New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-11
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.



| VICTORIA C. Woodruff AND FREDERICK DOUG
LASS NOMINATED FOR THE PRESIDENCY AND
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF CONFUSION.
About 300 members of the Woodruff wing of
| the National Woman Suffrage Association assembled
yesterday morning at Apollo Hail. under the style OF the
Convention OF National Radical Reformers" Over the
rostrum hung two blue silk banners bearing in gilt let
tiers the texts:
What lack yeti Jesus ssd unto him sell all thou hast and give
Neither said any possessed own. bu, hsy had all
l things common-Aes w.. -
From tho gallery hung red banners, with the following
inscriptions in white letters:
Government Protection and Provision from the Cradle 10 the Crave
The Unemployed Demand Work o. Government
Sos our C cds s1G SS Roa
Fen Law. ssS M 1EsG Submitted 70 he People
Public Employment Remedy Tor snh sn rho. q, N. Living
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party and candidates for President and
The exercises were opened by the singing OF Hail
Columbia" after which G. W. Maddox OF Maine was
elected temporary President and Mrs Sarah A. Burton
of NewYork and Mrs. Todd Of Lynn temporary Secre-
taries After the appointment OF Committee on Per
manent Organization, q frivolous ana tedious us
ousson irrelevant topics and Parliamentary law arose.
and lasted until the Committee returned and reported
the nomination OF the following officers
PresidenJ D. Reyme New York ycePresidens-Anns M Ma
yus bsndcrs Indiana John NJ sPe. California secEst.Iis.
George Allen NewYOrk Harriet Burton, Kentucky Treasurer
President Reymert briefly addressed the meeting on
the subject OF their party which one Of prnc
PIES Mrs. Socum desired for mothers to protect
their children Henry Beeney, an old Land Reformer,
to that Convention TO assist in bringing the name OF
Horace Greeley prominently before It, and the effort
crowned with He had also gone there TO
uphold Woman Suffrage, and he glad to upon the
Cincinnati Convention platform two women occupying
seats and regretted that they not admitted del
egates He regarded Horace Greeley the most prom
nent reformer likely to reach the Presidential chair II
Guf haHh oil a do
in the Convention, it would have been of advantage to
the cause Eight young men representing Free Trade
made the effort and secured representation ON dele
Col Blood then read the platform Of the new party
DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES.
We siop. As platform the following propOdtiOns
important function, Of The Of vns1 States and that
perfect harmony present wants interests
That the world has advanced so much the l.s, century that the
theories which the present Constitution Of the United states and Of the
several States stse are in many instances far behind present
That there should be national Of civil and commercial
uniform throughout the county, the same be administered BY uni
That ali legislation should be submitted to and approved
|, by the peope-the rctsrendrmbefore becoming laws
That all monopoes should he abolished and all charters revoked
and OF the people should all public
Pse 70, ss Ds ., 's So ~ he man1d for N. 0h ma.
produce that will pay the cost of construction
the belongs the whole people and .hoH be made
no other dpg the Government public
That there should be but money currency
public credit should m basis and the national faith It's v,ue
freely and that payment o its use or obearaDoe should 10
TO- Tha, the system Of should be direct and BY graduated
ascending With the increase Of Individual fortune and equal in all
Rsn S tsp sS.e,i G he
IL should he unrestricted exchange Of al productions and
Commodities nations and individuals without regard to distance
That war. are public pers abolished by
there should be jus, public laws regulate labor and e'tab
nsh Uniform compensation for che sane -, -, ,,u,
H. That there soud be uniform ana general system m p1Se I'M
Government and that the 1oyeLnnt hou9 employ IN s9S
is Tbs. the duty othe Government guarantee employment
all unemployed upon equitable principles OF time and compensa
uo + That Capital Punishment should be abolished
IT, That protection Of society against crime should be wholly upon the
s That there extended public facilities for imms
dae Interchange between producer aud consumer 49,. . A.
all the mineral aud SateTcourses belong to the
20 that should be perfect and EXPRESSION Of opinion
on political subjects by al citizens Of all easses sexes and cOad
a. That mnones well msiohes should have representation
r. thai the destiny Government extend its supremacy
over the and that universal Government for all
the PeGp es at we form ourselves into district political or
the Of the Equal Right: party and declare Our
the for the promotion of the general good
The meeting thereupon adjourned until p. m. Upon
reassembling Victoria c. Woodruff addressed the Con-
vention and said that from would go revolution that
would sweep the whole world AT the OF her address
of EGua Rights TO the breeze and required stand
ardbearer who would support t properly IN the contest
so well entitled to the honor as Victoria C. Woodruff OF
NevV.York who had so uobiy champoned their cause.
He therefore moved that Victoria C. Woodruff be nom
mated by reclamation for the Presidency VI the United
4 States. 49,. ,. ,
Almost ali sprang feet and cheers. shouts and
roars of laughter shook the building, the more enths
astic waving hats, handkerchefs, shawls, and othcr
articles Mr. Wolf objected but was speedily 0verruled
the nomination was put to the Convention and carried,
and the extraordinary of wild enthusiasm was re-
peated Mrs. Woodruff being called for thanked the
meeting the honor they had conferred upon her al
yered TO her suffrage career said she felt that she must
indeed have hearts be greeted with such recep
ton by promising TO merit their commence
Moses Hull atulatod the meeting upon tner Sc
lection and nominated "that true friend OF human lid
| erty Frederick Douglass" for the Vice Presidency
| Confusion again prevailed, ana Wnen Oiuer was re-
stored Mr. Latham exclaimed, "Alnt we going niue
| foo fast Amt enthusiastic than wise T. lie
was Instantly silenced with cries OF question ques-
non 7" but another indignant auditor, who appeared III
tensey disguised the turn affairs had TAKEN shouted,
81 move that nominate Spotted Tan Tor Vlcelresl-
dent as Indians had possession OF TINS country De
fore ihe negroes" Shrlcks OF laughter followed amd
which several other nominees named Tor the same
office the following being complete list III regular
| order: al, Mini.
Oven Gov Campbe Wyoming Wendell Phillips Theodore I1on'
INC Reper BENJAMIN F. Henry Ward Beecher -
Speecles in support OftDOugasS were made nearly an
agreeing that his election would be an honor 10 the
limited States, and he nominated UNANIMOUSLY: III
was resolved that Frederick Douglhss ueclheu
l The National Executive Committee be empowered TO
select another negro for the position Ater mueh as
cusson and great uprOar, tho assembly nastly au-
iourned I'm consequence Of hint that Contributions
would be received.
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