Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-23
SUFFRAGE FUND
NEARLY 100000
Additional Contrib utions
Help Enlarge War Chest
of State Movement
PAPER PROPOSAL FAILS
Mrs. Miller, Out of Office, Still
Holds Sway, Workers
Say
By M'LIss


w1LLtAMSPoRT Pa, Nov. 2S.--Forti-
fcatlon against the high cost OF getting
woman suffrage in Pennsylvania was made
today at the forty-elghth annual convention
Of the Woman Suffrage Association. when
Mrs. j. G. Bedford OF Media financial
genius Of the organizations reused the dele
gates TO bring the $4,000 already pledged
almost to 100000.
Their eyes opened TO the prodgal manner
In which big political organizations hand
out money to insure victory the auf-
fraglsts have left behind them forever the
hankering to run their affairs on ive-cent
basis
\ contribution Of $1,000 was announced
from Isaac Clothler. OF Philadelphia. Mrs.
George A. PiersOl and Mrs. George A. Dun-
ming each pledged $50 n year until suffrage
s won. Miss NJ Carey Thomas, OF Bryn
Mawr, gave $50 for Montgomery and an-
other $50 for Philadelphia County until the
fight for suffrage Is ended. Mrs Henry
pomberton, Jr, president OF the Equal
Franchise Society OF Philadelphia, pledged
500 year In the name OF her organiza-
tlon until Pennsylvania gives women the
vote. An Allegheny County anonymous
member will go home $4,000 poorer than she
came as the result OF Mrs. Bedford's plead
ings A motion for state suffrage paper
was voted down after heated discussion.
Tho proposed paper was 20 bo one Of
broad general interest to women. with
strong suffrage policy
age the motion Miss NJ. Carey Thomas do
Clared that such paper would have 70
compete against two OF the best managed
papers in the world-The Ladies' Home
journal and the Saturday Evening Post
Mrs ] o. Miller In an Informal talk on
suffrage publicity. advised the suffragsts
TO invade the sporting pages OF the big
city papers whenever possible, because t1e
men read them.
MRS MILLER STILL, LEADS
The full Significance of the prettiest piece
of pctticoat politics ever pulled or In
womans gathering is just beginning to dawn
upon the delegates TO the forty-eighth am
nual convention of the Pennsylvania Woman
Suffrage Association In session here.
Mrs. John q. Miller. easily the llvest wire
OF the convention. backed by the State Ex-
ecutive Board. turned the trick.
It's like this Yesterday, before the con-
veution was called In order, Mrs. Miller to
all intents and purposes, was first vice pres
ident of the organization and State chair
man of the womnn's Suffrage party.
Scarcely had the meeting got under way
when she announced her resignation from
the latter office.
Ask any awakened suffraglst this morn
ing rs Mrs Miller any the less powerful2"
and II she's truthful and thinking suffra-
gist she'll grin and reply mo- In the
majority OF cases it's a happy grin. because
it'a the consensus OF opinion-barring that
Of few insurgents IN the ranks known as
tho scrappers"-that power could not be
better placed.
Colncldent with the resignation of Mrs.
Miller, II was decided in meeting behind
closed doors OF the State Executive Board
TO apportion the counties of the state into
districts, Each board member is to have
charge of one OF the districts and the as
sistance of the district organizer This
| work formerly was the prime labor OF the
State chairman But there is no state
chairman the board is looking for an ideal
one and ideal workers are dinieult TO nnd'
Forsooth then. let the board members re-
port to the vice president Who Is the vice
president? Mrs. Miller
But nobody minds-barring those few
scrappers-and yesterday when Mrs. Mile
ler's resignation. was announced In the
EVENING LEDGER, the wire between Phila-
delphia and this place began to hum.
Reconsider your resignation" was the
burden OF the kilograms that she receiveds
there's no one TO take your place"
But Mrs, Miller declares that this IL
only temporary pending the discovery OF
the ideal chairman.
ut Is not my intention to relinquish my
interest In suffrage work." she said, dis
cussing her resignation "As first vice
president 1 will receive reports from the
board members among whom the counties
of the State have been apportloned. Each
board member Will have charge OF a group
of counties and have assisting her an or
gnniZer Thus through the board mem-
bers the organizers viii report 10 me.
Handling this work necessarily will entail
much labor and make continued demand
upon my time.
"The advantage of the arrangement will
be that each board member viii accept
added responsibility and knit closer the
entire fabric OF the State suffrage work
"The State Executive Board viii await
earnestly and hopefully sHggestlons from
all the county organizations for woman
Ia hll the office of chairman AS soon AZ
an ideal woman, or one near the ideal, -
suggested and will accept the office We viii
appoint her"
As yet no one has come forward to
make application for the job
c,m,,;.Lov Continues 70 I,o,ov.