The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-01
MRS. HINCKS IS REELECTED HEAD
 OF SUFFRAGISTS
Bridgeport League Pledges $1, ,O00 in State Convention For Propaganda Work
Miss Pierson Plans to Push Vigorous Campaign Through Three Counties

New Haven, Nov 1-The two days sessions of the Forty-third annual convention Of the Connecticut wom- an Suffrage Association came to a close here today with the election of officers for the coming year. The As sociation will be headed by the same president as last year, Mrs. William T. Hincks, of Bridgeport. The office is limited to three years but Mrs. Hincks was not elected until 1911 and there was no opposition to her contin- uanCe.
 Today's session was opened with the annual address of the president, Mrs. E1incks who spoke briefly of the work She a a dealt in 1engA w with de the ps modern movement and the work that is be- siasms that is being shown as gauged by the large increase in membership and the amount of money raised and but the individual leagues. There was still she said a vast amount to be done. under the guidance of the central three counties, MiddIeeex, windham and Holland, as having no leagues and very few state members. She spoke of the advantage the Connecticut Suf- eration of the press and that the press In general was friendly. Mrs. Hincks said she thought the press was will the question and in her mind the An ti-Suffrage letters were the best pro- paganda for the Suffrage cause of
 The prominence of the woman suf- frage movement in the present politi- cal campaign she thought also bene- nous gain she said that the Progress sive and Democratic parties had both included a suffrage plank in their party had given many excellent op- portunities to the suffragists of pre- senting their cause at the Progressive favor of the suffrage workers, all that is now necessary is for each one to do her very best in the place where she finds S.5+,h herself If she eoui1 s11 do only nd fact to discourage her from doing the little and in every case to work hand in hand without jealousies or fric- ton, without thought of self or care for self advancement. but with the
 gle aim of pushing the cause of woman suffrage ana e.Lining for Con- neeticut an early place in the roster of states where women vote.
 Miss Emily Pierson, state organizer, laid before the convention the plans for the coming years work and spoke of the great advantage to be gained through organized campaign work as compared with sporadic work in diff the state having from 5000 to 20,000 population there were ten she said in which almost no suffrage work had
 
 coming winter to visit those cities. or ganize a working force of campaigners and spend a week lat the work in each instance Soon after ner arrival in the cities she said headquarters would be opened and towards the end of her weeks stay a big mass meeting would be held and the week wound up by the organizing of a league. In the spring when travelling was good she said she intended to organize cam paign through Middlesex. Windham and To1land counties. Miss Pierson made an appeal for funds to carry on the work and there was a ready re sponse. The Hartford league subscrib- ed s1, 600 followed by Bridgeport with similar amount Greenwich gave H, 100 and New Haven $1,20O Meriden and New London each gave $500. An ap- peal by the press department for funds met with a generous response assur- ing the successful carrying on of the work. Tn addition to Mrs, Hincks' re-elec- tion, the following officers were elect ed:
 Vice-preeident, Mrs. Grace G. Seton, Cos Cob; recording secretary. Miss Runfz-Rees, Greenwich; corresponding secretary, Mrs Edward Porritt, Hart