. Miss Florence d. Spot
lrd. Franklin A. Gardner. NJ. D., Mrs.
lillian Geddis Mrs. Clara Blerich Colby
Irs Rufus Saxton. DR.. Anita Newcomb
IcGee, DIR. Clara MacNaughton, Mrs.
cane f. Bracket
Lieutenant TayIor's Funeral.
The remains of Fist Lieut.. Edward
aylor. of the Twelfth Infantry. are ex
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