Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1872-06-26
WONAH'S RIGHTS.
mrs. Rrssts Lecture at Plstt's Hall,
San Rraneisco. and he New
which TSsk Place.

From the San FranciBco bullepn OF yestoroAy.J
At S o'clock last evening, the hour
for the opening Of the lecture, there
were In Platt's Hall fifteen men and
four women. The lecturer did not
make her appearance till twenty min
utes past 8, when the audience had ill.,
creased to twenty-nlne men and ten
women. The front seat WAS occupied
by tive women suffraglsts-Mrs. Pitts
Stevens, Mrs. Eggert, Mrs. LOOMS,
Mira. Olmstead and Mrs. Churchill.
THE SPEAKER.
Mrs. Frost Ia y woman Of about forty
years, fat, but not very fair. Her
style OF speaking is very deliberate,
rendering it an easy task for a reporter
to take all she says perfectly. She has
a full, feshy face, small eyes and black
hair, uses many gestures, and In man.
ner Is entirely sel~f-possessed.
THE EXoRDIUM.
Ladies and Gentlemsn-I heard, too
late, that my agent advertised my
great railroad speech for this evening.
I regret to be obliged to change the
programme, but as did not get here
In time to prepare myself with facts
so as to do that subject justice, l will
postpone 1t, and give you instead my
lecture In opposition to female SUI
frage. [ApplauSe.] It Is an old say
ing that there are two sides to every
story, one of which Is good until the
other Is heard. As you have often lis
tened to arguments OH behalf OF woman
suffrage, [ come as the opponent OF
that cause. Until recently we have
considered the question rs OF no im-
portance, rs not worthy Of notice, but
the time has come when 1t must be
fairly met aud weighed. Applause
from the front seat.l
DANCER or WOMAN sUFFRAGE.
have sought for the truth earnestly,
and after thorough examination | have
failed to find IL single thread on
which to suspend al argument. but on
the other hand 1 have found that the
subject Is fraught with untold misery
and degradation to the female sex;
that 1t threatens to destroy all our civil
institutions, aud l have therefore de-
termined to use what little talent l
possess In showing up its evils. shall
| give you no prepared discourse, but
shall speak In q plain, sober, unVar-
| nished style. There are three things
to which | shall call your attention
| this evening, OH which female suffrage
falls with destructive weight: First,
the homo circle; second, the church ;
third. the civil government. Let us
take a cursory glance mt woman In our
| country In her present condition, and
see if she Is the down-.rodden, poor,
ill-used creature these sutfragists pre-
tend.
APPLAUSE IN THE WRONG PLACE.
First, woman suffrage will aim a
| deadly blow at domestic Happiness ; 1t
will SOW the seeds Of discord In faml-
lies. Those who favor 1t give you
highly wrought pictures Of the wrongs
of women; tlioy tell you women can
have no rights cur without the right
| of suffrage on an equality with man.
They affirm that women without the
right of suffrage are slaves applause
from the front seat to the men en-
| tirely subservient to their will. Zap
plause.l This Idea Is not mine, but the
| advocates Of woman suffrage. lap
plsuss again, stamping and clapping
OF hands from the front seats, where
upon David Meeker requested the
ladies to keep STILL.
Mrs. Steyens-We have a right to
applaud.
j.. Burke Philllps-If you do not
stop your noise We'll put you out.
Mrs. Steyens-You'll have n good
time doing 1t.
Mr.. Meeker-You ought to be
ashamed of yourselves.
John Middleton.-So you had.
stamping, Kisses, laughter and con-
fusion. a lady on a back scat appealed
to the audience to let the ladies ex-
press their feelings. Her words were
not distingulshable In the confusion.
The speaker proceeded.
10 woman Is entrusted the greatest
Of all work, the mental and moral
training OF her children. Through her
children she speaks louder than she
could with ten thousand ballot boxes.
In my opinion tho ballot Is not ncces-
sary to cnable woman to exert her III
fluence. Woman's power has always
been great without tho ballot; her in
fluence was keenly felt when Adam
took the forbidden fruit. Laughter
rpoM PARADISE TO SAN FnANcIsco.
Here the speaker told about Adam
walking In the cool Of the garden, ETC.,
and from that briefly traced her career
through history, showing her power
aud influence over man In all walks OF
life. She then said that another reason
why the ballot Is asked, Is for their
protection. and told about the travels
Of Ada Pfeiffer, who visited all parts
of the world, and was never molested
except on one occasion, when the saw
ages wanted to eat her; "but," said
the speaker, when they saw how old
and scrswny she was, they let her
pass" (Laughter.] The speaker went
on to consider the labor question, and
asserted that woman would get no bet.
ter pay In consequence Of the ballot.
She spoke OF the laws Of California
concerning women; said the Suffrage
party Is composed Of the lowest class
of women ; that there are 10000 pros.
titutes In New York, and she did not
know how many in San Francisco.
Voice." Ask the men,"
ENFORCED VOTING.
The speaker contended that tho low
est class OF women only would vote,
and said a member Of the Legislature
had told her a law would be passed
compelllng GOOD women to vote. She
asked, why not compel good men to
vote now. IA voice." Why not?"]
mo" Mrs. Frost continued, "but
You must pass n law compelling vir-
| tuous, pure.minded women to come
into the smoking and drunkenness and
profanity of election day. Why not
take strychnine for the sake Of the
antidote 2" She then spoke OF shut
ting up groS shops BY the aid OF
women's votes, and said to give women
the right of suffrage would have the
opposite efEect. That the women
whose habit 1t Is to have their gentle
men callers treat, would not vote to
! shut up liquor shops. She spoke OF the
Bible. and of free-loye, and prostitu-
ton, ETC., running from n thing to
another In a very disconnected mali
ner. She concluded by saying that
the movement is dying out.
PROMISES FOR THIS EVENING.
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