The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-01-26
SUFFRAGISTS
HOLD A RALLY
AND RECEPTION
Very Entertaining Program
Given at the San Carlos
Auditorium, Several In
teresting Addresses Being
Delivered.

Bright with yellow remnants, bunt-
ing and roses, against the green OF
ferns and palms, the San Carlos audi
forum last night expressed spirit OF
cordiality and enthusiasm when the
Pensacola Equal Suffrage League en-
tertained the friends of the suffrage
cause and others interested with a
reception and rally from eight till
10: 80.
Overhead and about the entire wall
space the Votes for Women" pennants
indicated the object of the gathering,
the motto Justice demands that you
give Florida women the vote" which
was the sentiment on a large yellow
banner on one of the central pillars
Of the auditorium was emphasized in
the addresses of the evening.
A committee composed of Mrs. Fred
.Roege, president of the Pensacola
Equal Suffrage League, Mrs Walker
Ingraham, Mrs. Z. L. Reese, Mrs. John
Price and Miss Marion Suter assisted
in making the occasion one CT much
pleasure to the guests.
Mrs. J. r. Kellar served punch, as
sisted by Miss Dorothy Reeves and
Iiss i tisssts MO 2 4
much to make the program OF enter
tainnerlt and the reception which fol-
lowed a success were Mrs. J.. B. Per-
kins, Mrs. j. u. Fl. Barker, Miss Mar
guerite Ingraham, Mrs. e. =. Saun-
ders. Mrs. J. e. Taylor, Mrs. A G.
Reilly and Miss IsaOel IngrahaTn, Mrs
A. E. McDavid, Miss Margaret McIn-
tyre, Miss Fannie Kehoe and Miss
Ethel Suter.
Much of the success of the evening
was due to the untiring effort of Mrs,
Frank d. Tracy, who was in charge
Of the entire entertainment, and had
given the work her time and atten-
ton for several weeks.
THE PROGRAM.
Miss Sara Donaldson, parliamentar-
ian Of the Pensacola Equal Suffrage
League presided and the addresses OF
the evening were interspersed with
several delightful musical numbers.
The musical program was opened
with a piano solo by Miss Gertrude
Friedman, Mrs. Mia Osborn Benn
sang most delightfully."-, Mrs. Wallace
Lamar gave selection on the violin
and DIR. w. J. Benin and Mrs. Benn
sang a duet which proved one of the
most delightful numbers Of the pro-
gram.
DOES IT PAY.
Miss Celia NJ. Robinson, chairman OF
the press committees of both the state
and local leagues, spoke for the Pen
sacoia League.
Miss Robinson. in speaking of the
recent defeat of both the prohibition
minded the men in the audience that
of the southern representatives IN
washington seventy-one of them voted
for the national prohibition amend
ment, without giving apparently. a
thought to the question of state rights.
She said that inasmuch as the con-
gress of the United States had left II
to the LEGISLATURES of the states to de-
eide the question of the enfranchlse-
ment of their women, the women oi
the south were looking towards the
state legislatures to give them the
ballot
she pointed out that il the legis-
latlres did not give the women OF the
south the ballot, themselves. now that
they have the opportunity to do so
the amendment will, in all likelihood
he forced upon them by the sixty
fourth congress which convenes next
December.
Miss Robinson spoke Of what mas
been accomplished in Colorado along
educational and child legislation lines
ana touched upon the inadequacy q
the educational facilities in Florida
and especially in Escambia county
she also called attention TO the fac
that the business men of Pensacola arr
constantly working for a greater tour
t list trade and along colonization lines
and declared it as her opinion that thu
oest way to induce colonization wa
10 increase the educational facilities Q
the state and TO give Florida the SUI
frase. She said that Florida was look
ing towards the west for colonists ar1s
that she did not believe the western
women were going TO leave stat
where the women are enfranchised Il
any large numbers and come down z
a state to make it their home wner
| the educational facilities are 50 In
| adequate and where the women hav
not the right of the ballot to correc
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