ganization. The officers were instructed to issue a circular inviting the attendance and co-operation of all friends of republican ideas.
The Association has already been offered handsome headquarters during the Fair in the immediate vicinity of the World's Fair buildings, and has, among its supporters, persons of wealth and influence.
You are earnestly invited to attend the meeting of May 10th, and to assist in the inauguration of this work.
President, Hon. M. B. Castle,
Sandwich, Ill.
Secretary, Mrs. E. J. Loomis,
Chicago, Ill.
In response to this call as many people as could be accommodated in the club room of the Sherman House assembled at the time named. Among those present were Mrs. Lucia Blount of Washington; Mrs. Lucinda Stone of Kalamazoo; Mrs. Mary E. Holmes of Chicago; Mr. Walter Thomas Mills, and many others.
The Chicago Tribune gave the following report of the meeting:
"The suffragists formed a new National Association at the Sherman House yesterday. Its title is the Federal Suffrage Association of the United States, and its especial object is to secure equal and uniform federal
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