Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-12-09
WOMAN AUFFRAGE CONVENTION


Lively Opening OF the Winter Cam.
PafEm-Weman'sR Right to the Hal.
To-day.
The convention Of "The American Woman
Suffrage Association" which represents soc
cites in thirteen states, met i'm the main saloon
Of the Masonic Temple last evening" Long be-
fore the hour designated for the commence
ment Of the exercises, the hall was filled, and
pecuniariiy, the opening was a success, as an
admission Zee of twenty five cents per head was
collected. Mrs. and DIR. Lockwood, and Pro
fessor and Mrs. Barrett, were early on hand
and the clergy were out in force, nearly every
denomination in the District being represented
by one or more ministers. The audience found
About eight O'Clock there was 6etir in the au-
dience as procession entered, with Mrs. LUCY
Stone at the head, closely followed by Julia
husband,) Col. T. w. Higgenson, Mrs. Bartlett
Rev. j. Freeman Clarke, Mercy b. jackson, E
X. Churchill, Ada G. Bowles, Margaret W
Camp1ell, Celia Burieigh, Hon. A. q. Riddle,
as soon as quiet was restored, advanced 10 III,
small table, on which were pitcher and a ula.,s
and proceeded to address the assemblage. Sh,
is a compactly built woman, OF medium 81 re and
noIld complexion, and wore her hair plain
dress, with deep lace collar and green how
Her voice was full and distinct, persons in tn,
rear OF the room being able to hear every word,
and as she warmed up she became quite anima
ted. She stated that this society was formed two
years ago at Cleveland, when delegates from 2,
States where present, the special object being t.
work for woman's suffrage. They had COIN.
now to advocate their cause here, and she pro
ceeded to argue that woman as denied the ri.ht
Of voting simply and only because she was a
woman, and is thus placed in the same category
with felOns, lunatics, &c.
AN IDIOT
may recover his reason, but there is no hone fol
women. They say that woman does not know
enough, but no man would say that his mother
IL Incapable of making "A rational choice Bu.
perhaps a mans wife may be a fool. Well, tia,
only shows that the man was as incapable a. tn,
mans mother Is stat oned by the side of idiots
lunatics, and felOns. Here she pictured tn
scene of the husband performing household
du nos s %c h ~n,,e inc wife was voting Mrs
jocu!arly.1 Continuing, Mrs. Stone said thai
some women say that they are satisfied wild,
what rights they have. She was not, and never
statutes are obliterated, until men and women
cooperate in the state, and make the state a.
superior TO what it now is as is the family having
good mother TO the one without.
WOMEN PAY TAXES,
they are imprisoned and hung. but have no voice
IN the laws by which they are tried, and without
women. Can anything be more heInIesso Eba,,
Napoleon asked Madame De Stael why she toos
part In politics, she answered Sire when
s Tcmen nave their heads cut OF they should
WOMEN WILL NEVER VOTE AS THEIR HUSBANDS
DO,
because they would have their own candidates
ana their own ideas, and when q woman heIievss
enc believes terribly. Why should Il make
trouble Tor woman to vote, TO have an intelIi-
gent opinion different from that OF her hns
bands? MY father was an Old Whis. and eoniS
never get over II. His three sons al yoted dir
IcIens tackcts, and the house was kept warm
win 010cussicn, but there was no erOuhle ana
no man was pe0uder than he because he had
oop who held Independent opinions. So IL viil
oe with husbands and wives. When men dine
s1o Sans % gain vote they don't quarrel The
sspeaker had v1tched g ne polas and soen hbv
saeY Wefe mAnaGed, Hen pe&suadcl were Kind
ana courteous, asked III manner or 0uerfio.c ~
personal interest, and weFu anxious for ti,eIr
u1en0 welfare. Imagine husbands and vfves
Iy1Ae 20 secure each others votes: how kin6
they would be, q cleotion tfnc0. a S,,v rats;
1UnsecaG q oiecoeds there Vii be peacc: and n
General Grant said, "Lsot % have nosne . ANA
give ~ the ballot 0ome cay that 81 vumen AZ
aasoWe0 g vote they VII do nothing else. Thev
seem to think that they would keep rizht On
vcung eve,y DAY IN the week and every dsy IN
their emptines Of areument. Wen ther i Snn,s
tha3 at Wcrs( there are but three On four vot;ns
0ay! m ne year, and that none but lonnSe
need be more than q half hour af tie poiis 49,,
ttnutne her exposition Of WI
TEE INEQUALITY or rHI LAVA
the speaker said that In this District vith he
proud Capitol, wherein dWells the Goddess ~
Liberty, not two years had passed since Womsn
couIo not own The clothes she wore. She r.
ieifed 70 case tried In our courts vbere AZ
incident colored man Was ,inahie 20 ,sa,, an IN
debts and his creditors had sought 10 obteiy ths
aard earnings Of his wife. The onlv vav the
court could shield her Was 10 hold th.t -.
aithough che he'd lived with him 1nr go. -,