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MEMBER NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN

Honorary President. SUSAN B. ANTHONY, 17 Madison Street, Rochester. N. Y.

President. RBV- ANNA HOWARD SHAW- . Recording Secretary, ALICE STONE BLACKWELL, 3 Park Street, Boston, Mass
7443 Devon Street, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pa.

Vice President at Large, FLORENCE KELLEY, _
' . . , [LAURA CLAY, Lexmgton. Ky.
105 East 22nd Street. New York City Auditors. ] DR. ANNICE jEEERsv MYERS, 375 East 12th St., N., Portland, Ore.
Corresponding Secretary. KATE M. GORDON.

1800 Prytania Street, New Orleans. La. - .. 4 Chairman Press Committee. ELNORA M. BABCOCK, Dunkirk, N. Y.

Treasurer, HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON, Warren, Ohio.

OFFICE OF NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS. WARREN, 01110
THE PRESIDENT

Swarthmore, Pa. Nov. 15, 1906.

Miss Laura Clay,

Lexington, Kentucky.

My dear Miss Clay:-

Your letter in regard to Miss Kearney is at hand and what I had to
say I thought would better be written than telegraphed. I had not seen this circular
of Miss Kearney's when I wrote you and as I sent you a c0py of her letter, you will
see that there was no suggestion of the form in which the meeting was to be called.

Now,it must appeal to you as to every fairminded woman that such
a call could not be sanctioned by the National Suffrage Association. It is contrary

- to the spirit of our organization and I am very sure would create discord in the body

itself if the officers were to sanction such a.meeting called in this manner. What-
ever may be our opinion of the effect of woman suffrage in the South and the need of
white domination in the government, as a National Association we could not make a
public call of that sort and expect the co~operation of all the country and it would
re~act against ourselves by showing that we really don't believe in the justice of
suffrage, but simply that certain classes or races should dominate the government.
Of course, individual members of the Association are at perfect liberty to do as they
see best in all such matters and I suppose as far as you are concerned as a suffragist
you have the same privilege with every other member, but do you think it would be wise
for you as a National officer to give your sanction to a meeting called in this way?

What we may do as individuals, we may not do as officers of the Association.

I think for Miss Kearney to go ahead and make such a call as this
without consulting any of the suffragists of the southern states, yourself and others
included, and that you should together decide on the best manner of work, is a bit of
presumption, which is just like her and if the matter is left to her the call and the

first meeting will be all there will be of it. I do think that such a conference

would be a splendid thing if called under our Association and managed entirely by

the southern women with you and Miss Gordon as National officers to direct it, but
it doesn't seem to me to be wise for you or Miss Gordon to be prominently associated
with the conference under such a call as this. The same result might be obtained if
the meeting were called in a different way. Yet I do think there would be danger if
Miss Kearney were to call this meeting and there were none of our levelheaded suf-
fragists there to prevent any indiscreet or unwise action, such as forming a southern
suffrage association separate and apart from the National Association. It is because
I fear something of this sort that I am glad you have decided to go, yet I am also
fearful that Miss Kearney will use your presence to advertise that she has the sanc-
tion of the National Association because of the presence of some of the National
Board. To my mind it is an unfortunate thing whichever you decide to. Unfortunate
if you go and unfortunate if you don't. I only wish we had taken the initiative in
such a move as this, as probably we ought to have done sometime ago and would have
done but for Oregon, which has absolutely consumed two years of our time and strength.
I am very sure if you decide to go that you will be able to hold
the conference level to a wise policy of action, but I will have a chance to talk with
you further in regard to this matter when I see you at your State Convention. I will
write Miss A. M. Glenn, Ashland, in regard to the time of my arrival.

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National American Woman Suffrage Association
MEMBER NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN

Honorary President. SUSAN B. ANTHONY, 17 Madison Street, Rochester. N. Y.

President REV. ANNA HOWARD SHAW R . A
7443 Devon 'Street. Mt Airy Philadelphia, Pa ecording Secretary, LICE STONE BLACKWELL, 3 Park Street, Boston, Mass

Vice President at Large, FSORENCEZIEEEIEEY, N Y k C L C L Ky
5 ast n treet, ew or 11y. _ AURA LAY, exington
Auditors. IDR. ANNICE JEFFREY MYERSy. 375 East 12th St., N., Portland, Ore.
Corresponding Secretary, 1KATE M. GORDON,

1800 Prytania Street New Orleans, La. Chairman Press Committee, ELNORA M. BABCOCK, Dunkirk. N. Y.

Treasurer, HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON, Warren, Ohio.

OFFICE OF NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, WARREN. OHIO
THE PRESIDENT

Swarthmurm, Pa., Nov.

Deal“ ‘5“1’311’CILH?" i-‘T’ '.: ' T...":at:‘.'.'--"-..or«1*-
. many of a 1otLor vavnuvrd 11001 1133 Nelle

Kearney on my rnaurn Home 1&55 week. I Aﬁssjln 61y¢:r'1r ﬁisw ilav poking her what
she 1.117113“? 71’ .. gs K’Wrwi 1211.51.11 1.12311. '1’ 1115.112. ' ~‘ of 511 5501113561‘17
wanna htfﬁrv anar.ring hark on? a itama.ﬁias Kear.
atawryo out immoiiately 1: perfant hhm arian: mmuTs i r a oznfersnck and I1"
circular a 11in: 3.13stiug, a eopy of which I analogs. I am also ~ono1ng you a cepy
of oy rogiv on 1181 1or_ ._ .,‘w ﬁne n.11uze 01 ghee orvonoonumnce .;:: tam taken
placo’baawonn ”1 188 Kearney and ayan1? in regard to tho motter. A letter from Eiso
Clay this morning in reply to mlno says that she approves of aha plan or n conferenca
of " vsﬁharn women and that aha hopes to attend.

I would like to have your opinion as 10 what a1ﬁitudo yo» think
our Asaocuatxcw shouid take 1n reg‘rd to thia Oeuvention, whether w» should send a
represen1ati vs or not Personally, I hope ”155 C1ay "ill Attend, basamsw I feel that
they will need someone there who has wisdom ahough to ken; them from making some rash
movemant if led by Miss Kearney. bf ceurea, W so Clay wouio not reprasont 111
Nemional Aeeoclaxion'unleas it is your wish 1hat ahs should do so. 11 Roman to'me;
however, that it would be impossible for our National Society to lend its aeoia1ance
to the organization of any suffrage movement of this sort, the arimus of which is so

widely different from that of our Society. Please let me hoot frmn yap at once as

to your opinion in regard to the attitude of our Society towards this annferooae.

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OKLAHOMA - I have received a tclegram from Mrs. Bradford that she

will start for Oklahoma the last of this month. Miss Gregg left Nebraska for Guthrie
‘Jon the 14th. A letter received from Mrs. Boyer this morning ccntaina a number of
answers which have been returned to Mr». Bigger: from the various clubs. Mrs.
Bigger: wrote tham in re ard to holding a State Convention and the reglics which Mrs.
Boyer sent and which she says are a sample of those which are continually coming chow
an aimost lapsed canditicn of nearly all .f the clubs in the stdﬁe. Certainly ﬁhere is
a spirit of indifference in Oklahoma which makes one faei almost an if the Nebraska
siﬁuatinn vac tn he repeated as far as the indifference of the wamen themselves is
cancarned.

ﬁrs; R. 0. Williams of ?erkins writes “The ﬁresidaht nf >ur
{cwmar club promiScd tn come ta my house lani nighf in nettla the mamter whctrer or
net we would trke no the W.rL afain this fall, but she did not come: Sha refuses to
go 3% a ielagate or a x the yreaidcnm any 10mgcr. Wk hare no leader in our club.
Thaﬁ'a what 1 lack Ecru. We have plonty of believers in cur town but they are too
‘Lhmid er afraid tn cane out and Shaw their colors" I am more discaurAgad now than_I
have haen at any thaw; You may wondcr why i do nch take hnld and act an president;
One reason in I dnn’h {$31 gullificd for the vu:x hﬂa another is i am going to the
Pacific Cda.t . ',37¢5V it 'cdld nah pay to take tna placa for an short a time.
T ﬁﬁdf 2 §?TTA ﬁr .% ‘; ¥rw )- ” 7~ 3. if they would mark ﬁhe mxffrAge danartment in
aheir society, we Whnld not aﬁart curs again huh ﬁhcy wuuidn‘t do it. You nead not
lock for an? dalegaiﬂs frcn hcrc. I would liha t0.hc ah thn wanting tha 15th and 15th

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but don‘t want in represent a uﬁﬁﬁ club “

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ﬁncﬂhur from 'yhnuwccd wriﬁcs. ”Tha indiffarnnca of our women is

cur greafenf cbnﬁaclwo' The arrangement made to hold the annual meeting in Oklahoma

Cit? 58 very mahraritnt for as. x shallinaka an effort to atrend. Oklahoma people

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are not ready to vote favorably on the question. There is too much prejudice."
Another writes from McCloud, "Yours recoivod and in reply will any that so far as I
am concerned the time and glace for the suffrage meeting as you have planned it is
all rights _Wo have‘no club any more at McCloud and so you will have to count us
out." Another one writes, the name of her town isn't on it, "Our club aimply would
do nothing after I wrote you before. W6 can do nothing as a club now but when we got
the election over and, of course, we will have prohibition, than wo are going to
work the suffrage question in tho W. C. T. U. That will be our next issue. I would
he glaﬁ To go to one Uonuontion but I nave a sick mother and niece”, and so they run.

Mrs, Boyer writes, "The newspaper work is a hood taskw It taken
persistence. Won't know what is the matter with the geople hero. “hey are tiw mosﬁ
unroeyuroive log in many rooreuts. Porcaps it 15 because everything is no new be

thom that they cannot gravy conditions or ideas. Even oclf—goverament is a departure.

1 nova about fifty papers on my list as Javorabla and all offered ho out us On iho

exchange list, which is an advaniage. but than rifﬁy paoars oak of a possﬁblo five
hundred Gr “are isn't a crop in tho bucket of future usefulness. I am working des-
Perutcly t: 39; at luaeo four aundged. Every parsﬂual inuvrview hag been Sudcﬁﬁﬁful.
A German whom I vioﬁtud in Perry was afraid ho “amidnfa transEagﬁ as 315 Line th
absorbed in gunning any the Paper. I saw his Poﬁsnn wag sinceyg anj 30 offgy a EU
send him short Looms. That was very aaoiofacuorﬁq now uhai is one maﬁa ‘hore he
would "V‘w‘ “Hilton no sad we would 1.1mm: lost him. 3mm \m}: witn a; ‘fjohommn publisher"
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one aloe writoo, “Ion have $136& mg the situzﬁion finely. .ho
worx new at Land is convincing the maobora of the Consoitatjonal‘ﬁnavonfLon. ’ba
strongest ;nflnonco 135% can be brought to bear upon them will on iron tkair awn ;omo

districts. #6 must try to locate women who are suffraqista +0 do 10091 Work . This

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last point was made in regard to what I wrote her concerning ﬁne work of Miaa Gragg

and Dr. Woods thaﬁ during the time of the Consnitutional Convention ii was mtﬁer £3113
to attempt to organize local clubs. The principal work mush be to sﬁir up wxiuting
clubs to correspond with delagatsa to the Convention ané to ﬁry *“ gut leading in“
dividual citizens where no club exists to do ﬁha same thing.

MISS CHASE - I have written Miss Ghase that there Bﬁﬁﬂﬂ in he
am much uncdraainty as CO whwn a vets will ha makun 1n Varmont, ’ she baa any extra
time it might be well for her to ho d parlor meetings in antpalie: and try as arouse
3ama local interest in establishing a club, or if tha Vermont pﬁapla'wiﬁz it, aha
might organize some local clubs in nmarby neighborhoods. I am writing also asking

her to urae the Vermonﬁ people to try t0 send daiagateb to tha Nutianul Ganvwntion.

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Faitnfuxlj yours,

National American Woman Suffrage Association
MEMBER NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN

Honorary President. SUSAN B. ANTHONY, 17 Madison Street. Rochester. N. Y.

President. REV. ANNA HOWARD SHAW. R
7443 Devon Street. Mt. Airy. Philadelphia. Pa. ecording Secretary, ALICE STONE BLACKWELL. 3 Park Street, Boston. Mass

Vice President at Large, TLORENCE2KEELEY. N Y 1: Ci L C L K
05 ast 2n treet, ew or ty. . AURA LAY, exington, y.
Auditor's. { DR. ANNICE jEFFREY MYERS. 375 East 12th St., N., Portland, Ore.
Corresponding Secretary. KATE M. GORDON.

1800 Prytania Street, New Orleans, La. Chairman Press Committee, ELNORA M. BABCOCK, Dunkirk, N. Y.

Treasurer, HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON, Warren. Ohio.

OFFICE OF NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, WARREN. 01110
THE PRESIDENT

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I8I N.Hill Ct., Lesington, 7y.
Nov.13th, 1906.
3y dear Kiss Shaw,. ‘ ‘
. I enclose my vote on ﬁrs. Kelly's pr0posed leaflet.

I entirely approve the leaflet's being sent to Congressmen; end of c urse
those wruld have to bee distributed free. 2000 would be mtple for this.
Any others ought to be sold for enough to re—imburse the expense. If
Hrs.Upton thinks she can sell ten thousand it woukd be wise to but
them. Otherwise I so not approve of the expense; and I think newer ar-
ticles may come out which we would like to have. If the Horth émeri- I
can Review finds that the numbers which hare suffrage articles meet
, with a wid ‘sale the editor will be encouraged to print such articles.
If he does not, other editors will probably do so. It seems to me bet-
ter to have fr sh articles rather than old leaflets which hung on for
years before they are all disposed of.

I ansner yours of Nov.5th under heads.

hrs.Churchill. I think you are right about Mrs.Churchill. In fact,
I am coming to the conclusion that we ought to encourage home workers
rather than sending any outsiders into a state; Can not we employ in

some way that young woman whom Fr."oods liked so much in Oklahoma? I

am not going to write much on this point, because I hoye I may have

'3 talk with you at our Ky.Convention. _

imMHEEiAEEaAETIﬁK.iI note that you say under this head. I endorse
all you have done as ﬂescribed in your letter; and I am fully diSposed
to do as you ask,--"that the Business Committee will stand by me so

far as they are able to accept my Judgment of the best things to be

done”. I think in tho multituﬁe of counsellors thore is wisﬂom ", but

I know, also, that prompt action is oft n imperativo.

Flange lei ﬁrs. .£.Glonn, ﬂshlond, Iy., know the ﬂay and train on
"which you. will}, s-rr‘ive in o, Shlzimi‘l. '33th expect :zvfz'ﬂ H.157;- 231711, and ‘vg'r‘uld
like to know the hour of yror arrivaln if possible.

Eoying to soo you aoOn, 1 am

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National American Woman Suffrage Association
MEMBER NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN

Honorary President, SUSAN B. ANTHONY. 17 Madison Street, Rochester, N. Y.

President, REV. ANNA HOWARD SHAW. ,
7443 Devon Street. Mt. Airy. Philadelphia. Pa. Recording Secretary, ALICE STONE BLACKWELL, 3 Park Street, Boston. Mass

Vice President at Large. lfsoSRENcazlésgLézv. N Y k Ci L C L K
ast n treet, ew or ty. . AURA LAY, exington. y.
. Auditors. {1312. ANNICE JEFFREY MYERS, 375 East 12th St., N., Portland, Ore.
Corresponding Secretary. KATE M. GORDON,

1800 Prytania Street. New Orleans, La. Chairman Press Committee, ELNORA M. BABCOCK, Dunkirk, N. Y.

‘ Treasurer. HARRIET TAYLOR UPTON, Warren, Ohio.

OFFICE OF NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS. WARREN, 01110
THE PRESIDENT

Swarthmoro, Pa., Nov. 17, 1905.
Dear President:"
In the absence of our National ﬂorres onding Secretary, Miss Kata
M. ﬂordon, at her request and that of the National ”resident, I am ocﬁing as her
groxy.
In preparing tho ,Jogrwn of the 1907 Convention at Chicago, Feb.
14th to 19th, incluaivc, I find thaﬁ we aro going to be even more pressmd for time

for the business than we usually are. Our Convention will have but five week daya,

which would usually give us ten sessions for business. Unfortunately before our

Gommittee secured the hall in which we are in meet, it had been rented to other
parties for Saﬁurday afternoon, Fob. 16th. This cuts off one afternoon session. W6
think it approyriato upon the birthday of Miss Anthony, Feb. 15th, at this first
Convention since aha left us, to give the afternoon session to ﬁne coneidoration of a
plan for an appropriate memorial to her great work. This takes away tram buainesa a
second afternoon session. In View of the campaign for Municipal Suffrage now going on
in Chicago, your Program Committoo has decided to devote part of the first afternoon
session immediately following the addresses of welcome to a symposium.on the subject
of Municipal Suffrago.

We shall, therefore, have only five morning and two afternoon
sessions for all our regular business, = Reports of General Officers, Oregon Campaign,
Headquart:rs, Stuﬁe Presidenta' Reports and those of Standing and inocial Committaes,
Raising of Money, Election of Officars and Consideration of tho Resolutions.

Because of this, I am.compelled to all of all thoso concerned,
yourself ,mong the number, the favor of the sacrifico of some portion of the time

belonging to your report * time which were it poeciblo would yladly be givon in full

by tho Program Committee.

Under the now ruling as to tho time givon to mach ototo roport,
it is impossible for mo to say now to just how many minutes oach state has a right.
This will not be known until the National Treasurer closes her books Woccmbor Slat
but I write you now in advance to tell you frankly tho wholo situation. You will
know the membership of your own 5 ate Association and will bu able to calculaﬁe,
oocordin to ﬁho non ruling above referred to, whah your own time will be and can
tell me ﬁhe proportion of it you are willing to yield out of consideration for tho
Program Committee and the difficulty which they oncounter in arranging the business of
this Convention.

It is especially roquostod thaﬁ all reports shall deal otrictly
with work done sinco the last National Convention.

Formerly when a State President was absent from the Convention
and when, as sometimes happens, no regular report from thai sﬁato had boon recoivod.
the time was given to a delegate to make a little opooch. Because of the shortness of
our business time at the approaching Convontion, tho Businovs Committee in informally
considering this subject at its lato meeting in Warren decided that only roporﬁs shall
be given.

I am very glad ofior my long ahoonce from home and work to be once
more in the harness oven though unofficially. Our Corresponding Secretary, Miss
Gordon, is expected home about ﬁhe first of Docombor and will, of course, resume her

own part of the work. It is, however, undorotood that I shall continue to acﬁ as

Chairman of the PrOgram Committee in making preparations for the approaching Convon=

tion.
Trusting to have a prompt response to this letter and looking fora
ward with pleasure to meeting Jou in Chicago, I am

Cordially yours,