The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-01-25
KENOSHA WOMEN ATTENDED
Those Who Went TO Madison Last Week
Say Delegates Under Thirty Were
In Majority - Large Amounts
Of Money Raised.

The Mines. B. F. haywood, Gerald
Mcdowell and Charles Pope, and the
Misses Emma Robinson and Harriet
Balm and others who attended the
annual convention of the Wisconsin
Woman Suffrage Association in Madi-
son last week, are impressed with two
things. The first is the remarkable
growth in suffrage sentiment in the
past year and the other the extent to
which the suffrage movement has edu-
Gated the people who have taken
part in. it, in parliamentarism and
in other ways.
fNever once,' said one of the Ke-
nosha delegates, "did the discussions
which were often important ones in
which both sides entered heart and
soul, cause the delegates to loose their
self control or to forget their logic.
Their clear, concise speeches, compar-
ed remarkably well with the talks of
the legislators who were conducting
sessions in the capitol.
OVer-rUIed Board WISHES.
"As an example of this take the
very trying situation when the deci-
sion Of the board, reached after long
and careful study of the situation, was
reversed by the convention, in regard
to introducing the bill for presidential
woman suffrage to the legislature. The
convention majority was for a referen-
dunn bill for full suffrage. The presi-
Dental suffrage bill would have needed
passage by the Legislature only and the
board felt there was a better chance of
its passage and felt that general suf-
frage would come more readily after
this had been used as an entering wedge.
Gave in With Grace.
"The president and her board were
opposed to the referendum substitute,
but when the convention. led by Mrs.
Victor Berger and Mrs. Maude
McGreery, willed otherwise, they graci-
ously bowed to the will of the majority
and magnanimously and as unit
promised their full support to the
referendum bill which they had siren
uously opposed. There was neither
petty sulking nor half hearted support,
it was with the sense of the full jus
tice of majority rule.
"The personnel Of the Wisconsin
Suffrage Association convention has
changed markedly in the past few
years. The body of delegates used to
be women of forty or past. This time
over half the assembly of three humid
red delegates were women under
thirty. They are the finest young
women of the state, both as to educa-
ton and family. Most of them
are college bred.'
The delegates reported that at the
end of the session when personal
pledges were asked that $4,000 was
pledged by individuals on the floor.
Beside this, county and association
pledges of generous proportions were
made. Among the personal pledges
that of Miss Robinson of this city of
$4,000 was one of the largest, and
Miss Balm contributed 10000. Mrs.
Mary D. Bradford also made a very
material contribution. There were
$4,000 personal pledges from other
cities in the state.
In making a report of the financial
status of the cause for the association,
Miss Emma Robinson, state treasurer,
and Miss Harriet Balm, finance secre-
tary, rendered statement which show
ed that Kenosha county alone contri-
buted $4,000 in the dollar campaign
for the national endowment and the
state of Wisconsin raised $4,000 ap-
for the same purpose, in
Guiding the Kenosha county contribu-
ton. Miss Robinson and Miss Balm
conducted the campaign and the large
raised, $4,000, was practically
all the result of their personal efforts.
Many Officers Reelected.
Officers elected at the convention
were: Mrs. Henry NJ Youmans, presi-
dent, Waukesha; Mrs. Victor L. Berg
er, first vice president, Milwaukee;
Mrs. Isaac P. Witter, second vice presi-
dent, Grand Rapids; Mrs. Maud Ne
Creery, third vice president, Green
Bay; Mrs. A. J. Rogers, recording
secretary, Milwaukee; Mrs. Glenn
Turner, corresponding secretary, Madi-
son; Miss E. e. Robinson, treasurer,
Kenosha; Miss NJ. " Brown, first au-
ditor, Madison; Mrs. X. w. schorger,
second auditor, Madison; and the Rev.
Olympia Brown, honorary president,
Racine. The following committee
chairmen were appointed by that