Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-11
.SJFFRAGISTS NAME
MRS. MOSS SEaE TARY
Unity OF Action Keynote OF An
nual Convention Held
By w S. Il.
OFFICERS ARE ECTED

OFFICERS ARE EcTED
Mrs Robert Moss wifeof Judge
j Moss III this civ. MAS eieSsa seeres
BIZ THE Woman iuif'rssg .eagiie
sof Maryland Il the annual yenfiua
held III Baltimore Otlier napolis
women attending the cons4sltion SEES
tefslay Were Mrs Il TIiN and Mrs
LlnthRum
Islafed beth hy tbs pa ef the
federal amendment and he great
Wave in favor Of woman suffrage
which has sAepf eyer the ion since
rs demon ration BY wollin ii their
texecntise ability. Sane jllaEflialtt and
powers u concentration war az
ties. tho delegates "a annual
convention 81 lie WoinaA suffrage
League ii Maryland met aIKsfhe Arlins,
dell Club yesterday morn Mrs J
Ross Thomson. ii Garrett ark. pre-
sided
With pride he seyerak speak er5
pointed ia the ndorsem M 81 the
policy 81 ilie league withi1 the past
few months ~ the Stale Federation
Tof Women Clubs. tile touia Of len
ISL Women. the Woman llristian
Temperance Union ana tIl# iIltnrna
lInnsl Kindergarten IEnid adding
lllat the conservative and Educational
methods III the League haysSlnet with.
uafsersal approval
Hard Fight Aheaa
Il ii was decided that no aTEal would
ia made "a Governor Ilar lgton ID.
.ealI u special session Of s Iegisla
ture for the ratification Of sIse federal
al ndment since This bods onyenes
January iii the nlea5 iile The
hague viii work 81 II rfeYs has be-
fore 10 have Maryland be aong the
81. 10 ratify the anentt5 Az
though its adoption requires he ratI
ion of but 36 states ind With
surprising ranitifty tasiasMypss ssyss'
Ing reached. the delaga tes declared
themselves determined 20 uaber this
siase among the list
With a view toward prenting q
anitet front If possible, II VIZ decided
Is appoint committee Ndeil Will
confer with the several suffrage pr
CARNATIONS In The state as ways
and means Of bringing abon ta ate rat
iiitation This vii in no say bring
about merger. for the leagae being
.gaxerned by -miIitss policy,
cannot consistently adopt militant
methods. and wilI tlisceasn enance
ri, lsefirfg and other radical 85lea snres
Through an educational cams ign. the
standardization Of every nanand wo-
4r9ssa iii the state and comHEn ication
with All political leaders ad pros
l.essi i've candidates The leagu nopes 70
BE- lble 10 place before the neSt Legls-
l.4sure q petition Of 10000 Hsnes
Miss Weldon introduced
The several objects of JIG eonyen-
ton we're so smoothly and iently
psit through that an afternoe session
was not deemed necessar y.saIii fol-
loaS ing a subscription IuneAeon for
delegates. the convention adjourned
Immediately preceding tne#ad lourn
nseilt. Miss Beulah Weldenof New
sfk. recently appointed suffrage or
ganizer for MARYLAND. was ir1s5oduced
Mis- Welden comes from pc Henry
street Settlement. New Y0kk City,
where she has been IN chaKg Of dis
tri,t nursing She was an assidions
worker ID the lower East sf during
the recent campaign for suflsage and
comes we'll qualified 10 do gaDd work
for the cause in this state.
The following Officers we're alected !:
Honorary chairman Mrs Ross
Thomson, Garrett PARK chairman.
Mrs. Charles = Ellicoit FIRST vice.
dnairman. Mrs Edward shsemaker:
second vice chairman Mrs William
Mines Maloy third vice Chairman.
Mrs. Sydnay Cone. recording secre-
Mrs Robert Moss. Anap olis;
eorrespo nding secretary Mss Julia
Rogers; treasurer Mrs Frana Rainey
siirat auditor. Mrs George Craw
ford. HagertsoWn second auditor,
Mrs William Silver, Aberdeen