Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1909-12-17
The WOMAN SUFFRAGE CHR
Ed. WASHlNGTON STANDARD.

-~''' " lNflpN A1IANIlARlD.
though Il SnOwStorm was racing
Monday evening, the 9th inst when
the olympia Woman'S Booster Cub
Tor Equal Suffrage met in Mallory $
hall. yet Il few staunch and faithful
suilraglStS met. and whilcd the merry
hours away with laughter and jcst
winch bordercd at times on intense
seriousness, giving another of their
boosts for Votes for Women.
Miss Bernice \. Sapp took the
char rs County Assistant. and
oolemniy s~ore all the new officers
ia, or such of them as were there. to
ne sworn in. and called on each of
them to make a speech. which they
all dld gracefully and well. and If
what they SAID is any indication. they
Will be perfectly at home on the
stump during the coming campaign.
Miss May Mcintyre, the new Treas.
urer of the club, said that she could
start out ON her career as Treasurer
with the sum of one cent which had
been generously contributed to the
cause by the State Librarian. who
SAID that he always believed in lilo.
eral contributions to everything. She
was loudly applauded.
Miss Francis Sylvester. the Presi-
dent of the club. told of all that She
expected To accomplish next wear in
the line OF carrying the amendment.
and she will have to sit up nights if
she does all that she intends to do.
Mts. ElmOre Rice. Vice President.
SAID that she was no speech maker.
but that She intended to work for the
cause next year, and do nothing else
out work. And the chairman told
her that that was what was needed
worse than anything else, workers.
Miss Clara Mcpherson, Secretary,
said that she had had honors thrust
upon her by being rendered the Sec
retaryship as it was all done without
her knowing a thing about il. but
now that she was in the lob, she
would try and keep q faithful account
of all meetings. and do a little other
work on the side, too.
Miss Sylvester then took the char,
and the meeting was conducted in a
more dignitied manner than it was
previously. Miss Sylvester named
the following chairmen of standing
committees of the club, and it is eX-
pectcd they will be- great force in
handling the campaign successfully
in Olympia and Thurston county. as
it is expected to get Il great many
outside of the city to Join the club:
Finance. Mrs. I. NJ Reed; Headauar-
terS. Miss Eunice Sylvester; Increase
of Membership, Mrs. Lena Meyer;
Public Meetings, Mrs. ElmOre Rice;
Church Work. Mrs. Walter Mellow
ell; Publication. Miss Bernice A.
Sapp.
The club then agreed to have pro-
grams printed for the following year,
and stationary with printed letter
heads with names of officers and
Chairmen of standing committees on
| them.
Mrs. ]. NJ. Wilson, Vice President,
resigned. because of pressure of worl,
in the W. e. T. u. and Mrs. b. b.
Lord was elected to fill the vacancy.
Mrs. B. B. Lord was former Vice
President of the Olympia Suffrage
Club and the Booster Club was glad
to get her as an officer. as her wears
of experience in public life as head of
the grange. in New York State, as
well as her wide experience and
! knowledge of Equal Suffrage, make
her IA very valuable member. She is
also trustee of the Washington
Equal Suffrage Association and was
instrumental in getting the Consti-
tutional Amendment for Woman
Suffrage through the Legislature
last winter. In November of this
year she was requested by Anna
Shaw. President of the National
Equal Suffrage Association, to rep
resent them ut the National Grange
meeting. which was held in the East,
but owing to i'll health, she declined
and named Mrs. c. b. kcglcy of this
State. wife of the master of the State
grange, as her substitute, who was
accepted by the National Suffrage
Association as their representative
and went to the National Grange
meeting.
Mrs. Kcgley introduced a resolu-
tion indorsing full suffrage for the
Nation, which is the most radical
step that has ever been taken by the
National Grangr, rs the subject has
been handled with gloves before this
time, but this time they passed the
resolution demanding equal suffrage
This State was honorcd above all the
other States of the Union by having
a person chosen from here to repre-.
sent the National Suffrage AsSOcia-
tiOn, and Mrs. Lord is to be cOngrat
ulated on having been chosen. 1t all
shows the long standing friendship
between her and Anna Shaw and the
high esteem in which she is held by
her. The Booster Club is indeed for
tunate in getting her on their board
of officers
After the business meeting, Miss
Clara Mcpherson, Secretary of the
club, and formerly of Colorado. gave
a very interesting talk of conditions
in Colorado, and just how the ballot
for women works in that State She
was listened 10 intently throughout
her speech, and many things were
learned which are not told in maga-
zines or newspaper articles.
Miss Mcpherson did not know
much about conditions in Denver,
except that women canvasSed the
city at every election to get the wo-
men out to vote, and on election day
they would drive carriages to the
homes. and take them to the polls
and back to their work They would
get a woman who was bending over
her wash-tub, take her just as she
was, and take her home again to het
work, with a happy heart-feeline
that she had done her duty by hel
city and her country The womer
there instruct other women on the
vital issues of the day, and then they
do the rest at the polls. A great