New Britain herald., 1919-10-30
CITY REPRESENTED
 IN SUFFRAGE RANKS
2iltieth Anniversary MesIiDg Held , at Hartford

-'E~ ltate Wonlan's st!f;aGH meeting which was h4',d yesterday at u Pratt street Hartford, was well attended, ovor l0o being present. Mrs. George Caldwell and daughter, Miss Helen, oI Harrison street. and M:.- Arthur -''. Bcard@ley e Francis street rcDTHScn'~ , ad New Britain. TNjs ronforcnc" In3rhcI Inc tifticth anniVorSarE of Tn" state suffrage meeting held in !so''~'s.' Opera ;lCus& on October 70. l>""
 The principal speaker Of the "1'Fr- noon session was Miss Katherine l'n|- ington. president of the state Hssocia- lion. who cavc T talk on "Thc Last Trench and "Thc Passage ot the Federal Amcndmcnt.' Miss LudinG ton spoke in th" carly Sprin>S in New Britain at tho home of Mrs. George Caldwell before u most enthusiastic audience.
 Miss Ludington yesterday in dcscrih- inc the efforts already made at spc- Cial session in Connecticut referred to thc petitions of IFS members of the lcciSlaturc to the governor to call such a session and analysed tho state mcnt in which th" governor turned down tho request of the legislature She called attention to a statement in particular which seemed very remark
 
 statement that the present legislature was not elected on tho isSu" of ratiti- cation and ii was therefore not ptcDc, that ii should d"al with it. She ulsr rointcd out that in the 1918 election not only woman suffrage but spccili- Cauy ratification of federal SuifraS" war made an active issue in the Clcc- tion. .tll candidates fer the 1cciSIat turc were interviewed on ratification and th;sj Information W;l& given widely ,o the press ot the state.
 New Constitution.
 The new constitution was then pro- Soutcd Try Hiss Mnbr! c. Wa&hDurn, trc&surcr of the association and al>' !. chairman of the constitutional con- mittcc. The first proposed rhangc w;,:i the object of tho association. which is now tu be inc ratification by tha ConncCtjcut legislature of tho Susan F. Anthony amendment and prcparin', of the Connecticut women for tho ll%r ur the Nct". The only other chung" in the actual constitution was the en- largip~, of the executive board in 'lr 1rHointjnG of two moro vice presidents and five rcd members to form ;l con- mittcC on political work.
 A larger development of county as %Ociations WHs notcd in the changes in tho bylaws. The association i5 now a federation of leagues which HTn proposed to be banded into county fCUcrutiOnS which will be controlled by the state organization. Each cOua- tY is to have a chairman. who will be appointed at the county convention. as well as a vice chairman, secretary. trCaSurer and publicity chairman. Each mCmhc of the county aSSOCi:t- tion will be entitled to one vote at the county convention. Another chang" was the proposed nsta tablishi1G of ? suffrage Headquarters in each county, to be maintained if necessary by the county treasury.
 F In order that the county societies, become members of the Connecticut Moman Suffrage aSSCCia tiOn. it W;lS suggested that each county shall puE the state organization the sum of $lO for each society forming it's '~'',hcr- ship The new constitution also pro posed that five now standing commit tees be established: q committee ol finance, political work, hcahuuarterS citizenship and press ana publicity.