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Meet in Open Session and Name Committees to Make All Arrangements.MRS. J. L. SLAYDEN SPEAKSTells About Great Suffrage Parade in Washington and Movement in East.!vrop-ar-'S»-isiime the iv-al i thefCClt;l:lt;jp-l»a,asStirring suffrage events are soon ! to interest San Atilonio women, and the Equal Franchise Society of fcar. j Antonio met in open session yeater-j day afternoon in the ball room of J the St. Anthony to make propara-/ tlons.' O. AiTannemeiils were mado for tha State Equal Franchise Convention to be held In this ctiy April i and 2, and for the coming of Mrs. Philip Snow den, tho well kuovn Englishsut fra gette, on April 2. Committees at arrangement for the state convention were appointed and delegates lor the convention elected. Miss Alarm Jt. Fenwick, first vice presi-ueuL, presided.Mrs. James L. Slayden, who was] in Washington during the recent suffrage parade, and who was coni-•fuissioned by the San Antonia society to secure a Texas banner for tho parade, fold interesting stories of the great day in Washington Mrs. M. S. Older of Ohio, nn aident 3U.fraBo worker in the recent suffrage campaign In Ohio, and a member of the Ohio state organization, nUo innde-a/i mfercrting talk.inaugural Ion Almost Secondary.ALuut Christmas an lieg/lt;n to hear .whimpers ol a suffrage paradeSSfJ WnshJusion, beganMrs Slayden. “Wo would get invitations with “Equal Franchise''JETiu * cornor: would go.and the first tiling we knew every-iV ^ 01,1,1 lld hhlklng suffrage. Finally Uio talk centered. down to the suffrage parade-, and So much wasfa 17, A .? ?1 ,l,’ 1l secbied as If-Pre3-f(lent Hilfons Inauguration was but a secondary consideration.Un't]!e hole country. too, .hasSSL . S ,ab0,u' thal parade, nnd thoscandal of the Inadequate policeSKiSS !** g nut 1)elievc that theff * police fro negligent. ♦iS .i01 c 1 lt;g ,jlumG lb t-ho sense ,hf.‘ lh,y nptcted their duty. ncr* t no blamo lav was In thet t *?.k- 7?oo*-Jc«ejicr: Mrs.mBVa^fUUi.Mra* R* B* Bussell, Mrs.diSrth, h J ,r* ch3r^ of thodistribution of literature: Mrs. D.u^S^STcSS^ Mr* Lehmao’IkHeqale* and Alternates.Tho delegates and alternates for the coming convention aro as follows: •Delegates: Miss M. CleanerBrackenrldge, Mrs. James I* Slavdom Mrs. Richard Neglcy, Mrs. C. d.?r' 3?’*- U Dunn©, Mrs.-.hurlcs II. FI or! on, Mrs. Dwight K. *,°rU‘r M,Ss Elizabeth Houston,Airs. Georgo Maverick, Mrs. T. T. J anrterZfoeven. Mrs. Joseph Frost. Mrs. T. A. Coleman. Mrs. E. A. Strlhllug, Mrs. L. B. Mathews ofSU«2“i,S0^Mre- E’ MtsO. UedelJ Moore, Met. I). J. Alien. Mrs. Bennn Koyton, Sirs. II. C. Carter, Mr» T. N. Devine, Mrs. J. T. stQOdhull, Mrs. Laura B. Hart. Mlaa Laura Girard.Alternates: Ml as Marin Fenwick, Mrs, Frank Lewis, Mrs. Hal King. Mrs. J. Noyes Evans. Mrs. Tha mas L. Conroy. Mrs. Elizabeth Potter of Tyler, Mrs. Gus Glesecke, Mrt. Mattie Walthal Lehman. Mrs. J. II. Kirkpatrick. Mrs. John Sehorn. Mrs. W. W. Searcy Jr., Mrs. Carlos Be*, Mrs. J. A Spell of Yaco, Mm. It. H. bmltb, Mrs. Cora Ogden Wltsor., Mrs. Elizabeth Fry Woods. Mrs. Mabel Mussey Bates. Mrs. E. w. Rlch-urdson. Mrs. S. P. BrundRge, Mrs. J. P. Benkendorf or, Mrs. Byron McMillan, Dr. Mary Robbie. Mrs. Solon Stewart.set;eoclata•n*uc)lutlilt;*aU.tiedcii\ / . u KO uiaiuo-iny was In the ft? 2S.1 ,ho™ of nation and 18 ^Mnneton dirt not, in,t Omen seriously; they did '\hal a big th,nfcr thG PQ''° be:.,hfty c°uld not l-caJ-Titnv S.Amn.'?DR,ty, ,of lhe »P«ctacle. hiftto ^?1,-,cr5 who.50 intobottle. Who dc thosr h«n. b,st whoare ovcrpowerc/l liy numbers. The crowds were too large for them.ch, r I’niAdc.nne (oirt of how she had gone to?r a.dlt;lll/'r,or?i in Washington where she found husv, earnest W'V lhe Texas banner was made hy bfw. McGill, a:, arllst ofho'v nn thc «“’ /roni a wlndow onnJno,ir.vJfliyR of byVorL- ‘rhVln ,S fr°flSSm“ChaWrItt®a of ^mnrt-S^lw-lr* «M-Aneadfll,artws n’itl1 « Stalwart policeman marching backand forth in front *'to keep lhe.EESLi Sfil,e large ^tl-mawI /#5 more ^rffdy Ht-tenrlecl by suffragoltca than nnlh wcro totd about by Mrs. Slayden In %£*???'*- c1*l®,:l*,nInR way., ’'c..,iai^ ttiaay oceasionR to en-plaud the anti-suffrage aiRiimciils. baid| Mrs. Shorten, -ror they were ao lUoificftl as to convert any one to the suffrage. For instance, a very fntenso woman In tho midst of her!5m«♦ I J ,h0 w°mcn get the ,t0 Pr*yw»t tho children from having u. too’1rr‘ad0 ,ixis r*m*tk. an *. clclerJi gentleman who was sitting !w hoslde mo got up disgustedly. As is ne wormed his way out he rail: *i came here on the fence, and that woman has made a suffragist ofch^f$n ^,0?ed nt rurndc.She . described tho parade with its thousands of earnest women andSStLri %,nMa Wcrc arnazrd* They wondered if ,t wore possible thatH^‘?eu?I!‘e.nLvvas 60 stror*i-'- And mthat i? what the parades are for— si ?vC »PUbU° 0f thG,'r‘Xe ? Jntelltgor.ee backof the movement.*1Mrs. S. M. Olds 0f Ohio made an interesting talk k, which sha congratulated the society on ij5 businesslike manner of preparing for a stale convention, sha aisn that notwithslnnding the fact that °r otlo had ml * sv?$?sri,T cr°i , lJ!l.''l0m0n d0 n°t ant the hal-tot because you want to be like the men or becaufc you want to leave your homes—you want it because ou love your homes. she eouclud-Conimlllcca for Convention.The following committees of arilatnlt;viheo*nrJuStsowitl.nr *r.jannoun'ced: ’b° COm','nlt;ionI I*ocal airangemcnt: mi»» iir^r*v. rnriricc. Mirf, Fenwick, m” H D • Kamprrmur, •• Resolution.?: Mvg.James Stnyden. jiiss Houston. Mrs IJena Green. Invitations: Mrff -t*T. \amlorl{ocvlt;-n. Mrs. Rufus Lewis! Mis Dan l.cnry. Reception committee for trains: Mrs. 11. o ter. ?drs. J T. Woodhull, Mrs T A Coleman, 3£r S. F RrnndaA. MrsrnminilhS1*? - Wi,so?* Decoration committee* of convention hall; MrsC. L Hnmmotid, Mrs. Nellie .Tnme-ron. Mrs. F. F. Colkne. Sir*. HarryHyman. Decoration c-cinmllteo forluncheon: Mrs. Ediv/na Snider.w tlt;bS ?Tr5- W- A. Daniel, Mis. R. 1. McCaleb. Reservations for luncheon: Mrs. WillUtn L.Dunne. .For decorating sioca Beethoven Hnli: Mr. Dwight Pot-llnil- VrfVVn”5 at ^Ihovon l« I ’?• G‘ Rarr*Gs- Miss KutliHnnP,TW Im ZSfwpnw«. Mlys Marlon R lem. Miss Fanita McMillan. General enter fa In menL Mrs. Perry-.W. W. Lipscomb. Mrs. K. W. Rich-.»rd.voi?» Mrs. Charles Florlon Badges: Mrs. T. T. Mummo MreByron McMillan. Ticket a 25 miEnowden'i !ee.u„: Ka S J IAitala:titTlII.Cothsaupviacoabfo:1?cohaletfirre;latalladpr.feebilwef*hi1BlBlt; flfl
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San Antonio Light
San Antonio, Texas, US
Sun, Mar 16, 1913
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