Semi-weekly herald., 1912-11-21
TO MEET UNDER TEN
STARRED FLAG

meets tomorrow for a five DAYS
session, are here today preparing to
give to "the cause" the most notable
impetus since the inception of the
equal franchise movement. The women
have come from every section of the
country and are among the leaders in
their respective states. The hotels
are filled with them, and many others
of the delegates are being entertained
in private homes.
The program prepared for the gath
ering provides for many novel and at
tractive features. Witherspoon hall,
where the most of the sessions will be
held, has been handsomely decorated
for the occasion. The six-star flag,
conspicuous at the former conventions
of the organization, gives way this
year to the ten-star flag, the four new
stars representing the states of Mich
igan, Kansas, Oregon and Arizona,
which adopted woman suffrage amend
ments at the recent elections.
A fine array of talent has been OBJ
tained to address the various meet
ings. consisting of prominent men and
women who have become famous for
their devotion and labor along differ
ent lines of human activity
The meetings will vary in character
pendence square on the opening day
to thanksgiving service on Sunday
afternoon in the Metropolitan opera
house, All of the evening sessions
VIII be open to the public.
AT the formal opening of the con-
vention tomorrow night Miss Jane
Adams of Chicago will preside and
the national president, Rev Anna
Howard Shaw, will deliver her annual
address. Another feature of the even
ing's program will be addresses from
leaders who aided the cause to victory
in Arizona, Michigan, Oregon and
Kansas
The men enlisted in the equal suf-
frage cause will have their inning
Friday evening. The session will be
in the entire charge of the National
Mems League for Woman Suffrage
and men will appear on the program
as speakers.
The program for the Saturday even
ing session will be conducted entire
ly by the National College Equal Suf-
Z ii"f e iesssde, % "nien "a. Carey
I ! .omas, president Of Bryn Mawr col
lege, is the head Two debating teams
made up of young women college stu
dents will engage in debate on the
subject of equal suffrage.
A special program has been pre-
pared for the independence square
rally tomorrow. The original Woman's
Declaration of Rights will be read and
Mrs. Charlotte Peiroe, the only living
signer, will be present, and be form
ally presented with bouquet of
flowers.
The Sunday afternoon thanksgiving
service in the opera house will prob
ably be the largest indoor suffrage
meeting ever held in this country. The
background of stage will be huge
world map, showing the progress
of the suffrage movement up to
date. All the suffrage territory will
sixty musicians will furnish the music
for the meeting. Rev. Anna Howard
Shaw will preside and among the
speakers will be Miss Jane Adams
and Miss Julia Lathrop, the latter the
newly appointed head of the chill
drens bureau.
A mass of routine work will be dis
posed of at the daily business sessions
of the convention. Reports will be
received from the various national of
ficers and committees and from dele
gates representing all of the states.
These reports will embody narration
of the progress made during the past
year, the plans of campaign found
most effective and an exchange of
ideas through debate.
The speakers who will be heard at
the night sessions will include many
persons of national or international
prominence In addition to those
already named they will include Mrs.
Harriet Stanton Blatch of New York,
Miss Harriet Taylor Upton of Ohio,
Mrs. Sausan w. Fitzgerald Of Boston,
Mrs. Robert NJ. LaFollette Of Wis
consin, Baroness Won Suttner, the
celebrated advocate of international
peace, and Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait,
president of the international Woman
Suffrage alliance, who has just re-
turned from an eighteen months trip
around the world.
The election of officers of the asso-
citation for the ensuing year is sub
ject that is already exciting lively
discussion among the delegates. Rev.
Anna Howard Shaw of Philadelphia
will be candidate for reelection to
the presidency and will be seriously
opposed for the first time during the
eight years she has held the office.
The opposition has centered upon Miss
Laura Clay of Kentucky as their can
didate. The supporters of DR.. Shaw