Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-28
SUFFRAG|STS OF
/. JERSEY ACTIVE
Numerous Meetings and Rallies
Planned by Equal Fran
chise Seekers.

Suffragists in northern New Jersey
Iare becoming unusually active, and
number of meetings and rallies
have been planned for the early sum-
mer The executive board of the
" New Jersey Woman Suffrage Asso-
citation will hold its monthly meet
ing tomorrow afternoon at the home
of Miss Elizabeth Pope, ISL Summit
avenue, Jersey City.
This meeting will be held in con-
I junction with a meeting of the De-
Hart Equal Suffrage League. The
Hpusiness sessions of both organiza-
lions will be short ones. The meet
ings will be followed by the Hudson
& county suffrage conference. Ten
minute talks will be given by those
\ prominent in State and national suf-
4 1rage circles.
The work of the Madison Equal
Suffrage League is now we'll organ
4 lied under district leaders. The
80 league will hold an outdoor meeting
on the afternoon of June l at the
home of Mrs. Calvin Anderson, Jer-
bey City.
\. The First Ward members of the
Montclair Suffrage League have elect
ed officers for the ensuing year, as
follows: Leader, Mrs. Powell Macy;
Z treasurer, Rev. George D. Rulet:
\ secretary, Mrs. Edmund Story; rep
N resentatives to central committee,
Mrs. Powell Macy and Mrs. C. c.
Wendehack
The members of the Second Ward
"a of the Equal Suffrage League of
an Montclair have elected Mrs. Alfred
VA c. Greening to leadership In the dis
trict for another year. Miss Adams
"a was elected secretary and Mrs.
I4athrop treasurer. Mrs. Slayback,
~ with tho leader of the district. Mrs.
"a Greening, will serve OH the central
n committee. The efforts of the suf
3 fragists in the Second Ward have
81 resulted in a large cash showing as
81 well as increased membership.
IA At their annual meeting the woman
III suffrage party of Bayoune elected the
N following officers: President, Miss
IA Alma Rademacher; vice president,
"a president, Miss Eda Falker; treas
81 urer, Miss Welck; corresponding
Fl secretary, Miss Hogan; recording
! secretary, Mrs. NJ. A. Waralau; press
chairman, Mrs. p U. Ten Brock.
The league is about to institute a
series of street meetings, such as
those they carried on so successfully
last summer. In June 1t will give a
lawn party on the grounds of Prof.
MNlaghan, of Bayonne.
- National Convention.
- he National Suffrage Association
81 hold it's next convention at
shville, Tenn. November IL to Il.
lie national officers accepting the in
tat Of fha TannpGGan State
bciation and left it to the Tennessee
\ uffrag ists to decide which city
hould act as hostess for the conven-
Lion, Chattanooga and Memphis, as
well as Nashville, having sent invita-
Htions.
The president of the Tennessee as
y ISOLATION Is Mrs. Crozier French,
End the president of the Nashville
pbssociation Is Mrs. Guilford Dudley.
.IAe program committee consists of
DrA Anna Howard Shaw, president
of the national association; Mrs. Jo-
Beph Tilton Bowen, of Chicago; Mrs
Susan Walker Fitzgerald, of Boston;
Mrs. Jean Gordon, of New Orleans;
Mrs. Mary Ware Bennett, of New
York, and Miss Sophonisba p. Brock
inridge, of Chicago. Mrs. Ernest
Seton Thomson will be chairman of
local arrangements. The national
association mas TtCtlN6u lCiSSi GINS
tfrom the Commercial Club. the In
dustrial Bureau, the Tennessean and
the Nashville Banner telling of the
pleasure with which Nashville will
receive the convention.
The Nevada Equal Franchise Society
has announced that the last week in
May will be time of sacrifice for all
suffragists in the State. The off1clal
. board has called upon all women to
deny themselves personal luXuries ana
perhaps some necessities in order to
give of their substance to the suffrage
cause The College Equal Suffrage
League Of California asked its thou
sands of members throughout Cali
fornia to observe the week from May
Q TO 9. as a week of self-denial in or
der that funds might be sent to aid
the suffrage cause in Nevada and
other campaign States. The Nevada
Equal Franchise Society has taken
the stand that what other women are
willing to do for them Nevada women
are surely willing to do for them
selves. in order that the great gift
of political freedom may be bestowed
upon all women of the State next No
4 .yember.
Recruiting stations have been
opened in each of the sixty three As
sembly districts of New York State.
Inc they Seek LOT IllO
] frage army which is to fight for vic
. tory in 1915. In one Assembly dis
trict there are twenty recruiting sta
i lions. Most of the stations are in va
cant shops. The officers stand at the
door, explain the signs and take
: names, while inside the shop are the
suffrage orator and the ammunition,
| or Votes for Women literature,
which is to be used during the cam
paign.
The United States leads in the
number of special suffrage publica-
tions issued within it's borders. There
are sixteen in alone quarterly,
eight monthlies, one semi-monthly
81 and six weekies. England is next,
"a with twelve, and then comes France,
al with eight. Germany has five publi-
n cations devoted to the cause of equal
franchise and Denmark four. In Fin