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party could euccocd unloBs It had for It tho la-
borera and tho women. Bho wont with Tint

thony" several times, 1e was callod to order.
A Indy in black wont to Mr.. Reynolds md re-
yoa; Nj. Roynolds said IL % would stop, fdFoas
h1r. Reynolds wanted to SAY ono word more.
Tho big nun said h1r. Reynolds was not q gon-
NIr. Reynolds said l,c had boon ill.uhed before,
THO Secretary handod him back his shell.
Mr.. Reynolds Haid he had boon ltseol, chokcd
on and troat9d " ropofttofs H. s stood So n1p
rod bandaua which ho took from Ills hat, he
loft the room.
Alru. oynthin LEONARD wanted provision mado
for lcmalo sosrohera e., Of a,nngE5efs shoplf.era;
on tho Chicago police, to do what mon woro now
doing. Some Of tho police wore In favor Of tho
change.
i man said tho neeting had alroady o1prcgscd
itsn!t against special legislation.
Tho Nominating Committee recommending
Mrs. Tornando Jones' 10 e1ettnd President Mrs.
O.: Leonayd,- Recording. Secretary; Mra. 8.
4oomis, CORRESPONDING Secretary, aud Mrs. ~: -:
Of Vioo rrusdentB and meulbetg OF tho Exocu-
tive Committee. Among tho lattor Ia tho Hon.
Arthur Dixon.
Tho renort was ndopted.
AlrB. Leonard resigned, as did Mrs. Dradwen.
MiHs Anthony then mado hor argument, to
provo tho legality OF her recent vota in Now
York. Bho stood indicted Tor having cnst III
gAye bribest registered falsely, md otl,ors Of
that clasH Tho aamo Grand Jury acted on Ill.
While they found promptly bill ngaiuat her
! and tho other Rochester women, they were un-
Bllo intended to provo tho right to yoto was IN
horont, and 1t was also constitutional right.
neutrality-suspicious. government was based
nr n trnr s{nh Hf,o IN
dofend them. Governments, said the Doc1ara-
ration Of Independence; wero erontcd to aceure
| certain innllcnable rights, and 1t also said all
fhe governed. Pint showed tho right. Of lilo
whole people to vote. Yet ono-hnlf tho
people had no voioo In law-making.
! No lnatter how much ". women wore disaatisae4
tho intent Of tho fathora waa not carried out.
! Tho preamble Of tho Constitution aaid "Wo
tho pooplo"' mNdo t, to secure liberty to the
aa % esp gys 81 mado e. Hsa ana echns n1
| to Eay women enjoyed liberty while without the
means OF securing 1t. The articles Of the Cou-
| federation provided tho FREQ citiEens OF ono
aato sha epoy M the" the zghta 95 9tGr
President Madison, and others, on the quegtion
of equal suffrage, roafirmed by Thuddous stov-
| Gus, Il. Grntz Brown, Charles Summer, OTTO. .TLo
WAS with Ill tho othor State Constitutions.
| Since tho Federal Constitution did not dsfran-
chiso women, New York could get no power
| been conyictod Of any infamous crime. Prcca-
| dent and projudico alono kopt women from vot-
ing. During hnr trial the JudgoB sat ilse blooka
! Of marble, aud would simply answer her after
provision relative to tho election Of membere of
tho House OF Representatives did not give tho
states power to disfranchiao any ono. She
quoted various PASSAGES from Senator Summers
INT, e..
mon, which he had told her Nero applicable 10
the! question now under consideration: It was
urgod TINT tho words A." Tho, /" "his, !" and "lin1,"
in tho varioup Constitution, ,refe1rcd only tomen,
| consistent, and not tax womon. Bfauz.sh"! y |
womon would resolve not to. .aptnit to taxation !
until they, wero .erit!ed to vote. [ApriaNao.l
70 fease it hsr ssns soor o
craAad ah,t down on ta1-paysng until they wore
| represented Women had to receive such wages
and pay Rnch ta1eB ~ men chose to impose On
vino for Aldermen. It WAS time for Ill women
who owned real eatato to refune to pay, aud then
| thomon would como to thelr sonaea. 1t was
tho u'asculine personal pEonoun was uaed3
,ss was tt tried. d. spoke only Of "ho;" SIss
sho was citizen Of the United statos, otc. slo
told about her experience at tho polls md px-
pressed her surprise that everything was SO quiet
tAofe, contrary to the stetemonts mon gonerany
made. Women, who voted o. NJ hours were
treated With Eroat respect. Womon wee also
boforo jury Of mon, some of them ignorant,
Supreme Court had settled, howevoh TINT tho
masculine pronoun applied to womc1 as yell as
mon, by decision mado in an Ores9n land caHo.
Since women m we're "peraona," y tho Federal
MINIS ainishinPg Pa's thor T rshts aS se1oral mebers @
Of the ponnsylyania Constitutional Convention
favored striking out the word male" since
left in. II women were "personB," which fow
for "person" ana & citizen" meant tho Same |
All decsir1s beforo tho war went to show that
: citizfus woro voters, but tho Thirteenth Amend-
meat maao slayes free, and properly persons,
Fitting tho Republican party in delicate POSI-
citizcn roally mcant nothing, and that black !
oitizen waa not voter. It was temporary und |
9 partisan dectaion, and i 1t was the Inv, Poo
plo might as we'll be British subjects or Russian
sorts. It vas disgraoeful IN hoaars, Bingham |
30: many Of whom wore equal to
them in every respect. It Was claimed by tho |
section Of the Fourteenth Amendmont settlod |
the matter, but sho donied that 1t allowed the !
States to dlsftanchise women. There would DO |
no harmony IN tho nation till Il was decided that
foI4D5 TAo u lAuuAAollLh1 IlEuE WHICH EQuln Do ]
in no vay denied or abridged. II aho could not
prove 1t my other way, she would provo that +
women wore included under the words "pro-
vlollH condition Of sorvitude," women having
baon, and many still boing, iu state Of slavery,
especially married ones. Tho house would have
been paokod that evening but for the fact TINT
Womon Wero dependent on thoir husbands for
money, and the husbands had not let them hayo
% cents. Tho Laws woro oruolly lolicicnt,
since women could not Rue for alandor
llnlcas tho huebaud Joined. Bho dwelt tor ao1no
time upon tho defective state Of tho laws in re-
gard to women, which brought them under tho
definition Of "preyoua condition Of Beryltudo."
She concluded BY asking women to believe thoy
were United Stases cfizonB. They must tako
their rights. She had takon lola, and was
charged will crimo, but intended TO prove 1t was
mono.
Several ladies started to leave.
Mics Anthony called them bnolr to take Bharos
In tho woniau'a national newspaper.
Mrs. Jones' did not believe any city had Is many
generous as,, hgAeans as Chicago, or WHO
cents. Ilb Amnl1nhaH cf In o,,d3 |