, 1873-06-01
GOTHAM.
Decline Of the May Anniversa-
ries..
The Woman Suffrage Folks,
and Their Journals.


| adv.I ec+ttrers.. LOGAN and
~I
0ioeo N'oe''"ooo'
From, Our o1on Correspondent
NEW EoRk, May q, 1874
TEE MAY ASx1VERaAE1Es.
It used to be the custom for all the "isnz" "
and ologies " in tho country to send delegates
to New York every year in May, to celebrate thcir
respective anniversaries, and discuss such ques-
tionB a. they considered OF vital Importance to
their and the nations prosperity. During tho
holding Of these grand pow-~ows, tho doors OF
tho hospitable Knickerbockera we're thrown
open, and ali who came duly accredited, either
az participants OF observers, received q "a1m
and hearty welcome. The different. halls and
churches of the city we're crowded day after day
With people loyal to the doctrines advocated, or
attracted bJ the fame OF the speakers OF tho
the novelty OF the theories they ad-
vancod~ Tho ncWspapere, TOO, Vlod
with each other in giving ex-
tanded reports Of the sayings and dolngs OF tho
distinguished strangers ; for, rs they we're gen
e1a11y representative men and women Of the
different organizations, their speeches "e1o OF
the most pesti1ent and lncendiary character, az
we'll - Of the mildest and most conservative
trpe. and we're eagerly sought after by all class
a. Bnt onr tastaa and habits change. Tbs
%" ous oui taa.en 0no 4-au4'e -.@.o' e,o ~
"aJb o1 our 1atnale a1e nos JUL "A1e- Ana
things that interested them possess no attrac~
tions for US. And the May anniversaries are be-
coming rapidly obsolete. Those who attend
tnem arc Poi"'s'eo ~ ~ 4A'
their hotelA and boafding-houseS. ino
general public cares nothing about
them, and tho newspapers disposs
of them in few brief paragraphs, which ii. :t
Average reader scarcely notices. Inns 5oar Ina
ripple made upon the social current OF NeH 1orA
by the influx Of anniversary delegates WEE 60
siipht "a not to be- nerceptih1e. Even those gal
snns ~ nos " ~ a;.4a-o1;. - 49, h.,1ot
iant comoatanta 1oF c'tl1ensllp nno -ao o141'''
TEE wohAs-suFFRaaE FOLKS,
failed to hold their annual Conventions To ba
snro. sne.n r Anthony. and few Of the ire
$50 -. 49, oo,s;d.r,h1a atoct n her
presaloles VINO tahe cons'oe,aole s'oeA = He4,
hAd snAu meet1ne ri APouo ao11 oae o4'1, 04o
adopted series of resolutions denounclns Grant
and the Republican party for having deceived
eo4 ~ D"' W. -.
tho aolese men ana women Oh tne causo' ~.
some reason failed to favor us Win 3 71s11' anu
when looked in on the handful OF ta1no and
.n;r;t1ess d.mscls gathered about Susan, and
compared them With tho earnest, hopeful GroWa9
that thronged the platforms At both Apollo ano
steinway three years ago, when the TWO wings
we're holding conventions as th9 same % s1Eas s,;i
faed to Eeaze that any 9ha n,oge19 aau
movement: At that time A9n1X m Ma5a beeeher, @
ae95Es w1's 3na WI Hoxe &raee dfeoa
L. 1 ELY 9o1,a ~ otbeT. afmoet a. d;stin
galshed made aoie ana e44qae9; spsocW1Ts Waod :.
5tein"1Y Tnne a. npon1 W,;ash,h ~. Gad- 49,.
hull Iheodoro 1n1on: nnzaoe.n n oaa5 e.su. s.er.
ton snsan -: Antnoo{, {,,a no .aeth oe';e -
OF leeser nsntss 1om ~ t1ttI xaM ,,ti
os1nea1 49, .,5a ~ nnrosnc Iha 1iherai
"u8e o.ioea 4aA@40 - 81, offo4 ffE~o4;e-
Pienson xso ho3 Fought H b1avs9
prominent ta1h9$ OF Writing woman In tne conn u.
snd ite i nvSi be they 50 Completely
hausted themselves 6y tnelr euotis: ana a1o 80
dos foT Sa7Eps snee % hs a1eetion, sone 5seE
On them, that their ardor 1or me en5rancntGe- ~
csae 6s. na mada headnsy I asy these eofans
no 6TlutuE6oA VI 1uo Aa1t ~ al A1AH4 o<9 W "~1-.