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WASHINGTON 68l Seattle Suffrage Club, by Mrs. George A. Smith of the Alki Point Club and others who helped finance it to a cost of $535. The placard read: "Give the Women a Square Deal. Vote for the Amendment to Article VI," and proved to be an effective feature. Mrs. Eliza Ferry Leary, among the highest taxpayers in the State, was chosen by the National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage as their representative, but, having satisfied her sense of duty by accepting the office, she did nothing and thus endeared herself to the active campaigners for the vote. There were no other "anti" members in the State. The only meeting held was called by a brief newspaper notice at the resi- dence of Mrs. Leary one afternoon on the occasion of a visit representative, Mrs. Frances E. Bailey of Oregon, at which six persons were present the hostess, the guest of honor, three active members of the suffrage association and a casual guest. Xo business was transacted. With the "antis" should be classed the only minister who opposed suffrage, the Rev. Mark A. Mathews of the First Presbyterian Church, the largest in Seattle. He was born in Georgia but came to Seattle from Tennessee. His violent denunciations lent spice to the campaign by calling out cartoons and articles combating his point of view. When suffrage was obtained he harangued the women on their duty to use the vote, not forgetting to instruct them how to use it. Election day was reported to the Woman's Journal of Boston Parker as follows : "It was a great victory. The women at the polls were wonderfully effective. Many young women. middle-ai:rd women and white-haired grandmothers stood for hours handing out the little reminders. It rained the usual gentle but very insistent kind of rain and the men were so They kept trying to drag us off to get our feet warm vinging us chairs or offering to hand out our ballots while >ok a rest, but the women would not leave their places until ved by other women, even for lunch, for fear of losing a The whole thing appealed to the men irresistibly. We are 1 r praise from all quarters for the kind of campaign nade no personalities, no boasting of what we would do, no meddling with other issues just 'Votes for VOL. n