The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-10-31
CON ICUT
 SUE RAGE NEWS
GA (. Porritt.9

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 The second of the series of eight Little Campaignss which have been undertaken by the Connecticut Wo1n- an Suffrage Association came to an end last night with meeting in the Grange Hall at WoIcott- These cam paigns are being led by Miss Emily Pferson, and she has the constant as- sistance of Miss AIyse Gregory and Miss Isabella. sand CTS, the other two organizers The meetings this week have been in Plymouth. in Ttrttleisa Hall on Monday in the AEethodist evening" in GIange Hall at Prospect on Wednasday and at Oxford in the Parish House and Southford in Union Chapel on Thursday evening
 T1ae Waterbury Equal Franchise League Of which Mrs Julius AElaltby is the president have helped v1guroa1s- 1y with all these meetings. Two auto mobiles have been constantly In use Miss Emily PierSon's own run About- Little Votes for Women and the Ford five-seaaer which belongs to the Association and which is Usually run by Miss Alyse Gregory. Besides these cars several others have been lent by sympathizers. and parties of suffrage workers have been carried to and from the rneettngs in places not easily a.s- cessible in any ether way except by automobfle Next week the cam paigners will be in the nei ghborhood of New Haven. and will vtsdt g num- Der Of the smaller towns ithin easy reach or this city, including Milford, Branford and F'adr Haven.
 Since the annual convention in Hartferd many of the local leagues have followed the example Of the State Aasoc1atfsn and have endorsed at their nneettnes one Of the resolu- zsf resolution which is receiving this warm endorsement reads ss folloWss
 Whereas women have always suf- fersd and are now ss1frezir1g the hor- wrong social condi itionss ard
 vFhareAs they are always called up- on to repair fa V hat small measure they can tho evils arising from war and bad social cond tdonss by contr1- putting money and labor to Red Cross and p1flan txreK1ac work and
 Whereas women aTs asking that they be a11oWed voice in the govern nhent that eontroIs these Conditions; and
 Hvhersas we. as ssslffragises arc con xinced thak women would exercIae the power of the ballot to prevent war and to arnelzoTate social conditlonss
 Theeefore be 1t resc1ved that we demand with aH Our streneth h and with the deep feeling ariang from a high sense Of resp pensa bility. t1laf we bel given the right to vote; and be lt also
 Received that we again as suffra- gists. pledge ourselves to dedicate our strength and our abilities to obtain ir1E the suffrage for women all osuerS Che world, as the work v h1ch Is of most vital i1nportance to human well fare
 DeHaeastea bo che Natioassd conveaa- tfCn which Is to be held at NashV1ne were elected at the State annual con-l venticns but as there were not enough Journey efforts are still being made by the sxecutive board to i'll out the Connectics1t deIegation- C'onnectfcut ranks second among the associations affz11ated with the Natioia1 in voting streneth because ifs payment into the than from any other State except New York Seventy-five women are en- titled to go to NashviIIe to represent the c. ". s. But the journey is so long and the ezpeaase is 30 great that 1t seems little likely that the de1ega-l the convention declared that they would rather give the money to help forward the work Tn their own state than spend ton travelling expenses 1nil going to Nashv1lIss Tenness ee. Among those who are going are Mrs Henry
 
 Whitney of New Haven, MT and Mrs. & Taylor Of Norfolk Dr. and Mrs AIIcee Of Rldgede1d and Miss Mary Olcott also Of Rid gedeId, Mrs Hois5nston of Greenwich, Mrs. Helena Weed Of NorwaIk and Mrs H I. WeIch and Mrs. hean, both of New Haven
 There will be . brief and formal meeting Of the delegates to the com ventfon or their proxies at the end Of this month to act on a. constitutional aanendnent creating the office Of state organizer and making it's holder a mem Der of the executive board. AL though Miss Emily Piersor1 is one of the moving spirits of the suffrage movement and has probably more in nuence on the policy Of the associa- ton than amy other member except perhaps the president, she has not hitherto been actually member of the board.