The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-11-22
WOMAN SUFFRAGE MEETING
Convention of National Association in
 Session at Philadelphia.


 Philadelphia, Nov 22-The conven- 1 ton of the National Woman Suffrage i association, which convened in this
 city today, was the greatest gathering i held in this country. It is not the first national convention the suffra- gists have held. it is the forty fourth
 But, it far the greatest. both in points of attendance and importance. ! It was the high-water mark of wom- ans ans entry. as 2 recognized gY factor, in Plans for the convention, which is ] being held under the auspices of the i Pennsy1vania Woman Suffrage asso- citation, were formulated far in ad vance of the actual meeting. Every detail of the five days conference had 1 been thoroughly threshed out, every l contingency provided for, so. that when the convention was called to or :, der today the program proceeded with out hitch.
 Practically every state in the un- ion was represented. More than 400 lsdelega tes answered the roll call when Anna Howard Shaw, president of the National Organization, called for or der in the Witherspoon building, Junf- per and Walnut streets.
 1 The hospitality committee, Of which Mrs. George 4. Pearsali is chairman, made all arrangements for the en- 1 tertainment of the delegates during 1 their stay in Phfladelphia. It has ttdeparted from the traditional method of caring for out-of-toWn. delegates. who are usually crowded into the To-
 
 being entertained in the homes Of To- cal ssuffra gists. Members of the Penn | Sy1vania Association volunteered to throw open their homes to fel1ow-dele- states. -
 Official headquarters have been established at the Hotel Alton MT. Carey Thomas, president of the Bryn Mawr College, and also president of the National College Woman Suffrage i league has engaged a suite of rooms 1t haSfGITV 9 the busy politicians. It is said that men will be tee-totally barred. the campaign which suffragists have ! been carrying on in all parts of the country during the past year. On Tuesday, five states will vote on stitutions granting the ballot to wo1n- en. The campaign states. as they are sas, Oregon. and Arizona. So confident are the suffragists that the women of. those states will be enfranchised at the coming election, that a thanks giving meeting viii be arranged for Sunday afternoon, Nov. 24th, in the Metropolitan Opera House. Should ed, which is not admitted to be even a possibility, the celebration will be held just the same. Even Ohio, where the suffrage amendment was rejected, will join in the thanksgiving exercises. The Ohio delegates say they were 'only set back
  The primary purpose of the con- vention is to arouse interest in the nationwide woman suffrage move ment, which. has gained such momen- turn during the past year and played so prominent part in this years campaign.
 The results accompIished during the past year will be reviewed during the week current conditions studied, and plans for pushing the crusade during
 At noon today, an outdoor meeting Where V he s, Widely known woman orators
 The convention was officially opened at 7.30 this afternoon by Mayor Blan- kenburg, who delivered an address of welcome to the delegates. Mrs. Ellen H E. Price, president of the Penn sylvania, Association followed Mayor made by Mrs. James Lees Laid1aws of New York, an officer of the National
 The meeting Friday will be inl charge of the National Mems League for Women Suffrage. No women will be permitted to be on the progT am. Reginald Wright Kaufman; Jesse Lynch Williams; Writer Bynnar; A. $. George Foster Peabody; ex-Judge Dim ner Beeber, and Rev. James Grattan Nythen. of Baltimore all of whom -W1i fE0iL why IuSi1 Sliu@Ato .SuPPoAt "iiN vote for the cause
 Saturday evening will be devoted to the College League. Baroness von Suttnsr, a social worker of fnterna- tional reputa tion, will be the guest of honor at the meeting Monday ey- ening and will speak. Bishop sDarl- iugton of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Harrisburg. will also speak The convention will close Tuesday
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