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 CONSTITUTION.

ARTICLE I—NAME.

This association shall be known as the
Mississippi Woman Suffrage Association,
auxiliary to the National American Wo-
man Suffrage Association.

ARTICLE II—OBJECT.

Its object shall be to advance the indus-
trial, educational and legal rights of wo-
men, and to secure suffrage for them by
appropriate state and national legislation.

ARTICLE III—MEMBERSHIP.

Any local Woman Suffrage Association
may become auxiliary to the State Wo-
man Suffrage Association by endorsing
the constitution and paying dues to the
state treasurer. No distinction on account
of sex shall be made in membership or eli-
gibility for office.

ARTICLE IV—FINANCE.

Each local Association shall pay an—
nually to the state fund the amount of
one dollar per member, ten cents of which
shall ‘go to the National American W0-

 

  

 

  

man Suffrage Association. Each mem-
ber of the State Association not a member
of any local assOciation shall- pay annual-
ly to the state fund the sum of one dollar.

ARTICLE V—OFFICERS.

The officers shall be a president, first
and second Vice-presidents, corresponding
secretary, recording secretary and treas-
urer.

These general officers shall constitute
an executive committee to provide for and
control the general interest of the work.
Three shall consitute a quorum When as-
sembled, or a majority may act by cor-
respondence in response to a circular let-
ter addressed to every member of the exe-
cutive committee by the president.

A mid-year meeting of the executive
committee shall be held.

ARTICLE VI—ANNUAL MEETING.

The annual meeting shall be composed
of the state officers and chairmen of the
standing committees, one delegate .at
large for each club, and one additional
delegate for every five paying members,
presidents of local clubs and members
of the State Association Who are not
members of any local club.

The time of the annual meeting shall
be during the month of April, the exact
date to be chosen by the executive com-

  

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mittee, unless selected by ballot at the
preceding annual meeting. The general
officers shall be elected at tach annual
meeting for a term of one year.

ARTICLE VII—FISCAL YEAR.

The fiscal year shall begin on April 1st
of each year and end on Merch 31st.

ARTICLE VIII—AMENDMENTS.

This constitution may be amended by a
two-thirds vote of the members present
at any annual meeting.

BY-LAVVS.

ARTICLE I—DUTIES OF OFFICERS.

Section 1—The president may, through
the recording secretary, call special meet-
ings of the executive committee when he
or she may deem it necessary, in response
to the written request of any two mem-
bers of the executive committee. She shall
perform other duties pertaining to such
office.

Sec. 2—The first and second vice-pres-
idents shall in turn perform all the duties
of president in case of the absence or dis-
ability of that officer.

Sec. 3—It shall be the duty of the cor—
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r-espcndence, to send to each local corres-
ponding secnetary blanks for quarterly
reports. She shall collate from such re-
ports her own annual report. She shall
inform chairmen of standing committees
of the organization of local clubs. She
may serve as chairman of the enrollment
committee if the interest of the work re—
quires.

Sec. 4—The recording secretary shall
also be secretary of the executive commit-
tee. He or she shall attend all meetings
of the Association and executive commit-
tee, and keep correct record of the pro-
ceedings; shall send to each member of
the executive committee a proper notice.
of each meeting, and designate in said no—
tice the topics which are to be considered
at the meeting; and shall apprise mem-
bers of committees of their appointments.
At the first session of each annual meet—
ing she shall read the minutes of all ses-
sions of the executive committee since the
last annual meeting, in their proper or—
der, (subject to the approval of the annu-
al meeting) and shall perform such duties
as usually pertain to such office.

Sec. 5—It shall be the duty of the treas-
urer to keep accurate accounts of the re—
ceipts and disbursements of money, and
present a detailed report thereof to each

  

 annual meeting. He or she shall pay no
bills except on an order signed by the
president and recording secretary. She
shall notify all members and subscribers
when state dues or subscriptions should
be paid. She shall endeavor to secure sub—
scriptions and’ use all proper means to
provide funds for necessary expenses.
She shall keep the president informed as
to the condition of the treasury. She shall
send quarterly to the national treasurer
en cents for each paid up member of the
State Association. She shall send prompt
receipts for all money received by her.

ARTICLE II—ELECTION OF OFFICERS.

Sec. 1—The officers shall be elected on
the morning of the last day of the annual
meetingr and in the following manner.
Tellers having been appointed by the
meeting, an informal ballot shall be cast
for each officer separately, and the mem-
bers shall then proceed to vote by ballot
for the persons nominated, or the inform-
al ballot may be made formal by the vote
of the meeting.

Sec. 2—Chairmen of standing commit-
tees shall be nominated and elected by
ballot.

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fill any vacancies occuring in the interim
of annual meetings.

ARTICLE III—COM MITTEES.

Sec. l—The following committees shall

be appointed at the first business session
‘ of the annual meeting: Credentials, Res-
olutions, Courtesies, Constitution, Audit—
ing. They shall perform the usual duties
of such committees.

 

ARTICLE IV—DEPARTMENTS.

There shall be the following standing
committees: Press, Enrollment, Educa-
tion, Institutional, Public Health. Each
committee shall consist of not less than
three nor more than five members, who
shall be appointed by the chairman after
conferring with the president.

 

ARTICLE V.

Sec. l—The plan known as the Politi-
cal District Organization is endorsed as
optional, to be put into operation where—
ever practicable. Explanatory leaflet can
be obtained from the national or state
corresponding secretary.

Sec. Z—The executive committee shall
appoint a county chairman for each coun-
ty to organize the county.

 ARTICLE VI—ORGANIZERS.

One or more state organizers shall be
appointed. The executive committee shall
constitute, ex officio, a lecture bureau and
shall from time to time arrange such lec-
ture tours for state organizers, or other
public speakers, as the means of the asso—
ciation justify.

ARTICLE VII—VOTING.

Each member of the convention shall
be entitled to one vote. No proxy voting
shall be allowed.

ARTlCLE VIII.

All documents and announcements from
general officers shall be sent to local or-
ganizations through their respective cor-
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ARTICLE IX.

Sec. l—The expenses of general offi-
cers in traveling to and from convention,
also postage and stationery, shall be paid
from the state treasury.

Sec. Z—Appropriations for department
work may be made by vote of the execu-
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ARTICLE X—BOOK OF REFERENCE.
Robert’s Rules of Order are aropted as
a book of reference on points of parlia-
mentary law.

ARTICLE XI.
These By—Laws may be amended by a
two-thirds vote of the members present
at any annual meeting.

  

  

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 CONSTEUTION

ARTICLE I.
NAME.

This Association shall be know as the MISSISSIPPI
WOMAN SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION, auxiliary to the
National American Woman Suffrage Association.

ARTICLE II.
OBJECT.

Its Object shall be to advance the industrial, educa-
tional and legal rights of women, and to secure suf-
frage to them by appropriate State and National

legislation.
ARTICLE III.
MEMBERSHIP.

Any local Woman Suffrage Association may be—
come auxiliary to the State Woman Suffrage Asso-
ciation by endorsing the Constitution and paying
dues to the State Treasurer. Any person may be—
come a member of this Association by endorsing the
Constitution and paying dues to the State Treasurer.
No distinction on account of sex shall be made in
membership or eligibility to office in this Association.

ARTICLE IV.
FINANCE.

Each local Association shall pay annually to the
State fund the amount of twenty-five cents per
member to each auxiliary, ten cents of which shall
go to the National American Woman Suffrage Asso—
ciation. Each member of the Woman Suffrage As-
sociation, not a member of any auxiliary local Asso-
ciation, shall pay annually to the State fund the
amount of one dollar.

ARTICLE V.
OFFICERS.

The oflicers shall be a President, Vice-President at
Large,Corresponding Secretary, Recording Secretary
and Treasurer. These general officers shall consti-
tute an Executive Committee to provide for and con-

 

    

trol the general interest of the work, of whom three
shall constitute a quorum when assembled, or a ma-
jority may act by correspondence in response to a
circular letter addressed to eVery member of the
Executive Committee not less than ten days before—
hand by the President. There shall be two or more
Honorary Vice-Presidents. There shall be one Dis-
trict President for each Congressional District.

ARTICLE VI.
ANNUAL MEETING.

The Annual meeting shall be composed of the State
oflicers and Superintendents, one delegate at large
for each Club and one additional delegate for every
five paying members, Presidents of local Clubs and
members of the State Association who are not mem-
bers of any local Club.

The time of Annual Meeting shall be between the
first and fifteenth of April, the exact days shall be
selected by the Executive Committee. The place of
Annual Meeting shall be chosen by the Executive
Committee, unless selected by ballot at the preceed-
ing Annual Meeting. The General Officers shall be
elected at each Annual Meeting for a term of one year.

ARTICLE VII.
FISCAL YEAR.
The Fiscal Year shall begin on April 1st of each
year and end on March 3lst.
ARTICLE VIII.
AMENDMENTS.
This Constitution may be amended by a two—thirds
vote of the members present at any Annual Meeting.

    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
 
   

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ARTICLE I.
DUTIES OF OFFICERS.

Section 1. The President may, through the Re-
cording Secretary, call special meeting of the Execu-
tive Committee when he or she may deem it 11808-2"
sary, in response to the written request of any two
members of the Executive Committee, and shall per-
form other duties pertaining to such oflicer.

Sec. 2. The Vice-President at La! ge shall perform
all the duties of the President in case of the Presi-
dent’s absence or disability.

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Corresponding
Secretary to conduct the correspondence; to send to
each Corresponding Secretary, a blank for quarterly
report, She shall then collate from such reports her
own annual report; she shall also inform Superin-
tendents of the organization of new Associations.

Sec. 4. The Rec rding Secretary shall also be Sec-
retary of the Executive Committee. He or she shall
attend all meetings of the Association and the Execu-
tive Committee, and keep correct record of the pro-
ceedings; shall send to each member of the Executive
Committee a proper notice of each meetiug, and
designate, in said notice, the topics which are to be
considered at the meeting; and shall apprise mem-
bers of Committees of their appointments. At the
first sesssion of each Annual Meeting she shall read
the minutes of all sessions of the Executive Commit~
tee since the last Annual Meeting, in their proper
order, (subject to the approval of the Annual Meet-
ing) and shall perform such duties usually pertaining
to such office.

See. 5. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to
keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disburse-
ments of money, and present a detailed report thereof
to each Annual Meeting. He or she shall pay no bills
except on an order signed by the President and Re-
cording Secretary.

. Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Superintendents
to originate, to devise and to direct plans of work
relating to their several departments; to correspond
and co-operate with local Superintendents, and re-

 

  

 

  

port to the Annual Meeting and to the National Super-
intendents, work proposed and work accomplished.
They shall be required to give an itemized account
of their receipts and expenditures in department of
work. ' .

Sec. 7. District Presidents shall have general super-
vision of the work in their respective districts. They
shall make quarterly reports to the. State Corres-
ponding Secretary and shall, if possible, hold annual
district conventions. ,

Sec. 8. No specific work shall be required of the
HonoraryVice-Presidents, but they shall be requested
to aid the work of the Association as they have time

and opportunity. .
ARTICLE II.

ELECTION or OFFICERS. '

Section 1. The ofiicers shall be elected on the
morning of the last day of the Annual Meeting, and
in the following manner: Tellers having been ap-
point-ed by the meeting, an informal ballot shell be
cast for each oflicer separately, and the members of
the Convention shallthen proceed to vote by ballot
for the person thus nominated, or the informal ballot
may be made formal by the, vote of the meeting.

Sec. 2. Superintendents and District Presidents
shall be nominated by the Executive Committee and
elected by the Annual Meeting. Their election shall
be by acclamation, unless otherwise ordered.

Sec. 3. The Executive Committee may fill any
vacancies occuring in the interim of the Annual

meeting.
ARTICLE III.
COMMITTEES.

Section 1. The following Committees shall be ap-
pointed on the first morning of the Annual Conven-
tion: on Credentials, on Courtesies, on Plan of Work,
on Resoluttion.

Sec. 2. Resolutions—«The Resolutions Committee
shall consist of one delegate from each delegation,
chosen by the delegation, and shall perform all the
duties usual to such a committee.

Sec. 3. Plan of Work—This Committee shall con-
sider the reports and recommendation of the general
officers and shall report financial and other plans for
advancing the general work. The'State Correspond-
ing Secretary and Treasurer shall be ex-officio mem-
bers of this committee, unless excused by the Con-
vention.

Sec. 4. Courtesies.—This Committee shall consist

  

 of two persons and shall have charge of all introduc—
tions to the ConventiOn.

Sec. 5. Credentials.-—This Committee shall consist
of two persons, who shall receive and examine cre-
dentials of delegates and shall approve such as are
signed by the President and Recording Secretary of
local clubs represented, and shall report to the Con-
vention setting forth the whole number of persons
present, as follows: General officers, District Presi-
dents. Superintendents, Delegates from Local Asso—
ciations, members of the State Association; Visitors,
including all who have come to the place of meeting
for the specific purpose of attending, as fraternal
delegates; speakers.

Sec. 6. Publications—The State President, Corw
responding and Recording Secretaries shall consti~
tute a Committee on Publication; and shall arrange
for publications ordered by the Executive Com-
mittee or Annual Meeting.

Sec. 7. An Auditing Committee and Committee on
Railroad Rates may be appointed by the Executive
Committee of the Annual Meeting in the interim.

Sec. 8. The Superintendents shall organize as a
Committee for Consultation as to mutual interests
and subjects pertaining to department work and shall
render such report to the Convention as they deem
advisable.

Sec. 9. The Executive Committee shall constitute
the Business Committee of the Annual Convention,
and shall hold a meeting previous to the Annual Con-
vention and another at its close to complete arrange-
ments for the following year’s work.

ARTICLE IV.
DEPARTMENTS.

To forward the object of this Association the fol-
lowing lines of work are adopted, and for their more
efficient prosecution each shall be placed under the
charge of a Superintendent:

Bible Study, to set forth the true position of woman.
Political Study.

Literature and Press Work.

National Enrollment.

Petition and Legislative Work.

Educational Opportunities for Women.

Industrial Opportunities for Women.

. Hygiene and Dress Improvement.

Any other lines of work consistent with the aims
of this Association may be taken up when recom—

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mended by the Executive Committee or by the Plan
of Work Committee and approved by theAnnual

Meeting.
ARTICLE V.
ORGANIZERS.

One or more State Organizers shall be appointed.
The Executive Committee shall constitute, ex oificio,
a Lecture Bureau and shall from time to time ar-
range such lecture tours for State Organizers, or
other public speakers, as the means of the Associa-

tion justify.
ARTICLE VI.
VOTING.

Each member of the Convention shall be entitled

to one vote. No proxy voting shall be allowed.
ARTICLE VII.

All documents and announcements from general
officers shall be sent to Local Associations through
their respective Corresponding Secretaries.

ARTICLE VIII.

Sec. 1. The expenses of general officers in travel-
ing to and from Convention, also postage and station-
ery, shall be paid from the State Treasury.

Sec. 2. Appropriation of department work may be
made by vote of the Executive Committee.

ARTICLE IX.
BOOK OF REFERENCE.

Roberts’ Rules of Order are adopted as a Book of
Reference on points of Parliamentary Law.
ARTICLE X.
These By-Laws may be amended by a two-thirds
.vote of the members present at any Annual
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of the M. E, S. A. will be held in Jackson
in October, 1904, by invitation of the
Jackson E. S. A., of which Mrs. Lanra
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OFFICERS FOR 19034.

President—Mrs. Gulielma H. Barnum, 723 Cochrane Ave, Charlotte.
Vice President—Mrs. Clara B. Arthur, Boston Boulevard, Detroit.
Recording Secretary—Miss Edith Frances Hall, Flat Rock.
(Mrrcspm:ding Sccrctary—dfliss Georgia Perry, Charlotte.
’l‘rcusure'I'—;\1rs. Emily Burton Ketcham, 91 Lagrave St., Grand Rapids.
A ud'ito’rs—Mrs. Pauline ’l‘. Heald, I’lartford; Mrs. Alice 1. (:lriines,
Paw Paw.
Member of Erccuthm Committee of the National, A'mrrium Wmmm
Sufi/raga zlSS()(ft(LL‘£0’IL——IVII‘S. May Stocking Knaggs, 813 N. Sheridan
street, Bay City.

ADVISORY COUNCIL.

lst. District—Mrs. Helen P. Jenkins, 51 Horton Ave, Detroit.

2d. District—Dr. Martha C. Strong, 248 W. Main St., Jackson.

3d,. District—Mrs. Kate E. Ward, Hillsdale.

4th. District—Rev. Olivia J. C. Woodman, Paw Paw.

5th. District—Mrs. H. Margaret Downs, 500 Jefferson Ave., Grand Rapids

6th. District—M rs. Samantha Newbrough, Lansing.

7th. District—Mrs. Laura A. Reynolds, S. Park and Military Streets,
Port Huron.

8th. District—Mrs. Carrie W. Miller, Chesaning.

9th,. District—Mrs. Eva F. DeWOlf, Hart.

10th. District—Mrs. Lila E. Bliss, Coleman.

11th. District—M rs. P. E. Travis, Traverse City.

12th. District—Mrs. Cora Jetfers, Atlantic Mine, U. P.

State Organizer—Mrs. Mary L. Doe, 923 N. Monroe St., Bay City.

 

STANDING COMMITTEE—19034.

Printing—Miss Edith Frances Hall, Flat Rock.

P’rcss Work—Mrs. Emily B. Ketcham, 91 Lagrave St., Grand Rapids.

Legislative—Mrs. Lenor Starker Bliss, Saginaw; Mrs. L. Annis Pound,
Lansing: Mrs. Belle M. Perry, Charlotte.

Labor Orgmvézations—Mrs. Mary L. Doe, 928 N. Monroe . t., Bay City;
Miss Nettie L. Southgate, 111 N. 6th St., Saginaw.

Program—Miss Maud Starker, 51 Miami Ave, Detroit; Mrs. Clara B.
Arthur, Boston Boulevard, Detroit; Mrs. Helen P. Jenkins, 51
Horton Ave, Detroit.

Enrollment—Mrs: Eva A. Underhill, Potterville; Dr. S. Gertrude Banks,
Detroit; Mrs. E. C. Lawton, Lawton.

0rg¢mization—Mrs. May Stocking Knaggs, 813 North Sheridan Street,
Bay City; Mrs Helen P. Jenkins, 51 Horton Ave, Detroit; Rev.
Olivia J. C. Woodman, Paw Paw.

 

  

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List of Auxiliary Clubs with their Presidents.

Bay City E. S. A.—President. Mrs. Matilda E. Daglish, 410 Tenth St

Detroit E. S. A.——President, Mrs. Clara B. Arthur, Boston Boulevard.

Grand Rupidsrcivic League—President, Mrs. Emily B. Ketcham, 91
Lagrave St.

Lummb E. S. A.—President, Mrs. Ada Willis.

Saginaw Politiml Equality Club—President, Mrs. Lenor Starker Bliss,
11506 N. Michigan Ave.

'Vcrrrumt'v'illc N cw Century Club—President, Mrs. Harriet Allen.

Van Blbl‘CIL E. S. C.—President, Rev. Olivia J. C. Woodman, Paw Paw.

 

Annual Conventions of M. E. S. A.

The Michigan Equal Suffrage Association was organized in Flint
on May 21, 1881, with officers as follows: President, Mary L. Doe,
Saginaw; Vice President, Gov. Josiah W. Begole, Flint; Corresponding
Secretary, Nellie W alker, Mnnistee; Recording Secretary, Fannie
Holden Fowler, Manistee; Treasurer, Cordelia F. Briggs, Grand Rapids.

Flint, (organization) .................................................. 1884
Lansing. . .v. ........................................................ 1885
Grand Rapids ................ 1886
Lansing ................. 7 ............................ . ................ 1 887
Bay City .............................................................. 1888
Lansing ............................................................... 1889
Detroit ................................................................ 1890
Lansing .. .: .......................................................... 1891
Battle Creek .......................................................... 1892
Lansing ........................................................... 4. . . .1893
Grand Rapids ....................................................... 1894
Saginaw .............................................................. 1895
Pontiac ................ . . . ........................................... 1896
Vermontville ......................................................... 1897
Bay City .............................................................. 1898
Grand Rapids ........... . ............................................ 1899
Detroit ............................................................... 1900
Saginaw ........................................................ - ...... 1901
Charlotte, (by invitation Century Club). . . . . ......................... 1902
Paw Paw, (by invitation Coterie Club). .. . . . . .; ...................... 1903

 

Presidents of Michigan Equal~ Suffrage Association.

Mrs. Mary L. Doe, 1884-1885—1886—1887-1888-1889.
Mrs. Helen Philleo Jenkins, 1890-1891.

Mrs. Emily Burton Ketcham, 1892—1893-1894-1900.
Mrs. May Stocking Knaggs, 1895—1896-1897-1898.
Mrs. Lenor Starker Bliss, 1899.

Mrs. Martha E. Root, 1901-1902.

Mrs. Gulielma H. Barnum, 1903. -‘ '

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National American Woman Suffrage Association.

Honorary President—Miss Susan B. Anthony, 17 Madison St, Roches
ter, N. 1

President—Rev. Anna H. Shaw, 7443 Devon St, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia.

l'ice President-at-large-Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, The Osborne, 205
\Vest 57th St, New York, N. Y.

Ii’ccm‘di/nf/ Secretary—Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, 3 Park ht, Boston,
Mass.

(‘urresprm(ting Secretary—Miss Kate M. Gordon, 1800 Prytania St, New
Orleans, La.

TWINSll/i'CT—lVIl‘S. Harriet Taylor Upton, \Varren, Ohio.

Amliturs—Miss Laura Clay, Lexington, Ky.', Mrs. Mary J. Coggeshall.
554 7th b‘t., Des Moines, Iowa.

National Headquarters, Warren, Ohio.

 

A Suggestion to the Friends of the M. E. S. A.

FORM FOR BEQUEST.
Of Money, Personal Securities such as Stocks, Bonds, etc.

I give and bequeath to the Michigan Equal Suffrage Association,
duly incorporated pursuant to an act passed by the Legislature of the
State of Michigan, (here specifiythe kind and. amount of the bequest,

and have the signature of the giverw1tnessed by two adult persons in
presence of all three.)

FORM FOR DEVISE.
Of Real Estate.

_ I give, devise, and bequeath to the Michigan Equal Suffrage Asso-
ciation, duly incorporated pursuant to an act passed by the Legislature
of theState of Michigan, (here describe the property, its location, etc.,
and have the signature of the giver witnessed by two adult persons in
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NOTES FROM THE ANNUAL MEETING
HELD IN PAW PAW, 1904.

A telegram of love and sympathy was sent to the president, Mrs.
Martha E. Snyder Root,* who was ill at her home in Bay City.

The corresponding secretary, Mrs. May S. Knaggs, in her report,
urged the appointment of a committee whose duty it should be to
arrange for the presence of fraternal delegates from the M. E. S. A. at
other conventions held within the state.

The chairman of Labor Organizations Committee, Mrs. Doe,
reported attending meetings of more than thirty different labor
organizations in the previous year, and addressing nearly all of them
on the subject of equal suffrage, in each case asking the question,
“ How many of you would vote for an amendment to the State consti-
tution striking out the word ‘male’ as a qualification for voting?” In
every case a large majority voted in favor of the proposition. Mrs. Doe
recommended the appointment of a standing committee whose duty it
should be to send representatives of the M. E. S. A. to all local, district
and state conventions of Organized labor held in our jurisdiction.

The Bay City auxiliary helped elect a. woman to the school board.
Luman auxiliary, composed of twenty-nine members, men and women,
organized an equal suffrage club at Coleman, with a membership of:
seventeen, men and women. The Luman auxiliary does civic and
philanthropic work and is a power for good in the country neighbor—
hood where it is located. Nearly all the auxiliaries reported annual
memorial services for our promoted leaders, Mrs. Stanton and Lucy
Stone. Nearly all reported regular programs on topics of living
interest.

Miss Edith Hall reported the printing expenses of the year as $43.05.

The treasurer, Mrs. Ketcham, reported the receipts for the year
closing November 10, 1903 as $582.06; disbursements for the same time,
$502.06; balance on hand at opening of convention, $30.00. Number of
individual memberships received during year, 48.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON PLAN OF WORK.

1. That we urge our own members to subscribe for the VVoman’s
Column, Progress, the Woman’s Journal or the \Voman’s Tribune, and
to pass them on when read. We recommend that one of our members
be appointed to take subscriptions here and now in orde1 to make a
beginning 1n this di1ection.

2. That the legislative committee of the Michigan State Federation
of Woman’s Clubs be invited to confer with the legislative committee
of the Michigan Equal Suffrage Association, in the interest of unity
and effective work.

3. That the friends of woman suffrage look up the record of the
various candidates for the state legislature in their districts and satisfy

* Mrs Root passed away at her home 1n Bay City on April_, 9 1904. Her last
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themselves as to their position regarding women on Boards of Control
in State institutions; then strive to create a sufficient public senti-
ment in their own localities to defeat at the party caucus, any nominee
known to oppose women representatives on Boards of Control.

4. That we take advantage of the opportunity to use the press in
our respective localities to announce and report our annual meetings,
local items and such matters of general interest regarding the progress
of the work as come to our notice from time to time.

5. That a committee be selected to formulate plans for making
effective the organization work of Dr. Frances Woods of Kansas, the
national organizer who is to come to our state this year.

REPORT OF RESOLUTIONS COMMITTEE.

Resolved, That the Michigan Equal Suffrage Association again
feaffirms its allegiance to the cause of equality of all citizens before the
aw;

That the equal suffrage is no longer an academic question. “ It is
a condition, not a theory; 7’ therefore, be it

Resolved, That the Michigan Equal Suffrage Association unite in
recommending the measures adopted in other states, Where women now
have the ballot, to the Michigan legislature, as a just and beneficent
reform;

That we favor the settlement of all national and international con—
troversies by arbitration and disapprove of war as a relic of barbarism;

That our sincere thanks for all courtesies and hospitalites be
extended to the citizens of PaW Paw in general, to the Coterie Club in
particular and to the musicians who have added especially to the
pleasure of the occasion;

That we appreciate the special courtesy accorded the convention
here by the street decorations of business places.

Mas. O. J. C. WOODMAN.
MRS. ANNA B. RODI)A,
MIss GEORGIA PERRY.
PROGRAM OF ADDRESSES, PAPERS AND DISCUSSIONS AT PAW PAW
CONVENTION.

Addresses of Welcome, Rev. Olivia J. C. Woodman, Judge Benja—
min F. Heckert; Response, Mrs. Doe; Address of Acting President,
Mrs. Barnum; Question Box, Rev. Anna H. Shaw; Address, Rev. Anna
H. Shaw, “The New Democratic Ideal;” Address, Mrs. Barnum, “The
Women of the Old Bible;” Symposium, “Is the Indifference of Women
a Main Obstacle to their Enfranchisement? ” Rev. Anna Barton, Paw
Paw, Rev. 0. J. C. Woodman, Mrs. Doe, Mrs. Knaggs, Mr. Imogene
M. Burke, Paw Paw, Mrs. Lawton, Lawton, Mrs. Heald, Hartford;
Rev. E. H. Harvey, Paw Paw, Mrs. Anna Rodda, Detroit; Address,
“VVoman’s Place in the World’s Work,” Mrs. Winnifred Harper
Cooley, Grand Rapids; Address, “Sex as a Factor in the Problem of
the Individual,” Mrs. L. Annis Pound, Lansing; Symposium, “Peace
and Arbitration,” Mrs. Pound, Rev. E. H. Harvey, H011. J. J. Wood-
man, Rev. Caroline Bartlett Crane: Symposium, “ Immigration,” Hon.
Lincoln H. Titus, Paw Paw, Judge Heckert, Mrs. Helen P. Jenkins.
Memorial service in honor of Mrs. Stanton’s birthday, Mrs. Jenkins,
Rev. Caroline Bartlett Crane; Address, Rev. Caroline Bartlett Crane,
“The Folly of Minding Your Own Business.”

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