New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-09
WOM4N TO FIGHT DRINK
Her Pote the Only Cure for EUi,
Says Mrs. Craigie.

Baltimore Feb s-ALt the second days ses-
sion of the annual convention of the Woman S
National Suffrage Association it was shown
that the five States standing at the head in
point of membership New York, Massachu-
sets. California. Nebraska and Iowa. The
five States contributing the largest amount of
money 10 the treasury are Pennsylvania, Ore
gon, California, Massachusetts and New York.
The five associations making the greatest per-
centage of gain in membership are those of
Washington, Oregon, West Virginia Maryland.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory
California, Delaware. Kentucky, Louisiana.
Maine Maryland. Massachusetts. Michigan,
Nebraska New-Jersey, New-York. Ohio. Okla
homa, Oregon, Pennsylvania. Rhode Island.
Washington and West Virginia all made gains in
members.
A new association the College Woman's Equal
Suffrage League was admitted 10 mem
bershp. Twenty-fOur societies and individuals
contributed 500 or upward, thirty-two 500 or
upward
The membership was never large the
financial showing so good. but with an active
woman suffrage campaign in progress in Ore
gon, TO be terminated by the voters at the cleo
ton in June, l9U6, there never was so much
need for money. Every believer is urged to
show his her belief in a practical way.
Reports were also submitted by the auditors
and by the standing committees on Presiden-
tal suffrage, enrolment, press and church
work.
MIS-. IDA Porter Boyer, chairman OF the COM
mittee Libraries. submitted a report which
emphasized the need of a practical bibliog
raphy.
Reports of progress of suffrage work were
made by State Presidents Mary S Sperry, of
California; Isabella Beecher Hook. of Connecti-
cut; Martha 5. Cranston OF Delaware; Mary
l.. Talbot, of the District Of Columbia; Ella S.
Stewart, of Illinois, and Bertha A. Wilcox. of
Iowa.
At the afternoon session a prayer was Of
fered at the opening by Lloyd Coblenz, of
Baltimore and Mrs. Florence f. Kelley, chair
man Of New-York, read the report of the COM
mittee industrial problems. Several dele
gates participated in a discussion of Women
Wage Farmers and Children as Wage
Farmers" Mrs. Ella s. Stewart read paper
on Our Privileges; Mrs. Mary f Craigie a
Loring Grenfell paper on The Political Bal
ance."
The address of Mrs Mary E Craigie on "Ig-
norance and Vice" was long appeal, including
numerous statistics. TO continue the effort to
get the ballot in order that an end may be put
TO the liquor business, the most hostile and
dangerous foe which society has to encounter"
she maintained that this evil could not be sue
cessfully met until women had been clothed
with the right to vote. 1T is a well known
TACT she said. that in most of the State legfs-
iatures to-day the liquor element controls and
reform legislation is almost always defeated
The power of the ballot was seen recently in
one OF the Western States, where for several
sessions of the legislature reform measures had
all been defeated. The anti-saloon league be-
gan an agitation, and twenty-five members who
had voted against their measures and who We're
up for reelection. defeated at the polls
and twenty-five men nominated through their
influence, and pledged to support temperance
measures, We're elected"