The sun., 1908-05-13
CANAL boat SUFFRAGE TRIP
TROLLEIS Also TO BE Used TO
AID VOTES FOR WONEN.
The Equality League Of Self'SuppOrtlng
women Opens Headquarters and An
nOunces IT'S Plans Members Of the
League BeInE CatalOgued by Districts.

Ihe EquaHty League OI AeHsNuIpoTNhb
women Opens Headquarters and An
nOunces ITS Plans Members ~ the
League BeInE CatalOgued by Districts.
The Equality League Of Self-Supporting
Women opened suffragist campaign head
quarters yesterday morning at 81 Union
Square. The room which is on the eleventh
floor Of a tall Office building, isn't at all
suggestive OF pink teas. or musicals or
saances devoted to the consideration Of
New Thought. Barring a luxurious green
velvet Turkish couch the apartment has
all the appearance Of the most severe type
Of business Office. The floor is covered
with n rug Of sober brown. The chairs
and tables are Of the siernest sort The
walls are adorned with framed testimonials
to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan b. An
thony and other pioneers in the cause.
In the presidents corner is rolltop
desk Of formidable proportions. and be-
tween the windows are a row Of type
writer's, which after the first Of next week
will not cease clicking from in the morning
until 0 in the afternoon,
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library Of 200 volumes.
Mrs. Hariot Stanton Batch, president
Of the league, was in attendance all day
and entertained the visitors with an account
OF the various notifications Of the move
ment which have been planned by the
executive board.
In the first place there was Of course
the famous franchise trolley trip TO be dis
cussed The party Of would-be emanci-
pators Of their sex will leave Seneca Falls
on the 29th Of this month and do missionary
work in Schenectady, Rochester Syracus',
Cohoes Johnstown, Gloversvllc, Auburn,
Troy and Albany About June 10 they will
arrive in New York. where they will hold
series Of open air meetings similar in char
acter TO the type already made familiar by
the followers Of Mrs BOTrman Wells
Early i'm July the league will charter
canalEoat, which after being duly decorated
with yellow banners and manned with the
most militant Of the salf-slppOrters, will be
towed all the way from Albany to Buiielo.
Whenever the spirit OF oratOry moves
I the pass sngers will dis'Ubark and invade
/ the peaceful hamlets with their tales OF
tyranny, Injustice and bhndne ss to the inter-
J Csts Of the country on the part of the men
of New York State.
In order TO prove that in addition to
| courage the new society possessed the true
/ scientific spirit Mrs Blatch pointed with
! triumph TO three separate card catalogues,
! all beautifully arranged in rows and rows
! of new and polished sets of drawers and
! announced that fourth catalogue was in
/ preparation.
The first catalogue contained an alpha
| betcal list Of the 14OOO members OF the
! league. with the age, personal description,
! residence and occupation OF each.
The second consists OF list OF all the
trade unions In Greater New York, the
names of the officers and the dates and
places Of their regular meetings. One OF
p, the features Of the campaign which is now
in its infancy is TO be n comprehensive
canvass Of the local unions. Already the
Pine Calkers and the Typographers as well
as the Women's Trade Union League have
pledged allegiance to the cause, and APP
pointed delegates 70 the sessions OF the
! executive board Mrs. Blatch and Mrs.
Rita Dorr visited the Painters and Dcoora-
tors Union on Monday evening and elected
the promise Of another male delegate.
The third catalogue relates 10 the highly
specialized library which lines the north
aide of the room There il not in one OF the
book cases a single volume Of poetry, a
novel. or even collection OF Emerson's
Essays OF Beecher's Sermons, OF economics
there is a generous representation, and here
and there may be discovered a dash OF
sociology. But the subject Of the ma jority
OF treatises is Woman. Some OF the most
conspicuous titles are: woman Mans
Eousl," Prisoners Of Poverty woman
Free wit Of Woman, "The White Slaves
Of England sex Equality Republics
Versus Woman" women Of the War,
Famous Women and 'Women Workers in
America" edited 10y Annie Nathan Meyer.
The fourth catalogue. when il is finished,
will contain the names OF members OF the
league arranged according 20 Assembly
districts. A leader for each district is TO be
appointed by the executive board, and every
candidate for Office Is TO be sounded on his
views concerning woman suffrage.