The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-12-01
SUFFRAGE LEADERS URGE WORKERS T0
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Interesting Session of Bridgepor League Held at Hotel
 StratfieId


 Go and see your Representative 7, was the repeated advice given b., 7rg. thomas Hepburn. of Hartford oresiz cent Of the Connecticut Woman s1,f- rage Association, when inforD1sd curing her talk before the Bridgero7,e EqnaI Franchise League that tEs br1ogeport representatives had not wei committed themselves as to vVhetbe- they would stand for oI. a5rai5,sse t 1rage at the legislature
 The meeting was held in inc am, parIors of the Stratfield Hotel s577 opened at o'clock yesterday sffer noon Mrs Samuel c. Shaw. Dresi- dent of the local league, presided. in = = ou uuclng the speakers who were Mrs .-.i = l1s 1nefnpson Seton of Green zF1chs vice-president of the state se- socla1on and Mrs. Hepburn
 Mrs. Hepburn Is 8 bright ana Vi+f1r speaker and her talk on state work was was most. en1ightening. She began bv thanking the members Of the local startais e,.gue TOT the splendid help and en- terta1nment which they gave fine workers in the little campsfgD5 which was recently held about Esr1dre- port.
 The Bridgeport League is a. very splendid one said Mrs. Hepburn ..it save us one of our finest state presi- dents, Mrs. HinclSs, and it's mem bers have usually seen whether tlaev liked thing in the main and have shown fine big spirit right straight trough
 The campaigns in the small towns which have been going on for some time are practically completed and will be entirely over within a couple of weeks. There are 6T suffrage leagues in the state and 16T towns and in practically everyone of them the workers found suffragists waiting for them. Even in little Si1nsburv. which the anti's had claimed almost entirely for their own. they had large meet Ing, collected $65, and gained 60 names in favor of suffrage.
 Referring to the referendum vote for which the sunragists are working so zea1ously. Mrs. Hepburn pointed out that even if everything went along Beautifully and as smoothly as possible in favor of suffrags the earliest possible time that it could be put into effect would be three years from this fall.
 Since there is such a strong opposi-z ton to suffrage in this state. Mrs Hepburn argues that the only logical way to decide the question is to sub init it to the voters and let them pass judgment upon it. The state president touched upon the various arguments of the antps, branding several as "ab- solute falsehoods." Regarding femir- ism, Mrs. Hepburn said:
 'sF'erninism really means the expres- sion of woman's point of view and certainly the things that women want and care about are as vital to the human race as are those of men
 Mrs. Ernest Thompson Seton the first speaker of the afternoon. gave 8 pleasing report of the National }Suf- frage convention which was held from November<12 to 19 at Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. Seton, wife Of the famous au- thors illustrator of many of his books, and herself an author, is a most in teresting woman whose charm per- meates her work and is most evident in her speaking. Mrs Seton remark ed that the southern woman of today is unusually efficient and business like, and told of their splendid and successful efforts to- make the people of Nashville interested in suffrage which, since it is so new in the South. was like bringing suffrage oonvenz don to Connecticut 50 years ago.
 She told of the interesting reports of the work done throughout the country and of the exciting election which again resulted in the pres5 dency of Dr. Shaw. The Democrats party is so strong in the south, said Mrs. Seton that the women say that they s'have to be Democrats or noth- ing because there is nothing else to be-"
 The interesting meeting was con cluded with the serving of tea to the large audience, which included sui fragists. neutraIs and prominent anti's-