Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1906-03-02
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
THE CAUSE MAKING STEADY
BUT SLOW PROGRESS,

0Ol SIO" FnOSn6SS.
The Members in Session in Baltimore Las
Month Score Grover Cleveland and Censur
the Magazine Which Refused Them a Hear
ins-SOme Account Of the Evident Prosres
Made in Promoting Study Of Their Demand
and Removing Prejudice From the Way o
Ultimate Success.
Grover Cleveland and the magazine
in which he recently set forth hi
views on woman suffrage was criti
clzed at the convention of the Wo
mans National Association, latel!
held in Baltimore. Elnora NJ. Bah
cock, Chairman OF the Press Commit
tee, let the ex-President off rather
easily for his antagonism to the suf
frage movement directing her bitter
ness against the editor OF the magazine
to refusing to publish the other side
OF the question, especially for his decli,
nation to print ex-Congressman Shat
roth's vigorous plea in behalf of the
women.
"Any magazine" said she, -" depend
ing entirely upon the support OF wo.
men, that will allow only the opinion
of its editor to be expressed through
it's columns upon q question of such
vital Importance as the enfranchise.
ment OF one.half of the citizens OF this
Republic deserves the condemnation
OF every lover Of justice and fair play.
l believe our own self.respect demands
that we refuse to take the magazine
into our homes"
There was q nodding OF heads and
compression of lips among the dele.
gates, but when the report came up
to adoption discussion followed which
resulted in the elimination of the sug
gested boycott.
A breezy report was that of the
Treasurer Of the Association, Mrs. Har.
riet Taylor Upton, of Ohio. eff we
had money for all the things we want.
ed, said Mrs. Upton, eve could en-
franchise all the women in half the
States in as many years. 1t is not
enough to stand for suffrage-all the
world is standing still for suffrage.
She made a plea for stronger 6nan-
cial support.
The report on church work, pre-.
pared by Miss Antoinette Knowles,
dwell chiefly on the relation of the
suffrage movement 10 the temperance
question. "In my own community"
Miss Knowles said, "the Methodist
Church, has welcomed Us three times,
the Christian Church twice and the
Baptist once. One cause which was q
matter OF ridicule two years ago among
many Influential but uninformed peo'
pie, has become sufficiently respectable
to find . home in the worthiest edi
fees Of our town."
The Treasurer's report showed the
receipts. including last years balance
10 be $2S, 1882; disbursements, $16,'
56487; balance, $1l,769.O5. The five
States standing at the head in point ol
membership are: New York, Massa
chusetts. 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, Oklahoms
and Indian Territory.
California, Delaware, Maine. Ken
tucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Msssa
chusetts. Michigan, Nebraska. New
Jersey, New York, Ohio. Oklahoma
Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island
Washington and West Virginia al
made gains in members. A new as
sociation, 1.-THE College Woman
Equal Suffrage League" was admit
ted to membership.
At the evening session President
Remsen, Of the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, presided, while the usher
were . corps of sprightly students
from the Women's College of Balti
! more, attired in cap and gown. Thil
session was intended to be in the ma
ture OF . tribute TO the work OF Susar
B. Anthony in the interest OF III.
higher education of women.