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l05 East 22nd Street. New York Cily. NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS Treasurer, Harriet Taylor Upton. Warren, Ohio.
Corresponding Secretary, Frances Squire Potter, 505 Fiflh Ave” New York City . .
505 Fifth Ave. New York City‘ Auditors: {Laura Clay, l89 N. Mill St.. Lexmgton. Ky.

Alice Stone Blackwell, 6 Beacon Street. Boston, Mass.

Recording Secrelary. Ella S. Stewart.

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.Mv dear firs.Upton,

I reanivefl your personal letter of Nov.20th, anfl fihis

morning your letter to @138 Blaakwell hnfi me.i have just burnt up both
-of them. I know gnu do not exyect any comment, bufi I must thank you

for the information oontainefi, of which I had no inkling before. I fihink
you are right in consiflering it was our fine fie know. Thanking you

very much. I am

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Ky day? firs. Upton, ‘
Idég;eft your letter of Kovevber the 10th,
relative co the Tentuoky 3- R“ ‘5 pledge ununsaerod uniil mam, he—
euune I W, :2 ' ' :.f to Florida, wherw I was invited to
give ufldresses ‘ {ivil Service Refer to the ‘oman's 61v“ and
hen“ inry ; since my return. : :ave been lomking over my
nae§‘“, 3 , “ fin fihg.flutinnul ConVention“ As you ann it mus
na'f;ffin ‘; * my corvention e§:énces agninat fihe ”entuaky
I enclose the list of my ex enfias.
I am sorry that I canwot weifi for thaae exxenaes antil the

treasury justifies vtu in cullinw for them and pay'the Alecge 1n

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thfi meantime. But T have mafia ;ledges to the Tkluhomu camgnign and
ta KiSS Gordon's S. B- inthony fund, which grévents me from waiting
for n more convengent time for my GXyOHCGS. T shall see though thtt
my ;ledge to iies Gordon is 4nifi Lromgtly and I hoie you wiil receive

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Yours,

 

 Warren, Ohio, Dec. 4:, 1909.

Dear Miss Clay and Miss Blackwell»

I have thought almost constantly of affairs since I
wrote you and think I will add a few things. ‘ I have hesitated
to do this lest you might think me to be personal.

I found out at Bryn Mewr that Miss Shaw had helittled
most of her officers to the ladies, ilerly us three. Miss
Thomas innocently referred to certain th you two had done and
it was essy for me to say mysey. Your part was trivial,
just such e thing as e thoughtless person might say. It seems
with His it was different. Miss Shaw had reports"? to them that
I did not Care for her as I used to do and Miss Thomas asked me
why. Since I buckled on truth I replied that one could not feel
the same loVing, tenderness towards any one who constantly
helittled bees work to others especially when ones work was as
heavy as mine. Miss Thomas hesitated end then said , "Well,
tell me what you did do.“ Iwill not take time to tell you
what I told'her but I was amazed myself. 4 She' looked aghast.
She had me repeat. She then asked how much that had cost and
when I told her she exclaimed. Every little while during the
evening she referred to it. - The next morning at the table she
said, "Mrs. Upton, I have been thinking: and thinking; and vixen Miss
Shaw comes I shell take it upon myself to tell her I think it
wonderful for you to have done that work and to have done it on
such :3. small sum." ‘

At {Mother time she said, I" Miss Shaw thinks you do not

want her to lave the {$1,000.00 :E‘Or ex’penses. Is that 8022

I replied it was not but since I am speaking; the truth I will say

 

 that when the litsscciation paid Miss Shaw's expenses for much of the
work she did and when societies, clubs and State Associations paid
her usuelly for spekmg I did not like to have her give out the
idea that we were selfish, thoughtless or pennurious. I also
said " I would kike to see her have a salary of $235,000.00 but I
would like also far her to act and think it was a generous thing”.
Well, now I nwet to tell you about the accounts .
I hesitate d about tint too hut as you will audit the ho oks you
oucqht to know officially. Miss Shaw often said in B. C.
meetings that I kept too close accounts and sometinjles was fairly

insulting about it, but I did not care because I knew she did

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not know anything; about it. Whenwe were planning for the work

in Headquarters I askedurv'fl’ho will keep the, account s?2 and Miss
Shaw replied sharply, "We're not going; to waste time keeping
accounts as you did", etc.

Now. it seems Mis s Shaw intended. putting Lucy Anthony
in Headquarters as clerk and thus getting the $600.00 she had
been "paying her. I think this desire was all right especialy
as Miss Shaw considers Miss Anthony valuable but I hardly feel
that she ought to do this without putting it to vote for I
would. not have voted for it. »I do not think Mrs. Avery
would have done so either. Miss Shaw told Mrs. Harper and-
told Miss Thomas that tie reason she did not want any of the
Headquarters force in. the new Headquarters was because we were
so extravagant. Miss Hauser was So told by Mrs. Harper.

I was so to 16. by Miss Thomas. It is unimportant except that
it slows the spirit. I, therefore, felt some delicacy about
suggesting; anything for the new Headquarters. Finally I

asked Miss fleck if she wanted me to help her start accounts,

 

 and she said "No. Miss Anthony was do ing it .“ I was

amazed because I knew Lucy and Miss Shaw quarrelled almost
constantly because of Lucy's banking and accounts. Finally
Miss Peck got scared andsent for money. I had sent Miss Shaw
the $500.00 which was voted for furnishings and the 5,375.00 for
moving, and I knew they were getting in much money from literature
and Miss Peck seemed. so unhappy about money. Final 1y Miss
Shaw wrote and said "Send money for clerk hire.“ I told her if
she would tell me how much and to whom to make checks I would
send it. She would not send me names 1out final 1y said the
stenographer, giv ing mule, got so much a month and one helper
{$10. 00 a week and another 73556.00. ‘ I added these and found

' it made 33168.00 and I sent it. We hd no money in the
treasury and Miss Anthony was pay ing bills and giving out
receipts and taking in Mrs. Mf-Lck‘iy's money for National dues and
I think receipting; and playing; the part of President and
Treasurer, Miss Shaw and Mrs. Potter being away. Now, it
seemed tlrat although Miss Shaw had put out a vote to open an
account in the All Night Bank and it had passed she led decided,
however,t/9! I have been given three reasons for this and will not
take time to repeat, to put money in her own bank account in r
Philadelphia. Lucy Anthony has power of attorney to draw
on this account. So our money went into Miss Shaw's personal
account and she andLucy could draw on it. Final lyMiss
Peck got tired of turning over Money Orders , Bhecks, etc to
Lucy, who deposited, and than vhen a bill was sent in Miss Jr9eck
had to beg for the money. Final ly a clash came. flies

Shaw or Anthony had said they were paying; bills from Miss Shaw's
' account, but Miss Peck, who is very astute,’ thought she would

write and ask me how much {money I had sent. She was

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 astonished when I told her. Miss Shaw was going away on an
extend ed trip and she asked her if she (Miss Peck) could not

draw checks. Miss Shaw then opened a seperate account upon
which Miss Shaw or Miss Peck could. draw. Miss Shaw left and

in a few days word came that their account was over —drawn 332903)
$200.00. Miss Peck. a girl alone in a City, was horrified.
She finally scrabbled around and I sent her money and she fixed
that up} She then got mad and looked into things. V She
found. they had been paying clerk hire from money received from
literature, literature from money from moving expenses and
either then or later she found Mis s Shaw had forgotten to

transfer her {$500.00 from her personal account. After a time
Miss Peck got things straightened. out. One day she found she
had a small amount , say 317.00, to her credit and the next day
she got word her account; was overdrawn €329.00. She was roaring
mad because she knew Lucy had drawn it. I sent the next

month‘s pay for office help to Mrs. Potter. Then Miss Peck

as l have related efused to be dominated. by Miss Anthon . Miss
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' Shaw for several reasons got down on Mrs. Potter and Miss Peck.
the; Latter straightened out the accounts and we have gotten along
easily. Now some Miss Shaw, tells me to send all {money to
her, that Mrs. Potter and Miss Peck are extravagant. That
I better pay all bills and chids me for not hav ing done so before.

. This is pretty maddening when I remember how I plead with her to
be allowed to do it. In the meantime, Miss Shaw has been
paying the Headquarter's clerk $18.00 a week. We voted '3315'. 00.
I told her I knew she could not get eompetent help for {315.00

and Ifelt sure the Committee would vote the $18.00 and she better
° get an .r voucher. Now it happens Miss Shaw is always

 

 pleasant and lovely to Mrs. Belmont as she is to Miss Thomas.
She mentioned the matter of not having appropriations enough
for Clerk hire and Mrs. Belmont gave her the extna $144 for the
year. She put this inin her persorel aceoxnm, vhioh was
‘right, but not knowing I knew about this, she is referring to
her only having $15.00, saying she pays the rest. She does.
Now, she has egdsed all the fines of Mrs. Potter and Miss Peck
. to Mrs. Belmont, has told Mrs. Be‘lmont she wants Lucy to stay,
and mrs. Belmont in her ofthanded way says ”If the Peeks and
Potters do not let Lucy stay the National can get out". ' When
some one asked her if she did not give the National this chance
she said, "No, she did it ibr Miss Shaw". When.the Stete of
New Iork would not vote $100.00 e Month fer Caroline Crossett‘s
salary as New York Clerk, Mrs. Belnwnt pays it. This is a.
little offensive to new York because it gives Mrs. Belmont a hold.
Well, Miss Stew or rather Mrs. Belmont has divided the
big work room giving Mrs. Potter and Miss Peck one part, "Mrs.
Lexow another, etc. Everybody on the floor knows of the fuss

and if it does not get into the newspapers it will be funny.

In the meantire, Mrs. Potter is heart-broken.' She

says it is impossible for her to stay in the work and yet she
does not want to leave in any way to hurt the work. Miss Peck
has had it the hardest because she has been there all the time.
Mrs. Potter thinks she has done Miss Peek a great wrong in
advising her to give up a College position and all that and to
have her so unhappy. It has been awftl ibr everybody and

I pity poor Miss Shaw. She knows nustiee and righteousness
and then lOses herself. After all this fuss she has settled

down and expects everybody else to do the same. Of course,

 

 we are all different temperments. When she' used to insult

. me in Committee meetings I would just sit silently and pout

and make zit donkey of myself. It is absolutely necessary

for me to have something to do. I have a- thing offered me
whereby I could make much more tlnn I am making now, so I feel

I do not have to endure. I shall say what I think and lose
my official head if need be. I rather be without an official
head and have my self respect.

Now, s. Potter says she is in a dileme. She will
not standout and fight Miss Shaw. . She wrote a contra, ct as I
understand. it and Miss Shaw signed it. Miss Shaw says Mrs.
Potter tells untimths in regard to it. Mrs. Potter says she
will not say that (if Miss Shaw but she will say Miss Shaw is
forgetfull. Miss Thomas told me to pay Mrs. Potter
and Miss Peck out of the Thomas—Garrett Fund. I, therefore ,
sent Miss Beck's 23150.00 8. day or so ago. Now Miss Shaw
writes me 319}; to pay these salaries .from that account.

'Mrs. Harper things she can not do Progress in addition
to the Press Work and wants me to keep it. This is impossible
for three reasons, but Miss Shaw is bo und Mrs. Herr) er shall do it.-
Miss Shaw tells Mrs. Harper that it was voted that Mrs. Potter
and Miss Peck should help her edit it‘hut that they refuse.

Miss Peck tells Miss Hsuser she , and I think she said Mrs. Potter,
were so anxious to get something definite to do. When Miss

Heuser tells Mrs. hamper this Mrs.‘ hamper says, "Well, there's no

use going and telling Miss Shaw for she will say she never said

it."
In the meant ine , something has gone wrong with Mrs.

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Belmont and Mrs. Potter. Do not know what a- glad. I do not'.

 

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Miss Shaw sends me a pleasant letter today in which she says
nice things but says that I have written Mrs. Potter some

instructions and infers I ought not to write to her. When
Miss Shaw was gone surely I am not to write to Miss Anthony .

I would not be surprised if Miss Shaw would say it is
not necessary to have a meeting, of Officers. If we do not it
will be a misteke. We ought to talk over the case of Potter and
Shaw although it will make no difference in conditions, we will

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only know how Potter and Peck feel and what they are, but in the
meantime South Dakota is anxious for ourh help. Mrs. Ste wart
writes she will not go. I think she feels as if Miss Shaw's
letter was too critical. I say I think. Okli-hone must
receive attention. If they 5; t their petition surely we must
help, ~ and the territorie., . The petition work is pressing.
Miss Shaw is speaking; and so is. Mrs. Potter and the pressure is
great but we must not lose an opportunity for a state.

I Now, I think this is the story to date. Headquarters
will never settle down to good work with love and patience ‘
abounding with Miss Shaw there. She is a great speaker, she
will be president as long as she wants it and if she wuld not
I do not know who would.

Mrs. Potter and Miss Peck will dr0p out at the Convention.
Some peeple think Mrs. Belmont is very astute and is intending to
be president herself at the end of two years. ' . It behooves
us. who take in the whole work to be thinking. It seems
dreadful that Mrs. Catt end her sixty Clubs are not consulted
about anything. I have often thought how indignant I would be

if the. State Association should come here and open Headquarters

and Say the RE. Club should not come and yet Miss Shaw is not

 

 wholly to blfrme because we all are afraid of Miss Hey.

Miss Shaw cetninly is wrong in feeling Prof. Potter is under her

controll entirely as to ui’ffice hours, etc. I never felt

Miss Shaw controlled me -— the convention electecl me. I never
felt Elizabeth was under my contro ll but that she was ecoounteble
to the Gene rel Officers. If Miss Shaw had discharged clerks
I had hireri I should have been astonished. Well, if anything
else you ought to lmow comes up .I will tell you.

Mrs. Kelly up to date sides with Mrs. Potter.

Mrs. Avery I think feels Miss Shaw ought not to insist
on incompetent Lucy being there. I Wife to beer both sides
before I say. We may find Mrs. Potter is incompetent, She
has not her}. a trial. Miss reek is a hero, a splendifl girl —-
and Miss Shaw you know.

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 National Amerimn lflfl’nman Smfl’rage Azanriatinn

(Member National Council of Women and International Woman Suffrage Alliance)

President, Rev. Anna Howard Shaw. 505 Fifth Ave.. New York City. @QEETJ‘E 7‘ Recording Secretary Ella S Stewart
First Vice Pruidenl, Rachel Foster Avery, Swarlhmore. Pa. ' 5464.] {f 'A Ch' "I
Second Vice Presidenl. Florence Kelley, e erson Ve. IcaEO. .

l05 Easl 22nd Street, New York City. NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

Corresponding Secrelam, Frances Squire Potler. 505 Fifth Ave., New York City
505 Fillh Ave. New York City.

Treasurer, Harriet Taylor Upton, Warren, Ohio.

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OFFICE OF THE TREASURER. WARREN. OHIO
December 8,1909.
My dear Miss Clay,

I heme your letter of the 1st. in regara to the

Kentucky oleage and your expenses to Seattle. This is set—

isfactory, and I am enclosing receipt for the #100 pledge

and for the $2 55 balance as a contribution from you. I
have entered the amounts on both sides of our books and
am going to ask you to sign and return the statement of
your Seattle expense account.

I also enclose receipt for $7 00 which you
send me in redemption of Mrs. Bennett's Seattle pledge for
her grand children. Thank you for this.

Well, I suppose I will see you soon at the
Official Board meeting, as Miss E3haw has called it for the
Elst.

Cordially yours,

JWW "

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 Lexington, Ky. Dec.11/O9.

My dear Ere. Uiton,
I I received your letter with the receipts and
I enclose my statement, signefi and receipted.

I have just received a oeyy of the Annual Rep rt and E
observe that 7 made a pe-sonal pledge of $1 at Seattle, that hnd‘
passed out of my memory. I enclose a check for the some.

I have just received your second letter with Jrs. “ tterts

I
encloaed. I thank you very much for letiing me see this, as I
went to understand the business as much as Loseihle before I go to
New York to the fieerd fleeting. I re—encloee the letter.

I thank you for attending tv the yhotogreghs for me. T
h0g0 I hhe11 soon hear from Hr. “orter.

I have just received a letter from fire. Tate H~ Biggere.

in which she says this bad weather has caused some delay in their

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work, but Dr. Gay writes her tnnt 1f they get in tne ietitfl$3§¥3P

the last of-this nonth, they will be in time for the egeoiel. should
there he one. Dr. Guy.ie making the neoeeeery arrangements for the
carrying of the petition to Guthrie and presenting it in proper man-
ner to the Secretary of State and to the Governor.

Heiing that all are tall with ton, and that I shall see you

Very
‘80cn in new York, I am.

 

 National Amerimn Iflflnman gmffragr Aaanriafinn

(Member National Council of Women and International Woman Suffrage Alliance)

President, Rev. Anna Howard Shaw. 505 Fifth Ave., New York City,
First Vice President, Rachel Fos|er Avery. Swarthmore. Pa.

. . 5464 Jefferson Ave. Chicago [I].
Second Vlce Presldenl, Florence Kelley, - u
105 East 22nd Shed. New York City. NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

Corresponding Secretary, Frances Squire Potter. 505 Flfth Ave., New York City

. . . , Laura C] y, ‘89 N. M'll SL.L .ngt n. Ky.
505 am, Ave.. New York Cxly. Audllars. {Alice stoic Blackwell. l6 BeacofIXlSlrSet. Boston. Mass.

Recording Secretary, Ella 5. Shawn“.

Treasurer, Harriet Taylor Upton. Warren, Ohio.

OFFICE OF THE TREASURER, WARREN. OHIO

December 15,1909

Dear Miss Clay,

I have just had the most remarkable letter from
Mrs. Avery. I would give anything if I could talk it ovsr
with you. Miss Shaw and Mrs. Potter Were to meet at Miss
Thomas's on the 50th. of November, when Miss Thomas was to
tell Miss bhaw that Lucy Anthony must get out of Headquar—
ters, that Miss Shaw must give up the detail work, and so on.
Before that meeting came off Miss Shaw and Miss Peck came
to a clash and Miss ishaw, I think, refused to meet Mrs.
Potter at Miss Thomas's, but took Mrs. Avery instead. They
went over the matter. Mrs. Kelley up to that time had
been on Mrs. Potter's side, as had Miss Thomas. Mrs. Kelley
went to see Miss Thomas about the matter. Miss Thomas was
not at home. I think Miss Shaw thought Miss Peck and Mrs.
Potter would forget all about and let things go. Anyway,
Mrs. Avery went to see Mrs. Kelleyfand together they de—
cided that there could not be any good work done in Head—
quarters under present conditions and that Mrs. Potter and
Miss Peck better go. Mrs. Avery was givan the duty of
writing to Mrs. Stewart and myself and Mrs. Kelley was to
see Miss Blackwell since she was going to be in Boston the
coming week. It was left undecided who was to write you.

The proposition which these two people were to make to

 

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us was that since Mrs. Potter and Miss Peck were so obnoxious

to Headquarters and since it was going to be more or less

disagreeable to hfiss Shaw to have a fellow officer bring up
matters before the Board, and since a majority of the of-
ficers were probably in favor of Miss Shaw,that Mrs. Kelley
should aSk Mrs. Potter and Miss Peck to resign, we to pay
their salaries for the year and they not to explain their
case to the committee. Mrs. Avery, who is naturally dilatory,
did not get off this letter on time, but she sent one to
Mrs. Stewart and myself today asking us to answer by tele—
gram whether we wanted Mrs. Potter to resign or not without
a hearing. You can imagine that a panic this put me into.
The idea of our disaharging our precious business by tele~
gram without any consultation at all seemed perfectly dread—
ful. The idea that the Board of Officers could dismiss one
of its own members elected by the convention afid.not hear
any explanation as to the reason for doing so seemed prepos~
terous. I therefore sent the following telegram to Mrs.
Avery.

"I cannot appreciate the necessity of such hur—
ried action. There must be mutual consultation by the full
Board, which cannot honorably dismiss an officer elected by
the convention without a hearing and complete evidence."

I think we are in a perfectly dreadful condition.
Miss Shaw, without meaning to, has lost her head and talked
to members of the association too freely, has Shown out her
own characteristics, I mean now the ones Which are not good,
has gotten us into this dreadful place and then is not Willing

to face it. I feel especially cut up about it because I

was not in favor of our giving our precious press work over

 

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to Mrs. Belmont in the first place, but could not fight it

as I wanted to for personal reasons. I was opposed to en—

gaging new people in Headguartafis wiflmnu:t}e hoard generally

having some understanding as to what their duties were and
what they expedted. How miss Thnmas and Miss Garrett are
very much attached to miss shew. Miss Shaw has always so
arranged it that none of the rest of us have known they
very well. They told me themselves what Miss Shaw thought
of some of us and they have made up their minds that Miss
Shaw must be vindicated. I think this plan of Mrs..Avery's
is proposed by Miss Thomas. It certainly is :moposed by
someone outside the association since we all know that a
business Committee cannot dismiss one of their own officers
without cause and cannot do it then unless the officer is
willing to be diSnissed. I think Miss Thomas's idea in sug—
gesting this plan to Mrs. Avery; if she did do so, is to
have the matter settled in such a way as to please Miss
Shaw. I think Mrs. Avery's idea in accepting it was that
the whole thing might be hushed up without further trouble.
Now I do not know Mrs. Potter and Miss Peck but I do not
think they are the kind of people who would resign if they
were asked to resign without explaining their position. I
think if we deny them a hearing that we will hear of it in
a public way. However, that is not my reason for not agree
ing to Mrs. Avery's proposition. It is because I do not
think it is fair. I am just sick over this.

Cordially'yours,

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 National Amprimn woman Smfl’mgp Aaanriafinn

(Member National Council of Women and International Woman Suffrage Alliance)

PresidenI, Rev. Anna Howard Shaw, 505 Fifth Ave.. New York City.
First Vice Preaidenl, Rachel Foster Avery, Swarlhmore. Pa.

Second Vice President. Florence Kelley, H
l05 East 22nd Skeet, New York Cily. NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

Corresponding Sccrelam, Frances Squire Potter. 505 Fifth Ave., New York City
505 Fifth Ave.. New York Cily.

Recording Secretary, Ella S. Stewart.
5464 Jefferson Ave. Chicago, Ill.

Treasurer, Harriet Taylor Upton. Warren, Ohio.

. , Laura Clay. l89 N4 Mill 51.. Lexington. Ky.
Auditors. {Alice Slone Blackwell. 6 Beacon Slreet, Boston. Mass.

OFFICE OF THE TREASURER. WARREN. OHIO

December 15 ,1909 .
Dear Kiss .lay,

I feel that if the majority of the Board should
vote to ask Mrs. Kelley to as“ drs. hotter to resign that we
ought not to loans it to Miss Shaw find Mrs. Avery to fill
the place of Corresponding Secretary. New I surmise that
Mrs. Belmont has told Miss Shaw that if she will get rid of
Mrs. Botter and M‘ss Beck she, Mrs. Belmont will pay the
Salary of the Corresponding Secretary, and.the Headquarters
clerk. Our press work is now in the control of Mrs. Belmont.
The New York Headquarters are under her control; that is,
she has told the hew York Association that if tha7 did not
elect Mrs. Crossett they could get out, and now for her to
hire our Corresponding Secretary, having her under Miss Shaw
would seem to me the last stroke. I think it might have
been better if we had had no benefactors. Miss Thomas a
few weeks ago, when she was so much in favor of Mrs. Potter
and so much opposed to Lucy Anthony, told me that Lucy
Anthony had to get out of Headquarters, and when I told her
that was a very wise thing to conclude, she added, "Yes,
and She must not be ohairuan of Local Arrangenents either."
I told her we could not control that, because the Board had

appointed her for this year and it undoubtedly would not

go back on that. But she said if Lucy had any authority

 

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anywhere she would spoil everything. Now Miss Thomas says

Mrs. Potter and Miss Peck must get out and Mrs. Avery and

Mrs. Kelley and Miés Shaw agree with her. In the next con~
Vention we must try to make some of our new people realize
that there is a state of Maine and Illinois, a state of
California and of Minnesota and of Texas, Ohio, and Kentucky.
That the city of New York and the College of Bryn Mawr are
not states, or rather that they are not the United States.
These women are honest, Miss i5haw has their ear, and they
do not'knOW'anything about us. We must just tell them ;
gently and calmly. Really Miss Clay, this is perfectly
dreadful, but 1 cannot help saying, "Cheer up, dheer up,
the worst is yet to come.”

Cordially yours,

HTU*A

 

 Natimml Amerimn filament §>nfiragp Azanriafinn

(Member National Council of Women and International Woman Suffrage Alliance)

President, Rev. Anna Howard Shaw. 505 Fifth Ave.. New York City. wk '1 Recording Secretary. Ella S. Stewart,
First Vice President, Rachel Foster Avery. Swarthmore. Pa. 5464 Jefferson Ave Chicago "I

Second Vice Presidenl, Florence Kelley, .
l05 East 22nd Street, New York City. Treasurer, Harriet Taylor Upton. Warren. Ohio.
Corresponding Secretary, Francu Squire Potter. 505 Fifth Ave, New‘ York City ‘ - -
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505 F'm‘ Ave" New York C'ly' Audrlors: Alli: Stain}; Blackwell. l6 Beaconxg‘lreoe'l. stlnn. Mass.

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 01110, Dec. 15, 1909.

Dear Miss Blackwell :=~

I was up a little after five yeastcgruay mowing
and at the Office soon zt-Lfter seven. The extra work
of fussing-3 wim'l ”the Headqw'rtor's aeoounte and. all this
corzeeponflence in reg-era "to 'tnis miserable affair has “taken

ever 3] b it o f." my 1‘; ime ' even'irw

a mo” Sundays . l was
congr;iz,t-L1~l~:l_ 1; ills? rngrself 13194". ”a; 11:53. i-‘ixwlljr cleaned. up my desk
jug‘u as the ever 3mg mil 017162.11; co rvhlrec‘; a letter
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not make om: from ymw 1e “they: whether you
that you will 21110‘43'111‘3 . Kelley 1’30 33»: '
Potter reeign without :5, hearing. Liv d an: "

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.,.'~1lioe , if you new do me this , do telegrzza‘ph Mm . Kelley “Cm:
on seéond flihougflqt you believe the least: we do for Tire.
Potter is to let her be heard.

same ’mday as it we is, Lucy . \ Have you
any idea the". your mofiher woulrfi have diemiesefi ”the mo st
ineffioie m: employe ee , who was; 109-1113; to ,rq>le;.in, without

allowing The 1'“ ”no 113% he? voive? We have done

sew-1" all unneoeesmmr "things , we lsngnzuem‘oers: of t 11— Board ,

rahher than hm'f; 'fe 631.1113 :‘-, but jueisioe is justice.

I can no ‘3 see why Elise ”haw is unwill ing 1”. at
Mrs. Potter should be heard. She has accused her of
many things, incomgetenoy, insubordinution and. graver
offenses. Surely she has not carried. fibeee tales

to all the world unless she has ground for them. If she

 

 has: evidence, ‘51:; should she fear to me at her? If
unintentionally fro m nervousness anal anxiety she has
exaggerated. these thinge and. is, therefore, efrsxirfl 1'0 face
Mrs. Pot tar, shall we be parties to JChe act of allowing;
Mrs. Pot ter ’50 go out in to the world in Etilf‘EJ‘Bn't disgrace”?
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