Connecticut western news., 1911-08-24
SUFFRAGISTS' MEETING
 SCORES BIG SUCCESS
Talented Ladies Expound Doctrine of Suffragism to We'll Filled House
 and Make 90 Converts.

and Make 90 Converts.
 The suffragist meeting in Town Hall, Monday evening was-all that the most sanguine suffragist oou desire, i'll point of attendance, interest and quality, of the audience. In fact, it was frankly stated by the visiting oratoresses that the Canaan meeting was the most satis- factory of all the meetings yet held in Litchfeld County.
 The hall was filled with representa- tive audience, including 8 considerable number of gentlemen who came out to get wise to the doctrine of latter day suffragism.
 Mrs. Frank Hitchcock presided over the meeting and introduced the speakers, the first of whom was Mrs. Frances M. | Bjorkman, who halls from Colorado, where women have enjoyed the blessings of an unrestricted franchise for a num- Der of years. This lady stated that in many precincts of the cities the percent age of women voters was larger than that of the men. This was the answer to the argument that most women wouldn't vote if they had the privilege. Regarding the assertion that the environ ment of the polls is unsuitable for women. She sad that wherever women get the franchise the environment is improved and purified, The only way women can accomplish things is to get the franchise, which will make the politicians willing to listen to their appeals, and help their work along.
 Mrs. Edward Porritt, of Hartford, who spoke in Canaan last winter, confined her talk more particularly to the subject of "votes and babies" She said that in the poorer tenement districts the babies are being killed by the corruption of the politicians who refuse to bring about sanitary conditions regarding building laws, establish playgrounds, etc., amid healthy aud safe surroundings. AS com pared with the slaughter of the inno- cents as result of corrupt politics, she said, Herod's slaughter was 8 mere bagatelle. Womans work in politics will be to save the children.
 Miss Emily Pierson, of Cromwell, state organizer, proved vivacious speaker, bubbling over with wit and keeping the audience i'll good nature. She began ln business-like way, by having collection taken up. What the sutfragists stands for, she said, is pure food. Not all the sutfragists are old maids who can't get married. The move. ment is not to get women into office, but to purify politics and get better men into office. She paid her disrespects to the senate at Hartford, aud to the Cour- ant. which is the "worst enemy" of the movement for equal rights. The pur- pose of the present tour through the county is to impress the representatives from the small towns, with the claims of the party and the justice of it's de- mands. Before another election, candi- dates for the legislature will be com pelled to state where they stand on the subject. While women in Connecticut now have the right to vote on school matters she said she noticed that at the last election "they sent no red auto to convey me to the polls, though they did send one for my brother"
 At the close of the speaking, "Votes for Women" buttons, postcards, sashes, etc. were offered for sale, and member. ship blanks were circulated for sigma lures and 90 of these were signed, many of them by the men. The signing of the : blank enrolled the signer as member of the Connecticut Woman Suffrage As sociation and "believer in equal suf- frage for men and women."