tand back of the pulpit and along its front
runs the word "progress" in large letters made of flowers.... A
splendid bouquet of white lilies has just been sent to the
convention as a greeting from the Oregon State Federation of
Women's Clubs and another of rich red roses from the Portland
Woman's Club, and the platform is imbedded in carnations from
local florists. All sorts of organizations seem to vie with each
other in welcoming their happy guests.

The convention was opened with prayer by the Rev. Elwin L. House,
pastor of the church. The president, Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, was in the
chair and greetings were given from the Oregon Suffrage Association by
its president, Mrs. Henry Waldo Coe; the National Council of Women by
the president, Mrs. Mary Wood Swift (Calif.), who called attention to
the fact that it was organized by suffragists; the National Woman's
Christian Temperance Union by Mrs. Lucia Faxon Additon; the National
Grange by Mrs. Clara H. Waldo, who said: "The basic principle of the
Grange is equal rights for men and women and it practices what it
preaches, all the offices being open to women." Greetings from the
National Federation of Labor were offered by Mrs. F. Ross; the Ladies
of the Maccabees by Mrs. Nellie H. Lambson; the Federation of Women's
Clubs by Mrs. Sarah A. Evans; the Forestry Association by Mrs. Arthur
H. Breyman; the Women's Henry George League by Dr. Mary H. Thompson,
the pioneer woman physician of Oregon. The National Conference of
Charities and Corrections, then in session in Portland, sent greetings
by Mrs. Lillie R. Trumbull, who said: "If woman suffrage means
anything it means the protection of children, therefore we march under
the same banner."

Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway, the pioneer suffragist of the northwest,
presented to Dr. Shaw a gavel from the Oregon Historical Society with
a letter from its secretary, Dr. George H. Himes, describing the six
kinds of wood out of which it was made, each of important historical
value. It was accepted with thanks and used by her to preside over the
convention. A Centennial Ode, composed by Mrs. Duniway, was finely
read by Mrs. Sylvia W. McGuire. The response to all these greetings
was made by Miss Anthony, of whom the _Oregonian_ said: "The
appearance of Susan B. Anthony was the signal for a wild ovation. The
large audience rose to its feet and cheered the pioneer who has done
so much for the cause of equal