Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-12-19
SUFFRAGE CONVENTION.
Mrs. Pattangall, Dele
gate, Tells Features OF
Big w a S h i n g t Q n
Meetings

Mrs. w. r. Pattangall. correspond
ing secretary of the Maine Suffrage
Association, returned to her home IN
this city Monday evening from Wash
ington, D. c., where she had been as
a delegate from this State to the 49th
annual convention of the National Am
erican Woman Suffrage Association
which was held in that city all last
week
In speaking Of the convention Mrs.
Pattangall said that women from the
East, West, North and South, who were
gathered there in state groups took oc-
casion to present to their congressman
the cause of the Federal Suffrage
Amendment. These meetings were
held Wednesday forenoon, the Maine
delegation meeting at the office of Sen
ator Fernald. They were Joined by
Mrs Wallace II. White of. Lewiston,
| wife of Congressman White. All the
members of Congress from Maine were
present with the exception of Con-
gresham White, who was detained
elsewhere on account OF an important
committee meeting, but he telephoncd
his good wishes and said he was with
them to the end. Regarding the re-
suit Mrs. Pattangall said: I'VE had
"a very pleasant meeting and the re-
suits were extremely satisfactory"
There was large attendance from
all over the country, between 800 and
| 600 delegates being present and with
the alternates included, the number i'll
attendance was about 1000. At each
of the open sessions which were held
at Polls theater there was an attend
ance that packed the building. The
other delegates from Maine were Mrs.
S. J.. Boardman of this city, Mrs. Frank
Mills of Portland. Mrs. George IT. Bass
Of Wilton and Mrs. Eugene Chamber
lain of Brunswick.
AS alternate for Miss Mabel Conner
of this city, State president, Mrs. Pat
tangall represented Maine at the OK
ecutive sessions which were held on
Monday and Tuesday In regard to the
speakers at the convention Mrs. Pat
tangal said that among them were
Secretary Lane, Secretary Baker and
Mrs. William G. McAdoo. wife of the
secretary of the treasury. who in a way
represented the administration.
One of the speakers at tho conNcn-
ton, Mrs. Nellie McClunG from Cam
ata. in her speech said that woman s
voting in the Dominion is NOW limited
i to members of tho families of soldiers,
but the promise has been given that as
soon as the war is over the priNiIcg"
will lie universal Miss Helen Fraser
from Great britain gave Il very inter
esting talk or Women'S work in war
time, and Dr.. Anna Howard Shaw
spoke a number of times at the CON
vention. Mrs. George Bass spoke fu"
the women's Liberty loan committee.
saying that the women raised over ST.
0C0.0oo in the last drive of the loan.
Mrs Pattangall spoke of The state
ment made by Mrs. Carrie Chapman
: Gait. The national suffrage leader, in
answer to the question; But suppose
after al this Congress does not pass
the amendment? Mrs. Gait had am
sWered, In that event it is my opinion
we shall have to admit the eVidem e
that we must go into the Congressional
elections in 1918 with the purpose Of
! changing sufficient number IF votes
tn secure the passage of the amend
ment by tho next Congress-.
In the business transacted at the CON
hospital unit of 100 beds to 20 to
Franco, this unit heing headed by Dr
Caroline Finley of the New York In
Urinary. This unit is to he known as
the unit supported by suffrage women
and 10 nurses had then signed to 20
with it In the unit is a woman plumb
err, a woman electrician, women amhu
lance drivers. and in fact every men,
Der of the unit will be a woman.
A number of cities made bids for
the next suffrage convention, the
strongest bid being made by the pco-
rle of Houston. Tex
Women Went through bitter cold,
through snowstorns. through washouts
and through railroad wrecks to attend
the Washington convention, but per
haps the worst experience hcteN tn"
delegations from the South. who were
in two raclinS railroad wrecks, one OF
HIGH killed some Of the crew on their
train Some Of the delegates, who ar
rived al Washington on "Wednesday
passed &c extra hours over scheduled
time in reaching their destination