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Ivlrs. T. J. Smith
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First Vice-President
IN-‘Irs. Helm Bruce
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LIrs. J. H. Durham,
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Fourth Vice-President
Miss Laura Clay
l89 N. Mill St. Lexington

Recording Secretary
lVIrs. James A. Mitch 011

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Febr.2nd, 1914.
My dear hiss fieerney, ; ’lf
Your letter relative to that I said at the-Trim

State Fair is at hand. I have no notes of-ahat I said exactly; but I,
_did not say that the votes of women were essential to he success of anon
ther 'emoorztic presioent. Vhat I have said several times, and apparently
with e feet upon politicians is: That no party need to hope to succeefl
which opposes woman suffrage;s that the Lemccratic party is now in ascenn
:dency, and if it makes the mistake of Opposing suffrage as a party, the
-Democrats will not have another president in tfliS generation: % because
states thich have women vot rs now control 84 electoral votes in the electaf
toral college of 531 votes, and that the women leaders in these states’
. have declared that they mould use their votes to help their sisters to
gain suffrage in other states:« thatihistory is now repeating itself,/ana
_ Just as the Republicam party kept its supremacy for forty years because

.it enfranchised the negro men, Just-so some party will greatly strength—V
‘Wen itself by extending suffrage to womenfs if the Democratic party fails
f-to take adVantaée of its preSent Opportunity to do sd', it is pretty certainf
' that some other party will succeed b y the mistake of the Iemocrats: — %
l;‘that whilst women cannot be expected to vote from the blind gre' titude

of the enfranchised negroes. yet something may be expected from the grati— :“

ivtude of women, Infifififixn and more from that characteristic of the human

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”~’ mind that first impressions are strengest. -  women have political princi-'

(“ih_ples now, but they have not been crustalliz ed into p artisan views - that,ft"

‘:_since all par ties claim hi gh ethical principles ‘omen's choice V'lli not

”babe made because of the peculiar claims of ethics of any one party. sincefi

;f_noy he is superior to others on that ground, but .women'sr choice will be
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their minds, and the oerty which ices most to give them the ballot will
be the garty to make the first impression,+.this imur essfon hill likely
last one generation, till some new vital iseue comes up. Since the Touthernl

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the int y of the Southern ta Lee to tehe ednancea gror And on the suffi rage

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o’electoral votes ‘5 the suffrage states. Of these, 'yoming has three;
Colorado, six: Utah, four: ldaho, 'our; “ashington, seven; California,
lithirteen;.Kenses,rten; *rizona, three: Oregon,lfive;lllinois, twentyn
nine.: 84 in all, enfi this number will be largely increasei by new sufn

frage states before tzie next ”residential election. Tven if the women

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most, yet the; are certain to hole a dangerous balance of power ‘ which
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-”\”\\The fact that 1 omen leaaers heve declared the policy. of helping
their sisters in ther states is evidenced by the organization of the

‘Ret ional Council of ,cmen Voters, that the suffr egists both in Oregon‘and

'Zenee.s immedietely re— organized for the express purp ose of edficating the wonf'

'“men-voters.and to gain suffrage in other stet s, and by the generel declaran
'tions of prominent women in politics, to say nothing of their natural feelnjvn
f',ing towerd the question. ‘

“Hoping you much squess, I am

Veryhsincerelyvy

 

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STATE ASSOCIATIONS
REPRESENTED COMMITTEE

ALABAMA MISS HARRIETT E. GRIM
ILLINOIS DARLINGTON. WIS.

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KENTUCKY
LOUISIANA ' MRS. EDNA FISCHEL GELLHORN

MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA 4366 MCPHERSON AVE., ST. LOUIS. MO.

MISSISSIPPI
MISSOURI
NEBRASKA
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
OKLAHOMA
SOUTH DAKOTA
TENNESSEE

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WISCONSIN DARLINGTON. WIS.
was» Feb . 2/14 .
Miss Laura Clay

Lexington,Ky.

my dear Miss Clayz'
I The Conference of the middle states is to be held this year in s~~e-~
Des Moines, Iowa, in accordance with the opinion of a majority of the

states included in the conference. The last three days of March have been
selected as the most convenient in every way. The first massnneeting willd
Vcome Sunday afternoon at the special request of thLDes Moines Society.

The geheral plan of the program is as followsz'On each tppic
there is to be a talk of twenty minutes followed bya ten minute discussion
we hops to have the discussions led by the various state presidents, the
speech being given by some one who has had experience along certain
lines of work. Of course the key note of the whole conference will be
"methods‘nnethods".

Will it be possible for you to come and give one of the twenty
minute speeches? We should like to have you choose your own subject if
you will.

we are trying to get the prOgram in shape so would appreciate an

early reply. If you think of someoue who would make good program material

 

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I shouldnto hear about them. Do you think of a good speaker for the
College work? We have ne'one for that yet and I think we should give

at least one half hour to that phase of the work.

Trusting to have a favorable reply from you soon, I am,

Yours most cordially,

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 .189 N,Hill 9t.,-Iexington, Ky,

Febr.5rd,‘I914.
Hy deer'flrs.Lacey,
Yours of the let inst.is at hand. I return my votes
according to number. _ . ‘
Ist.‘ I vote Yes to give endorsement to the till of wit.€hild‘
labor Lsso., .since our Club women have considered this subject and. have
shown their willingness to co— —01erete vith' that 'seociet1on.
2nd. I vote No to endOrsing the movement for a ,etemt’on fler-in
,Louisviile. Not that 1 op1ose the bill at all; but :think the Federane
ition should be very c reful about giving its endorsem ent't to bills 13St
’our endorsement should beeome so easily obtained that it will be werth.
inothing. I am opposed to the Federation giving endorsement to hills
anhich have not been long enough in oontemplation to present to the Fede'eeV
tion at its nnuel CODVentionV. This matter's uld he e been groaeho to
J'the at tention of the convention at (iddiesborough. The sea asien of Iegis-
::lature is now one third ever, end I feel it is not wise to endorse a bill
lehieh hes yet to be framed and presented. 3- ‘ ‘ L

3ra. Certainly I vote to have the evenings filled~with.spea?ers intéra11’

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thesting to the publie.e end vete .to do So. I think, hovever, if you mean by

”QVoutside speakers” persons {outsidef the ‘tute thVe expense wWillV be consifiereblb

and lee may overlook Speakers in Vthe tete quite as interesting.

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 1.3111 ”;., taxingtcn, Fentucky.
Febr.§tfl, :91“.
‘iss Grim” .
Your letter of the 2nd inst. is at hand.

I expect to attend the fiississippi 'alley fonference, and I shall be
glad to ‘i- 5 place on the program if I can be of use. \
I am ézeely'interested in onorefivionel act i‘cn on noman suffrage ‘ Ye

seem to be having smell success with our petition for the submissicn Of

a -onstitutirnal ‘mendmentg and I believe the Conference might profitably

consider LhOthG? it u ulé not be wise to give our supeort to the Fefieral‘

“uffrage bill which has alreacy been introduced in the *enate by “eW.

Jhafroth and in the Iouse by Rei.Franch. I enclose a copy of the bill.
euggose no one a ubts’tne desirabil 1ity of rne bill; its constitutionalitfi

“he only point inq question. “ersonally, I believe it is constitntionaly

.nd I Can make an argument in its favor, though I am not a lamfier eni’f_l

halo my views subject to revision from the profeSsicn. Hotever,_we have

muCh high authority to that effect, and as fongfess seems not inclined
do Enytning for us towards the bills asked for by the Fational na

Ereesionalywnionm I think a disc a on of other mea sures is nefyf‘
The_fiemocrats must‘ consider the views of the 4 ates’ fights

:2emocra e, and the FeQeial”“ufirage bili hzs the adva ntrge of not im--

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pinging on ‘tetes'-Ii 3E . "‘ I _a > I-I ' I 5.‘E ‘ . ‘ f

If yeu think an nddrl.~ss fnnm me on XThe Eight of "omen to Vote, ,1”

For Unite .d EWates Senators and Repre"entau1ves by IongressionaliActicn '
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flould be a good subject; pIeuse let me know at once, and I will'tekeytHEtK-J

31bdect {hepe yo u will ~?1ink of a shorter n'eme for it. ,

\_ I do not think of any speakers to suggest whom you have not frobably

I already til~ nt of. I  hope lies nne Jartfin,\of Neveéa, vill be llowed it;

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7. time on the 'program to {resent the Nevada coause.31nce ”1ss1ss1pni has

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has been so active recenfily * heye pix LI;:« will be fully represented

on tue program. Arsoficllie 'umerville, of Ereenvilleg $135.

and active women; “he intendefi

was deterred. For some years i

Griffith, but formerly she wrs a very attoactive Sthker; alga from

Shall you ask one of the Gordon sisters, of flew rleans? .fiiss Jean

a piersant spaker, as $911 as Kiss ”a'e.

:link of no new one for the “allege feegue.

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Mrs."m.falliher,
I Shland, Ty.
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"anehjse, anflvthet you mrnt some of the Department literature. I res

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thet the fishlamd ”oC.T.U is taking.up this department in earnest,
shall'be glad to aseist.you in a. :q an‘I can.
Under another corer T am send 1mg samples of the literature'used in,

the Tatianal Tegertment, and same of the Tentuoky T.V.fi. also, a s:3mple

'copy of the Vomen's Journal-- This forms the literature which I recommended

in my regort at txe convention in Jlesonv1lle I do not keep in stoek

any of tee literature eXTe;t tna.t Lublished by the “yffiqual Eights associae

tigr , jut you Can order from the National *.C.T.U-headquarters. ‘l‘enClose

. club rates for‘the,"oman's~Journal, You will find getting up a clubl
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for this,yaper good snffrege‘work, and it may bring in a‘lettEe moneye

;for your dejertment.

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grehy full suffrage to vomen..'Tt has been favorably reported by the Commit»,

tee, and I ask the prayers of your V,C. ’; .TT for its sueeees. I wish yourit

hoors'm:uld write to your representative/emu  senator aSking their vote

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Febr,9th, 39I4.

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Tawsos City, ?m13as.

Year letter of tie éth ' »- SK 1 f; I enclose a leaflet

something of the suffrage W. . 1- tentuoky;‘nnfl under another cOver

some other literature xgioh

In I9I2 I had the honor' , 4‘ . ', “”3 oamoaign in Tongas which

won votes for women in that

Reofiectfully yours,

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Febr.9th, I9I4.
Mrs.Geo.E.Cunningham,
Little Rock, firK., Treas.Southern states W.S.Confer-
ence.
Dear Hadam,.
Some weeks ago I sent Miss Kate Gordon a pledge of one
for the Southern States omen suffrage Conference,
hundred dollars, to be paid in four yearly installments, the first
on or before March I2t. “lease find enclosed a N.Y.dreft for $25 in
payment of the first installment. In sending receipt please make it
for payment on my pledge to Miss Gordon.
I am sorry I was not present at the Conference. It has occurred to
me that it would be an excellent thing if the Conference cculd pay Miss

Gordon's expenses for travelling in the interest of the Conference, and

a sufficient salary to enable her to devote her whole time to the work.

I know she thinks that Hrs.Ida “orter-Boyer is very desirable to engage,
for the work of the Conference, but I think Miss Gordon herself would
be our best choice, if we can get her whole time.

I should be glad to hear that you think of this suggestion, and if
it seems likely that we shall have the means tn the near future to employ
the time of any one.

Very cordially yours,

ViceePree. at Large of Southern

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MRS. M. c. HARDIN. CORRESPONDING SECREYAHY
Miss EUGENIA ESTILL, naconnma' szcnnuw
MISS RAY KEIN. TREASURER
MRS. HUGH LOKEY. AUDITOR

ATLANTA, GEORGIA, Feb. I 4th. ’ 191 4

Dear Friend of Suffrage2~
The "Atlanta Georgian", a Hearet paper, will devote its

entire edition March 3rd to the cause of suffrage.

We are in hopes this will help us to make Georgia the first
southern state to adopt suffrage and we desire your assistance,

We would appreciate an article from you of from 500 to 1,000
words Upon the subject ~"What results have been acqohplished
by the ballot in my state", also your photograph.

Please have them reach me not later than Feb.88th.

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LOUISIANA
MICHIGAN
MINNESOTA
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MISSOURI
NEBRASKA
NORTH DAKOTA
OHIO
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SOUTH DAKOTA
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TEXAS
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VICE-PRESIDENT, MRs. RAYMOND BROWN

SECRETARY, MISS HELEN POTTER

TREASURER, MIss ESTHER OGDEN

SECRETARY LITERATURE COMMITTEE, MRS. H. EDWARD DREIER
MRS. MARY WARE DENNETT

'MRs. STANLEY MCCORMICK

baseman, DR. ANNA HOWARD SHAW

FIRaT VICE-PRESIDENT, MIss JANE ADDAMS

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT, MRs. DESHA BRECKINRIDGE
THIRD VIcE~PRESIDENT, MISS CAROLINE RUUTZ-REES
RECORDING SECRETARY, MRS. SUSAN W. FITZGERALD
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, MRa. MARY WARE DENNETT
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February 24, 1914

My dear Miss Clay,

Owing to the steady and continuous growth in the demand
for suffrage literature throughout the country, it was found at the
last Convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association
held at Washington, D. 0., that the work conducted by its Literature
Department had assumed such large proportions that the Association
was unable to handle it effectively.

The National American Woman Suffrage Association being a
membership corporation cannot conduct business as a stock company.
It was therefore decided that its Literature Department be formed
into a company for the sole purpose of furnishing and printing sup—
plies and literature of all kinds in sufficient quantities to meet
this increasing demand for suffrage material.

In accordance with this action the National Woman Suf—
frage Publishing Company was incorporated on January 22, 1914, for
$50,000. Five thousand shares of stock were issued at a par value
of ten dollars per share. Of this number we still have 1600 shares
of 5% preferred stock which we desire to sell at as early a day as
possible in order to raise funds to meet the pressing needs of our
business.

We have orders on our books which we have been unable to
fill owing to lack of material; in consequence, suffrage organiza- .
tions are hampered in their work for want of proper suffrage litera-
ture to carry on the campaigns in which they are engaged. With
capital, stock can be replenished, new material can be added, and
all demands for suffrage supplies can be met.

We should be glad to have you purchase shares in our
Company, and enclose blank to be filled out and returned to us
with check if you desire to invest. Upon receipt of check cer—
tificates of stock will be mailed to you. (Checks or money orders
should be made payable to the National Woman Suffrage Pub. 00., Inc.

Sincerely yours,

Miss Laura Clay, NATIONAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE

PUBLISHING COMPANY, Inc.

,President.

Lexington, Kentucky.