The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-05-15
ruEeIlyER EEpB5.G ASSlvER-
aARY OF TIVE FEMALE sufFRA-
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eARY Of TIVE FEMALE sUfFRs-
GlsTS:
I From tie 10. hester Express
IL Appolo Hall, New York, on Tuesday
' ,s., u,ny of the aciise members Of the
Woman Suffrage movement celebrated the
twenty f Ii anniversary Of tat enterprise.
O., the platform we're seated Ms. Lucreiia
Mott. her -isrer, Mrs. Wright, Mrs. Cady
6 anton, Mrs. ID. l.. Blake, Mrs. Jo~elyn
Gage, Mrs. L. &. Chandler, and several
/ other ladies.
Miss Anthony, Of 4 ,chs-.er, occupied the
chair. Miss An;hony's attire a. thus der
cribed by writer who evidently is familiar
with silks, fiounces, etc: She was fashior-
,bly arrived" We are told, in black gross
yrs;, silk with Hounce overdress foufiant
and trimmed with threadlace, Doiman cloak
trimmed with beaded gimp, choice lace at
the throat, aud = stylish bonnet"
TIE rsmarks If Mr-. Stanton were, AZ
usual. ttron. aud aggressive. She evidently
/, inclined t. curry The war into Aries. She
s.i|
l.; women assist Themselves no~ a. they
have, i,yr. resisted themselves before. Let
tn.f.. e. c.re Of their own interests. They
have ton long let their benevolent instinct
work ward the Church and men; let them
ro.e It'd toIhein-elye.. Let the churches
ai,cc; lon'l carpet ciurches; don't have
i.ir. Ia 4. Ct; them with painted Window;
don. give yuur ministers donation parties;
,au- ali your energies int earnest work for
ven owsi .n,arciration. Make 4 socisl rev
u.r-is.r AIRY the war, il need be, into
s,s, families; let the babies 90 without
l,:!.- ,:i.. iU-hird'- shirts without buttons,
ti,.. rome without care until the men give
m hen tney lind their comfort depend.
., allowing u the ballot, they will wheel
81, max. III give IL US. Women have too
l,,,.. ppii,i.rci and begged of mef; lie; them
nov make reis- AID carry The war into their
o.n !,Gmr5
to * up = paper the other day in which
were r.Iptlei 4 wo;asns meeting and
, usgroe-' meeting The women's meei-
iry was riticulei aud sneered at; the ne
rr1es' maeiin. WIS treated with respect.
Whv2 The negro il no longer chattel, but
political power ard the woman remains as
she WA
/, was with pain that yester-
.,:y she read an editorial in that paper lthe
WogIi} cun9eIning the eiopement Of Vest
e,n wornan with a man who was not her
husband. Ste had burned with indignation
wien she read il. She knew that womsn
tor a noble, long suffering, good woman.
She had suffered lonp, had ,oi'ed hard to
Support a great, lazy, legal husband, and
had received not love and kindness in
r,iurr. but unkindness, contumely, and
wr.,eileiness in her daily life. Without
KNOWN. anything Of the temptations that
led, and the wrongs that led this woman to
escape her wrongs, and accept what she
thought wss loving protection, the Word
ard all the press hound the woman from one
end Of the United States 10 the other. But
wbe:. = na,el man ia charged with equally
hericu- crimes, the press il siient-a dumb
deg ti:at opens not his mouth.
The "a. ~ entertaining address OF the occa-
sion. ho~ey.r, WA that of Miss Anthony,
detailing her experience in Rochester as a
i.rnaie voter As matter of local interest
We give il in full:
Mis- Anthony then took the stand, and
gave an account of her prosecution for cast
ing Vote The place at which she register
ed Cor dropping that precious bit OF paper
after the fashion of an Eighth avenue polling
booth. AMI barbar shop at that. She had
s,ne sharp arguments with the enlightened
American citizen who oficiated at the regis
try, and being led 10 suppose that her regis
try would be ignored, che propO ed to have 4
hold on the Inspectors, and siraightway went
IN a LAWYER for COUNSEL. She found not a
rsrs avis Of his kind, but lawyer of the old.
old sort. Gle sand: why, Miss Anthony,
you snow that you know nothing at all OF
law. Yuu should pay down a round re-
tanning Ice, and then you are right" Five
women registered in the Eighth Ward OF the
CITY of Rochester, and By their example fly
other voters were melted to vote in other
wards, though only fourteen out of the whole
vo.ed When election dav came, fearful OF
insult, they wen, earlv and found no difficult
~ in putting their ballots through the broken
,ape The inspector said, Miss ANTHONY,
ven are challenged. are you ready TO swear?'
..Yes." raid i, and l forgot my Quakerism
and kissed the Bible. do you swear yen
are a citizeny' &c. and swore the papers
mad. me swear was a male citizen; then
they made swear that had neithes brihed
ror taken a brihe for this election; OF course
1 swore that There were $1,000 ftoa'irg
srou,.i il.at day. bu. No man was challenged
no maa sworn. The Quaker lady. Mrs. DE
Garn.o. who followed, WAS also challenged
She refused 10 swear, bnt ! will tell the
truth if that will answer" The whole party
voted, aud not an insuting word was spoken.
Ii was said that arrests would lie made, hut
dave passed and more were made. l began
to yet a lraia that they would not arres. me.
But finally Commissioner Storrs, whose office
is in the Arcade, sent WORD fer me to call at
hi. Office. / sent word TO him that had no
q cisI Acquaintance with him and didn't wish
to call on him. II he wanted see me on
official business he must come and see me-
Then yourg man in beaver hat and kid
gloves (ra;d for hy taxes gathered from
| women, came 10 see me. He sat doUn.
He said il was pleasant weather. He hem
med and hawed and finally said Mr.. Storrs
wan.ed 10 see me- at the Arcade. "What
for?" | asked. ITO arrest yon." said he.
sIs that the way you arrest menu "NO."
Then demand that should be arrested
properly" Nv sister desiring TO 60 with
me, he proposed that he should go ahead
, and follow with her. Thi. i refused, and
he had to go with me. In the car he took
ont his pockethook 10 paw fare. ! asked him
il he did that in his official capacity. He
said yes; he was obliged to pay the fare Of
any criminal he arrested. That vas the frst
cents worth ever had from Uncle Sam. A
more wil.ed looking officer of the Law can
no, be imagined than he. And Mr.. Storrs
vas not less out of his element. Miss An
thony read the section of the Constitution
upon which she is arraigned for illegal vot-
ing, and argued that she had not even viola.
ted that.
The Aachison Bridge.
From the Seneca Nonplreii.
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