The San Francisco call., 1909-09-29
PREPARE TO GREET
THE SUFFRAGfT.1[s
Stockton Equal Suffrage Club
Ready for Annual State
Convention Tomorrow j.
Especial Dispatch TO The Call

STOCKTON, Sept. 2S.-The Stockton
Equal Suffrage club held a meeting last
night. when arrangements were COM
pleted for the reception and entertain
ment of the rs or 100 delegates who
will arrive Thursday, when the annual
convention of the California Equal
Suffrage association will open.
The convention will last three days
and an elaborate program has been
prepared. The convention will be
called to order at 2 o'clock at the Gen.
trail Methodist church by Mrs. Mary
Simpson Sperry, state president. Mayor
r.. r. Reibenstein and President j. M.
Eddy of the chamber of commerce Will
address the delegates on behalf of the
city OF Stockton.
Thursday evening a reception will be
held and an address on The English
Suffragettes" will be delivered by Isl
dor Jacobs Of San Francisco, who re-
Gently returned from England.
The Friday session will convene at
$3.50 a. m. Two minute reports by the
state officers, reports by the standing
committees and an address by DIR.
Adelaide Brown of San Francisco on
The Professional Woman and the Bal
~ Will Aio nc tP shS iiioAhhh6 PAS
gram.
The general topic for Friday after
noon is Economics, and remarks will
be made by Mrs. Sturtevant Peet 16
years president of the w. c. T. u. OF
California; Miss Anna Chase Of San
Francisco Mrs. Elizabeth Low Watson
of Santa Clara, Miss Fairbrother of San
Francisco and DR.. Charlotte Baker OF
San Diego.
epnliticc', ic IA FRIDAY
evening. The subjects as outlined are:
Patronage and Party Politics. Assem-
blyman j. w. Stuckenbruck; How the
Machine Defeats Good Measures and
Passes Bad" Franklin Hichborn, author
of The Story of the Legislature of
1909; THE Legislature of 1909" Mrs.
Lillian Harris Coffin.
The reports of officers, election of
officers and other routine matters Will
come up Saturday morning.
Saturday afternoon will be devoted
to discussions of the general subject
Education" The assigned topics fol-
low: The Forward Movement of
Women" Mrs. James B. Hume, presi-
dent OF California Federation of
School, Mrs. Elinor Carlisle, member
of Berkeley Board of education; The
training of a Citizen" Thomas E.
Hayden, president of the San Francisco
board of education.
The convention will close Saturday
afternoon at $3.50 o'clock with the
presidents Farewell"
Local committees have been named as
follows:
eception-Mesdames Sarah Gillis,
Maria Hubbard, Rita Baldwin, Frank
Burton, Johannes Reimers. Edna Orr
James, Andrew Simpson and 4. Y. Read.
Badges-Mrs. +. =: Martin, Dr. Mar
garet Taylor, Miss Ella Henderson.
Decoration-Mrs. G.. l.. Six, DR.. Mar
garet smyth, Mrs; l. II. BriSker. Mrs.
Music-Miss Emily Dodge.
Publicity-Mrs. Mary F: Merrill, Miss
Margaret Simpson, Miss Mary B. Hall.
Information--Mrs. Frank Galbraith,
Mrs. w. P. Colt. Mrs. E. r. Stone.
Courtesies-Mrs. C. l.. Ortman, Mrs.
Fred Kincaid, Mrs. f. N. Vail.
The Stockton delegates are: Mrs.
Mary F. Merrill. DR.. Minerva Goodman,
Miss Mary Simpson, Mrs. Sarah Gillis.
Mrs. Phillips Mrs. Maria Hubbard, Miss
Sarah Spiller and Doctor Taylor. Al
ternates named are: Mrs. Orrin Hen
Mrs. George Mcleod and Mrs. Matlock.