The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-09-30

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Mn. MARY A. LIvsRxoRu. who followed IN favor
question mus. Be- and Was
husband and stayed away nom the EolA ~ ne
msy es ns wsoS 4 e Be e du q
man to vote now and for every woman to vote wnen
abe can do so legally Tne spsthy .! the men re,
who used TO- Jake piece Of cracker out q nis
pocket and maze the canine speak and roll Oh
over 20, and ane.h ssn OCCASION rs men,
l she added who like U come III and listen TO the
PROCEEDINGS or their meetings.. have been holding
suffrage Out to them ana then putting IT back In
their pockets again. and she, Tor one, wasn't going
to speak ana roll over for her cracker OF suffrage
! suffrage but the were not. Republican. demo
cratic, temperance and labor reform politicians had
% is esy in e
ton OF q wOmen's party and one prominent repub.
| lican buttonhoed her Ms she was coming into
sake 10 her influence in this body for the Tor.
nation of new political party. IL was sucn fncta
as these she sad tina. convinced her that the time
arrived; and she. Tor one was determined and re-
solved that II the women had become such a
could not vote they could tank and write.
| and with the proper dissemination OF ideas
desirable results. IL only remain for the women
OF the country TO come out from their living graves
and throw themselves at once Into the ranks OF
politics.
The first resolution was then read again by DR..
Blackwell, and upon the question being put II was
passed In q UNANIMOUS aud enthusiastic manner.
Mrs. Stone Blackwell then made some ringing re-
marks IN favor OF more work aud less tax. after
which the Convention took recess Tor dinner.
Afternoon Session.
The second resolution came up for discussion i'm.
medately upon reassembng for the afternoon ses-
sion, and Rev. b. Y. BowLEs was brought out as
the preliminary speaker. LIE, ike those who pre-.
ceded In the morning, believed that political action
was necessary to bring women up to their proper
civil and political level, ana TO do this IL deaira-
bic first to get men into ONCE who sympathized with
the women. How TO do this was the first and great
question: ana one which Il was ex,eeedlnsly
the man 10 carry them forward to victory,
their great duty was to electbim: and 1t was, there
FORE votes and not el0quence they. wanted at this
time. II might De that Air. Phillips would lose votes
in consequence OF being nominated by this conyen-
tion; and II this was 80 he should deprccate MS
nomination by The women suffrage sympachlzerS
What ne believed in specially was independent po-
litlcal action and the nomination Of separate ticket
by the friends OF this movement
Rev. t. ID. WINsLow, OF Boston, now got up, and
that he objected to that portion Of the preamble
preceding the second resolve, which referred ~ the
prOhlbltory and labor reform conventions, for, he
added, they were never asked to incorporate woman
Suffrage into the platform, and therefore they should
This remark provoked some little discussion, dur
ing which 1t appeared that the prohibitory party
when in convention did not consider the matter Of
mentlon II in their platform.
"REMINISCENCES OF GENERAL BUTLER,
The debate continued In a humorous and some
what excited manner Tor half an hour or more, aud
toward the close OF 1t Lucy Stone Blackwell gave an
account OF an interview she once had with General
Butler. She said she asked him for his influence In
behalf OF the cause Of woman. He looked al her,
she SAID, as only Ben Butler can look at any one,
SAID he would give her his. answer in
writing. All she had to say was that he never
wrote 70 her, and as Ben Butler was now anxious
The women would remember how he had behaved.
She also pitched into Richard r. Dana for his oppo-
sition TO the cause OF woman suffrage when 1t was
In his power TO promote IT. and when she had
finished her caustic rebuKes the resolve which had
provoked 50 much talk was unanimously adopted.
The third resolution was then read again, ana
passed without debate, and then there was a second
reading Of the resolve supporting Wendell Phillips
for which Old stephen Foster offered she following
substitute
Resolved, That the lifelong services Of Wen
del phipA and ElPhaet Trask entte them support
and confidence and that will accept them repre-
sentatives in the approaching political campaign.
Dr. BLACKWELL opposed this substitute OF Mr.. Eos
ter, as one Inconsistent with all the previous &C.
tons OF the Convention declaring that they should
consult with the other parties at least before set
atoms were sufficiently friendly towards them TO
put woman suffrage plank In their platform an In.
MRS. LIvEnMoRH although she regretted to do Il.
said she must oppose Mr.. Fosters resolve, Tor she
can conventions q chance, although she had little
confidence In their recognizing them. II. she
feared Ihey were BY TN e existing
Phillips. But at present she hoped the substitute
OF Mr.. Foster would be laid on the table, and she
therefore made that motion in concluding her re.
marks, and 1t was carried by very decided vote.
Mrs. CORA l.. Y. DANiELs-HATcH-TAPPANw was then
introduced, and for about half an hour she enter.
tanned the audience by gracefully and elOquently
delivered address upon the general subject or
woman suffrage, closing up with an earnest appeal
for the out-andout nomination OF Mr.. Phillips.
SAVAGE SPEECH or STEPHEN FOSTER.
STEPHEN FOSTER then rose again aud said that
now MIR. Phillips has been endorsed. he thought it
becoming that the Convention should take him. 1t
was an outrage, ne SAID, to drop Mr. Phillips. The
simple upshOt OF IT was to tickle him and then
Srs sa e 70 int Ss 1 NJ ss
snsms on you and shame on Goward
directly in the eye. "YOu are acting dishonesty and
despise your whole action. You voted down my
substitute and VIII vote down your resolution, and
cal tricksters, and In snubbing Mr. Phillips you have
some motive which does not appear here. tell you,
refusal to nominate Mr. Phillips viii Kill our whole
cause. There will be no enit usasm or confidence
In you; and with any other standard bearer, after
receive merited defeat"
THANKS TO SENATOR WILSON.
After the very excited remarks OF Mr. Foster the
whole Phillips resolution rs reported was laid on
the table.
The resolution OF thanks to senator wilson was
opposition Rev Roland Connor, Of Boston, offered
substitute requesting the Senator to renew his re.
quest ut the next session Of Congress for an act
guaranteeing woman Suffrage In the District Of
Columbia, but before vote was taken Lucy Stone
Blackwell got the door and mOurned the action
remarks brought about another tilt with Foster
which was more laughable than important
Mrs. LrvERMoRE also deplored the feeling against
thanking Nj. Wilson, remarking that II It was not
the nature OF men 1t was certainly the nature Of
women to return thanks for kind favors.
A. BRONSON ALCOTT now took the door and said he
had Mr.. Phillips this very day, and 1t his
wish that he should not be nominated giving as his
reason that the men and women were not yet SUN.
GENTLY united and selecting him as candidate now
would be likely To injure rather than benefit the
cause.
Mr. Common then withdrew his substitute and the
thanks to Senator Wilson were approved W the
Convention.