The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-10-18
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Suffrage Movement
Confronts Federation.

n COnfronts Federation.
Getting acquainted" was the chief
business yesterday of delegates and
visitors i'm attendance on the sixteenth
annual convention of the Ohio Fed-
GRAFTON of Women's Clubs.
All the morning trains and street
cars brought their burden of women
to Cleveland, and until well into the
afternoon members of the general re.
ception committee were occupied i'm
meeting visitors as they arrived and
plotting them to quarters arranged
for them at the various hotels.
General headquarters have been es-
tablished at the Holenden, with Of
fees for registration, reception and
press committees.
The assembly room of the Hol-
lcnden was handsomely decorated
with American flags in honor of the
formal opening of the convention.
Members of Western Reserve chapter.
ID. A. r., holding large reception
from to Z p. m. for visiting dele
gates. ~aM
Mrs. William c. Boyle. regent. was
assisted in welcoming the guests by
members OF the board of management
OF Western Reserve chapter.
Mrs. Boyle was handsomely gowned
In hand embroidered white broad
cloth trimmed in touches of green:
Mrs. Mars Wagar wore a gown of
pink satin draped In gray chiffon with
bertha of old lace and ornaments of
diamonds, with corsage of pink roses
Mrs. A. Kennen was gowned i'm white
messaline embroidered in beads and
| trimmed in rose colorcd satin: Mrs
| Charles Burt Tozier wore gown of
| black net over black satin, and car.
ricd an armful of American Beauty
roses; Mrs. Charles II. Smith, vice
| chairman. wore a gown of gray chif.
| fon over lavendar satin with bodic,
beaded In white, and Mrs. w. II. Gar
| lock. also assisting. wore Il handsome
black lace gown over dun blue satin
] Mrs. H.. u. Tarbel wore gown o
| pale lavendar messaline over laven
dar satin, made with tunic effect
crystal and gold trimmings, and Mrs
Harvey ID. Gouder white satin veile
in Alice blue chiffon, hand embroid
cred
Mrs. Addison T.. Broomhall, stat
| president of the federation and specla
honor guest. was accorded an enthu
slastic welcome when she arrived dur
ing the afternoon.
Refreshments were served from
handsomely appointed table, and seN
eral hundred guests were welcomed
over thousand club women ar
now i'm Cleveland attending this grea
convention and of that number fly
Marion women, Mrs. d. IA. Harve!
Mrs. E. 4. Smart, Mrs. H. A. Hart
man, Mrs. j. w. Freeland and Mrs "
n. Harder are representing the Maj
ion federation and the Marion club
| A Cleveland paper states this morn
ing that 'Votes for Women" tn
slogan of the woman's suffrage party
threatens to bring about Il clasl
among the many delegates. SUPRA
gette leaders from Toledo, Cincinnati
and other cities are present, with tn
avowed purpose of forcing the clul
women to endorse suffrage. Amonl
the suffragette leaders are Mrs. vii
liam Kline, Mrs. Cordelia Dawley an,
Mrs. +. Z. Breckenridge of Toledo
land many other prominent and in
nuential club women who will force
the issue to the convention floor.
The suffragettes believe that /
this convention were to endorse SUI
frage, that 1t would serve as mighty
weapon in forcing the votes for wo
men through the constitutional con
vention which will be held In Colum
| bus.
The state federation president, Mrs
Addison f. Broomhall. is neutral OF
this question, but Mrs. Edward Il
Buchwalter, of Springfield, the non
orary president is a suffragette. Sn'
is also an intimate friend of Mrs
Sarah S. Platt Decker Of Chicago
| mentioned recently as candidate fol
soma tor. ttE NNf. f
| Among the delegates are many nun
dred suffragettes and il is known tina
some of the Marion delegates favoi
the suffrage movement. There are
| however, many who will take stronf
stand against and use all of their IN
nuence to keep the state federation
| from taking such an action.
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