The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1919-03-22
WHAT HAPPENED At
KENTUCKY EQUAL
RIGHTS MEETING
Official Account Of the Proceedings Of
the Kentucky Equal Rights AssO.
citation Conference in
Louisville.

There was gathering Of the clan
In Old Kentucky March 18th and 18th
when the Kentucky Equal Rights AS
ISOLATION held its Twenty Ninth An
nual Convention at the Seelbach Hotel
in louisville. For the first time In the
history of the organization leaders Of
both political parties appeared and
expoused the cause of votes for wo-
men,
The first day of the Convention was
congressional Day, the Kentucky
Senator and the seven Congressman
who voted for the Susan B. Anthony
Amendment being the guests of honor
at large reception given by the Lou
isville Association. In the evening
the retiring president, Mrs. John Glov-
er South Of Frankfort, introduced
Congressman ]. Campbell Cantrill and
Congressman Alben w. Barclay who
addressed packed auditorium. Mrs
South said that it was with price that
she presented the men'who had so val
iantly espoused the suffrage cause and
the Kentucky women would ever hold
in grateful remembrance the names Of
the men who had stood for pustice to
women.
The last evening of the Convention
the Democratic and Republican can
didates for Governor who for the first
time in the history of the state, are
all pledged to the support of suffrage,
spoke to large audience. Lieut. Gov
ernor James Black spoke on "The
Right of Women to Vote is Of the
Spirit of Our Institutions" Hon.
Edwin P. Morrow, Republican, spoke
on "Why l am for Women Suffrage"
DR.. H. H. Cherry, Democrat spoke on
Efficiency and Waste"
In presenting the candidates, Mrs.
Mesha Breckenridge, newly elected
president of the Association, spoke of
the change in sentiment in Kentucky
and throughout the nation in the past
few years. Mrs. Breckenridge said;
1--WE are feeling this day as if the suf-
frage millennium is here, and all there
remains to do is the shouting
Mrs. Breckenridge, is well known in
the National Suffrage Association, she
was second president of the Kentucky
Equal Rights Association, and has
been newly elected to succeed Mrs
John Glover South Of Frankfort, the
fourth president. Mrs. South was re-
Gently appointed to represent the
South on the National Republican Wo-
mans Committee, but will also re-
main on the Executive Board of the
Kentucky Equal Rights Association as
First Vice President.
The morning sessions Of the Louis
vile Convention were marked with |
lively debates on Estates Rights" some |
of the delegates favoring a state cam
paign. Mrs. South the retiring presi-
dent led the opposition which was |
triumphant as it was resolved, almost |
unanimously, to postpone any action
until after the St Louis Convention,
where the policy of the National As
ISOLATION will be formed
Reports of officers and chairmen
were most encouraging. The Press
Chairman, Miss Eleanor Hume of
Frankfort, reported over 100 new pa
pers won over to suffrage in 1918;
among these was the Louisville Cour-
Ter Journal long and bitter opponent.
Over $1,000 was raised by the Ken
lucky Association for war work in the
past year.
Resolutions we're adopted thanking |
President Wilson for his support of !
suffrage and condemning the militants
for picketing the White House. A |
banner was hung at the left of the
hall bearing an Inscription LEST We |
Forget" and the names of the men
who voted against the Federal Amend
ment.