Arizona republican., 1910-04-16
AN APOLOGY
 ID MIR. TAFT For Kissing He Got h His
 Welcoming Address 10 HE SUFfRAGISTs Womanly Suggestion That Gross Insult Might Have Been Offered or at Least Participated in By Rank Outsiders
10 HE SUffRAGlSTS

1 responsibility for hiSsmg President 1 Taft last night when in an address he : freely stated his sentiments on woman {, suffrage. the National Woman Suffrage 1 association today officially expressed | to Mr. Taft it's regret that anyone present, either a member of our organi- 1 zation ar an outsider. should have in l terrupted your address by an express sion of personal feeling"
 The expression of regret over the episode was conveyed to the president in letter from the officers. which re- ceived the unanimous approval of the convention and accompanied q resolu- ton thanking the president for the
 welcome, which was adopted without a dissenting .yoice as soon as the con vention was called to order today
 The situation throughout the day was, surcharged with expectancy and on two occasions when the episode was
 mentioned the situation bOrdered on
 the dramatic. The delegates absorbed every word spoken on the subject with rapt attention and b. a unanimity of opinion did their best to atone for whatever diseourtesy was displayed toward the president. The letter tO the president was signed by Frances Squire Potter. the corresponding sec retary.
 The day was thereafter taken up with addresses and the reports of of-s ficers.
 Mrs. Trmble- Woolsey of Kentucky. whose grandfather and great uncle drafted jointly the first bill ever drawn on tthe American continent n secure to- married women control of their property. declared before the conven- ton that she intended to try to vote at the next election. and if restrained. to carry the question to the United States supreme court. Ssaid she:
 Tt was not until after the adoption of the federal constitution that the states began to change the basis Of representation from taxation to sex q thing they had absolutely no right to do. But notwithstanding even the worst phase of the matter. the first constitutions of only three out of the thirteen original states used the word male Tennessee and Georgia com ing in shortly afterwards) as a quail fication for voting. Voters were only required to be freemen. q years old, which white women certainly were. and freeholders. which women as owners of property certainly were. and to reside 6 certain length of time in the commonwealth. Thus, women are by right voters today in eleven of the eastern and southern states. as well as in the four Rocky Mountain states.
 ''Non-U usage has not forfeited this right to the ballot Where 6uress or fraud have been perpctrated. owner ship is not lost (women are prevent ed from the use of the ballot by du- ress and traud). and the federal con- stitution besides strictly prohibits any state from taking away from any citi- zen a vested right
 At the next election | intend to offer my vote. and if it is refused. l shall take the case to the United States supreme court. Since women could vote as frcehoders in the Brit ish colonies and as such under the first state constitution. | want tn test as to whether this government pro- t-ctS the vested rights of women as well as it's other class of citizens"
 A ymposinm on open air meetings VI noon session. ai which some of the open air workers exchanged their ex- periences and gave their ideas for the best success of open air gatherings.
 Susan W. Fitzgerald of Boston de clared three things essential to the successful out of door speaker in ihc cause of equal franchise. They were 1 she said. a logged determination to make good. no matter what occurs; ] voices of good carrying power; an un- | derstandng of the audience: a power | of mental adjustment and sense of | humOr. |
 Some people stop from curiosity | when they see woman speaking" said i Miss Fitzgerald.
 Many stop because they think it is | q salvation Army meeting or someone l patent medicines. Others | stop because It is warm and they are , lazy and it is easier to stand still than l to move on.
 ''Yoai.ve. got to go where the peo- pie are" counscled the speaker. Tt l is absolutely useless to expect them to come to you The audience not only will not come off the thorough. fares to q quiet spot. but won't cross l the street.
 '"rhis means you have got to face the qeustioD Of noise and we found !! that a trolley transfer point ar some l equally busy place was about the best1