The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-03-31

N ANNUAL SESSION
Virginia Association Opposed to wo-
=, mans Suffrage Reelected
All Officers.

A large and enthusiastic number of
ing of the Virginia Association OPP
posed TO Woman's Suffrage held in
the Jefferson hotel yesterday at noon.
The usual reports from the president
and committees were read, showing
the increasing work of the associa-
ton. Six hundred and ninety-six new
members were enrolled and all of the
ofhcers of the past year reelected.
Following the business session Mrs.
L. G. Leighton. of Portland, Me, adj
dressed the meeting. bringing the
greetings of the Portland association
and telling of the work done in Maine.
The presidents report called Atten-
ton to the following statements:
In the past four years thirteen
states have by overwhelming matori-
tics in most instances voted against
giving the ballot to women, viz. Wis
Iconsin, Michigan, Ohio. Missouri. Ne
braska. North Dakota south Dakota.
New York. New Jersey. Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts,. Iowa and West Viz
ginia, which have population tcen-
sus 1910 of 41,6s5s45. Add to these
the twelve Southern states, whose hos
Utility to woman suffrage is well
known: Virginia, North Carolina.
South Carolina, Georgia, Florida. Ten
nessee. Alabama, Mississippi, Arkan-
sas, louisiana. Oklahoma and Texas.
we have the states with a population
of 65,735,414, known to be strongly
opposed to the franchise for women
or states in which reside ia per
cent of the population of this nation.
In addition there are the states Of
Maine. New Hampshire. Vermont,
Rhode Island. Connecticut. Delaware.
, Maryland Kentucky. Indiana, New
Mexico and Minnesota, in all of which
there has never been enough suffrage
sentiment to get the legislatures to
| submit the question to the voters:
therefore. the, states which contain
about "a per cent of the population
OF this country are decidedly against
votes for women"
President, Mrs Francis ID. Williams;
treasurer. Mrs. Lewis Strauss: record
ing secretary, Miss Maury Robinson ::
corresponding secretary. Mrs Chiles
n. Terrell; honorary president. Miss
Jane Rutherford; honorary vice. presi-
dent. Mrs. William l.. Gray: @vice-pres-
lidents-Mrs. Ohio 6 Kean. Mrs T.,
Randolph Williams Miss Annie Rose
Walker. Mrs. Hunsdon Cary. Mrs. E.
V. Valentine. Mira, Arthur p. Wilmer.
Mrs. Henry Harwood. Mrs. Hunter
1C1ulTe, business secretary MRS. IL.
L. Green. field secretary. Miss Caro-
| lima Preston Davis; executive commit
tee-Mrs. Henry Taylor. Jr. Mrs. E.
A. Ezekiel, Mrs c. H Dorset. Miss
Maria Blair. Mrs. E A. Strudwick
Mrs. Mann s. Valentine. Mrs. John
G. Freeman. Miss Ann c. Bentley. Mrs.
William A. Powers. Mrs. r. II. Az
new. Mrs. Bland S Smith, Mrs. James
I H. Dooley, Mrs. James Brand Cabell.
Mrs Robert Whittet. Jr., Mrs. James
! ID. Crump, Miss Anna Boykn. Miss
G!lbe White, Mrs. J. w. Henson
ADVISORY conn littee--Captain W. Cor
) don McCabe. Or. Robert c. Bryan.
William H. White, James p. Crump,
Henry l.. Cabell. J. NJ Williams. s.
Rutherford Rose, Frederick S, Val
entine, Judge Geo. l.. Christian. Allen
Potts s. Il. Love, ]. Scott Parrish,
! DIR, Stewart Mcclure, Col. Archer An
derson. r. d. Williams. Eppa Hunton.
Jr, E. G. Leigh. Jr.. G, Cotesw orth
Pinckney. James G. Tinsiey. Henry
Lee Valentine. A. r. Williams. Judge
Daniel Grinnan, f. Randolph Will
Hams, f. Y Valentine. Henry W
Anderson, Judge John Rutherford.