Putnam patriot., 1914-11-06
IMPRESSIONS OF
 CONVENTION
Held in Hartford Oct. llih and 18th
By The Connecticut Association for wom.
 ans Suffrage

badges furnished the delegates were distinctly novel and extremely pretty. They were composed of Three narrow slips of white, green and violet ribbon, the white slip bearing the word "Dele- gate in purple ink, attached to a small enamel pin in the same eolefs. Pencils, watch ribbons and playing cards decorated in the suffrage eoloFs were among the souvenirs offered for sale.
 There were seven delegates from Put nam, four from Woodstock and oae from nanielson, a fact which furnish ed my next impression, namely, that Niadham county is beginning to take its place ea the suffrage map of Con- necucut. Unity Hall, where the con- ventton met, was decorated with ban ners Of the suffrage states, the banner. cites of the state leagues, sixty six in number. In the center and above the stage platform was suspended a map of the United States showing the states where eomplete, partial and non-sutlrage for women prevails. Roughly estimated, our country is di. vided territorially, into about third for each Of the degrees. On the left front of the stage were plseafds giving the text of the blanks upholding Wom- an Suffrage. IL is significant of the extent of the movement in it's favor, 1 that four active political parties in | Connecticut, are endorsing Woman Suffrage. They are the democratic, progressive, prohibition and socialist ] parties; the republican party was alone conspicuous by it's absence. On the right front of the stage were displayed | resolutions by convention of working women showing why they wanted the vote.
 After the welcoming address of the ] president Of the Connecticut Woman's l Suffrage Association, Mrs. Thomas N. | Hepburn, the reports from the officers of the association and the heads of the various leagues were delivered in part l only, as time did not suffice for all. Miss Rosamond Danielson, as chair man of Windham county, was able to give most gratifying account Of re- suits of the work of the past year.
 Nj rs. John Evans Sheppard, organizer and president of the Woodstock Equal | Franchise League, was equally i'm, pressive. Unfortunately Mrs. W. J.
 Bartletts report of the many and va. ried activities of the Putnam Equal | Franchise League was crowded out. The convention gave a banquet at 6 | o'clock at the Hotel Bond, in honor of ] representatives of the four friendly po- | litical parties. Owing to lack of time, the speeches progressed during the serving of the courses, an excellent ar rangement. The number of would-be 1 diners jumped from l46 in the morn l ing to 246 later, taxing the capacity of the Hotel Bond to the utmost, and en- | tirely npsetling the acoustic arrange ments, with the result that many were l totally unable to hear the speakers. | Those who could hear were highly en- tertained M IS. Hepburn was toast mistress. She first introduced MT. 1 Wynne, representative for the demo- cratic party. He pleaded for support l for the democrats on the ground that 1 it seemed liable to further the cause of woman suffrage. Mir. Herbert Knox Smith was the next speaker, represent ing the progressive party. He urged higher standards in every walk of life. MT. Morris Hillquit of New York, un- able to be present, was replaced by Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who, 1 speaking in her clear, foreibe anG | original style met with great approba- ton. MT Emil II. G. Hohenthal, chairman of the prohibition state cen tral committee, represented his party. 1 To my mind he was the most interest 1 ing of all the speakers. His statement was in part as follows: "Our party was organized in 1869. In 1872 1t held its | first national convention, and in the l platform was plank for woman suf- frsge. The party didn't, as some other parties have done, put 1t there to draw I votes."
 Mrs. Thompson-seton, vice presi- dent, spoke Of her recent experiences | in California where women have the vote, especially noting the little dis turbance caused by the change to uni- versal suffrage. The banq leteTs ad- journed to Unity Hall for the evening mass meeting, rather belated, but wei comed by a well-filed auditorium.
 Mrs. \. Toscan Bennett presided. Dr. w. G. Nasmyth spoke most interest ingly and convincingly on the topic, "Waf and Women" Mrs. Charlotte
 Perkins Gilman followed. Her subject
 WAS "Homen and War; an inversion of the subject characteristic Of her 1 mental attitude, which is never to &C., cept as gospel truth the many current,
 trite platitudes that have governed I mankind for ages. A feminine Don l Quixote, she fights the windmills of custom with the sharp lance Of her
 keen wit. Her pectedness and originality are delightful srice 10 the
 mental pabnlum she offers her hearers. 1 A collection was taken for the Red