Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-14
HONOR
SUSAN B.
ANTHONY
National Woman Suffrage
Convention Held

Chicago. Feb. 1.-THE thirty
ninth annual convention of the Ma
tional Womans Suffrage association
was opened in the music hall, Fine
Art building, today. Delegates are in
attendance from every state in the
union. This is the first convention
held without the presence of the
great suffrage leader, the late Miss S.
b. Anthony, and as tomorrow marks
the anniversary of her birthday an
impressive memorial program has
been prepared. This mornings ses-
sion was given to the drawing OF
plans for the work of the association
for the coming year and addresses
on the work of Miss Anthony Will
occupy the evening sitting. During
the convention which will last until
the night of the 18th, one session
Will be devoted entirely to SYM
postum on the industrial condition
OF women and children In this coun-
try. This will be In charge of Miss
Florence Kelly. of the National Con-
sumers league. On the 18th the
question of child labor will be dis
cussed in all its bearings and reso.
lutions dealing with the matter viii
be forwarded TO congress Immediate
ly after their adoption. Elaborate
plans OF entertainment for the thous.
ands OF women who are attending the
convention have been made by the
club women OF Chicago, irrespective
OF their attitude towards the womans
suffrage movement.
February Is. the S7th anniversary
Of Miss Anthony's birth will be de-
voted TO exercises in her memory.
A symposium on municipal suf-
frage, conducted by Mrs. Chas. Hen
rotin, will be OF peculiar interest just
at this time when Chicago women are
striving for the municipal ballot.
Florence Kelley, national secretary
OF the Consumers league and vice
president OF the suffrage association, /
will conduct a conference on indus
trial conditions OF women and chill
dren. A similar conference In the |
interests of peace aud arbitration |
will be In charge of Mrs. Lucia Ames
Mead, OF Boston.
A report OF the International Wom-
an Suffrage convention, held last |
summer at Copenhagen, will be given !
by the secretary OF the international |
alliance, Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery !
OF Philadelphia.
The Sunday afternoon meeting, 10 |
be held in studebaker theater, will
be addressed by Jane Adamas and
Emil G. Hirsch, OF Chicago, and by |
Herbert S. Bigelow, OF Ohio. There |
are to be addresses too by Louis +.
Post, Hon. oliver w. Stewart, Rev.
Jenkin Lloyd Jones and Mayor Dunno
OF Chicago; Harriet Taylor Upton
and Prof. Emma NJ. Perkins, OF
Ohio; Caroline Lexow, OF New York
(in behalf OF the College Equal SUI
frage league); Mrs. Rudolph Blak-
enburg, OF Pennsylvania; Dorothy |
Dix" and Kate NJ. Gordon, OF New
Orleans; Lila Day Monroe. OF TOpe'
ka, Kansas; Laura Clay. OF Ken
lucky; Henry b. Blackwell. of Massa-
chusetts; May Wright sewall. OF In
diana; Rev. Anna Howard Shaw. OF
Pennsylvania and others.
The report of the secretary shows
that since last years convention
woman suffrage has been Oficially en-
dorsed by the following important
bodies: National Purity conference.
Free Baptist Woman's Missionary |
society. spiritualists OF United States
and Canada. Ladies' OF the Modern
Maceabees. International Brother
hood Of Bookbinders. Worlds w. C.
T. u. International Brotherhood OF
reamsteFs. Patrons OF Husbandary.
National Grange. United Mine Work
ers of America and the American
Federation Of Labor; also that the
publications OF the Harper Bros. and