The New York herald., 1869-09-03
WORKING wOnES,s ASSOCIATION.

Mis'1 Anthony Makes Report-A Slight
ykseeze-The Labor ConGress 20 Be Ccs.
sured-Annivcrsary Meeting to Be Hold.
The working women's Association met last even
ting at PlimptOn Hall to hear Miss Susan 3. Anthonys
report Of her visit to the Labor Congress at Pnade
phia. held few weeks ago.
Miss ANTHONY called the meeting to order, and
proceeded to say that she had been recently at the
Congress In Philadelphia. and felt q measure OF
thanks to the press for the fair and accurate reports
given Of her sayings and doings down there. She
was made. Of course. az usual, the target of
good many shafts OF ridicule and satire, all
OF which she bore with heroic fortitude the
Of how she was treated by the workingmen; and yet
while 1t could not be denied that these unchlvalrous
members OF the male sex had not been as msgnani,
nous as they ought they had nevertheless recorded
vote against her exclusion which was 20 large that
1t redeemed the Congress from the charge Of being
wholly inimicai to women. Fifty-nye members mad
voted for her admission and these she claimed were
so many votes 2 ven for woman suf1rage. Alter
S the eonna %
pulson from the Congress was for aving discharged
female type-setter from her Of This she miss
Anthony emphatically denied, aad said she had
nothing to do with the type-setters on her paper;
that her paper was printed by contract. and e the
business IN his hands. She only wished she had
printing ONCE OF her own and she would then en-
ploy women II they were competent to DO her work;
otherwise she would not. II o woman could only do
half the work Of man she would only pay her half
mans wages Much as she was in favor OF Wo-
man suffrage she was altogether opposed to the
principle OF undue compensation.
Mrs; SHEPPARD said she understood that the rea-
Philadelphia Conference In reference TO Miss An.
thongs pretensions as delegate was because she
believed this association was not working women's
organization, IN the parallel sense that society OF
professional men Is not strictly aworkingmens asso-
ciaton.
fecty ineligible in reatlorto the matter Also She
proceeded, however to say that wherever duty led
her she would go II she were to suffer decapltation
ThereupOn Mrs. Norton went on to catechlse MISS
Anthony about certain views OF Miss Anthony's on
the utility OF the association She charged the latter
with uttering the opinion that the society was not
working one, but mere lever for agitation Mrs.
Norton, losing her usual selfpossesson, pronounced
the society substantially q humbug
MISS ANTHONY-Mrs. Norton is one OF the incor-
poratlve managers OF the association. and am
sorry she shows herself 30 incompetent to carry out
Mrs. Norton made no response, but there was flre
In her eye that bOded storm.
Mrs Norton completely crushed the feebly mutlnous
spirit exhibited by the latter, and carried on the
applause OF the audience.
from the attack made by Mrs. Norton and said much
that was both poetic and pathetic In defence OF her
MISS ANTHONY made an extra exposition Of her
position full Of logic force and persuasion III II
touched the soul OF MIS- Norton Norton VINO MADE the
DR.. HEBER, small specimen Of humanity, VINO
might have come out OF Noah's ark with the Saxon
tongue spoken NJ tne UuuIn3 vi bdDel mauo al iIl-
significant attempt to grapple with statement
made by Miss Anthony, but proved complete
failure.
Miss O'CoNNELL told him very sarcastically that
he desired simply to make himself heard. He Ger.
talny failed to make himself understood.
He hid his diminished head very low after this, and
will probably never come to the surface again.
committee was appointed, consisting OF Mrs.
Stanton Mrs. Lozier and Miss O'Connell TO draw up
set OF resolutions censuring the conduct Of the
Philadelphia Labor Congress In rejecting Miss
Anthony motion was made and carried TO hold
an anniversary meeting on the 10th Of September
After some discussion, which ended In nothing,
about appointing committee to manage the ami.
yersary, the meeting adjourned.