Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-01-21

which she would otherwise reach. People |
who always looked down could but feel do |
Woman, she said, must be her own adyo-
cate. This they had begun 10 realize, and
they would assert their rights and assume
their duties. %
On. NAT STICKS.
At the close Of her speech, May attempted
to speak for the third time during the eve
Ming. Mr.. May salii wish 70 state-lap-
plausel Il wish to state-taPplausel -when
was In Rome-tapplAuael- when was In
Rome-[Applause. oh, am an old Aboli-
tiou SpeSker, aud am used TO these things.
Mrs. Stanton came to his relief, aud be-
sought the audience to hear himi but the
moment he started for "Rome" the audience
In the rear Of The hall commenced thsir
clapplpg, =,
DR.. Nav stuck To II, and the claquers"
stood Arm, but the Doctor triumphed at last,
and succeeded In saying that while he was
In Rome he visited q women's prison, which
was managed by women eXcluSiVely. Loud
applause.1 ....
Mr.. A. T. Newton, from the audience,
asked and obtained permission 70 make an
explanation regarding the public schools.
He said that the trustees Of the public schools
were not entrusted with a dollar Of the
money for the support OF the schools. There
was, unfortunately, In tho city treasury no
money TO paw the teachers. lie had cashod
the checks OF the teachers AZ far a. he was
able, and had the shecks In his pocket now.
WHAT MISS AuTHoNI saw IN KANSAS.
Miss Anthony gave q glowing account OF
things az she found them IN Kansas a year
ago, and showed what women were doing
In the way Of school aud temperance re-
forms.
In Michigan the women were now
allowed to vote for school trustees.
In Patterson, N. j., the women had found
a clause In the laws by which all lot-holdeIs
could vote on tho question OF sidewalk,
and they had turned out aud voted for ono
In certain street. r.... -r-
In Schenectady the women lot-holders had
voted not To introduce the water works.
| This only showed that the women would not
always vote right any moro than the mon,
bat they were entitled TO thar right 70 vote.
mas. STANTON ON lEiGhx LAoIHd.
Mrs, Stanton said grcat deal had boon
said, and the audience had pefhaps enough
70 think about, but before this grand con-
vention closod she wished to say few words.
This waa q question that all were Interested
In. We were members OF the great human
family, and could not change the general
customs 10 our individual VleWB. She bad
two young daughters whom she had tried 10
bring up according TO the laws OF health.
She had not known how much thoy felt this
till one day one OF them, fourteen years old,
came running TO her and Aaid, OH mother,
we have q new scholar, and she has large
waist. I am so glad that there 10 somebody
with big waist besides Maggie and me.
She wanted TO talk an hour to the girls In
the audience. No woman could enjoy life
with her ribs crushed by tight laclng and
her feet In tight shoes. She urged upon
parents the Importance Of teaching their
girls some trade or profession, BY which
they could support themselves should any
emergency arise. What was there In q
/ lawyers Office to cause q woman 70 Bhun
the professioni We could not have pure
and holy marriages until our daughters vero
| educated to support themselves.
She besought those who lived in palace
halls to look beyond their present condition nj
those who were not 90 fortunate. She TO
ferred to the criminals on the gallows.
Have you no desire to vote that that aboml-
nable relic Of barbarism be driven from our
land 7 ......-
Mr.. May had spoken Of the social vice,
Two years ago they proposed 10 legislats
upon Il 10 New York. The bill which wal
Introduced In the Legislature was . disgrace
10 humanity. Let the men In high places
remember that the Vieo recruits hself not
from the poor, but from the gay and fash
louable, who have learned no way by which
they,mAy earn their own support.
Miss Anthony said letter had been re-
ceived from Hon. Mr.. Ella, Of New Hamp'
shire, expressing his sympathy with them.
This, however, was not q new convert. Mr.,
Ella had long been friend Of the cause
She then gave notice Of lecture by Misl
Jenny Collins, the Lowell factory girl, Al
Union League Hall, this NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
free. On Saturday night Rachel Moor
Townsend aud Rev. Samuel J. May vii
speak In the same hall, aud Rachel Town
send will preach on Sunday, the place 10 b
announced hereafter.
She announced that committee from TIL
convention were to have an interview will
the Senate Committee on the District Of Co
lumbla at half past ten on Saturday, Rnt
, they hoped to make 1t Joint meeting o
the committees Of both Houses on the Dis
trict and the House judiciary Committee.
The past three days, she said, had beer
an old-fashloned protracted or eAmp-meet
Ing. Who would have thought that tn
: people Of Washington would come thor
aud listen TO these women, who had neye
had any instruction, or attended even dc
batting society, and listen with such alton
: ton. They were not orators, but they com
, manded attention because they spoke iron
their souls, aud because they had some
T thing to say. The audience listened, no
. because they were learned or eloquent Afte
l the fashion Of the world, but because the
: had come here 10 tell the truth, becauS
: they tell OF woman's wrongs through ageI
{ and because It was felt that the hour 70
these wrongs to DO rghted had come.
D Ifthls Congress did not pass the sixteenth
Amendments, the Forty second would. II TIL
Congress desired 10 make Itself immortal
now was an opportunity to do 90. 10 thGr
were any members OF Congress here, al
wanted them TO tell those at the Capitol nov
was the time. The Democratic party had IN
political sagacity 70 SEQ that By extending tn
franchise 20 the laboriug classes
: SENATOR SHERMAN CALLED uP.
, Mrs. Stanton hsrs approached and Will
: pered In Miss Anthony's ear, when she 81
T claimedi ooh, I'll stop at once. Senate
} Sherman 10 in the room. hope We sha
s hear what the Republicans are going 70 d.
/ instead OF what the Democrats have don
2 Senator Sherman, come right forward upo
q the platform"
d There were loud calls for SHERMAN,
Q SHERMAN" and the Senator was nnAll
d compelled to rse In his seat, we'll back
Q the hall, and aay that he had come there
!. listen and not 70 speak. Il would be impo
y sible for him TO make a speech. 49,.
I Miss Anthony. "But, Senator, that do,
not satisfy US. What are you going TO d
d Are you going TO vote for the slxteeui
Il amendment 7" But AFTER q moments .
r Election she said II he could not say yes, q
: had rather he would say nothing. 81
started OF again on what the Democra
had done by extending the franchise 70 q
T. laboring classes, when Professor Willie
II whispered In her other ear, and she sal
" "There IL a Democrat In the hall. W
Of Hon. Mr.. Woodward come forward Z" %
d A gentleman near the door Announc
10 that Judge Woodward had Just len the b q
5. when Miss Anthony resumed her remari
In rendering female support 10 the Republic
20 party in exchange for fomAle suffrage.
I'd Mrs. Stanton, at the close Of Miss A
IN thongs remarks, declared the conVenti
" adjourned.
re Tho convention has been q success In
financial sense at least. The audiences ha
at been large, and generally very orderly. 7
J. little disturbance last evening arose ratl
I'd from desire on the part Of the audience
as hear the women (who, by the way, are b
ter looking and more SLOWLY dressed th
N upon former occaslons) In preference 70 D
ht May, who had already twice occupied