Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-01-17

MRS. SARA J. SPENCER,
OF S ses 10 an
late election. The decision of the supreme
court of the District Of Columbia, given by
Judge Cartier, although not entirely decisive,
W as generally regarded as a great victory for
the advocates Of female suffrage The speaker
then gave a caustic review Of the decision Of
the District supreme court, reading from a
printed report the opinion OF each Of the Judges
which created much amusement in the audi
ence.
THE FIRES OF REVOLUTION
are burning brightly in many household where
the master" knows nothing about it. A hus-
band said to some ladies in presence Of his wife,
"My wife doesn't want to vote; she prefers to
the cradle" When he had gone the "iittie wife"
turned to her visitor and said, al do want
to vote, but 1 don't want to say SO before
my husband, for he would be very indignant if
50 revolution is in progress In that household +,
and the "master" knows nothing Of it.
WOMEN sNoTHERED WITHOUT KNOWING 1T.
There are women, without number, who are
being smOthered to death daily all over this
land of the free ard home of the brave; and
though they die and make sign, it hurts
morally and spiritually fettered and dwarfod
and strangled and smOthered as if they filed
the land with their cries. And IL doesn't help
the majority Of those who ntiict the injury acsn
ally believe they are protecting the women, and
are so sound asleep to the actual state of things,
that it seems as though nothing short of a moral
earthquake or q spiritual volcanic eruption
would arouse them. But, perhaps the women
themselves don't know that they are being
srnothered, and wouldn't breathe freely il they
could. Well, give them chance and see
Referring to the lack of laws for the protec-
ton of women, Mrs. Spencer said: There is no
law in this district to punish the highest crime
against w0manhoOd known in the calendar. The
crime Of seduction is no crime, according to the
laws that men have made, and a child NAV be
ruined soul and body, and the law offers few
to the mother, broken heart; to the child, the
dark, downward road to everlasting despair.
THE FIELD MUST BE OURS
in the end, for We have all the unseen powers of
womanhOod at work, and If we fail in one gem
GRAFTON. other and perhaps betterlo0king and
ADLER advocates than we will rise up to fight for
their rights. (Dr. Mary E. Walker here entered
hall applauded.] Mrs. Spencer proceeded to
remark that she had but little to say on the
Bible aspect Of the question. The opponents Of
EVE WAS MADE AFTER ADAM,
and consequently was his inferior, but it must
be remembered that the fishes were made before
Adam. The natural inference would therefore
be that Adam was superior to the fishes, and
that Eve was his superior. Mrs. Spencer closed
rights Of wOmanhoOd."
DIR. MARY WALKER AGAIN.
DIR. Mary Z. Walker then came forward, and
evidently intending to speak willy nilly, Miss
Anthony arose and introduced her to the au-
that ON account of her prominence as leader
in the woman suffrage movement, and other
great reforms, there was an apparent disposition
to ignore her. She felt sensitive this subject.
and proposed to be heard. She then went
to give her experience in London, where the
women blessed her for coming forward to aid
them. She said that the laws Of New York re-
quire challenged voter to swear that he he Is
a" male" citizen, and insinuated that Miss An
thOny and the other women who recently voted
in Rochester stultifed themselves by taking
this oath. She then detailed her attempt to
vote in Oswego, and said that when confronted
with this oath she saw at once that she could
not tage it. An attempt was made to crowd her
on the stake at the woman suffrage convention
last year, but she was gratified to notice the at
tentiOn with which the few remarks she did
make were received. She had talked to large
audiences, to intelligent audiences, and had
not propose to keep silence in the face Of the
this stage. .'. s-r's.
Do6ToR MARY's DOSE uNpALArABLH
She was Ostracised because she had proposed
tlings which no one else had ever thought Of,
and for this she must be showed aside. Jap
plause and Misses Because DIR. Mary +.
done; because she wears a medal given Der by
Congress, which no other woman wears or ever
obtained, she must be ostracised! Applause
and more Kisses. "Yes," said the Doctor, "as
much ~ 1 have done for the cause OF woman
Suffrage, and / shall continue to work In the
same direction-even for you who Kissed. for
you need 1t more than anyone else" During
her speech she took occasion TO give Miss An,
thOny, Miss Stanton, and others frequent
'f1igs" She said the time was when the ladies
named, and also Lucy Stone, - :. r.
BELIEVED IN DRESS REFORM, e"
ahd wore apparel somewhat simiisr b herown,
bpt they were too cowardly to continue TO wear
il and fight it ont on that line, as she, the
speaker. had done. She; DR.. W., had been.ar-
aid comfortable costume, and the latter had
been put forward as pfetext for keeping her
OF the woman Suffrage PLATFORM She eavd n
long account of her services In the aHmv.and of
her suffering on different occcsiops, for a prin-
ctple, and closed with an eulogium on the late
Horace Greeley, which was received with ap
- pocTon MARY's COSTUME. 49,.
THE doctor was dressed in her usual style. aud
wore q blue black coat, and pants Of the same
COLOR She had on q substantial pair Of CATERS
ctrls. She spoke with considerable earnestness;
apd the occasional applause. which she received
seemed to inspirit her and encourage her to con-
tmue her remarks, which lasted about an hour
SENSIBLE SUSAN. ~ ~ =.
The audience seemed to feel that Miss Antho-
ny would deem it her duty % SAY something In
refutation or explanation of the Doctors state
aents relative 20 her, but Miss A. arose apps7i
rfntly unruffled and unfn0ved by the little
doctors rhetoric, and quietly introlu ced Mrs.
Ilayfnia C. Duudore.- Of Baltimore, the next
speaker.
Mrs. ID. made q brief speech on The conditiro
Of the movement in Maryland. and said that
although il met with much opposition there
we're still I'm feNfy MarylanJs' a large naalber of
women who desire 10 vote, and that tie cause Is
daily gaining ground. - raB gEf~.t9,
WILL CONGRESS PROTECT THE WoNENc
Mrs. Belva A lockwood, OF this city, intro
duced the following resolution:
IL Resoired, That we the officers and members ofthe
National Woman Suffrage Association in convention
assembled, respectfully ask C,usress enact appro
pirate legislsien during it, present session. TO pro-
ret wonep citizens In the several states Of this
Union I'm their right to vote - ~ u q 81 ! .
Miss Anthony was about to put the question
70 the audience when directly DIR. Walker was
On her feet, saying: " Ladies and gentlemen,
there is already q bill pending before Congress-
in substance the same as the resolution lust
read, and, consequently, the latter is super
huous." 80 = ~ : 49, !
Mrs. LockwOod.-ssI don't care If there are
ten thousand bills and resolutions before Con-
gress to the same effect; what we want Is an
expression of opinion Nv this convention,
was unanimously adopted. q 4
Mr.. Edward X. Davis next made a short
speech, which was well received.
ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTIONS. . . =
Miss Anthony then read the resolutions offer
ed yesterday, and on putting each one to ivote
declared all Of them carried There were sew
Sral persons in the rear OF the hall who inyaria-
bly, voted .sn0;' but Miss Anthony was ALWAYS
ready with some witty ret0rt, which caused q
general roar in the audience. Subsequently,,
Miss Anthony made a few remarks relative to
ber case at Rochester, when the codye ntfon