New-York tribune., 1871-01-16
WOMEN'S POLITICS.
THE wOODHULL d CLAFLIN CAMPAIGN IN
WASHINGTON.


ferries breaking ont where and when one least expects it,
In wildly spasmodic way There Is reform under
the sun which has 80 many whims and vaTia-
tions rs this. II is melodrams whose situations
OF pathetic earnestness fash suddenly into the
broadest bmlesque, whose heroes and heroines
shine brief hour that before have time TO
quito realize their roles the curtain fallen and risen
again upon cast The leader who prnces forth so
gallantly to-day with flying ribbons and blatant bugng
finds herself tomorrow unapprecated genius, pinng
III ohscurity SO with that rash who, seeing the
faint mirage of future political paradise, gives his
vocal arrangements aud whatever ceverness fate hats
been pleased TO bestow upon him into the
hands of the Peris who are 70 watt him
VOLTA! The petted poppet Of hast season now
blushes unseen, wasting all his sweetness ON very
desert air indeed The Cause dandes its favOrtes after
the fashion Of Mother Goose, with Here up.
up, and here we 80 down, down, downyw Plans and
methods change with such rapidty that would take
historian with all the particularly Of Pepys to chron
ele them.
Disagrecments divisions and secessions playing
havoc with the Sacred Thing The West expresses itself
through its leader dsgusted with those de-
tesabe Eastern sQuabbes and elects TO conduct affairs
after its sweet will. II Is asserted that the Union
Society headed by Mr. Theodore TltOn, like the National
which merged in IL few months ago, is nov
nullty-its active members scattered ana
quarrelsome. its manfestoes without effect As
for the Boston party its enemies declare that 1t is only
intellectual prominence OF little knot of leaders
which IL from instant dissolution and that me
Wordns Journal is hopelessy weak-kneed financially
The North Western Association, which actually mas Ten
States and two Territories auxaries is probably the
and most effective in spite OF its possessing no
Journalistic organ. Both Eastern divisions recognize the
value OF such ally, and are always lying
IN wait IKE two Of Victor Hugos DevLhsh ready to
pounce upon and absorb it, But the West is both sly ana
.hy il remains upon friendly terms with both parties
while il decidedly refuses 10 allow either to take pos
session Of its platform. 1t politely excludes Mrs Ii. b.
the ground that her discussion OF certain
questions will nure The Cause and as politely de-
tnes to receive Mrs Lucy stone because Mrs StantonS
friends won't like t-a the while expressing profound
admiration both ladies' 1t prides itself upon its free
dom from "free love-" and from the remarkable per
soua sptes and scandals which rage and roar in the
East dsclaims sympathy with the new and ngeni-
idea-the possession of rights under the AlNh
Amendment
After long grief and pain the Anthony faction
at found twas possible to hit upon leaders whose
beguing ways and numerous ducats foreshadOwed sue
20 The Cause. In the fair persons OF Mrs Victoria
C. Woodruff and Mrs. Jennie C. Clafin, Bankers and
Brokers' Woman Suffrage discovered the Paladins best
Cited 20 il from dRty oblivion Its revival must
b. dated from the hour when into the pure and |
noble atmosphere Of the Capitol Mrs. Woodruff,
attended by Miss Anthony Mrs. Hooker, Mrs Paullna
Davis, at al, bore the memorial that was to
lift them al from the station Of dOwnrodden suffering
they now occupy In the assertion that the XVIII |
hnd all delight and cOmfOrtespecally as they, at last
have something talk about To he sure, the Com
nittee 10 the memorial read, refused in the
most hardheared and unreasonable manner to he con
vnced and refused also the motion for presentmen TO
Che House-but that is Of little consequence The bank'
ne and brokerage business still lives, and gallant Per
seus Butler has promised AndrOmeda woodruff that
something shall be done. Moreover the said Andromeda
announces that she's going to be President any way
which is a conclusive settlement of the question
HnNfa nf
Asrs r. b. Stanton sink to iDsignihcance
beside the ingenious lobbying of the new leader and her
daring declaration Of political powers under the present
provisions Of the Constitution. What JOY could pe
greater than that of the organizers of the Convention
when numbering up heavily TO Washington upon their
venerable hobby the XvIth Amendment, they found
waiting in the shape of the XIyth, the gay and met
tesome sprte that bear then!raigh to the White
House What slave there with SOUL SO
dead that she could resist the temptation OF
listing under captain capable d originating
20 grand idea, and more than that
capable Of subscribing $1,000 to The Cause she wanted
toi The star Mrs H. b. stanton paled in the fu moon
OF Mrs. V. G. Woodruff and thus IL happened that the
future President and her sister the chief ornaments
Of the Convention. Consistency being jewel emlnenty
unknown in the Suffrage camp, it need MT be wondered
at that the Beecher Hooker branch Of the party-the
most conservative Of all as regards matrimony-
marches TO victory death behind the editor OF
journal remarkable principally for its x views upon all
During the Convention Ms Anthony declared that The
Cause was 20 respectable of late that she hardly knew
how 10 behave. She engagngly described how, when
Mrs woodruff began business she went down to Walst,
i4nmedateiy; how she saw there was flash sand tne
there" how Woodruff said ~Iet's get our hands on
walst and tAe wont carry the thing through
Congress-" how she that meant something; and how
The New Idea dreadtuly weak point 10 attach Ae
enemy in; ... o,..
Of the Convention. Miss Kate Stanton, small rather
Gagged lion Another advocate was conscious OF diner
over that had never known a prison. Those pestlesHa
creatures VINO degraded as to be men ana
snyvhere fearful and wonderful beng
who announced herself "Buckeye"-remarRed
sIs0E @s5s snSeTioflo This peas speaker fur,
ther observed the OF long address that men
erunoealso that after looking out they might inst as
well give up "the helum Of state TO Usp Before tho
Convention was over this unknown became 50 enral-
tred by beauty Of The Cause that she made thank
offering in these memorable words: aint got no s1o
nor 10 IS give, but III give you my time Tor one year.
and that's with s,OoO!" and would have gone
forth in glory and honor had not her sensitive soul
oyerpowered her. A few criticisms IN morning paper
wpon her temperance" proclivtes and her unusual
personal appearance were the rock where0n she was
Iorter in a manner that personal cotnat seemed
moi improbable the platform was obliged TO extingulsh
s All 100 ardent pillar. And memory brings up Dut
one more Of this remarkable female-ths: an
par yer used rdicoo The Cause Wilyer do rtnowf
Mrs. Blake OF NewYork, made an eloquent speech,
whose noticeable "pOints" were the lncontroveruDe
statements that soldier forth gyy 10 Date ahu
tne woman who loves him sits at home and cries,
snd that tbe crown Of life rs marriage. The dele
sut adSress reInsfking that she'd voted, and u
She had unsexed herself she didn't know IT.
,hnoicaI stndsnt from Wisconsin made the pleasant
est sensible and quiet speech OF Ihe
heard upon the Suffrage platform that when tney 40
eome they serve to cloak multitude OF sins ID theory