The Washington times., 1902-02-12
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE
CONVENTION TODAY
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ton city for the Woman Suffrage Associa.
/ ton. This is a matter which has beer
| mentioned rather often of late, to the in.
terest of Washington. 1t would certainly
be picturesque turning of the tables il
the city in which the suffragists me-
with some Of their most violent opposition
fifty years ago should turn out 10 be theil
permanent convention home. But Mrs
Gait drew, as it were, broad brush
loaded with black paint across that prop
osition and wiped it out.
Nobody is thinking of that" said she
THE arrangement which was made some
time ago was that Washington should
have the convention every two years,
while in the alternate years it should
meet somewhere else. A great many peo-
pie think it ought to meet somewhere
else every year. The Western branches
really have some reason to object to any
permanent establishment of the conven-
ton in the East 1t seems hardly fair to
the Westerners to compel them to bear
all the expense of a journey from the
other side of the continent"
Suffrage is gaining ground in the
West?"
Gaining Ground Everywhere.
1T is gaining everywhere" The tone
Of the speakers voice was convincing,
as who should say, Il should like to hear
anybody claim that it wasn't" The con-
fidence which inspires daring and enter
prise belongs to Mrs. Gait.
But especially in the Wost?"
Perhaps. 1t has been tried there and
found to work. But women are having
hot ,Ia II,
Eastern cities than was ever expected"
rs there a good prospect for an inter
national suffrage association"
Il think so. The interest in suffrage
is growing abroad. There is a great deal
of 1t in some countries where you would
not expect TO find it. In Holland, for ex-
ample, there is a strong suffrage party.
In Germany. In Sweden"
Perhaps in countries where the lib
critics of the people have been restricted
in greater degree there is the more in
with other reforms?"
Yes, perhaps. But in some European
countries where women have gained the
right to vote they have not given so much
attention to advance in other directions"
rs the association including other
things as well as suffrage in its aims as
time goes on"
Not to the exclusion of suffrage. That
is. and must continue to be. first. The
other things are linked with IT.
The convention will start in earnest at
$3.50 o'clock this morning The executive
committee will gather at the Riggs House.
This will be followed by roll cali and
miscellaneous business.
The international conference is sched
uled for IL o'clock, and at 2:30 o'clock the
convention will open at the First Presby-
terrain Church.
The programme for this Afternoon Will
be as follows:
Convention called to order by the pres
ident, Carrie Chapman Gait.
Prayer, Rev. John Van Schaick, jr.
Congregational singing, led by Miss Ell
Ia l.. Maddox, Baltimore.
Report of executive committee.
Credential report, Harriet Taylor Up
ton chairman.
Appointments of committees-fnance,
courtesies. credentials, and resolutions.
appointment of timekeepers and con-
vention pages.
Address of welcome, by Henry B. F.
Mcfarland. President of the Board of
Commissioners, Washington, ID. c.
Greetings TO foreign guests: May Wright
Sewall. president international Council of
Women; Clara Barton, president Interna-
;ional Red Cross; Susan B. Anthony,
honorary president National American
Woman Suffrage Association; Rev. Anna
H. Shaw. vice president National Ameri-
can Woman Suffrage Association.
Response by Nine. Sofia Levovna Fried
land, of Russia.
Presidents annual address, Carrie
Chapman Gait.
The programme for tonight-"pioneer
evening" when Miss Anthony will pre-
be this: Battle Hymn of the
Republic" congregational singing led by
John Hutchinson: greeting from Englands
pioneer. Priscilla Bright McLaren pre-
sented by Mrs. Florence Fenwick Miller;
Educated Suffrage, Elizabeth Cady