Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-04-07
ON TO HARRISBURG
CRY SUFFRAGTSTS
Elaborate Program Mapped for
Big Conference at State Capt.
tal-Local Women Active.

! "On to Harrisburg Is the by-word
adopted by sufrragists in Philadelphia
and throughout the state preparatory to
the suffrage conference to be held at the
capital tomorrow. aud Friday by the
Woman Suffrage party. In every nook
and corner Of Pennsylvania these words
are on the lips of suffragists. Great
interest and excitement prevails among
supporters of the cause" over the
prospects of the affair which promises
to be one of the largest of it's kind ever
held in Pennsylvania Several thousand
suffragists are expected to be present,
representing all parts of the state Many
from this city will go.
The conference is to be held in order
to assemble all Of the branches and
Strings" of the Woman Suffrage party
and all suffragists in the State for an
important discussion on the best ways
and means to adopt to win votes for the
PENNSYLVANIA women in November Gen
eral conditions confronting suffragists
i'm their fight will also be taken up. A
plea to strengthen the forces of suffrage
workers and push the cause with in
creased vgor will close the conference
on Friday.
An elaborate program has been ar
ranged for the two days. Tomorrow
morning at II o'clock the opening of the
conference will take place in the Board
OF Trade Hall. In tho afternoon, begin
ming at $50 o'clock, general propaganda
and open-air work will be discussed. Auto
tours, street meetings, county fairs and
the like will be taken up later in the aft
ernoon, while talks on How to Reach
Ready-made Meetings." discussions on
Literature" suffrage novelties and
finance will consume the rest Of the day.
At night Mrs. ROessing and Miss Patter-
son, both leaders of the party will give
an Eat home" at the Woman Suffrage
party headquarters, to meet Miss Maud
Younger of California.
On Friday morning, at $3.50 o'clock, dis
cussions on general propaganda will be
continued. There will also be talks on
publicity speakers and the possibilities
of the moving picture film to further the
suffrage cause. Mrs. Laura Gregg Cam
non will speak on The Relation of
Woman Suffrage to the Labor Move
ment" In the afternoon beginning at
! 80 o'clock, the discussions will take the
form of an ANALYSIS of Pennsylvania's
vote. a talk on precinct work, and an
address by Miss Maud Younger on "Spe-
cial Work on Election Day." The NOV
ing picture film, Your Girl and Mine"
which was recently seen in Philadelphia,
will be shown at the Regent Theatre IN
the evening.
A large delegation of suffragists from
this city will attend the conference, The |
delegation will go to the capital in a |
special car bedecked with suffrage cOlOrs. /
displayed with bunting and "votes for |
women" flags They will leave at $40 .
o'clock from Broad Street Station. .
Among those who will attend from Phil |
adelphia are DR.. Mary T, Miller, Miss /
j. w. Masters. Miss Betsy AIaclNay, Miss .
Anna McCue, Miss Mary Ingham, Miss .
ct I lF,VtFg IfaEFI Iptttt Il
Verlenden, Miss Sara d. Chambers, Mrs. /
G. A. Piersol, Mrs j. II. Brown, Miss .
Marie Weedtern, Miss Helena A. Lukens, /
Miss Nettie l.. Hahn Mrs. G. II. Woben-
smith, Mrs. G.. $. c. Harvey, Mrs. Wal
ter w. Newkirk, Mrs, Lewis S. Smith,
Mrs. l.. NJ. Humrichous Mrs. c. W.
and Miss Matilda f.
Sellers.