The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-12-11
AMERICAN WOMAN SUFFRAGE AS
ISOLATION.

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Michigan, on the 18th and 18th of Octo-
Der.
Delegates, in person or by proxy, were
present from nearly every State and Ter
ritory in the Union.
The annual address, by the President,
Julia Ward Howe, and the report OF
Lucy Stone, Chairman of the Execu-
tive Committee, are able papers which
we should lie pleased to present to ouI
readers entire, If space permitted.
Letters were read from Gov. Campbell
and Justice Kingman, of Wyoming
Bishop Haven of Iowa, Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps of Massachusetts, Hon. S. C..
Chamberlain of South Carolina, Geo.
William Curtis of New York, Hon. c.
w. Willard of Vermont, Hon. Geo. w.
Julian of Indiana, Hon. ]. H. Young OF
Ohio, Elizabeth c. Lowering of New
Hampshire, John Ritchie of Kansas,
Rebecca w. Hazard of Missouri, Mrs.
G. A. Coburn of Oregon, Mrs. Mary F.
Snow, Mrs. Mary ]. Collins and Mrs.
Maria H. Waldon Of California, Louise
V. Boyd of Indiana, and many others.
Reports of Associations presented by
delegates in person were given from
Ohio, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania,
New York, Michigan, Rhode Island, In
diana and Maine.
Following are the resolutions adopted:
| !. Resolved, That the primary object
of our Association is to secure the ballot
for woman, while its general aim is to
establish equality of rights between man
and woman in all the relations of life.
p ReSOlved, That this equality i'm
plies the same laws for husband and
wife, for father and mother, for widOwer
and widow, also equal educational and
industrial opportunities, and equal pay
| for equal work.
! WHEREAS, Women as a class have
special interests to protect, and special
wrongs to remedy, and special feminine
characteristics in which they differ from
men; therefore,
! 3. ResOlUed, That a government OF
men alone is neither Republican not
/ Representative, but an aristocracy oil
sex, inconsistent alike with the highest
welfare of man, of woman, and Of so
ciety.
4. Resolved, That one-halfof the adult
population of the United States, who are
legally entitled to hold property, who
are assessed for taxes and punishable fol
crime, and whose interest in the Com.
mOnwealth is in no respect less thar
that of the other half, should not be de.
prived of an equal voice IN the Govern
| ment.
ResolUed, That our thanks are due
I a.
tors who, at the late session of Congress
voted and paired in favor of Woman
Suffrage in the Territory of Pembina
and we rejoice at the submission oi
Woman Suffrage 10 the people by the
Legislatures of Michigan and Iowa, rs
acts of enlightened craftsmanship,
which cannot fail, whatever may he the
( immediate result, to hasten the day OF
wOman's enfran0hisemept.
ResOlUed, That the recent endorse
ment Of Woman Suffrage by the MethO-
dist Convention of Michigan, by the
| Conferences of Iowa, and by various
other religious bodies of these and other
| States, is evidence that the value of
wOmans work in the churches begins to
be recognized, and in view of the fact
that thFee-fourths of American church
/ members are women, we cordially in
] VIC NAlS hAn va Vi dil uelOnll-
nations in securing woman's enfran-
chisement.
Resolred, That the recognition of the
| right of women to vote and hold Office.
/ by the Patrons of Husbandry i'm their
Oranges, by the SOvereigns of Industry
in their Councils, and by the Good Tenn
| plars in their Lodges, entities us to re-
gard these societies as practical auxil-
/ iaries OF the Woman Suffrage Move
ment.
ReSOlued, That we protest against the
appropriation by Congress or by State
/ Legislatures of one dollar of the public
money, which is paid in part by women
who are taxed without consent, for the
purpose of celebrating the Centennial
anniversary of political independence
in which women are not allowed to par
ticipate.
The list Of officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows:
President - Bishop Gilbert Haven,
d. d.
Vice-Presidents at Large-T. w. Hig-
ginson, Rhode. Island; Julia Ward
Howe; Hon. Henry Wilson, Washing
ton, ID. c. Mary a. Livermore Hon.
Geo. VIM. Curtis, New York; Mrs.
George ID. Hall, Missouri William
Lloyd Garrison; Hon. A. A. Sargent,
California.
Chairman of Executive Committee
Lucy Stone, Massachusetts.
Foreign Correspondent Secretary
Kate n. Doggett, Illinois.
Corresponding Secretary-Henry b.
Blackwell.
Recording Secretaries-W. n. Hud-
son, Michigan; and Lizzia b. Read,
Iowa.
Treasurer-John X. Wildman, Penn
sylvania.
Viee-Presidents ex-officio- BENJAMIN
Kingsbury, Jr., Maine; Armenia S.
White, New Hampshire; Hon. c. w.
Willard, Vermont; James Freeman
Clarke, Massachusetts Elizabeth b.
Chace, Rhode Island; Abby H. smith,
Connecticut; Anna c. Field, New York /;
Hon. John Whitehead, New Jersey /;
Mary Grew, Pennsylvania; Priscilla
Speakman, Delaware Gen. a. c. Voris,
Ohio; DIR. Mary F. Thomas, Indiana /;
Rev. Robert Collyer, Illinois; Miss
Lavinia Goodell, Wisconsin Prof. J. a.
b. Stone, Michigan; Mrs. NJ NJ. Elliott,