Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-02-17
Mrs. Florence B. WhitehOuse
Organizer for State Suffrage Assn

League was OTSdNlZeu DIT a largely at
tended and enthusiastic meeting Of
ladies of the city held at 10 o'clock
Wednesday forenoon at Library hall at
which Mrs. Florence Brooks White
house of Portland, organizer for the
State association and State chairman
Of the Congressional Union, was pres
ent and gave a very interesting and
appealing address upon the great need
of organization.
Under tho constitution which was
adopted at the meeting this league is
auxiliary to the Maine Woman Suf-
frage Association and through that to
the National American Woman Suf-
frage, Association. The object of the
league is to secure suffrage to women
by appropriate State and national leg
islation and to advance their industri-
al, legal and educational rights. The
regular meetings of the association
will b" held every month and the an
nual meeting will he held in May.
The newly-formed league already
has an enrolment i0fs 81 members and
the officers. for the ensuing year were
elected at the meeting as follows
, President. Mrs. Henry w. Cobb: first
vice president, Mrs. Paul S. Phalen;
second vice president, Mrs. Sylvester
j. Beach: secretary. Miss Alice John
son: treasurer. Mrs. William r. Pat
targall; director, Mrs. E. c. Leighton.
The nominating committee was COM
posed Of Mrs. Guy F. Gannett Mrs.
Hiram l., Pishon and Mrs Paul S.
Phalen.
The following ladies are enrolled in
the league: Mrs. w r. Pattancall
Mrs. II. 7 Gilmore. Mrs Horace r.
Stursis. Miss NJ. p. Norton, Mrs. Eliz-
aheth Wight, Mrs. Susie NJ. Rrickett
Mrs. John H. Fuller, Mrs Mabel b.
COBB Mrs. S. Sewall Webster, Miss
Madeline Lord. Mrs. Alice NJ. Bodwell,
Mrs. Wilbur r. Emerson. Mrs. Louise
Fl. Beach. Mrs. Viola r. Sawtelle. Mrs
| Frances ID. Anderson. Miss Alice n.
Johnson. Mrs. Catherine c. Burleigh,
Dr.. Doris p. kraus, Mrs. NJ. E. Rurns
MRS Lottie NJ. Reed, Mrs. o. H. Dun
| bar, Mrs. l.. H. Stevens, Mrs. Dora n.
4orke, Mrs. Addie Y. Turner. Mrs
Ethelyn c. Conant, Miss Ellen r. vii.
| hanson, Mrs. Mary A. Howard. Mrs.
| May 2. Sturtevant. Mrs G. E. Arm
strong, Mrs. E. c. Leighton, Mrs. A. II
Sturtevant, Mrs. Paul D. Sargent Mrs
Lewis \. Burleigh, Mrs H. L. Pishon
Mrs. Paul S. Phalen, Mrs. Ann NJ
Gannett and Mrs. Lester B. Howard
Mrs. Florence Brooks Whitehou.e
Mrs Florence 3. Whitehouse OF Port.
lahd' VINO presided at the meeting. told
IN her address of the Democratic cam.
palgn to block National suffrage. The
Democrats ignored the movement hu,
when asked to change it from the rules
committee to the judiciary committee
they caucased against 1t At large
meeting or women held in Newport il
was decided to appeal to the states in
the West where suffrage had been OBJ.
tanned to see if the women would stand
by the movement rather than stand
nrm to their political parties Thew
| started out and secured Congressional
| Unions in ~ of these states and waped
| campaigns in these states The peon1e
were wild over the matter; the Demo.
Gratis We're wild. In the fall when il
came up. in Congress a wonderful vote
was cast for the movement although
it was defeated.
! 1t was then decided to call a con.
vention of the women voters to be held
at San Francisco. At that meeting there
were delegates from every state in the
| Union. The women came forward and
said they would continue the work and
two Democratic ladies started out by
automobile and went through the IL
suffrage states with petition. They
had an ovation everywhere and when
they arrived in Washington, D. c., they
| had $4,000 feet of petition and 500 .00O
names Of men and women in the suf-
frage states who declared they would
declare allegiance to no political party
until the women had their rights
! If suffrage is passed by Congress it
must come back to the state legisla.
| lures to be ratified by majority and
! for that reason Mrs. Whitehouse point.
ed out the great need of State organi.
| zation. Leagues about the State will
| serve to educate the people and keeI
the matter before the public. She stat
ed that the women must be willing no,
to be attractive but to be willing tc
fight with hammer and tongs and keeI
| up the fight until they can go to the
Legislature and have the amendmen,
! ratified.
Resolution Accepted
The following resolution was accept