The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-01
CON NNECTICUT.
 SUFFRAGE NEWS
GA G. Porritt. )

All this week Miss Emily Pierson has been hard at work conducting a suffrage campaign in dltesexT Coun-= ty. This campaign, the third county campaign undertaken this summer. was begun on Thursday, July 23rd, Up to that time Miss Pierson, Miss Gregory and the band of campaigners which includes Miss Rankin, of Col orado; Miss Kuttner and Miss Kirch- wey, of New York; and Miss Vera Buck, of New Haven, had been in Winlhan and Holland Counties. and ii was the great success that attend ed the campaigning in these parts of the state that induced the Connecti-5 cut Woman's Suffrage Association at the instance of Miss Pferson toS con tinue the campaign into Midd1esex County.
 The towns so far visited include Killingworth and Ivoryton at the end of the last week, when the campaign CTS also gave up Saturday to a grand tour of the popular beaches; West brook, Saybrook and Deep River, at which towns there ware evening meetings last Monday; Essex, Moodus and Clinton on Tuesday the 18th; Chester and East Harram on Wernes- day; Westchester (New London Coun- ty) and Middle Haddam on Thurs day; and East Hampton and Port lanr yesterday evening, the 81st of &1 ys and in addition to these there have been many outdoor meetings in the day time
 Next week will be the last of the grand automobile suffrage campaign which began on June 1 9th. On Mon day the meetings will be at Cron1- we'll and Berlin: on Tuesday at West field and sNGidd1efield; on "Wednesday at Durham and Haddana; and on Thursrays August 9th, the campaign will be brought to 9 close by meetings at Higganum and MiddIetown The, great arvantage of campaign, as proved by the experience of the Suf- fragists this summer. is that the inr terest is cumulative People in one town hear of the meetings in other towns around them and are ready and eager to hear the campaigners when their town is reached. This was plainly seen in Holland and Win1- ham Counties. The first meetings in each of these counties were the least attended, but by the end of the cam paign, halls were crowded with sym pathetis and Skeenly interested audi ences.
 suffragists of Connecticut have suf- fered a loss in the death of one of the Itpioneers-Nrs. Susan J. Cheeney, kof South Manchester. Mrs. Susan Che ney was the widow of Frank Cheney, one of the original Cheney Bros. She was born in Providence. R.s in 1927, and was the daughter of Daniel Cook and Susan Jarvis Gushing. At one time she was a member of the South Manchester Sshood4 Board-the first woman elected to that office. She was deeply interested in the town li- brary and in all good works for the benefit of the children and young people of South Manchester. She was one of the early members of the Con l,necticut Woman Suffrage Associa- ton, and she rejoicer, greatly when the awakening in the suffrage move ment began in 1910. In her love of liberty and self government.ss she showed herself a. worthy descendant of the men who fought for liberty in the Revoluti onary war, and she we'll deserved her honor as a charter mem Der of the Orford Parish Chapter or the D. A. R.
 The National Woman Suffrage As sociation is making an appeal to all suffragists in the United States to set apart August 18th as sacrifice day for the benefit of the campaign 1 States. It asks all women who are interested in the movement for votes for women to do all in thenr power to earn or save money on that day to be sent to help in the critical cRmpaigHs now being carried on in the seven States where the popular vote on 1 constitutional amendm ents is to be 
 dams has been asked to be treasurer of the fund to be raised on August l 18th and all sums of noney-big or little-sent to headquarters in Hart ford will be forwarded to the Treas urer.
 The states that are to be benefited by this fund are Nevada, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota- all of which have. passed constitution al amendments through all their leg islative stages and have only to take the poll of the voters upon them; and Nebraska, Missouri and Ohio all of which are to vote in virtue of fnitia- tive petitions which have received the requisite number of signatures Speaker Clark of Missouri, and Sec retary of State Wm. J. Bryan have both announced their intention to vote in their own States for the suf- frage amendments and hopes are high of winning all or nearly all Of the i seven states for woman suffrage |