The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-05-13
THE LIBERAL LEAGUE

DISCUSS, q" SHALL WOMEN VOTE"
THE FUTURE DESTINY OF WOMAN DISCUSSED
AT THE LIBERAL LEAGUE, AND WHAT WILL
HAPPEN II FEMALE SUFFRAGE DOESN'T
SOON COME TO THE SURFACE
The woman question seems to have been
galvanized into lie in Philadelphia. A
Times reporter was attracted by the occa-
sional dropping in of elderly females at
Lincoln Hall, up on Coates street. Inquiry
| brought out the startling fact that the
Liberal League" were going
to have a meeting there, and
that neighborhood there would shortly be
experienced the fact that something would
be "up.n Ever curious, the reporter
IS shadowed'' one of the ancient danes TO the
bower of this mysterious gathering, and was
permitted to take a seat among the initiated
| members. Whats it all about?" he ven-
| tured to ask of sage-lookin9 individual
who sat near him. The sage man lifted up
his head and gazed dreamily at the reporter
| for fully two minutes before he answered.
and when he did answer he said "Im
| bowed If | know" "Are you not
member of the club?" Yes" "And
don't know what the object of the orgsniZa-
ton isl" "0h, it's nothing much" "But
how much7" persisted the reporter. "Well,
look here" said the member, iii you must
W. III
hear each other talk. It's all chin music
| anyhow, and the public ain't interested in
| it, and if they were they couldn't under
stand IT," This sounded so novel that the
| reporter left his communicative companion,
took a seat in an obscure corner of the room
and awaited developments, not the slightest
astonishment being manifested by the 80
| old
YOUNG AND UHCERTAIN-AGED LADIES
who had by this time seated themselves.
Presently an elderly lady, attired in a
mourning wrapper of plurality of colors
assembled to the platform and took posses
sion of the chair. This was none other than
Mrs. Doctor. the vice-president. Mrs. Doc
tor gszed savagely al the audience of sisters
and few struggling brethren for moment,
and then elevated her shaded optics toward
the clock. 1t was five minutes after two.
| Mrs. Doctor frowned. :'Let's go ahead"
shouted a deep bass voice from the front
bench. eco ahead with whst?" queried
the lady vicepresident, slight
quaver of sarcasm entering into hen
soprano. why, go ahead with the bust
ness of the meeting OF course" reiorted the
bass voiced. "Ohn SAID Mrs. Doctor" why
didn't you say so?" Tho gentleman didn't
say why he didn't say so, but instead called
attention to the fact that another gentleman
had made a motion of some kind or other at
previous meeting and that he, the speaker,
would like to know from the other gentle
mans own lips what that motion was. This
overture to the other gentleman brought
that risky little Englishman to his Ieet
with electric velocity. he spoke in
an excited, jerky way, and said some
thing about never having been insulted be-
fore. The bass-voiced brother protested that
he meant no insult. This didn't at all sat
isfy the other, whose dander had risen to a
frightful altitude, and he asserted very
strongly indeed that neither the basso nor
any man living WIS big or ugly enough TO
prevent him from having his SAY" The
day had been long coming with him, but,
nevertheless he thanked heaven that it hao
come at last, when he was as good as any
man who ever had the presumption TO cast
his lot upon
THIS REVOLVING SPHERE,
and he was determined that if the person
with the profound voice or any other too
stilted anomaly dare attempt the frustra-
ton of his free speech then" "Then
what?' shouted the opera singer, now
thoroughly enraged. Then, sir" But
the lady chairman gently intimated that the
the refractory brethren had better keep
order, and at tho same time she handled
nervOusly an Arnold's ink bottle. What
she would have done with her formidable
weapon, or whether she would
have done anything with it, were
questions that hadn't time to
arise, for just as her wicked head lights
were flashing a fearful admonition some
one suggested song, and the tea pot lid, |
thus elevated, permitted the cyclone to es- |
cape. After the attention OF those present |
hBd been directed to some further business /
of like important and interesting charac- 1
ter, it was announced that the orator of the
afternoon would address the league upon
the great question OF the day, "Shall |
Women Vote" The orator was a short geG-
tleman, and it may be safely said that he
had nearly reached the platform
ere his presence was discovered.
they applauded, and the short gentleman
first having bowed himself out of optical
range, lifted up his voice like jacob of old, |
and declared that they should vote IT he had
anything to do with the matter. The ora
tor then went on to say that this great ques-
ton had been " before the world BEFORE" at
which there was an expression OF familiarity |
on the faces Of tbs old ladies, and when be /
intimated that there was strong probable |
ity OF its being before the world again, the
interested contraction in the countenances |
of those present was wonderful to look /
upon. The speaker elevated bis voice 10 /
concert pitch, and said that the subject had /
hitherto been treated with too much leyity, |
whereupon the ladies
GROUND THEIR IVORY TEETH
and looked very angry. This demonstra-
ton impressed him with the fact that the
sympathies of his audience were his, and |
he went at his subject in a degree of elo-
quent candor that was perfectly electrifying. |
6 The permanency of American iDstitu- /
tions." said he, "is interviewer so closely /
with this subject that the people can not af- |
ford to laugh at it longer. [Applause.l II
has attracted the attention and profound
thought of men in all ages" lSlight mani
feststiOn of agreeabihty.l Plato advocated