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in saying we are not "antagonistic to national work" of course not, national work is the only work that can ever avail us any thing. Our state work is valuable only as educating the people. We have ever so much educational work to do and that must be done in states and counties and towns but our help must come at last from Congress. The United States is a large place
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and the people, however gifted cannot fill it all. They can not reach all people That is a mistake Susan makes . She has several times interposed her influence within the last year to prevent me from getting appointments. Once after the meeting was all arranged, it was suddenly given up and it was directly traceable to Susan. This
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She does for no reason that I can see, except that she don't want anybody heard or recognized except Anna & herself.
At the annual meeting of the Ohio Association at Warren last spring, she had the programme printed and all rearranged after she got there in order to give Anna two evenings and to crowd me out or nearly so. Her methods
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in this respect are absolutely abominable, ruinous to the cause and considering the influence she has and the position she occupies very injurious to me. It is hard enough to fight against the enemies of suffrage without being continually undermined, misrepresented and thwarted by members of ones own society. But we must do what we can Yours in haste
Olympia Brown Who is the vice president for this state?
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{ Olympia Brown }
Racine Wis. July 29 1903
Dear Mrs. Colby, Have not written because supposed you were gone from Washington & also I have been a little tied down having company. My sister & family from Kansas beside Parker & Gwendolen makes rather a large family, beside I have been going to Columbus every Sunday for a little more than enough for expenses
