ion of Women's Clubs; Mrs. A. S. Benjamin, president of
State Women's Christian Temperance Union; Mary A. McConnelly,
department president of State Woman's Relief Corps; Lucy A.
Leggett, president of State Woman's Press Association, and
Frances E. Burns, Great Commander Ladies of the Maccabees.

Mrs. Ketcham expressed their pleasure in having Grand Rapids selected
in preference to several larger cities which had extended invitations;
referred to the long distances many of the delegates had come and
assured the convention of a royal welcome, not only from the city but
from the State. Brief extracts must give an idea of the scope and
cordiality of these addresses:

MRS. GOSS: This has been called the woman's century. The past
centuries might have been called man's, because of the great
progress he has made in them; and it is now conceded that God
made women to match the men. The next will be the children's
century, when they will make real their parents' ideals. After
humanity has been sufficiently educated, people will understand
that no class has a right to special privileges, or can
appropriate them without injury to the body politic. Then a woman
will not demand any special privilege because she is a woman, nor
be denied it because she is not a man. As a result of this
movement, old lessons have been better learned and old burdens
more easily carried. We advocate equal suffrage not alone because
it is just to the mothers, but because it will be good for the
children, good for man, good for all humanity. We are glad to be
a part of this movement for a higher civilization. Grand Rapids
is noted for its furniture factories, and after equal suffrage is
granted it will supply plenty of material for the President's
cabinet.

MRS. KNAGGS: I welcome you in behalf of the Michigan E. S. A.,
representing the women of this State who are especially
interested in woman's enfranchisement. We have looked forward to
the day when you would bring us the inspiration of one of these
great meetings; we needed it. We are told that women are
indifferent. Many are so; and nothing can better arouse us than
to meet those engaged in this work from so many different places.

An alderman this spring boasted that he had been elected by the
votes of eight nationalities. He enumerated seven of