The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-06-11

UNIVERSAL FRAscHIsE AssocIATIos.-The
hret annual meeting OF the Universal Fran
ihss "a, held a. Union o. League
ofhecrs for the ensuing year.
Mrs. Julia Holmes, corresponding secretary,
Be w Spo s %Ss0n .S S
porary chairman In tho absence Of the presi.
dent and Vice president. Mr.. Ackiin Boyle was
&snas reporis we're called for, bu, on .us.
gestion Of Mr.. I. W.. Archibald, were post.
poned until after the election of officers.
polluted, who reported The following oiiieers,
who were animously elected;
For Prssidsnt.Hon.s 8, Q. Pomeroy.
MIA; 4: asias:, Mrs. Annie Denton ridss'
For Correspondents sserstsry-.Mrs. JUL. A.
Eoi Recording sssrs,s,,y.Mn;M e !, ,o,Brlen.
rof Ro.i S e Msnsssr:jMr' b \ A WEEK Lick.
Annit Denton oridgey Mr.. James II: Holmes.
M A. r Boyle and Miss M q oSyisn
B. A. Lockwood and inform her Of her elec-
tion, and after q short absence the committee
w IL me ss sns Nj: sSs
Ing secretary, was called to assume her duties.
The following annual report was then re-
eeiyed from the corresponding secretary and
QyrIoE OF co.nEsroxprso sEcsErARr.l
| UNIVERSAL fHANoTma Ass1ertJ ISS,
Mr.. Prs,idsni aud Ms1Ssrs ot lie Tniro,ai
Franehtss Assoeiation: A year has passed since
annual report Of your corresponding secretary
10 herewith submitted. The society will bear
In mind that the labor Of their secretary has
perleuce or presidents to guide her, for until
this association was com menccd no such move.
ment had been contemplated in the national
mi al mn In In far xuA
are Informed, as that OF organizing universal
suffrage and education association. The war
had Just closed, leaving 4. results to be estab.
seemed to be no time nor room In the popular
mind for the consideration Of Justice to women
II was therefore diiiicuIt to obtain means to
carry on the work. Less than $3.50 have
passed through our treasury, and all work has
out e sspecsstpon Of peeuniary reward. Your
suits Of her isbors "a sri.n'o from time to time
IT, so %a az s mos.
OF the work and It's results;
Upwards Of a thousand blank forms for pc
United States, from Maine to california, pray.
i ing Congress to establish equal suffrage In
, the District OF Columbia, and wherever the
: the petitions have been returned to this office
= numerously signed. One, forwarded by H. III
Marsh, of Chicago, contained nearly two thou.
"
!, bodied the names OF every man and woman In
the town but one, among a population oil
seventy adults. These petitions were pre-
Q. Pomeroy, our president, to the United
Z States Senate.
Letters have also been addressed to aSou,
1880 persons, both In the United States ant
Europe, enclosing q printed circular Of the
Q association, explaining Its objects, and re
guesting the eo,operstlon Of our friend; In Al
J, | most encouraging responses have been re
ceived. Especially the plan Of including tn,
frage, as proposed by the constitution OF oui
: association, receives the warm commentator
OF correspondents. One Of these letters, being
9 Of great interest, both from the spirit Of kind
Il guished talents and position Of the writer
1. Hon. John Stuart MIL, member Of Parliament
OF England, will read:
opinion n fsyei d he safS.nshi:snsn. q woms
sIs' E ssfI f; Y. S III
Ssh s'%ss M :fT %ssS e
that you have included my name IN your eon,wqit
Yort. not having been III. y oS!sin one in Wash
G II. r.
sas. L E $;S
the cause has In this Co As yet 20 sup
s.S S.i IA al rss Il;
sorbsd 81 the expenses necessary Tor diassina 4,
ss sss Sss SSs:n Ai E
Fam. dear %sds%. yours very ''a y s Nut.
rs Your eerre.pondIng .ee,stsry, aided BY
member OF this associa tion, Miss NJ. y. o,Brien
Q. has, during the past winter and spring, d
L. voted some time to canvnssing the views Q
Senators AID members OF Congress on the sui
y ject Of woman suffrage ,u And equal Gsyc
that q great majority OF our Senators an
II members Of Congreis are In favor q equnlpa
srsss =. s soSS 4. shsy eon.s
mass Of women demand II. Respectfully,
Id JULIA ARCHIBALD HoLMks.
The following resolutions were Adoptedj
lie Rssoired, That when this annual meeting al
journ, 1t adjourn to meet on Thursday, Oett
Der /, 1903, at such hour and place as the boar
Psy sna
,g Rssolped, That the present Advisory Con
mittee be continued, and that the Board {
T. time 70 time as may seem to them best.
r. RssoIped, That the thanks of this association
and Of all the friends Of uniyerssl citizen su
U.fomeroy. for his efforts TO secure woms
Rs'elr.d, That ths s.;oeIatlon also than p !,
NJ and unrevsrded labor during the past year q
corresponding secretary. ,...-,...,-
nd Resolvsd, That copies Of these resolution
secretary, be transmitted to Senator Pomero
Rssoirsd, That we extend the hand Of fellow
In shin to the two local associations recently Of
gained In this city, aud bid them "9o
q speed" In their efforts to secure woman's su
ur ffage In the District Of Columbia.
womsn's franchise Association, Mr.. J. w. l.
or BsTnss, OF boston, and Mr.. Wolf, Of Colorsd
Territory, made interesting addresses. III
70; meeting had by this time Increased from sevc
ID, members to more than hfty, and the speaker
N; were interrupted with applause.
oh Mr.. william Hutchinson, the newly eleote
h, treasurer, briefly but earnestly supported tf
er principles on which the assosiation 10 base'
er He said he had for more than twenty yea
le; ways been found on that side, and he hoped
h, would always be found so working until SUI
II, cess crowned our efforts. He thought the ass
In. citation we'll located, well timed, and that III
m original association should be preserved.
III, Mr.. Sitgreaves, NJ. u, and many other di
rs | tinguished persons were present.
At $50 o'clock the association, on motion {
Is Mr.. A. F. Boyle, adjourned.
he BUILDING IMPRovEMgNTs,-OnF First sire.
KY east, near Pennsylvania avenue, MT. John v
brick front residence, with basement und'
the entire building, the front TRAININGS
y, which are composition brownstone. II IRON
cd twenty-three feet by about fifty feet deep, Al
on contains nine large rooms, with water, ga
re and all modern improvements. MT. N, u. lie
IN nods 10 the contractor, and 10 doing the brio
er work. Mr.. @. W. Nailor Is doing the earpe
lie, on the west side Of Sixteen-and-a.halfs stree
ful between Pennsylvania and II street, just o.
at | posite Jackson Square, John Knower, esq,
to | Nav York, IL having erected three-stoI