Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-03-31

The Nye county branch Of the Ne I
yada Equal Franchise society, is no
more and in It's stead is the Nye |
county branch of the Nevada Non
Militant Equal Suffrage society The
dissolution Of the old branch and |
the formation of the new society was
explained Friday by the Bonanza. The
members of the society in the fol |
lowing statement give the exact rea
son for the withdrawal from the old
society. The statement follows.
"The Nye county branch Of the
Nevada Equal Franchise society met
at the office Of II II. Atkinson in
the State bank building on Thurs
day night for the consideration OF
report Of delegates sent by that or
ganization to the recent state conven
ton at Carson City, The meeting
was called to order By the president,
Mrs p. E, Keeler. The usual order
Of business was adhered to. A re-
port on the convention held at Car
son, which was signed by all the
delegates from this society, was read
BY Mrs. Tallman to the society, the
report being unanimously approved,
bers and filed with the secretary.
Upon motion, duly made and second
ed, the report OF Mrs Hugh Brown
on the convention held in Reno, which
was a minority report on that con
yentlon, was read by Mrs. Brown 70
the society," discussed by the mem
bers an dfiled with the secretary.
Upon motion, duly made and second
ed, the report Of Mrs Clay Tallman
on the convention held In Reno,
which was a majority report, con.
surred in by Mrs, zeb Kendall, was
thereapoa read to the society by Mrs,
Tallman. discussed and filed with
the secretary. This majority report
had been unanimously accepted at a
previous meeting Of the society The
following communication was there
upon read;
"Tonopah, New March, q, 1913.
Nevada Equal Franchise Society
Reno, Nevada. Ladies: We, the un
dersigned, request that our names b'
stricken from the roll of member
ship Of your society and in so doinl
we call attention to facts attendan
at the recent state convention o
your society:
THE report of the credentials CON
mittee, fixing the status of person
entitled to seats in that convention
was never adopted, but state officer
Of the society were permitted to yot
upon the question as to whethe
they should be seated without er'
dentials from any branch society
"The report of the credentials con
mittee recommended against two a
ternates from Washoe county bt
in passing upon that question tn
two alternates We're permitted
vote.
Eight proxies, represented in perso
by duly qualified members of Il
convention, were refused recognize
and the persons holding them wei
refused permission to vote upon Il
question Of whether they should
permitted, although the state of
GERS and alternates had been perm
ted to vote upon their own cases.
The president presented an ord
OF business different from that pl
ylded in the bylaws, and ruled thu
without adoption by the conyentit
such new order of business mi
govern its deliberations, there
bringing the election of officers abe
OF reports of special committe
which included the Legislative co
mittee; and upon appeal being Il
en- from her decision, the preside
refused to state the appeal TO
convention or permit her ruling to
acted upon by the convention.
"A secret nominating commit
was appointed before the convent
whose report was read to the c
Vention, but the president refused
state who composed such commit
ana no such committee was appo