Evening star., 1902-02-15
Busy Morning for the Woman
Suftagists.
HONORS FOR THE CHIEF
NORE19HERS pREEBNT MISS An
THoNY A TESTIMONIAL.
Plan Of Future Work Submitted to ths
Convention The Program
Since Yesterday.

Since Yesterday.
| The interest in the National American
| Woman Suffrage Association would seem
| to be on the increase, if attendance at the
morning session is any criterion. The
body of the hall was well filled when Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait tapped the gavel at
1O:45 o'clock today. 1t was a busy morn
ing for all concerned, for the various COM
mittees were hard at work preparing their
reports and all wanted to watch the pro-
ceedings.
The interest of the morning centered
about Miss Anthony, where a good deal
of the interest of the suffragists seems to
center at all times 1t is the eighty-second
anniversary of her birth, and nobody for
got it. The foreign delegates through
Mrs. Florence Fenwick Miller Of England,
presented their congratulations and set
of resolutions. which were addressed ITO
Susan B. Anthony" The resolutions re-
cite:
to the first International Woman Suffrage
Conference gladly take the opportunity of
your eighty-second birthday to express to
you our love and reverence, our gratitude
for your lifelong work for women, and our
rejoicing that you have lived to see such
great steps onward made by the world at
large I'm the direction in which you led at
first under such prejudice. Praying that
you may enjoy years OF health. cheered by
eyer-freSh advance, We remain your loving
friends: Florence Fenwick Miller, Eng
/ land; Sofia Levoyna Friedland, Russia;
Carolina Holman Huidobro Chile; Gudrum
Drewson Norway; Vida Goldstein. Aus
tralia; Emmy Evald, Sweden; Antonio
Stole, Germany.
Miss Anthony began reply to the reso-
lutions, but broke down completely, tears
streaming down her face. Rev. Anna How
ard Shaw came to the rescue. as she
thought. and in the name of Miss An
thcnys home compatriots in the suffrage
work presented her a great basket of lus-
cicus-looking fruits.
Miss Anthony said Miss Shaw. "you
have been to us more than leader, more
than our teacher. more than our guide;
you have been our friend. Take this, with
our love for you, dear. dear friend"
Miss Anthony made no attempt to reply,
and the. affection that all felt for her
brought the audience to tears. 1t looked
like handkerchief day at a bargain sale,
and for the space Of two minutes the presi-
dent. Mrs. Gait. stood upon her feet,
! willing to break the hush that had fallen
upon the audience.
Her Unselhshness.
1.-The greatest thing about Miss Anthony,
to my mind she said at last, ''is her ut
ter unselfshness and lack Of self-conscious-
ness. AS I came up the aisle with her the
other night, and the magnificent audience
| that had gathered broke into a thunder OF
| applause for her whom we all love- Miss
Anthony looked about her to see what
caused 1t and then asked: what has broken
loose now? What are they applauding
| for?' 1t never enters her head that she
can be famous. She puts all attentions to
herself down to the cause, and the cause
! is dearer to her than life"
Il Mrs. Gait then said that few people knew
just how to receive presents. but she knew
a present that Miss Anthony would receive
| cOmnlaiSancP
ganization needed 5000, and Miss Anthony
would rather have that sum given the
ciety than to have 1t herself. And before
the session ended the 5000 and more had
been pledged. Colorado presented Miss An
thony with a big bunch of red roses.
Plan Of Work.
The plan of work for the coming year was
presented to the convention by Mrs Ida
Porter Boyer. In brief, this plan is as fol-
lows:
''That an effort be made to secure suf-
frage days at chautauqua, state and coun-
ty fairs. etc
That prizes be offered for the best essays
"That we continue the plea for a six
teenth amendment and that states request
their members OF Congress to speak for
equal suffrage in their respective districts
| and aid the work before the congressional
body.
1--WE recommend that a special committee
on increase Of membership be appointed in
order that we may double our members.
I'VE suggest that clubs seek qualified
women as local organizers. and when such
are found invite them to assist.
THAT each state appoint state historian.
THAT each local society establish cir
| culating library of suffrage books among
it's own members and endeavor to place
suffrage books in travelling libraries.
THAT each state urge the local clubs to
crystalline the sentiment In their own dis
tricts by enrolling sufragfsts and by keep
ing on file their names and addresses.
| ''That systematic work be done to Increase
the circulation of the suffrage papers.
| THAT the quarterly publication, Progress,
| be furnished at reduced rates to states de-
string it in large quantities.
| THAT the national press work be continued
| along present lines, and that each state
elect a superintendent Of press work.
THAT a national column be published in
the Woman's Journal
For Civil Rights.
THAT the committee on legislation for
civil rights be continued.
1--WE recommend that presidential suffrage
be urged where practicable.
THAT each state examine into the laws
relating to women, and try to have them
equalized. That enfranchised states In par
| ticular be urged to equalize their laws in
this respect.
THAT women who pay taxes protest
against taxation without representation
| "That effort be made to secure the passage
of woman suffrage resolutions by national
| and state conventions.
THAT an appropriate letter stamp, repre-
| sentative of our cause, be prepared.
| THAT the business committee appoint
| credental committee. and that this commit
tee have stated hours. before and during
| the convention, to receive the credentials
of delegates. and that delegates be given
badges upon presentation of credentials.
Resolutions Adopted.
| Resolutions were presented To fhe cop
vention by the chairman Of the committee.
Henry Blackwell, and after some discus
sion adopted practically as presented. They
| declared reaffirmation of the nrincinles of