The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-23
CONNECTICUT
 SUF FRAGE NEWS
"A. c. Porritt. )

A. C. Pcrritt.)
 Sunset suffrage meetings are to be the rule in Connecticut this summer.
 Already the local leagues, with the
 help of Miss Alyse Gregory are ar ranging for the holding of this form sof suffrage propaganda. The meet
 ings will be held outdoors and there
 will be capable suffrage speakers in
 attendance. The meetings will be.
 held in every town and city where there is a suffrage league in existence.
 Tn the larger places they will be held
 in all the different wards, and there will be at least one every week In the smaller places where the people can be gathered in a central square meetings will probably De held once a
 month; and even the smallest towns and villages will have at least one sunset suffrage meeting during the course of the summer,
 Miss Emily Pferson has been in
 great request since the Hartford Suf-
 frage parade to make suffrage speeches at the moving picture shows
 where the hlrn of the parade is on
 view This film. which has been
 Meriden and New Haven. and it is
 expected that they will be on view
 during the coming weeks in almost
 every town and city in the State. Ev- cry man and woman who was in Hartford to see the parade, or who
 marched in its ranks. is anxious to-
 see the film and to recognize friends
 and acquaintances as they come into the line of vision. Those who were not able to see the parade are glad
 of the chance of making good their loss The film is proving q most at
 tractive feature wherever it is exhib- tied.
 Tn spite Of these calls on Miss
 Pierson's time, she is making good progress with the plans for the sum
 rner campaign in WIndharn and ToI- land Countes which is to open on
 June 15. Since the suffrage parade a large number of gifts towards the expenses of the campaign have come in to the Treasurer of the State As- sociatfon. 9The money 50 far con tributed for this purpose amounts to nearly fifteen hundred dollars. and includes one single gift of $500, one of s260, three or four of s100 each Much more is yet needed for the financing of the campaign, but an ex- ,celient beginning has been made and the officers of the Association are | confident that the plan will receive 1 hearty support from suffragists in | the State.
 Connecticut was represented at the | Annual Conference Of New England | Suffrage Workers. wI1fch was held in I Porritt. All the six New England | States sent delegates to the confer ence, and reports of work done with in the last year show immense pro- gress even in the States which hawea hitherto been somewhat backward az regards the demand for votes for wo- men. Massachusetts had naturally the most to report Its larger size fl and population and the fact that Bos- ton has long been a center of suffrage activity gives it an advantage over the other Stataes- This year suf- frage work is extraordinarily active in Massachusetts, owing to the fact that the State Legislature has taken the first step towards the amendment of the Constitution and that Massa- chur etts is consequently, like New Yor1.. in the list of campaign States.
 The absolute need of votes for wo- men if the woman's point of view is to have any influence on either Iegis. lafion CT the administration of the law has received a striking iIlustra-1 tion lately in Hartford. The penalty inflicted by Judge Eber1e on a man convicted of assa ut on a little girl of thirteen-a pupil at the Windsor the man was released on probation. The little girl--too young to be legal ly committed was induced to consent to enter the House of the Good Shep- herd. With her life spoiled and her self practically a prisoner, how does her fate compare with that of her seducer? Girls are supposed to have the protection of the law to the age of Is; but such sentences reduce the law to a farce, and makes every mother in Hartford tremble for the safety of her own daughters. No one can call such a sentence deter rent, and many man is willing to pay ten dollars for the indulgence of his evil passions. Tn San Francisco the women recalled a judge who showed himself incapable of admin istering fairly the law which protects girls and women and who allowed men to be released on low bail when accused of offences against women, To fine only ten dollars is far worse than releasing pending trial on bail of five hundred dollars, which was the cause of the San Francisco wom- ems indignation.
 The sixth annual rifle shooting [ championship held at washington un- l der the auspices of the National Rifle 1 Association of America was won by l the Salt Lake City High school. g1 4i