The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-02-05
FROM WASHINGTON.
Proceedings of the National
WOman's Suffrage ASsO-
citation.
WASHINGTON. DC IAN. "a Is

eO IN LlncOln dall, on the lotn lnst., VIII
Susan 3. Anthony, Its efficient presiding
officer, in the Chair, and was held through
Thursday and Friday.
Letters from prominent persons in differ
ent parts of the country were read. Mrs.
Stanton read one from Irs. Paulina Wright
Davis, a veteran worker 10 the cause, which
had a peculiar pathos, fiom the fact that II
was written from what will doubtless prove
her death-bed. 1t was dated "Oa the Way
the Summer-Land. Mrs. Stanton states
that this letter would probably be the last
one that Mrs. Davis would ever address to a
Convention. She has lately returned from
two years trip in Europe, where she went
in search of health, but 10. finding it, has
returned to die.
Mrs. Ernesline L. Rose also sent letter
of sympathy and good thoughts. She, too,
has recently retained from Europe, and in
feeble healthier, rather in no health, for
that much-used expression Is without mean
ing-health cannot be feeble.
Col. Higginson, Gerritt Smith, and Vice
President Wilson also sent a good word.
Gerritt Smith, in addition 10 his good word,
sent something more substaniisi-a contri.
button to help pay expenses. In his letter
he asked If State was ever heard of in which
women bear rule, and women only: and
pointed to the great injustice that would thus
be done 10 men; and also to the still greater
insult added to injury, if, should men COM
plain of being thus excluded from govern
men,, women shonld apply to the measure
ment OF mans rights the yard-stick Of wom-
an-made constitution. This presents point.
e,lly the wrong done to woman. Eenj. F
Butler cent in word also, that he stands
''strongly committed to the legality and
justice of giving woman the ballot" The
Hon. E. ]. Lapham, of New York, in a
letter to the Convention, said that no man
could be induced by the offer of kingdom
to sell his right to rote, though he might al
any election sell his vote for dram.
Miss Anthony read memorial to Con-
gress praying for no taxation without repre-
sent ition-asking that Congress pass law
exemp,ing women from taxation as long al
they are unrepresented in national councils
Mrs. Hooker, Stanton and others signed this
memorial.
Mrs. Sara ]. Spencer read petition 10
Congress for woman outrage in the District
of Columbia. This petition ia a good one,
for Congress having supreme control over
this District, no distracting side issues oil
State Rights can be brought in. Mrs
Spencer made logical speech in favor OF
the petition. Mrs. Stanton also spoke, with
good effect, az she always does; and Mrs
Gage and Blake spoke logically, a. we'll.
The morning session WAS concluie led by a
little speech from Mr.. Davis, of Philadel-
phia, SON. in-law OF Lucretia Mott.
At the opening Of the afternoon session,
Miss Anthony read letter from Mr.. Fran
els Miller, counsel in the Spencer trial now
pending in the Supreme Court. Miss A.
then spOke strongly in favor of Mrs. Spen-
GERS petition to Congress, and was followed
by Mrs. Spencer, vino spoke on Education. "
Ii was good speech, with many elective
points.
Mrs. Blake related an anecdot. Of a girl
who applied for admission TO Ann Arbor
University. She was given TO translate
from the Greek this sentence from Anti
gone: "Seeipg then that we are women,
ought we not to be modest and not try to
compete with menu Alter taking the high
EFT honors and coming ahead of every one OF
her male competitors in the class, she wrote
a Greek composition and introduced this
sentence; ">eeing then that We are men,
ought we not TO be ashamed that We have
been vanquished by women
Mrs. San;on thought it pretty clear
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