The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-02-07
Women Will Advocate
Right to the Ballot
Miss Susan B. Anthony Comes to Town to
Attend the Thirty-sixth Annual Convention
of the Suffrage Association.

Yellow posters proclaiming the fact
that the National American Woman
Suffrage Association will meet here
this week we're posted I'm public places
in Washington yesterday and last night
the fact that the convention Is near at
hand was still further emphasized by
the arrival att the shoreham Hotel of
Susan 3. Anthony. the venerable
mother" of the organization. the pur-
pose of which is to secure suffrage
rights for women equal to those Of men.
To a reporter for The Times last night
Miss Anthony said that the convention
this year is to be one OF unusual i'm
portance
We have secured an unusually fine
list OF speakers" she said. "and there
are measures to be considered which
viii have important results I'm attaining
equal rights for women throughout the
United States. Special stress viii be
laid on a number of opinions secured
from eminent lawyers. all of whom de-
clare that there is ample evidence in the
Constitution of the United States to
show that women have just as good a
right to vote as men. We intend to
bring a test case OF this matter in the
Supreme Court
Resigned Four Years Ago.
Miss Anthony resigned the position Of
president OF the National Woman Suf-
frsge Association four years ago, and
she was succeeded by Carrie Chapman
Gait. who will arrive today. together
with the other officers, the business ses-
sions OF the convention commencing to-
morrow. The convention proper does
not begin until Thursday. Ii will be
held at the National Rifles Armory. 800
@ Street, and will last for an entire
week A number OF distinguished
woman suffrage leaders will address the
evening sessions.
One of the features will be the address
BY the Rev. Anna Shaw. svice prest
dent at large OF the association. who
will speak on The womaHF Without a
Country" special reference being TO a
woman who marries foreigner. 1t is
the objection OF woman suffragists that
a woman who merries Russian becomes
a subject OF Russia. and in similar
manner with other countries Other
speakers VIII be Mrs. Maud Nathan, of
New York. and Mrs Gilman. also of
New York.
To Honor Their Leader.
An Interesting feature OF this conven-
ton. which IS the thirty-sixth. will be
the tribute to Mrs. Anthony on her
eighty-fourth birthday. which occurs on
Monday Of next week. A celebration OF
the anniversary will be made by the
suffragists who will gather here from all
parts OF the country 1t has been ar
ranged that on that day the chaplain OF
the House OF Representatives will open
the morning session with prayer and
the chaplain of the Senate. DIR. Edward
Everett Hale. will pray at the evening
session. There will also be a special
Moiselle.
OF the association. as her birthday falls
on February a. and this occasion will
also be celebrated. Miss Anthony ar
rived here last night. accompanied by
her neice, Lucy E. Anthony, who is sec
rotary Of the association.
Susan B. Anthony.
Miss Susan b. Anthony. last and per-
haps greatest Of the famous leaders IN
the woman suffrage movement, is ex-
pected to be present Though eighty
four years old Miss Anthony is as bright
nd lively as many women one-half her
age
Those who knew her as she has i'm
pressed them from the platform. or
as the controlling spirit OF a suffrage
convention. have yet 10 see her in her
happiest sphere-that OF her home How
like herself that home Is, How her
strong individuality has made the ex-
terror and the interior Of the house 10
resemble herself-a house whose at
Effectiveness is In its utter absence Of