The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-22

has comfort beauty nis home entertain his frends
laugn when ne ~ merry, 90 silent when No u suiky
Iigot 70 her person nor tina sovereignty 81 ner
affections nor me power to regulate her HE accord.
travel nor CRAFTY her tastes. nor relieve suffering
nor engage n any phiianthropio enterprise without
Va n ~ s consent The money nus ;oa S 81
woman y far from embOdying our ideal OF woman
MOOD. II weo0nsider her character the result " 40
with p0rtraits which no faithful woman can contem-
plate without q blush. We recognize ut once the
sllay woman ana al the other characters thai go to
MAKE up society. AS humanity advances lis lnsti-
tutions should be plastic and capable Of adjust
ment 20 its circumstances and development In
for institutions From the beginning OF crea-
ton until now woman has been subject to man.
that the whole civilized world Is agitating the we
man question. There are unmiSakable signs that
something rs wrong and we will not rest satisfied
unt the wrong 10 right My interest in woman
suffrage hinges on the tact that see the promise
That woman VIII one day belong 70 herself. think
man. AZ DR.. Bushneh deprecates, but woman In
better sense than she has ever yet been. How many
young women are there at the present day who are
ready 20 denounce young mon gh0 do not spend
money upon themf COnpAnlonshlp can only exist
among equals. Men oolnftAln; women converse
e s W ss sqe sos na W sass
OF by-gOno days. where theyshav left us; we must
hasten ourselves and DO our own dehverers II we
would break the chains that bind us. The best SER
vice we can do Is to Learn to do without them One
OF the needs most oovet for every woman il
pecunlary Independence. When she earns her own
despond At tie thought Of being an old maid.
honor single woman, and predict that the day u
not FAR distant wasn they win 30 me distinguished
sHd WQmen VIII come together as equals But DO.
lore taey Can Altan that they mus! ylndcate yAelr
truly heroic than that OF the Knights Of the middle
qualities demonstrate tnas she il equal .
deal about wOmans influence, but stream
cannot rise higher than its source nor influence
be better than tae character exercising 4. we
no more, and 1t will be an era In the history OF
woman when she learns this truth and asplres 10
the best CUTS; when she learns that though queen.
without her diadem she must ever remain 80,
unless she Is brave enough TO claim her birth
right,
PreSdentess glided forward and, with sparkling
eyes, aaid that she wanted TO know II there were
advanced IN support OF woman's suffrage. II
seemed, however, that the hint given by
Mr.. Neal as 60 the probable scarcity or
human hair In certain contingency had
made a profound impression every masculine
tyrant for there was no response. an invitation
was then given TO the audience to write their Oh
jectlOns on paper that q discussion may be had
when the Convention assemblies this morning. at
ten O'Clock. The Convention could not adjourn
without more music" and the HutchinVs were
again called out. The harmonium fairly shook this
Time, and the Roger Wihiams hal, res0unded win
FranCls Tram
Don't you hear the music aas.ngs
The worlds noting.
Clear the way,
The ballot FOR the women voting
HurrAyi
or something 70 that effect The sisters OF the
Rhode Island suffrage Association then fratcrnized,
ana soon afterwards went home TO bed
Second Days observation-disclosures OF Om-
cers-The Cleveland Convention Discussed
A Lively Tilt with II. Tiiton.
The Convention assembled promptly at ten
O'Clock this morning and the Hutchings family
opened the proceedings by singing awe Will Have
the Morning Star" The attendance was exceed.
ingy slim at the commencement, there not being
more than seventy or eighty persons present; but
the room well filled subsequently. The PresI-
dentess introduced Mrs. CHURCHILL, VINO read the
report Of the Rhode Island Woman Suffrage Asso-
clation She said that the association had no inten-
ton of opposing the New England associations or
doing anything antagonistc to them, but 1t was
doomed necessary to keep themselves perfectly ds-
tinct for time at least from other bodies hav ing
the same objects in view She then read the follow
ing the constitution Of the association which
duly voted upon and adopted
ARTICLE This organization shall be called the Rhode
Island Woman Suffrage Association.
ARr Ats object shall be to the ballet to this
ART s-Any persons fesden Of The state approving its
objects may ey giving their name. and paving one dollar
association and as such entitled to vote In all its debers
ART 4-Tbs Of the association shall be president,
Sin vice presidents from different parts OF The stae trsa
su,s committee Of moi lest than ays nor more than nine
mombers er-edcto of the executive committee.
A discussion then arose as to the best means OF
eecting officers, and tho presdentess took occasion
to say that II the women OF Rhode Island ever ex-
pected to vote they should show more interest in
tho election OF officers
Miss SUSAN Il. ANTHONY here started up and said
that she hoped the women OF Rhode Island wouid
speak 80 loud That Horace Greeley, In the New York
Tribcae, would be able to hear it, without much
further evidence Of interest the part OF the ade
pIesent Ine ioloWlng were s uuiy eiec.eu commit
Mrs. Harris. MISS Fanny Aldridge, MIR. StiIman,
Mrs. Churchill, Mr.. Hgginson.
The committee retired, and during their absence
the secretary read number OF letters. The follow
ing named persons were then announced as the
nominees OF the committee and were duly elected:-
President, Mrs. Pauline w. DAVIS; Vice Presidents,
Mrs. Elizabeth ID. Chase, Colonel u. w. Iggins0n,
Mrs. George Cushing Mr.. ]. W. Stillman Mrs. Bufln,
cording Secretary. MISS Rhoda FAIRBANKS.
The report OF the Secretary OF tho association was
then read, but contained no fact OF general interest
and no startling assertion.
MIR. NEAL then addressed the Convention on the
subject OF the Cleveland Convention and urged the
women OF Rhode Island To send worthy representa-
tivcs 10 1t. Colonel Htgglnson followed at greater
length and explained the object OF the
proposed Convention. 1t was, he SAID, 60 collect
together all the scattered elements OF the Woman
Suffrage Convention for o united and grand effort.
The call was signed by large number OF prominent
workers in.the cause, and there could be no doubt
that 1t would be great success. However mucn
may be regretted the omission OF certain names The
coll represented twenty-five states, no SAID, and
most influential assembly OF the workers or In
nation might be expected. The Coone, concluded
by moving tnat delegates be sent 10 the Cleveland
Convention.
MIR. THEODORE TIITor said that there was q
shadow ia history OF Cleveland conventional; but II
he were u Rhode Islander he would not only recon-
mend the sending or delegate TO Cleye
land, but also TO washington. The Colonel
was the author OF the Cleveland Call,
but he would lot that circums ance oer opposllion
10 the Washington meeting The greatest objection
to the convention at Cleyeia1d-Jhe call Tor which
was a call TO the unconvertei-was, that IL did not
pretend 10 be convention OF the entire people, but
a convention OF State societies II We are To have
new society IT. should De formed on better basis than
the one proposed. 'fne call Is nOS addressed 10 the
Equal Rights Association, over winch Miss LucreLa