The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-10-01
CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.
Trade HevIvIne-J. w. Griswold &
CO.-Women's Convcntton-Hesoiu
iOua-Amusemeuts

Trade HevIvine-J. w. GriswoId &
CO.-Women's ConvcnttOn-Hesoiu
tiOns-Ahusements.
C%nro,Go, sept. 10th, 1869. ATho pulses o
trade have been more active tho past week
and our merchants have been busy with Gus
toners. Tho nov wheat crop is coming II
freely, andthe warm weather for The past two
weeks has matured the corn rapidly. Alto
gcthcr business prospects are hopeful, though
We have not tho flush times which attended
and Immediately succeeded the war. We are
coming down to n solid basic, and Of cOursl
thoro must be some shriukage where there
has been so much initiation.
The cloak trade has fairly opened for tho
season, and the new styles arc very attractive
AS usual, the wholesale house ct
u. W. oB1swoLD & co., '48 "a 80 wADAsT
AVENUE h'
distances all competitors. They have tho
largest, best and cheapest stock Of cloakl
and c%loaking, cloak ard dress trimming in Tbs
northwest, az customers, after looking all
over town aud coming back hero TO purchase
acknowledge. Their best Recommendation
Is that they retain their old customers, while
constantly acquiring new Ones.
THE woMAN's WESTERN SUFFRAGE CONVENTION.
held In Library Hall, tho OH and 10th in.
stants, was pretty we'll attended. Mrs. Lucy
Stone, Henry Blackwell aud Susan II. An
thony were the chief speakers from abroad.
W. WIZ y ENA'H NiAN hfI'AAN AANAh HI
the western states. The convention adopted
tho following resolutions:
Res0lped, That woman should be Immediately
freed from all legal disabilities, whether affecting
her relations TO The family, TO society, or 10 Oh,
state, aud in all these relations should be rocogniE
cd as mans equal and companion.
Resoired, That, az a portion Of the body polite
the women Of Illinois have a right 10 be consulted
In the government Of the state, and particularly IN
the framing Of tho new constitution.
Reioireh That the distinction OF scNis no proper
basis for restricting the right Of suffrage, aud that
All restrictions Of the suffrage not founded upon
reason should he at once removed.
Bssnlred, That our colleges and other institutions
Of learning should be open to young women upon
the same terms ~ to the other sox. and all the ave.
MUGS ot labor and business should be open equally
10 both sexes.
Resolved. That tho friends Of woman suffrage
throughout the West rejoice IN every extension Of
The franchise 90 classes hitherto excluded from pO-
ltical power, regarding such extension M n new ap-
p~lication Of the priucirlc. that all political power
inheros In the people; aud We dcnounco every POI
hucal form Of aristOcracy. whether based upon pro.
perry, nativity, color, race or sex.
R,solred, That this convention urges tito friends
In every state, county, town, and school district 10
al once organize Woman Suffrage AFsociaiOns.hOld
meetings, aud circulate tracts. papers and petitions,
as the best means Of helping forward this move
mett.
Az q movement in behalf OF women, their
platform In worth publishing as part Of tho
chronicles Of the times. but the convention
was not IA successful NJ IL might have been
If properly called. There was no committee
TO calIit, aud no signatures 10 the call-noth-
ing but a call IN the Agitator on the rospOn-
sibility Of the editress, Mrs. Mary A.. Liver
more. And though IL was done after
consultation with aud at the request Of prom.
ineui friends IN other states, yet 10 could
have the weight Of a properly authenticated
call. 10 did not secure the cooperation
which the State Convention held here last
February did. AHd there woro no arrange
A.UN. 4. aAN.W..N waNfWsH.a sUaW.WalNWH I.V.n.
while thoro was n largo audience In the day.
Time, there was q small audience In the even
ing, when there was an admission foe.
ATTACHMENTS
are rather briek. Brougham is having full
houses at McVickor's. Tho "hlarinor's Com
pass' IL warmly welcomed at the Museum;
aud Emerson & Manning have a crowd al the
Dearborn.
After weeks Of dry weather, we have had a
good rain. d.