Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-07-13
Ballots for Both
Pine Tree State
REER FARMERS
DAUGHTER

There are in America today many
women with large means at their COM
mand. There are likewise in America
| today public-spirited, influential wo-
men with large followings of other
women enlisted under. the banner of
this cause or that faith. But just one
woman in America today is at once the
| leader of vast yet compact army of
women of all creeds and faiths united
for common cause, and, as well, the
appointed custodian of a fortune to be
used under her direction for the ad
vancement of that cause.
| Her name is Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Gait and she will address a mass
meeting in Augusta, July "a. and one in
Bangor, July 26 She is the head Of
| the huge but closely knitted organiza-
| ton of national scope, known as the
National American Suffrage Associa-
ton. She is also the head of a suf-
frage organization of international
scope, the International Woman Suf-
frage Alliance made up of the national
suffrage associations of twenty-six
different countries. Her devotion to
the suffrage cause and her genius for
organizing women to work for it and
| fight for it are responsible for the be-
quest to suffrage of Mrs. Frank Les
lies estate Of nearly two million dol
lars. Mrs. Leslie, herself an able wo-
man. distinguished by successful
business record, made the following
provision in her will:
| 1t is my expectation and wish that
she turn all of my said residuary estate
into cash, and apply the whole thereof
as she shall think most advisable to
the furtherance of the cause of Wo-
mems Suffrage to which she has so
worthily devoted so many years of her
life. and she shall make suitable pro-
vision, so that in case of her death any
balance thereof remaining unexpended
may be applied and expended in the
same way; but this expression of my
wish and expectation is not to be taken
as creating any trust or as limiting or
affecting the character of the gift to
her, which | intend to be absolute and
unrestricted"
Her qualities of leadership, supple
mented by having had imposed on her
/ the guardianship of this Leslie Suf-
frage Fund. have kept the eyes of
America turned upon Mrs. Gait for
several years Everybody is interested
to know what manner of woman she
is and what her plans are for discharg-
ing the trust reposed in her Accord
ing to plan just announced, cor
poration, probably to be called The
Leslie Woman Suffrage Commission,
will be established at once under the
law of the state of New York Mrs.
Gait will turn over to the commission
| the adm nj c a tiny, nf "a of
making plans for the disbursements
and carrying them into effect. There
will be five incorporators who by vote
will add to the membership of the
commission until it numbers fifteen.
These incorporates will be:
Carrie Chapman Gait, New York,
Alice Stone Blackwell, Massachusetts,
Harriet Taylor Upton, Ohio. Mrs. VIM
ston Churchill, New Hampshire, Mrs.
Raymond Robins, Illinois.
The rules governing the commission
will be: That every member shall
serve without remuneration; that no
member shall profit directly or indi-
rectly by the fund; that if at any time
three-fourths of the members shall
require the resignation of any, mem
ber, that request shall be considered
obligatory. Whenever death or resig-
nation creates vacancy, the place
may be filled by a majority vote of the
remaining members. The commission
will thus become self perpetuating.
The object will be the administra-
ton of the residue of Mrs. Leslie's
Estate and the disbursement, and any
other bequests which it may receive in
the interest Of woman suffrage propa-
ganda-
The commission will establish a Ma
tional Bureau of Suffrage Education
as its chief work. The methods en-
ployed for the development of this bu-
reau and other lines of work will be
determined at the first meeting of the
commission.
Campaigns within states will con-
tinue to be conducted by the State
Suffrage Associations and the Federal
Campaign Will continue to be con-
Quoted by the National American Wo-
man Suffrage Association. In other
words. the commission will not con-
fiict with the work of the present or
ganization by attempting to conduct
campaigns either national or state.
1t will under no circumstances con-
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