Evening journal., 1914-10-30
WOMEN Seekers OF
BALLOT IN Session
CONTINUED from First Pagel

H.
tary Miss Ella w. Johnson, treas
urer; Mrs. W. S. Quigley vice presi-
dent
Wilmington Equal Suffrage Asso-
citation officers-Dr. Josephine NJ. r.
White Delaoour. president; Miss Eu-
genia Jackson, secretary.
Auditors-Mrs. Mary 7. Hearn,
Miss Mary II. A. Mather.
Arden club delegates-Mrs r. Bar
clay Spicer, Mrs. Alberta Gieser,
Frank Stevens, Don Stevens, Mrs.
Don Stevens.
Newport Club-Mrs. II. II. Hay
ward, of Newark; Mrs. Mary b. Dom
nell, OF Newark; Mrs. James Gran
ston.
New Castle club-Mrs. Florence
Bayard Hilles, Mrs. Joseph Coheld.
The fraternal delegates are: Miss
Anna n. Bird, Consumers League
Mrs. Lena Messick, w. G. T. u; Miss
Caroline NJ. Cooper, Juvenile Court;
Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles, Con-
gressional Union
Years Work I'm State.
Miss Mary r. De You, correspond
ing secretary Of the Delaware AS
scciation, read her report She
said:
THAT the Delaware Equal Suffrage
Association has felt the flow Of the
tide of suffrage sentiment since its
T last assembling In annual convention
IN Wilmington on November 6, 1913,
can perhaps not be better attested
than by its present gathering today
at the State capital Never before dur
ing the seventeen years of the hts
tory has the association met outside
of New Castle county, Wilmington,
Newport and New Castle having by
turns been the gathering centres.
Feeling the impulse of the wOman's
suffrage movement which within the
last few years has become nation wide,
Delaware has been making strides the
past year indicating in no uncertain
way that the days of womnn's political
inieriority in our little State are mum
bered.
"Believing in the absolute reasonable
ness of a constitutional amendment for
nation wide suffrage, the Delaware As.
sociation has supported the Bistow
Mondell resolution before Congress, has
had hearings before our Congressional
representatives, Senators dupont ant
salisbury and Representative Brocksor
and has taken part in several demon.
fstrations at the national capital ipclud'
ing the Congressional Union parade Ol
I May 9, and the dcputation to President
Wilson on June 30 to bring before hin
, the action Of the General Federation ol
Woman's Clubs in endorsing the princi
pal OF political equality of men and wo
men.
Representatives Of the Delaware as
Z sociation appeared before the resolu
Z tions committees Of the Republican an
Democratic conventions of September
Z and respectively, asking the endors'
z ment of woman's suffrage. No recon
2 mendation was made on this score 4
z the Republicans, who did not deem
z expedient to declare for suffrage. III
2 The Democrats awarded the appoin
z ment of a committee of five member
z in each county TO report on the MATE
Z at the next State convention. This wi
not meet again for two years. Such az
z tion made the whole thing ineffective
Even TO the extent it went the resolt
tion was not made a part of the plat
form.
"Two practical features of the asso
cations work allying it with women
interests have been the FURNISHING q
. two rooms one for the Delaware Indus
trial School for Girls, the other at tn
Delaware College for Women at New
ark.
For the second time the Delawarl
70. S. A. had a suffrage booth at tn
Z State Fair in September Miss ANN
McCue. a factory worker Of Philadel
= phia, spoke on suffrage. and Mrs
Z Florence Bayard Hilles made a spirit
z ed address when she presented tn
prize. a $3.50 gold piece, offered b
!, our association for the best essay o
z suffrage written by a boy OF girl be
z tween the ages of IA and Is years
= The successful contestant wa
z Charles w. l.. Carswell, a grandso
2 OF General Thomas A. Smyth, one q
z Delaware's bravest soldiers durin
y the Civil War
= Badges. pennants and various re
= gala were sold at the fair and man
z signers for suffrage were secured an
z thousands of suffrage flyers we're dis
= tributed People carried them ava
= and seemed glad TO have them.
= "On July !, special meeting of th
= Delaware Equal Suffrage AssociatiO
= was held at the New Century Club (
= hear an address by Daniel Oliver a
y English member of the Society
= Friends who explained the suffrage sit
= uation in England
= "The birthday OF Lucy Stone was hoI
= ored in Delaware ON August l3 by ii
2 selling OF copies of The Woman's JouI
= nall by your corresponding secretary
y response 70 an appeal, from the Journi
= managers that each State show II
y mark of respect to the founder of Il
y Journal and one Of the pioneer leade
y in the suffrage movement in the Unit,
y States. Twenty copies were sold and Il
- returns were sent to the Journal to he
y swell the campaign funds.
= During the year your corresponds
y secretary was appointed Press chai
= man of the State executive commits
y with the object In view of keeping q
= people in Delaware informed throul
y the newspapers of national and loc
Il suffrage news. All the papers of q
y state were addressed on the subje
y and several outside of WilmingtC
y have promised to open their column
= to our suffrage notes, notably Il
y Newark Post, the Dover Index" Il
" Delaware State News for local iten
y in Sussex and the Sussex Republica
y In Georgetown. The response of Il
- Wilmington press has been both ge
y eral and generous.
= "The Delaware Association had /
y frll quota of delegates at the fort
= fifth national convention. held
y Washington. d. c., last December. al
y.