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"' ' 'AUDITOR
. . F. ELLINGTON Rec. Sec’y KAIE M. GORDON, PreSIdent,
MRS 0 Dallas Texas. ’ 1800 Prytanla Street, New Orleans, La, MRS. W. M. STONER, Auditor,
: . . I 1538 Rhode Island Ave, Washington, D. C.
MARIE LOUISE COLLENS, Co. Sec’y, LAURA CLAY, Vice-PreSIdent at Large,
1309 General Pershing St., New Orleans, La. Lex1ngton, Ky.

MRS. H. B. BARTLETT, Treasurer, HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENT
155 Audubon Boulevard, New Orleans, La. MRS. OLIVER H. P. BELMONT,
New York City

HEADQUARTERS
NEW ORLEANS, LA.

My dear Miss Clay;

I am inclosing the Congressional letter Which while late for the
House may have some effect on the Senate , altho I think Wilson has
gotten in his deadly work. 1 think there is hardly a chance to pre
vent submission but I doubt seriOusly ratification. Whatever

has happened in France with the negro troops I think there has been a

terrible Opposition awakened in their attitude to French whitewomen

and your racial argument I regard as little short of inspiration.

1 want to congratulate you on your appeal. to the Republican Committee
and the results. It is a great pity you did not make that appeal to tthe
Legislature last year and Kentucky would I belies: with the enfranch~

ised states. it is infamous the way the Ntl has tried to keep the states
from submitting the question.

I am writing Mrs. Stoner to find out whether she can get a hearing for

me befor the Committee, in which case 1 will go to Washington. But I do

not think anything will keep it from submission. We must try and try to

prevent ratification..
Affectionately.

Kate m. Gordon

JEAN M. GORDON. President Phone Main 5001 FANNIE R. GORDON
MRS W A. GORDON KATE M. GORDON

JEAN

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508 MAGAZINE STREET

NEW’ORLEAN& LA.
June 19. I919

My dear Miss Clay:
I wonder if you will ever fully_appreciate

what a comfort your letters have been with their splendid in-
formation and suggestion. What appalls me in the whole situa—
tion is the lack of understanding. Yesterday I had a letter
from Mrs. Boyer which gave me 21% solar plexus blow and it was
in reference to your Elections ch I certainly thought she
understood. I quote from her letter:"Was dismayed when I read
of Miss Clay's withdrawal from Kentucky suffrage ranks. I know
she acted from conscientious motives. but I cannot clearly under—
stand her championship of the U. 3. Elections sill and such ex—
treme States Rights attitutde. The U. 3 Elections Bill would
have given Federal authorities certain supervision over state
elections and undoubtedly admitted mnnxxndxnsmnn negro men an d
women to participate in Presidential and Congressional elections.
I confess I am a ijttle hazy . but my faith in and love for ’Miss
Clay is undaunte
When Mrs. Boyer one make such a grievous error that your Bill
gave certain supervision over eta to elections and shows that she
does not know that the Federal Government now has supervision ove r
Federal suffrage if it chooses to exercise‘tl grow positively hope:
less to make peeple understand the cataclysm that threatens our
whole form of government.

Well I've called a meeting of women for tOmorrow who
are not suffragists and will propose a Defenders League to
secure thirteen states to promise to postpOne action until
after 1920 and in the meantime to organize the south to give
state suffrage. I will try and get the financial wheels moving.

I had a nice letter from Governor Hoboye of Tezas stating
he had no authority to give permission to me to address the Legis-
lature but suggesting me to write at once to the President of
the Senate and the Speaker of tne House. Which I have done. I
am writing to Arkansas for theif the same permission.

What is alarming me not a little is the attitude of the ¢
Catholic Church. It has always been such an Opponent. to woman
suffrage and already it seems laying its plans against dtxxxnnxxa
a national divorce law. With the way the Senate has been catering
to the Irish vote in meddling with great Britain it would not sur-
prise me to see a religeous menace rise also to the surface.
I cannot but believe there is catholic intrigue in Ransdell's at-
titude. Anything else is unexplainable . We will soon have

Government by Knights of Columbus.
Mﬂggrtm

Affectionately,

SOUTHERN STATES WOMAN SUFFRAGE CONFERENCE
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

ﬁuuthem $151125 Hartman §nfftag2 QInnfrreme

MRS. O. F. ELLINGTON, Rec. Sec’y, KATE M. GORDON, President, AUDITOR
Dallas, Texas. 1800 Prytania Street, New Orleans, La. MRS. W. M. STONER, Auditor,

MARIE LOUISE COLLENS, Co. Sec’y, LAURA CLAY, Vice-President at Large, 1538 Rhode Island Ave, Washington, D. C,

1309 General Pershing St, New Orleans, La. Lexington, Ky.

MRS. H. B. BARTLETT, Treasurer, HONORARY VICE-PRESIDENT
155 Audubon Boulevard, New Orleans, La. MRS. OLIVER H. P. BELMONT,
New York City

HEADQUARTERS
egﬁea NE“!ORLEANS,LA.

July 23, 1319

My den

WisL 1 had evmv‘hli “’; i ‘ . write about.
The democratic party nae evidently " ‘ mind to
move heaven and ea rth for the woman vot 'c . republican party
owns the negro vote. The idea of Er. Wilson making his an—
peel to the Georgia and Alabama Legislatures "to envc the aemo»
crati: party." The democratic party has no more chance of
being returned if Old party lines exist at all in I920 than
I have. I wrtoe an i told you to the President of the Senate
and tne Speaker of the House of the Texas Legislature byt re—
-eived no answer. Wrote the Gov. of Gc. inclose his letter
I wrote asking for the privilege to addrees the Legislators but
received no unewer. Wrote Alabama Governor and had no recly.‘
Never had such discourtesy and the truth is that they do not
want to be committed to anything that might affect them with
the National situation. .

Arkansas rill rat ify next week unlee es the
race situation will make tnem go more cautiously. I am reading
carefully the leading negro pipers . 1 learn a lot Of white
news from theiirunoridleem1im0eity to tne south , and the
receﬁ determination for their suffrage rights. In the mean—
while the animosity of tnc ecutnerr soldiers against the neor
soldiers in France has reacted in favor 0 Germany. The0
Kuklux are forming and any putting into effect of the recom-
mendations of tneee negro papers will result in fearful loss
of life. I wish if any more assaulting of white women takes
place in Washington it will be the wife or daughters of some prom
inent politician. I personally wish it couli be Mrs. Wilson or
Mrsa Ransdell for those two men are more resycneible than anv
others for the amenument. Apropos of negroes in one of these .
papers I read §¥ cheat Mrs. Terrell of Washington hevi ng been
in attendance at tne international congress of women and havig
had many of her suggestions adogted into recamnendetions. While
in Eerie tne clipping reports that mien Jeannette Rankin the finat
woman -elccted to congress anderSarierrelli~were~rnom~mates yand
she travelled in ccme+nv w:i.th hrs. Louis Post. With white women
marrying them 3:1 FTM11 e do you wonder that those poor fool nig-
gers think the is go ing to be race equality for them at last.

I am se nding to the Arkansas lcgielatros

an appeal to defer action until a regular session of the
T‘f‘1‘3 Y‘Ja‘. . ._ . 1 h -
Legislature may act. Know it W111 no no good but it at least
shows some protest. 1 am neartsick and weary o: the whole thing,
.7? ‘0 r ~. ‘t 1‘ " ' I
but Mn light ta tnc lest ditch Want to write to mrs. Bennett.
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