The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1913-10-23
TOMBSTONE FOR
HARTFORD PAPER
Suffragists Pledge Money To
Bury Courant and Then
For Its Editor, Too.
TIMES NOT FORGOTTEN
Assistant State Attorney Carter
Also Hit In Humorous
Pledges AS Delegates
Raise $8.5O1.

LuISQ LnS ClOS1nR Qdhy OI ZIG 4OA ~
fourth annual convention of the Con-
necticut Woman Suffrage association
First came pledges from $1,000 to s.
from the various leagues about the
state, then individuals offered gener-
Gus amounts and finally a deluge of
pledges poured in for two hours, given
in honor of children and grandohil-
dren, parents and other relatives and
friends, including both the departed
and the living. Finally the joy of
giving burst forth without restraint.
Pledges were made in turn, now with
humorous malice, now with devoted
affection, in the names Of newspapers
favorable and hostile. noted sufra-
gists, prominent ''antis,'' officers of
the c. W. 8. A., enemies of 1.-The
cause and hnally five pledges for
press work at $50 each from Miss Pier
son, the state organizer; Mrs. Carlos
f. Stoddard. Mrs. George Day, Miss
Alyse Gregory and Mrs. Morton, in
the name of Mrs. Pankhurst, whom
Miss Pierson in taking the initiative
Of the pledge, termed 1.-The greatest
press agent ever known in history
Two local newspapers who still treat
'tthe cause" with noticeable GOODNESS
were the butt of several wftti1y termed
pledges" Ten dollars for the Cour-
ant" volunteered one woman That's
pretty near enough to bury it, ex-
claimed Miss Pierson. who'll give
five for a tombstone?'' Then, when
the marker had been set up, Now,
how many flowers shall we send? 20
and seven dollars were donated for
that purpose. At last ten dollars was
pledged to send he editor along with
his newspaper. Another sum was CIV
en- to help the Times over the fence"
Mrs. Carlos Stoddard OF New Haven
gave a pledge ''in the name Of the
New Haven chief of police, who says
women are nuisance in public life
"A sum was given for Miss Emily
Plumley, one Of the staunchest work
ers in the cause, and was Immediately
followed by a pledge for Miss Pierson
because "she discovered Miss Plum
ley More money was given for
Christopher Columbus, who discov--
cred America to his mother, who
discovered Columbus and to his Ia
Their, "who discovered his mother"
Then Adam and Eve were rennem-
bered, next the snake in the Garden
of Eden, and then a woman honored
her apple orchard with a. pledge to
complete the history.
A wonRan volunteered $40 which she
had intended for Christmas gifts, and
after an urgent appeal from Mrs. Hep
burn that others should follow the ex-
AMPLE Miss Pierson blandly announc-
ed '-$5 for the presents I was going to
give the Hepburn children and Mrs.
Hepburn retaliated with 1910 for the
presents the Hepburn children were to
give Miss Pierson;" and still another
woman prof1ered SIS which was to be
devoted to Christmas remembrances
for the Hepburn tots. Five dollars,
and 1 will carry my old umbrella an
other year, shouted a woman. and
then came a matter-of-fact voice from
the rear proffering s'one dollar for the
most expensive umbrella I can afford
Several dollars were procured for the
FIRST mi1itants who landed at Ply
mouth Rock and ttthe tea thrown
into Boston 91arbors, brought one more
dollar.
Assistant state Prosecuting Attorney
Carter came in for hot censure at the
convention, when a. report of recent
adverse decision by him in regard to
a case of child abuse was given by
Mrs. Parker, the woman probation Of
ficer in Greenwich, and $25 was pledged
with celebrity to put him out of office
In all the pledges amounted to over
81 900 more than was obtained at last
years convention.
-Four resolutions were read and
adopted by the association. One IA
vored international peace; another
was to secure a suffrage plank in each
of the political parties, and then to
demand that the principle be support
ed in the meetings.; q third involved
the appointment of a vice commission
IN the large Clues Oh lu0 SLcCS anu
working in the legislature for a state
commission to investigate the extent
and causes of commercialized vice;
and lastly one of thanks to President
Wilson which read as follows:
whereas, Connecticut sent many
OF the thousands Of kilograms appeal
ing to President Wilson to give special
considers ton to the detention by the
Immigration bureau of political
leader from England, therefore be it
resolved that the Connecticut Women
Suffrage association thereby thank him
for admitting her in accordance with
the best traditions of our country,
which has ever extended welcome and
refuge to political revolutionists from
all lands
Mrs. Thomas N. Hepburn, of Hart
ford. was elected president of the asso-
ciation and the other officers were
chosen as follows:
Vice-president, Mrs. Ernest Thomp-
son Seton, Greenwich; recording sec
rotary, Miss Ruutz-Rees, Greenwich;
corresponding secretary, Miss Mabel
Washburn, Hartford; treasurer, Mrs.
NJ. Toscan Bennett Hartford. Chalr-
man of counties: Fairfield Mrs. Her
bert, H Knox, of New Canaan; Hart
ford Miss Elizabeth Hubbard, West
Hartford: Windharn, Miss Rosamond
Danielson, Putnam; New Haven, Mrs.
Carlos f. Stoddard, New Haven; Mid
dleS0X, MIS-. f. u HAChSSOA, 1AAAN1AO-
town: Litchf1eId, Mrs. Scranton Tay-
1or, Norfolk; New London. DR.. Esther
woodward, Norwich.
Auditors: Mrs Mary j. Rogers,
Meriden; Mrs. F. A. DeLoss, Bridge
port.
state organizer: Miss Emily Pier
SON. of Cromwell.
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