Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-28

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About four hundred persons were present
at the evening session. Miss Phoebe CDzZeus
OF 81. LOuls, was the first speaker. She said
that the constitutional right, ihe legal in-
alienaUie right OfwOmen to vote lad been so
| frequently and ably presented that she
! should pass these arguments over, and con-
fine herself to an appeal 10 the heart The
| Christian doctrine recognized the perfect
equs lily of all Gods children, and in the line
| they were now pursuing they were only car
Tying out Gods work asst gned hem. II she
| thought the ballot would make woman any
| the less gentle and refined she would set her
face steedfaStly against IL. Irllt she did not
believe it. There would be cases Of uncOuth
| ness, and there are now. Woman would keep
her neatness and refinement, her domestic
/ i0ve, as true as The needle points TO the pole.
/ Woman suffrage means The new dec. ardtiOn
| of equality and the propagation Of mercy,
| truth and love, and a just and honest appre-
| citation OF the sacredEess OF the marriag5 Ties.
| Her remarks were frequently applaUied.
| Mrs. Blake next spoke or the rights and
| duties of citizenship, and referring to the
| progress of the cause, said in Michigan the
| first petition TO the legislature for woman
| Suffrage was referred 10 the commitfea ON
| graveyards, but year before last two thirds
| o. The legislature voted in favor OF u, and.
| On being submitted &c the people, ~, o'J vOteI
| Tor il, though, unfortunately, not a majority.
| Referring again to the Centennial, She said
| the women were gotEg to have one Of their
| own at Philadelphia, next year, TO protest
| against the Injustice o. excluding them from
, tie luli privileges Of American citizenship.
second bay
A fe~ minutes after - O'CLOCK jhis morn
| iEs Mrs. President Gage called the COCVcn-
! tion to order, and said that as those engaged
| for the WORK to-day were not Jet on hand,
| She would take advantage OF tie old custom
| 'fiTst come, FIST served," and make some
| remarks about the progress of the cause in
/ her native state OF New York, which she
! proceeded 20 DO, after when size introduced
\ Mrs. IT. CIemerce LOzier who began her ad-
4 dress by TenlTkiE5 upon the
| PHYSIOLOGY AL IGNORANCE
1 of both men and women, AID tEiS was the
| reason she had given her whole heart and
| mind she said. 10 the study Of medicine. She
| then read 2 long letter received from Ger
/ man lady. setting forth Eer domestic Uahap-
| pl1ess, caused Gy the inequality o. The sexes,
ana earnestly hoping success 10 the wOrnan's
| cause. The speaker continued 20 address The
| audience at some length. Before iItr address
/ was finished the hall was Fl let u us utmost
| limits, even compelling ladies' 10 stand in
4 tire @isles. Owing TO the president being
! obliged 10 be temporarily absent, the chair
| was occupied by Mrs. Lockwood, who offered
| d resolution, which was adopted, "GePloring
| THE DEATH OF HON. HENRY H. STARK
WEATHER.
| @ Connecticut, who died in this city this
/ morning about seven o'clock N whom the
! cause Of wOnaan's enfranciiS1m6Lt has los;
/ iIleG and faithful friend, WHO by word and
! act was ever -eady To aid the oppressed"
and followed by resolutions regTetting the
/ 'eath OF Vice President Wilson and other
/ champions OF their cause. She then pre-
serted, from the committee on resolutions,
the following o,,,r,o,-s
I m.
They subs tantidlly resolve that rs no Jas
/ tice, Judging from past records and expert
ence, could be expected from the govern
/ ment. except by those VINO by the possession
/ OF suffrage compel the enforcement OF pro-
| tectng laws, and that a. women need that
/ power more, not less than men, That the de-
! mard for woman suffrage is no revolution.
| airy v gary, but the he1t step in the great
I movement to extend the power of govern
! Ident 10 the whole body OF the people, that
women not more than men should be gov
| erned without their consent, nor be com
| PEELED TO appear before legal tribunal " tn
I ont TIE protection OF jury OF their PEGS:
that there is no just ground for discrifn na-
! ton between men and women; that q de-
mand be made upon the 44th Congress for
| admission of women OF ali territories 10 the
/ polls, and that the acknowledgements OF woman
makes wiser and tTuer wedlock, purer and
/ happier homes, healthier and better chill
dren, and strikes at the very roots of pau
peTlSm and crime.
Mrs. Olympia Brown made quite an eIo-
/ quent address in favor OF the resolutions,
/ claiming woman as the equal OF man In
! every respect. Her remarks were frequently
/ interrupted by applause.
Professor wilcox then made his bow TO q
| washington audience, and proceeded TO
/ speak in favor Of the woInan'S movement.
| In the course of his remarks he said that in
Alabama he had seen half dozen young la
dies (reduced in circumstance by the war;
/ working at the case In printing office He
also spoke OF the res ult OF the amendments
| 10 The constitution.
a gentleman in the audience, stating that
| he was
| A GRAssHoPPER FROM KANSAS,
/ remarked that Prof wilcox was mistaken
as 10 one point Of his speech. as in the west
! TO state had given the right OF suffrage TO
the negro The 18th amendment con ferred
| citizenship on the negro but not suffrage.
Nr. Wilcox said the gent .eman had not
! heard OF the 18th amendment, which pro-
| hihits disfrancLisemeLt.
The Grass Hopper replied that ne knew
also that amendment did rot eAIranchise
B.A. LOCKWOOD, ESQ,
! remarked that II they would read the procla-
I nation OF emancipation and the amend
| mcnts 10 the constitution they would find
| that the negroes OF the nOn-slaveholdlng
states had not the hight 10 vote. She also re-
! marked that card had been sent up from a
! party who was opposed To women being
/ given TIE control OF the public funds, for they
| were too tender hearted. In answer 10 this
| she SAID that women could manage the funds
| as well a. the men, and she would defy them
To beat the party now in power in plundering.
Mrs. Lavinia c. DuDdore, OF Baltimore,
| followed in a short address.
| EN-GOvKRNoR AMY, OF NEW MEXICO,
! was called on, and after speaking OF the re-
lection OF the Kansas constitution by Presi-
4 dent Buchanan because there was woman
I suffrage plank in It, he called attention to
! the TACT That there was no eniranchisement
| IN The territories, and urged that Ill aid in
! securing enfranchiSement in the territories
| 10 man and 10 woman.
AN ELDERLY LADY,
| at the conclusion OF Gov. Arny'S remarks.
| said she was opposed to extending any aid
| to the men in the territories; they ought TO
| be able TO run their own affairs, and not 10
| call ON women 10 fight their battles.
| TIE convention then took recess until 2
| O'Clock.
| AFTER RECESS.
On reSSSembling at O'Clock, Mrs Gage
/ took the chair, and read letters from Susan
| l.. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
after which she announced the programme,
| stating that q collection would be taken up,
/ as IL cost money 70 be born, money TO be
/ married, &C. Miss Wood then lei OF in the
| ten-minue speeches. At the
EVENING SESSION
| Matilda Joslyn Gage Will speak on "Class
legislation" Rev. Olympia Brown Oh ''Tne
/ New Republic" and there will be a speech
I by Frederick Dough ass, ESQ.
MICRO RCFFIANs STEAL THE TEETH
! OUT OF A LADY's M0UTH.-About 7:i5
4 o'clock last night Mrs Marll, white lady,
| resit ing at 1905 1ith street northwest, while
passing along y, between l0to and iIth
streets northwest, was knocked down by