Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-30

<hA S. w 4AAieAkl A. &NOEtOl, QT6SlQenI or the league. and toastmistress. were Mir. and Mrs. William T. Hincks, Bridgeport: Mrs. Helen Hoy Greeley, New York; A. H. Brenn, MT. and Mrs H. R. Branche: Archdeacon and Mrs J. Eldred Brown, Mrs. Grosvenor Ely, Mrs. Albert H. Chase, Archibald Gii- christ, Jr.
 After grace had been said by Arch deacon Brown the following menu was served:
 Cream Fresh Asparagus Soup
 Celery
 i. Baked Shad Roe-aux fines herbes
 Potatoes
 Chicken CroQuettes, Sauce Supreme
 Peas en Croustades
 Tomato and Lettuce Salad
 Strawberry Ice Cream
 Fancy Cakes
 Demi-tasse
 FIashiisht Picture.
 Before the first course was served light picture of the banqueters and had prints back in an hour to show. He received many orders.
 Musical Numbers.
 Several musical selections and brief speeches were interspersed in a pleas ing way between the courses as the banquet proceeded, the first being the baritone solo Absent, rendered in fine voice by Archibald Gilchrist, IT,. for whom Mrs. Grosvenor Ely played the accompaniment. He was compelled to respond to an encore, as was the case when he sang again, this time giving I Hear You Calling Me and Forgotten.
 Suffrage March.
 Mrs. Grosvenor Ely was enthusias- tically applauded for her playing of a Suffrage March of her own compost ton, which Mrs Ely prefaeed by a word of explanation in saying that the sound of the marching feet had forced her to give this musical expression to her thought.
 In appreciation of the march, Arch deacon Brown offered the motion that 1t was the sense of the meeting that the march be carried. There was but one dissenting voice on the vote, and that was from the composer.
 H. R. Branohs Spoke.
 In the place of toastmistress, Mrs Norton had apt introductory words fol each of the speakers, calling first upon Herbert R. Branche, whom she invited to tell why he was suffragist.
 Declaring that five minutes was too small time to go far into g. subject against which so little could be said as against suffrage. he took up a re- mark made by Mrs. A. J.. George al
 
 the week regarding the trouble 1T Colorado. in which he inferred that she criticised suffrage in Colorado a. to blame for some developments in th, strike conditions there within the pas few weeks He argued in support o the appeal which the women of Colo rado had made for troops in the crisi. that existed and made some brigh- comment upon the fear of the anti. that the home might be neglected wher women secure the suffrage.
 Women and Fiance. Turning to her father. A. IT, Brewer Mrs. Norton said she proposed next t, call upon the one who was responsibl, for her being a suffra.gist.
 In his emphatic and forceful way Mfr. Brewer said that he had been an nounced in the papers to speak at thi banquet as President of the Norwich Savings Society, but it whs A. H Brewer the individual wfio was t, speak, yet he proposed to- talk ol finance. He referred to the publica tions lately made by 19S industria corporations and 56 railroads of thei list of stockholders. from which it ap peared that on an average slightly owe 40 per cent. were women owning stool in their names.
 In every state in the union they vote he said, and I have never noticed an, loss of self respect in so doing. Ther, are 3o5,o19 women who own stock il their own name. They do not holt the majority of stock but they are majority in numbers, yet they haven the power to say a word to protec these corporations against any attacl which may be made upon them. Thei numbers are enough to turn election It is possible that the men holding stock in these corporations will stand in the way of letting the women hav, a vote which can affect their owI property? cannot, but believe that The justice that obtains in the minds of most American gentlemen vii arouse when they fully understand it Former President of State League. Mrs Hincks a former president oi theAState Equal Franchise league, who had been in Norwich three years agc before she had been a. suffragist, spoke of her pleasant recollections of Nor wich from that time, and of the evi- dent change that had happened in the opinion on suffrage since year ant a half ago when Mrs. Norton had tolt how that it seemed impossible to hay, suffrage league here because nc church or hall would give place fo1 a meeting
 She referred to what could be seer in the advance of the suffrage move ment and asked if America were no tagging behind on the suffrage Ques ton in the position it had occupied as a leader of the democracies of tn, world. Mrs. Hincks referred to a cam paign of publicity carried Oh by thu Pennsylvania railroad with an idea O informing the general public. includ ing the women, about the need of in creased freight rates because they SC, that the thinking women of today will be the voting women of tomorrow. Mrs- Hinoks, Husband. Mir. Hincks, who followed his wife referred pleasantly to his desire t, come to Norwich and the satisfaction he had experienced in being knowI as Mrs. Hincks' husband. thus serving as sort of background to the suf fragist president of the state. After some other witty remarks. h, came to the serious side of the sub ject and said that he felt no doubt il his mind that suffrage is coming to tn, women of this country and they oush to have it. It is to come as deyel oper of women. He spoke in admira tion of the thoroughness with whici the women carried out their legisfa- tive campaign two and four years ago hs- thA& . an1anakA stAx4r snnAs- AAAz