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^ 555 I am sure do the same to Gilbert & the wee one—and to Charlotte—if she had ever seen them— She is working to get ready to go with us tomorrow night at 11 Oclock—to the Portland Hotel—Portland—Oregon— Write us there—and later at San Francisco—California but I will write again— You remember that there is a key at Mrs Cooks 2 —as of old—I think so—at least— But Carrie 3 will be there this week—and may be longer— Gilbert can telephone and make sure she is there— I shall be so happy to hear that Charlotte makes up her mind to stay with you—to learn type writing and stenography—and to work hard & steadily to the end of the next five years— Who knows but she may make herself so valuable to me— that I may get her away from you altogether— What a strife that would be— With best of Love U Susan B. Anthony I put this to Charlotte into the one envelope—for I want you to see what I have said to her— Y ALS, on NAWSA letterhead, place uncorrected, SBA Collection, NR. Envelope addressed to 202 Wellington Avenue, Rochester, N.Y. 1. At Chicago, delegates heading west for the convention in Portland, Oregon, assembled to ride the train together.SBA and Mary Anthony visited the Dickinson family and Emily Gross, and the Chicago Woman’s Club hosted a reception for SBA. (Film, 44:566.) 2. That is, Magdalena Cook, SBA’s neighbor on Madison Street. 3. That is, Carrie Bahl, the housekeeper. ••••••••• 277 • Interview with SBA in Portland, Oregon [3 July 1905] “We would have won the campaign in California,” said Miss Anthony, “had it not been for the fact that a few of the rural counties were not covered in the plan for a house to house canvass.Wherever we made such a canvass we won.For instance,in Los Angeles county the majority was 4,600,and in every other locality wherein the field was well covered we had a like result.” 22 june 1905 556 & How Fight Is to Be Made. “This will be the manner in which Oregon will be handled, as I am informed by the local workers. We purpose organizing the state in every part, and will strive to see that no portion fails to hear our arguments. 1 “What do I think of the prospects? Well, in view of the advancement that was made up to the last election when a vote was taken here, when the majority was only about 2,000 against,and when this is compared with the vote of 1884, when it was lost by a majority of two thirds of the total vote, I believe that [I a]m justified in saying that the sky is rosy with hope and that I am confident that we will receive the guerdon of victory. 2 “The difference between the receptivity of people now and in the years when they branded us as social iconoclasts is so marked that the belief in victory this time seems to me to be reasonable.” Miss Anthony, with nearly 60 years of battling to her credit, more than 80 years old, and yet leading the suffrage hosts with strong grasp on the situation, talked of the coming fight with the ardor of a cadet and revealed the mild-mannered, sweet, womanly character she has, in which also are found the qualities of true generalship. Clad in soft blacks, appropriate to her advanced age, yet made into a gown of good style, she discussed the issues that are to stir a commonwealth and compel every voter to decide next year what he thinks of the woman’s propaganda.” Contest Will Be in the Open. “I stand for the fight in the open,” she said with a glee of hope on her countenance, “and am not in sympathy with those who argue [fo]r the still hunt. With them I have had many contests, and with more than half a century behind me whence to select material for my controversy, I pronounce unhesitatingly for openly carrying the battle into Africa, and for attacking the strongholds of our opponents. “This is not to be interpreted as meaning that we purpose to mix up with our campaign the economic issues that pertain to the political parties. Often have I been invited to take part in partisan campaigns, but I have invariably refused. The idea of equal...

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