Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-02-08
WOMAN SUFFRAG|STS
Second Days Session of the
Annual Convention.
AT BALTIMORE TODAY
Interesting Statistics in the Report
of the Treasurer.
A NEW ASSOCIATION ADMITTED
Membership Was Never So Large and
Financial Showing So Good as
Indicated in Statement.

BALTIMORE, Nd, February Sat the
second days session of the annual conven-
ton of the Woman's National Suffrage AS
sociation the report of the treasurer was
read by Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, of
which the following Is an abstract:
Receipts, including last years balance,
$2S.33392; disbursements, SIG, 6,564S7; bal
ance, s11.769.O5.
The five states standing at the head in
point of membership are: New York,
Massachusetts. California, Nebraska and
Iowa. The five states contributing the
largest amount of money to the treasury
are PENNSYLVANIA; Oregon, California,
Massachusetts and New York The five
associations making the greatest percentage
OF gain in membership are Washington,
oregon, West Virginia, Maryland, Oklaho-
ma and Indian Territory.
California, Delaware, Kentucky. Louis
lana' Maine. Maryland, Massachusetts,
Mlchigan. Nebraska. New Jersey New
York, Ohio Oklahoma Oregon. PennsyI-
vania, Rhode Island, Washington. West
Virginia. all made gains in membership.
A new association. The College Women's
membership ~
I"enty-four societies and individuals con-
'flputed Sl0o or upward, thirty-tWo $40 or
upward. w.
The Society's Healthy Condition.
ne membership was never so large or
the hnancial showing SO good but with an
active woman suffrage campaign in prog
ress IN Oregon, to be terminated by the
voters at the election in June, 1905, there
never was so much need for money. Every
believer is urged to show his or her belief
in a practical way
reports were also submitted by the au-
dItors and by the standing committees on
presidential suffrage, enrolment, press and
church work.
Mrs. Olda Porter Boyer, chairman of the
committee on libraries, submitted a report
which emphasized the need Uf & practfcal
photography.
Ihe report of the press committee by
Eleanora NJ. Babcock, chairman, reviewed
the work done during the past year in the
way OF securing the publication of articles
faVorlng woman suffrage in the newspaper
OF the country and the cooperation of nu-
merous journals in furthering the cause
Flattering Press Report.
1t sets forth that reports are furnished
regularly to PA papers in Iowa; Kentucky,
91; Louisiana, 10; Ohio, 10; Pennsylvania,
422; Oklahoma and Indian Territory 70:
Maryland, Z; West Virginia, 25; Oregon.
223; Minnesota. 75; Rhode Island, 4; New
York, 800 The report concludes as follows:
Never before in the history of our or
ganiZatfon has there been such a demand
for advance matter relative to our con-
ventions there has been this year.
Aside from the Baltimore papers, which
have been freely giving space to this con-
vention for the past month, there have
been calls in every direction for material
for magazine and newspaper articles and
essays and debates, all brought about
through the interest created in the sub
ject by this convention. No record has
been kept of the number of calls for such
material or the amount furnished. It
would require special bookkeeper were
we to record all material sent in respollJe
to these calls. which come from Maine to
California. These calls are most encourag-
ing, and refutation of the claim made
by our opponents that interest in our cause
is gradually dying out"
Progress of Suffrage Work.
Reports Of progress of suffrage work
were made by State President Mary 8.
Sperry of California, Isabella Beecher
Hook of Connecticut, Martha S. Cranston
Of Delaware, Mary L. Talbot of the Dis
trct of Columbia, Ella S. Stewart of Illi-
nois and Bertha A. Wilcox Of Iowa