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Volume X.

Number 5

FAILURE IS IMPOSSIBLE—Susan B.

Anthony

.PROGRESS

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CITY BY THE

NATIONAL AMERICAN WOMAN
SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.

President, Rev. Anna Howard Shaw".
505 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
1st Vice President, Mrs Rachel Foster Avery,
Swarthmore, Pa.

2nd Vice President,

Mrs. Catharine Waugh McCulloch,

Evanston, Ill.
Corresponding Secretary,
Mrs. Mary Ware Dennett,

505 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Recording Secretary, Mrs. Ella S. Stewart,
5464 Jefferson Ave., Chicago, Ill.
Treasurer, Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton,

Warren, Ohio.
lst Auditor,

Miss Laura Clay, Lexington, Ky.
2nd Auditor,

Miss Alice Stone Blackwell,

6 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.

Legal Adviser,

Catharine Waugh McCulloch.

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Assemblyman Frank L. Young’s bill
conferring the vote on questions of bond-
ing upon all taxpaying women who live
in‘ the towns and villages of the State of
New York, has passed both Houses and
been signed by the Governor. It is an
extension of the vote on special appro-
priations which was granted to tax-
payiiig women of the towns and villages

in 1901.

by the Young bill.

A straw showing which way the wind
blows was seen in the cartoons during
the \Vashington convention. One depict-
ed the women going in great crowds with
their petitions to the Capitol, out of
which the members of Congress were
fleeing in wild confusion. All the wo-
men were fashionably attired, with hats
a la mode, and a feature was made of
little feet beneath a from frou of rullles.
Another, entitled “The Suitragists Visit
\\'asl1ington,” showed the Capitol with
all its many pillars decorated with
ribbon bows, vases of llowers scattered
about and a woman’s hat, beautifully
trimmed, perched on the dome.

In other days the cartoonists never
allowed the artistic or esthetic to be in
any way connected with woman
frage.

suf-

As the press work at the national
suli'rage conventions had been largely
managed for a-number of years by
Miss Elizabeth J. Hauser, it seemed to
the chairman of the press committee
that it could best be done by her at the
recent convention, and therefore she
went to \Vashington, while Mrs. Harper
remained at the headquarters in New
York. Miss Hauscr’s report of the meet-
ing will be found in another column. As
space in Progress is so limited, only the
barcst resume is possible of what was
one of the most interesting and impor—
tant of the forty-two national woman
suﬂ'rage conventions.

Their right to vote on bondi
propositions under that act, which had:

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As these lines are written we can look
out from the windows of our lofty head-
quarters iii-New York and see the crowd
gathered in front of the church on Fifth
Avenue, where, for a brief hour, rests the
body of Mark Twain, the much—loved
humorist. He many times expressed
himself in favor of woman sull'rage; was
one of the ﬁrst signers of the national
petition last year, and not long before
his death he said, “I should like to see
the ballot ill the hands of every woman.”
In his beck, “Following the Equator,”
he devoted two pages to woman sutl'rage
in New Zealand, and gave the ollicial

statistics showing that the women vote

in quite as large a proportion as the
men. He applied all the favorable ar—
guments to the situation in the United
States, and declared that it was time the
women here were enfranchised.

In the death of Dr. Borden P. Bowne,
Professor of Philosophy at Boston Uni-
versity, during the past month, the cause
of woman suffrage lost another able and
eminent supporter. 'He often made ad-
dresses for the meetings in Massachu-
setts and published a very comprehen-
sive article on the subject in a recent
number of the North American Review.

One more must be added to the inim—
ber of distinguished friends who passed
away in April. Bjornstjerne Bjornson,
the Norwegian poet, was a strong be-
liever in woman suffrage and used his
inﬂuence for it when the question was
pending in Norway. He was deeply lll-
terested in the Congress of the Interna-
tional Alliance at Copenhagen in 19013,
and sent an original poem suited to the
occasion.

In the future a Hall of Fame will
be provided to immortalize the names
of those who declared for woman’s po-
litical liberty.

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THE PRESIDE

T AND THE CONVEN-
TION.

In a matter which elicited such uni-.
versal comment as did the Illl€X1)CCt-.

ed incident during the address of I’i'esi- .

dent Taft to the National Sull'rage Lon—
vcntion, it seems advisable to print the
full

It may be said, however, that

address in and refrain

iiient.

the audience were entirely unaware it,

had happened. The room was over-

chairs
insist that

and
Many

sitting,
moved. the
was simply a "sh” for silence.

being
sound

was done by the “antis” through pre-
arrangement. Still others claim that it
was a protest by the delegates from the
States where women vote against being
classed as “undesirables.” One ollic‘er
says that she heard a man beside her
make this sound. ,

“'hatever the facts, neither the asso-
ciation nor the convention could justly
be held responsible for the occurrence,
and the manner the ollicial
board made reparation and President
Taft accepted it was highly creditable
to both. He stated the thought which
had been uppermost in the mind of
every suﬂ'ragist when he said in his lot-
ter, "I regret it because it may be used
in an unfair way to embarrass the lead—
ers of your movement.”

in which

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believe that it there was any hissing it . lllglll)‘ appiumtc the ‘Inut Of Piesnhnt

This unques- .

tionably will be the case, but unfairness ‘
and injustice will not be new to the ad- .

vocatcs of woman suffrage. Nothing,
however, could better illustrate the

changed attitude of the public toward

ll would have been only sweeping con-
2 demnation for the suﬂ'ragists, singly and
collectively. Now, for the most part, the
‘ subject has been considered temperately
and judicially, and indeed there have been
suggestions to the ell'ect that the speech
was not entirely without provocation to
some expression of resentment. There

ion on the part of the suﬂ'ragists—that

. . . . - ‘ ‘1 0"nest of the convention. whether the
the "hissing” was so slight that many in - ‘ D . '

‘Presidcnt of the L'iiitcd States or one
of the least distinction, was entitled to

. ‘ erfect courtcsv and they (IOC'JI * regret
crowded, almost as many standing as ' p " . I) D

constantly .

that there should have seemed to be a
lack of it even by those who were prob-
ably not a part of the convention. They

Taft in welcoming their convention to
\Vashington.

In Austria, the Diet of the crown
province of Ix'rain has adopted a new
sufl'ragc‘law for the capital city, Lai—
bach, which gives women the right to
vote. They will be entitled to cast their
ballots in person, and not by proxy. May
__other provinces soon follow this good
example I

In Italy, the Chamber of Deputies has

i given women engaged in trade the right

to vote. The report in the press does
not say for what ofﬁcers, but it is prob-
ably for members of the trade councils
or judges of tradedisputes. This right
had already been given to women in
France.

this question than the way in which this ‘

incident has been treated by the preSs

editorially and by those who have spoken

through its columns.

Formerly there i

At the recent municipal election in
Stockholm. Sweden, two women were
elected City Councillors; one was a Con-
servative candidate, the other a Social
Democrat. Swedish women can vote for

all municipal ofﬁcers.

, mediate activities.

can be, however, but. one general opin-

THE NA TI ONAL
‘ PRESIDENT’S
LE T2 ER

The National Convention, the closing
and beginning of our year of service has
come and gone, and it was best described
in a single sentence by one of the dele-
gates who had attended many previous
ones: “Its spirit throughout was one of
enthusiastic consecration to work, and

there was not a dull moment from be-
ginning to end.”

IVith the close of the convention a new
year of service opens before us, for there
is no time for delay nor waiting, and al-

1 ready the inquiry has come, “\Vhat is the

next step to take and how can we best
serve our cause?” The important things
for us to know are the present status of
our association, the outlook for the fu-
ture and the plans proposed for our im-
These we shall learn
from the printed proceedings when they
appear.

It has been the custom to close the
year’s work in our clubs with the ap-
proach of summer, as indoor meetings
would be no longer practicable, but under
the changing conditions of public senti-
ment towards woman’s enfranchisement,
it is believed the summer months will fur-
nish the best oppqrtunity ‘for propaganda
by means of a great variety of out-of—
door 'meetings in parks, camps, chau-
tauquas, picnics, summer resorts, auto-
mobile and canal excursions. In fact, we
might well follow the example of our Eng-
lish sisters and utilize our entire vaca-
tion in holding out—of—door and tent meet,-
ings. This method of propaganda, as
well as the practical use we make of the
opportunities offered, must depend upon
the initiative and the number of workers
each community can furnish.

Out-oE—door meetings have the great
advantage of being cheap, and 'they‘ai‘ford
opportunities for utilizing a variety of
talents. Altliough‘no rules can be laid
down to govern all cases, a few sugges-
tions might beiof assistance. We should
never hold a meeting without securing
immediate practical results. All speak-
ers 'or workers should not sit upon the
platform, or group at one point together,
but they should scatter among the peo-
ple to sell the best literature, our oﬂicial
organ and our badges. If there is cheap
literature for free distribution, a careful
selection among the audience should be
made, and the leaﬂets given to those only
who really desire them. The eEect of
promiscuous distribution of literature,
which may be thrown away. is harmful.
Believers and members should be enrolled
at these meetings, and, last but not least.
a collection should always be taken.

The question is frequently asked why
the English women are able to. raise such
vast sums of money while our contribu-
tions are comparatively so meager. I
think the answer may be found, in large
measure, in the different manner of apt
peal. “'e ask for ﬁnancial assistance as
if we were begging for ahns, while the
English women take the attitude of giv-
ing to those who have neither time nor
talent for work the opportunity to serve
the cause by furnishing the money to en-
able the work to be carried forward. ‘iVe
need to drive home the fact that it is
the duty, and should be considered the
privilege of every believer to serve our
common cause in some manner. and that
those who do not or cannot work for it
should help in some other manner, and
that ﬁnancial assistance is most needed.

A committee was appointed to consult
with Miss Blackwell in regard to making
the “VVoman’s Journal" Our National or-
gan, under the management of the Na-
tional Association, with Miss Blackwell
as editor-in-chief. If this plan is carried
out the ofﬁcial orgail will be issued weekly
at a subscription price of one dollar a
year. To make the paper self-supporting,
will require the active and hearty co-
operation of all suffragists.

As soon as

,the negotiations have been satisfactorily

it is decided that the Na—
tional Association has adopted the “\Vom-

settled. and