Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1907-10-04
IMPARTIAL SUFFRAGE.
Late Session of the Eighteenth Annual Con-
vention at Seattle.

The Eighteenth Annual COnven-
ton of the Washington Equal Suf-
frage Association opened in the First
Unitarian Church, at Seattle, last
Friday morning, and continued Sat-
urday. The attendance at the gath
ering was large and the supporters
of the movement declare that the
organization is stronger than it ever
was before and is gaining every day
1t was pointed out that the number
of wOmen's clubs in the State has in
creased from seven year ago to
thirty now.
To combat the assertion that suf-
fragists are incabable of hOusewOrk
and ignorant of cooking, the Con-
vention decided to take on its Shoul-
ders the compilation of a cookbook,
which will include many original
recipes, and forever establish the suf-
fragists' supremacy in the culinary
art. The book will be prepared by
Miss Linda Jennings of LaConner.
The club at Tacoma put up for
competition handsome silk Ameri-
can flag, which will 60 to the club
making the greatest gains in mem.
bership during the year. The flag
bears only four stars, representing
Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and Idaho.
the four States of the Union in which
the right to vote has been accorded
women. Other stars will be added
as additional States show progress.
Addresses were delivered by Rev.
Abbie f. Danforth, of Tacoma; Miss
Adele field, of New York; Mrs. Mar
garet B. Platt, President of the
State w. c. T. u, and DR.. Luema G.
Johnson, of Tacoma. Mrs. Eliza
beth NJ. Wardell, President of King
county, and Mrs. Anna E. Goodwin,
President of Skagit county, present
ed reports. and local Presidents re-
ports were heard rs follows:
Arlington, Mrs. w. +. Oliver; Ana
cortes, Mrs. Carrie N. Oakley; Avon,
Miss Ellen Graham; Ballard, Mrs. G.
A. r. Steiner; Burlington, Mrs. F.
M. Gregory; Bellingham, Miss Ida
Agnes Baker; Cape Horn, Mrs.
Guenther- Fisher; Centerville, Mrs.
Matte NJ. Meter; Everett, Mrs.
Ellen l. Thayer; Goldendale, Mrs.
Sadie Baker; Green Lake, Mrs.
Helen Grindall.
At the evening session Mayor W.
II. Moore was present and extended
a welcome to the delegates from the
city. While not putting himself on
record as supporter of the aims of
the convention, he expressed SYM
pathy with them. The address was
replied to by DR.. Sara Kendall.
The address of the President, Mrs.
Emma Smith DeVOe, followed, and in
it were many strong arguments for
the equal suffrage. She instanced
the existence of many women prop
erty owners in the city of Seattle
who are forced to pay taxes and SUBJ
NIT to Improvements which their in
telligence tells them is wrong, be-
cause they have not the power to
elect the officials who control this
work.
Taking up the objections to women
voting, she said that practice had
shown that the women were more
faithful in exercising the franchise
than men. In Idaho women are less
than half the population, yet they
cast nearly half the vote. In Wyo-
ming 80 per cent. of the women vote
In Colorado 73 per cent. of the women
vote. In the last presidential cleo
ton, the total vote cast was IL, ,961,
900; while the total number of men
eligible to vote was q, 900, 900. Thus
it appeared that 1000, 900, or one
third of the men, did not vote.
Papers were read by exGov. A. w.
Mclntire, of Colorado; Rev. George
r. Cairns and Joseph Smith. The
latter dealt chiefly with the need for
a reconstruction of what is called
popular government.