The New York herald., 1870-01-02
PETTICOAr GOVERNMENT.
The WOman's Movement in New
Hampshire.


Woman Suffrage Association = Ad-
dresses by Whole Battalion Of the
Caudle Family-The Rights
and Wrongs Of the OPP
pressed Sex.
CONCORD, N H., Dec. 81. 1909.
The womans movement In New Hampshire Is
probably more earnest and active than In any other
OF the Eastern States. About year ago the matter
became to be seriously considered for the rst time,
and State mass convention was called In this CITY,
and there were attendants from nearly every section
Of the Granite state. The body in session three
days. and before separating state association was
formed having for IL purpose OF course, the vgor
GUS agitation OF the question OF female Suffrage and
It's kindred Accomplishments. IL ID due to the in-
dusry or the ocers Of the association 70 say that
they have stirred up the old State nom one end
to the other. Meetings IN aid OF its purpose
have been frequently held In all the cities and many
OF the towns numerous auxiliary organizations
have been formed, and when tle Legislature meets
scores Of petitions for universal Suffrage will pour
In. The rdculs usually characteristic OF this fem
inine progressive movement does not seem 10
abound here; but on the contrary many leading
and influential men seem to look favorably upon It,
ana nearly the whole community give the matter
their serious and candid consideration. In c0nse
quence OF the favorable feeling which seemed
to have been engendcred the association
thought 1t would be q wise and remu-
nerative policy 10 have second State
Convention, and Its proceedings have occupied the
past two days. Tue attendance hos been large par.
ticuary ut the evening sessions. and the interest
which those present have manifested has been won-
RAJ
thing particularly fresh or new bearing upon the
subject persisently agtatcd; but the repetitions
of the alleged wrongs Of the sex have been 80 posi-
lively and pointedly reasserted tnat 1t il worth
while to reproduce some OF them in describing the
scenes In the Convention.
Mrs. ARMENIA 2. WHITE, wife Of Nathaniel White,
OF the financial pillars Of Concord, called the
body to order in her functions Of president Of
the association. Rev. Mrs. p. A. Hannaford, Of
Reading. Mass, then offered an eloquent and fervent
prayer, and Rev. J. f. Lowering. OF Concord, fol-
lowed with some Introductory remarks OF con-
gratulatory nature upon the results OF the associa
tion's efforts.
During the transaction OF some routine business
such as the appointment Of committees DC, the au
ditors were addressed by Mrs. JULIA WARD HOWE Of
Boston. In com mencing she alluded to the first
Wonan's Suffrage Convention, held twenty years
ago at Worcester. and to the position which
she occupied In relation to the movement at
tiOn in whicn the cause Of woman surrage
was tnen held, referring to Theodore Parker,
one expected to live to see slavery abolished an
the woman question laid far back OF the slavery
question. She spoke Of the present aspect OF the
question, and Of the rapid growth OF the cause In
| the estimation Of thinking men and women. She
made thrilling aluslon TO the course OF our gov
| government for standing as the ally OF desporc
Spain against the struggling Cubans. Speaking OF
York she said that at that ghost Of Captain
Kidd must have laughed, but the tlmbers OF the May
ns t ans o. IN M e
foundation Of political economy became necessary
In the growth Of the age. :,
BABCocK, OF Wilmot, N. H.. who followed next In
| order. lie arrayed in laugnable ridicule all who
government, and said that every man who would
oppose the movement earnestly was man devoid OF
conscience common sense ana living disgrace to
| the woman who bore him, and ne could not expect
| anything better Of HIM than that he would throw
flth on the grave OF his mother. But after all they
could ana would Outlive all that could be thrown
| their way, and be believed the future was very near
when they would have cause TO rejoice at the
| women. He gave pathetic description Of lovely
woman aC hOme and then asked. IN the name OF God
would not unite in removing the disabilines with
which she Is burdened. With suffrage she would be
TO the State and nation all that she now Is to the
| home.
| A clergyman from Worcester, Rev. Mr.. STRATToN,
/ was the nrst speaker at the evening session. He
went over the often-told story OF women's wrongs,
such as making them amenable to the laws which
they had nothing to do in framing, and forcing
them to paw taxes to the public treasury aud nen
| exclude them from all voice In deciding how such
public funds shall be expended Their exclusion from
| civil equality he declared to be monstrous wrong
| and custom more properly belonging to the past
than the present civilized generation He maintained
that woman was qualified to vote and that she
| except for the same disabilities as exclude men.
| He further claimed that woman was qualified to
hold Office 70 govern o. weii as be governed ana Il
| civilization that the sex was not elevated to its
| proper and deserving sphere. Some men were
nature, but when snything was said about the bal
| lot they declared them wholly unit for 1t. Such,
indeed, was the consistency OF the humanity Of the
present day. lie referred TO Queen Elizabeth and
| Queen Victoria as noble examples Of what woman
snd ID poca Dc eaay the Of
| Where women had reigned and administered pub
lie affairs the history OF the the world shows
| more impartial, than the governments OF men. The
women OF our country he said, should be encou-
there were obstacles thrown In their way there was
| evidence OF malicious infamy which was anything
| but reputable to our American people. IT. he added
| the political atmosphere Is so impure that woman
cannot trusted in It, then The time has come for
sweeping reform. He claimed that the Bill Of Rights
granted to woman an emancipation from her present
civil and political bondage; but our narrow minded
and ungenerous legislation, TO cur disgrace be II
SAID, kept them excluded from what were clearly
their natural rights according TO our organic law.
the politics OF the present day, he thought, needed
| lnc wisdom and influence OF the best women OF
our country, for with their presence and
| counsel there would be gratifying
diminishing vi frauds and corruption on the part OF
those who administer our public affairs. An lnLelii
gent woman, and there are millions OF them Is as
| capable OF discovering the public necessities and
supplying them, II she had the power as any Of the
men OF the present day. The feeling In favor o
justice towards the oppressed sex ne believed to De
al over owe M the aoq
cano, and then where there Is now vice and hatred
there will be love and purity and the whole human
| race Will be elevated. Cue means TO secure an
equality Of wages for women was to give them the
ballot, FOR then their range OF employment would be
enlarged and their services would command better
price. This sentiment he added, was strong In the
| Western states, and he had no doubt but New Eng
land would be far behind the West IN according the
lust right Of the ballot TO women In concluding
| the reverend speaker expressed himself somewhat
hopeful OF the cause winch they had come together