, 1874-06-01
An Active Canvass on tho Part Of
tho SuGragfsts.
Probable Dcfcnt Of tho Constitu-
tiOnal Amcntllncnt.
Correspondence Of Tho Chicago TRIBUNE.

frlonds OF won,an.sufrrago. In fact, 1nauy pctt-
tlons, n1lnorously signed, had boon presented to
both tho Senate aud House, apltlng TINT women
Ghouid ho allowcd to vote. Tho moro fact that
petitions wero presented. however, proved moth
ing; for tho aamo thing had boon dono Mt
Rororal sessions, ind votos lad often boen
taken In oach House,-tLo measure always fall
Ing to rccoivo tho requisite majority. lilo pro-
sontation OF tho petitions, therefore, was looked
upon as but tho beginning Of tho routine to
which wo Ind bocomo accustomed, which was to
end, as usual. in tho rejection Of Tho proposition.
Tho friends Of tho moyemont, howovor, seom
to have understood, botter than tho rost Of us,
the material OF which tho Legislature was conf
posed, ansl know tlat thoir request would DO
granted.
sinco tho voto submitting tho amendment, itn
friends have been
ACTIVELY PREPARING FOR TIE CAMPAIGN.
They arc, In fact, the only movers III tho mat
tor. and thoy will romain 80, from present
Appearances, to tho end Of tho ohaptor.
except at tho polls; tho atump-spenkiag, pa'n-
tpg ali done by those who arc seeking what they
call tho "cnrranchiscsnont Of womon."
Tho annual fnogting Of the Wonan-SyIrnGo
Association Of tho stato waa turned into Con-
vantion to decide upon plan for tho cnmpa,gn.
Its proceedings layo already been fully report
cd, and il IL sufficient to say that the delegates
were quito remarkable for rospcctnbility mud i'll
tcll!gonco. though ono might vol DO par
toned for refusing to believe them tho
tral,acendcntly ab1o mon . md women
sono enthusiastic fresh from their dolibora-
tions, assorted thom to DO. Besides attending
to tho orilinury work Of Buoh Convention, Its
members, In m outbirat Of entLusinen, sub
Hcribcd $4,000 for campaign purposes. Tho
Executive Committeo intend rais,ng, In add;
supply sufficient funds for tho campaign.
It il tito intention to
FLOW THE STATE WITH EMINENT SPEAKERS,
and Mrs. Stanton has already commenced q
aerica OF lectures. She is expected to bo fol-
lowed by George William Clnrtis. N1rs. Lucy
Stone. COL r. W. ulEgluaon Mrs. Livormore,
Nlrs, OLYMPIA Brown, and host Of othors. Mrs
Stanton III making hor old gpocoh and is not. il
ono may 1udgo from criticisms Of tho profa,
knding much cnthlGiasu,. Even among tho
friends Of tho movement, there is a feeling Of
hostility apainst her md tho I.n,asug Kcpit1li-
can-ono Of tho lending woman-sufrugs jour
nals III tho 6tato-has denounced her for
what It terms hcr misBtatomcnts, and
ndyires her that. II Bho Leops on In
tho couraoin which she Inns begun H1o will do the
cause more harm than good, and, if ale cannot
tell tue TRUTH she lad better loayo the Btato.
This is protty plain talking from party.pnper,
but Giyo tho plrport Of tle Language OF tho
Republican, and tho language iteolf as nearly M
/ can remembnr. One Of tho smsstatemouts"
is, that 100000 has been spont for tho cdu-
cation Of boye in tho State OF New York, and
only 81 900, GOO for girls Airs. Stanton denies
that sho ever matle any such statement; but tho
Republican returned to the charge last woo1z, and
verified itB position by report OF hor speech,
which nnrporte to bc verbatim. Or course,
mere fnct that it IL made and persisted in by SO
leading an advocate OF woman suffrage Ms tho
Republican, will give 1t oil tho force OF truth.
Tho sa'no paper charges Mrs, Stanton with lny-
Ing accused the press Of treating the cause with
ridicnlo. whereas the largo minority Of tho
papers Of the Stato Which laVo said anything at
all Oh the subject have declared in favor Of tho
movement. Mro. Stanton rms expected to speak
at Albion. 4 large number of tho leading men
of The place, notably those connected with tho
college, aro in favor OF woman suffrage but 60
oppoHet wcro tlloy to Mrs. Santons method OF
troa ting tho question, that they refused to havc
ANYTHING to d. towards making preparations for
n meeting, and her engagement had to be cali
oead.
But tho gravcst criticism have soon has been
nnatle by tho opponents o. tho Cause. It ia, that
Mrs. Stanton entirely ignores tho condition Of
hor arguments on l.or condition III other stntcs
alld under Tic co,nlno,, Inv, This, Of course. ia
not only unjuBt, but exceedingly unwise, for tho
laws Of Michigan arc Buch that women
HAVE ALL THE 14tIy1ixoEs
thoy can possibly nsl, except that OF voting,
they eau hold proportv in thor own nnma5
keep their earnings, md carry on busnce5.
Moreover they can recclyo a very thorough
oducution at tho oxpenHo Of hostate'-a,. educa-
tion which nlny be not only that OF tue common
nnl hiyh schools, but that Of tho University ami
professional schools AZ we'll, They 1nuy 1.ot onjy
carry on auy business. but NAV enter any nrofca
siou they nay choose; and, in short. NAV
compete with naa,. in ali tho fields wL;n1, nro
usually deomcd exclusiyely his own. NirH
Stanton Is greatly mistaken il sic s,lpposee aho
can wiz friends for her cat.ao, in th|s state, by
otating Our law to bo tyrannical and unjust to
The Naiio,, iu Il recent article. gays tlat tho
question will bo thoroughly considered by our
people. That it will DO considered by many
there is no doubt but it will In publfrlv tlia-
cussca
NJ nut ONE srpE,
and experience forces most who llnow anything
OF the subject and itu history to tho conclusion
tint that discussion will 10 neither very fair no.
very wise. We expect to hear tho old stock ar-
gumentH, mud great deal about tho u subjcc-
t[On of WODnun md tl,o nror,rora nooG II