The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-06
GOOD RESULTS OF
EQUAL SUFFRAGE
CONDITIONS IN COLORADO CITED
AT MIMI. SUFFRAGE ASSN.
Minneapolis Will Entertain the Next
Convention Reception by Local Club
and Lively Question Box Features of
Closing Day of the Anoka Meeting.
Special to The Journal,

Special to The Journal
Anoka, MIMI, Oct. 6.-The Mime.
sofa Suffrage association was opened
yesterday afternoon with prayer by
Rev. Father Dolphin of St. Stephen IS
church. Miss Carrie cWarnes gave, Oh
3, Liszt. The following will serve on
the executive committee the ensuing
year: Mrs. Lora C.3Little, DR.. Ethel
Hurd., DR.: Florence oBaier, Mrs. E. A.
Russell, Mrs. Lydia aPhillips Williams,
Minneapolis; Mines. NJ. K. Rogers, H.
Fitz, St. Paul; Mrs. Julia B. Nelson,
Red Wing. The delegates to the ma
tional convention to be held in Port
land, Ore, are DR.. Ethel Hurd, Mrs.
NJ. K. Rogers, St. Paul; aiternates, Dr..
Margaret Koch, Minneapolis; Mrs.
Julia B: Nelson, Red Wing, and Mrs.
Rose Callahan, Anoka.
Invitations for the next convention
were extended by the Luverne, st. Paul
and Minneapolis clubs, the last named
Mrs. E., A. Russell of Minneapolis
of the Old World,'' and displayed sew
@eral articles Of apparel which she
brought home from her trip to Jeru-
Rev: Anna Shaw, was thoroly enjoyed.
Rev. ": F. Trussell gave an address
on s:n Rights, Obligations, Opportuni-
ties. Mrs. G. E. w. Hill of Stillwa-
ter followed with pleasing address.
dered the visitors by the local club in
the parlors of the Methodist church.
The reception committee We're Mines.
o: S: Clark, c. E. Chase, A. A. Graves,
NJ: H: Benton, DR.. F. L. Aldrich and
Miss Charlotte Stockwell. Frappe was
served by the Misses Lillian Chase,
Mary Morrill,, Sadie Frye and Mary
Mansfield.
The convention received fraternal
greetings from Miss Jeanette irwin for
the Anoka Study club; Mrs. R. L. Hall,
W. G. T. u; the Philolectian, Mrs. D.
s. Cow; from Colorado, Mrs. E. j.. M.
Newcomb. The latter said that Color
ado had had better men to fill it's Of
fees since women had the right to vote.
The political parties had to put up
good, pure men if they wished the votes
of the women. The superintendent of
public instruction is woman and she
comb spoke very earnestly of the good
results of full suffrage.
Mrs. lima Stacy, who attended the
national convention in Washington, D.
g., last winter, gave report Of it. She
told of women having positions as fac
tory inspectors in number of states.
Mrs. Eugenia B. Farmer, press chair
man of the Minnesota W.. S. A., re-
ported special effort made to have
every paper in the state publish stuff
rage articles. Some of the replies from
various editors refusing to do so were
read to the amusement Of the audience.
large number of favorable replies
were received.
Mrs. G. c. Huntington reported the
Luverne club of twentysix members,
and stated that they had helped sup,
port child in the city kindergarten
Mrs. j: B. Nelson reported the Red
Wing club: Mrs. Kelley Of the st. Paul
club said that next month the members
expect to enjoy the privilege Of voting
The club intends to cooperate with the
Minnesota Federation of Clubs in Sc
curing a separate industrial school for
the girls. DR.. Ethel Hurd of Minneap-
oils reported the city Political Equality
club as being the largest in the state.
1t is composed Of very active women,
who are working hard. At the last
city primary election 1900 owmen
voted.
The Anoka club was reported by
Miss Charlotte StockweH as having a
membership of twenty-five. -Four large
meetings had been held during the
year aside from minor ones; Judge En-
gel addressing them on claws Regard
ing Women in Minnesota Rev. A.
A. Graves on 'fWoman IS Duty to Home.
Altar and State;' Senator Stockwell,
Progress of Woman in Last Fifty
Years., and fourth at which the
state president was the guest Of honor.