Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-13


/ finances to be in good condition.
/ IL was voted to give whoever represent.
the state in ST. Louis at the national con
Vention the right to pay $50 to the ma
| tional organization.
Mrs. l.. II. Olzendam of Woodstock
gave most interesting account of the
petition work done in the State and alsc
the work of ratification. She also gave
short review of her Legislative work
In speaking of the work with the Legisla
ture she said that Burlington and Wood.
stock shared the honors in having theii
men, Senator Villas and Representative
White, respectively. chosen as chairmer
! or the suffrage and election committees.
In regard to the ratification work. Mrs
Olzendam said that she drew the fol.
lowing four deductions:
i. "A much broader cooperation amons
the women of all walks of life in ever,
| corner of the State, more noticeable
"here county and town chairmen were
enthusiastic and believed in the strength
of petitions even though as it turned out
there was no amendment to ratify
~. BY holding meetings in nearly ever,
county, and sometimes in more than one
town in a county, even though some o,
them necessarily small gatherings. man,
converts were added to our lists, proving
again more forcibly my contention OF
, long standing that ignorance of the suf.
| ,,"se Pues'Ioh Is nine tunes out OF ter
! the reason for the anti's existence.
''3 The actual work of securing sigma.
| lures from door to door has had so many
rainincatlons' spreading the gospel OF
suffrage into so many hamlets that were
may safely co., o,r ,,;oto,io,,s .s W.
presidential sufra eo u,,s oro 90 .ho ..,.oo,
results of the work
a. In conclusion 1et mo coz. t,., o,,r
suffrage garden whose sonds ,,,.ro 49, =
36 wears ago on tho rool, r,,,o, In. ~
our belo,od St,,a ,a, ,.
watered and o,r;o,ed ano,, ~. ,,,,a 80.
effort of suffr.sis,s fro,, So, @
of tho stato ana oa 5. o'm.l ~.
'a'o' anu 'o'''es reauy 10 tne
10 be brought to full bloom during their
term of Office
Just before the close of the session Mrs.
'iaisey W. wilson briefly outlined the
way IN which the literature for cduca-
nonal purposes is handled She told of
.he organization OF the committee on
literature giving the duties of each MEM
Der ms committee was formed to carry
on this part or the educational work by
I"'S o'e'' VIM Is using the money OF the
HeSieg luna lot thls purpose and thus
"e >''s 'o'Hei vi 'he country IN
" 'no' oush manner mat could not be car
'i'u out any other way Mrs. Wilson
VIC "oilei 10 get the literature
iu '."', ~ i'' ~ "ou'u 'eh 'nem many
N''"s' '"eS "a''t 10 Know
AFTERNOON SESSION
The afternoon meeting, which WAS
open to the public, was largely at
tended. Miss Mildred Shattuck, who
was to sing, was unable to do so. and
Miss Margaret Whittemore accom- +
panied by Miss Marion KiIlam, sang
Mo'her Mlne,' and, when forced
~" encore fassihG BY
summary OF Nermonts progress
wa" given oy Nrs' Annette w. Par
'F'fRESS OF SUFFRAGE IN YER
MONT
Mrs. Parmclec gave a rcsune of tho
work for suffrage for the last 81 wears.
summing up just what was done each
year, who the leaders were. the reasons
why the different bills submitted were
voted down and Just how the newspancrs
treated the issue Mrs. Parmelcc said:
Every great movement in the world =
history has seemed to advance bv hav
ing obstacles to surmount and setbacks
to overcome. The suffrage cause has
proved no exception to this rule. IL ever
the world needs an object lesson of the
patience and perseverance of women and
the doggcd obstinacy of some men they
have it in watching the advance of this
movement. Had the situation been re-
vcrscd, women, being in power, and men
appealing for suffrage, | fear militant
men would have punctuated their demands
with cold lead. They certainly would not
have spent much time on pink teas and
writing mild essays
"A summary of our progress must no.-
cssarily be exceedingly brief Rcferencos
can only be made to persons and ;ro,-
debts which have most largely confirm.
uted to our advancement. and even tbor
much must be omitted which should no
touched upou. Tho fai,h,,,, a,a -.
workers have been Just as essential IN
our success as have those who occunied
the more prominent positions These win
not receive their fun measure of reward
until metcd out by Him who knows no