The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-26
CLEVELAND.
The Woman" suTfaEe Convention

CLEVELANDI NOV, 70.
The Suffrage Convention, last even-
Ing, resclnded an order adopted at the
afternoon session, tabllng the consti-
tuition proposed for a national organi-
zation. Mrs. Llvermore announced
that she had q letter from Henry Ward
Beecher, consenLinR 10 be president OF
the proposed national organization,
and thereupou, without waiting 10
adopt the constitution, q motion was
made and carried eleCtlng Mr.. BeeCher
such president, Miss Hall, OF Toledo,
voting alone in the negative, was rO-
ceive1 with great applause.
When the Convention met this morn
lug the hall was we'll Oiled, the dele.
gates occupying the front rows ofseats,
and the spectators, a large proportion
Of whom we're citizens OF Cleveland, in
The remainder Of the hall and galleries.
After s0ne personal explanations, q
draft OF the constitution reported by che
CommittaR on Organization was taken
up and gave rise TO An animated dis.
cusslon, interspera0d at one time by the
advent at Mrs. Bickadyke upon the
platform, who was received with great
applause.
The section providing for the election
OF officers ELECTED an animated discus.
sion between Mrs. Lucy Stone Black
well, Stephen @. Foster, Mrs. Liver
more, Mrs. Antolnette Brown Black
we'll, Judge Bradwell, Julia Ward
Howe and Rev. Mrs. Hanna Ford. The
section reads: "All officers shall be
elected annually at the annual meeting
Of the delegates, on the basis OF Con-
gressional representation" 1t was fl.
nally adopted under the operation Of
the previous question. Mr.. Foster vOt-
Ing alone In the negative.
A dispatch was received from WASH
lnEton:
"Kept at home by illness. God speed
the cause"
[SIGnedl GRACE CROSSWORD.
A clause providing that IN far as pos.
slble The officers shall be one half
males and one half females, wAs dis.
cuSsed, On motiOn.Of Rev. Mcdonnell,
OF Ohio. 10 strike out, Mrs. Lucy Stone
Black well, thought there were as many
good men as women, though they were
about alike. The amendment prevail
cd and the section was adopted, that no
dlsLlnCtlOn In sex shall he allowed In
the election OF officers or members.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Letters were read from number of
distinguished nOhOdles all OF whom
heartily endorsed the suffrage move.
mRnt
The COMMITTEES on permanent orga-
nizatl0n reported the following list of
officers Of the American Womans' SuE-
fraRe Association, nnder The COnstltu.
tlOn adopted this morning:
l'resldent, Rev. Henry Ward Beccher;
Vice. Presidents ut lnTge, T. W. HIg.
ginsou, Mrs. Mary a, L!vcrmore, W.
Lloyd Garrison, George W. Curtis, Mrs,
w. T. Hazard, g. NJ. Burleieh, G, W,
Julian, Margaret N. Longley; Chalr>
man OF Executive Committee, Lucy
Stone Black we'll; Foreign Correspond
ing Secretary, Julia Ward Howe: Cor.
responding Secretary. Myra Bradwell;
Recording Secretary's. Henry Black.
well and Amanda WAY; Treasurer,
Frank r. SanbOrn and large number
of persons were elected Executive Com
mittee and local Vtce-PresIdsuts
Judge BradwelI offered Il resolution
denying the right Of any paper to speak
HI the organ OF this Association, which
was adopted. Speeches were made by
Rev. Mr.. Marshall, Miss Lizzie NJ.
BOynton, Mrs. Lucy Stone Black well,
ex-tiOvernor Root, OF Kansas, and
others. The evening session was deyot-
ell TO speech making. The Convention
adjourned.