The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1877-01-25
lr0LEDO CHRONICLE,
emcial Paper Of the County.
gwashingtep Correspondence.

g The ninth annual session Of the Wom-
ems Suffrage Convention closed with o
very largely attended evening sss sion on
the 18th inst. Three Of the old pioneers,
Miss Anthony, Mrs Cady Stanton ana
Mrs. Gage were present with many re-
cruits who haye acquired more OF less
prominence by their zeal and endurance
10 the cause. Whatever our convictions
NAV be OF the good taste or wisdom
prompting these workers, one cannot
withhold feeling Of admiration for tho
pluck and singleness of purpose which
sustained those three leaders under the
storm of ridiculc and Misrepresentation
which everywhere greeted them IN the
earlier days OF the movement, for the
perseverance, that forced hearing Tor
them, and for the able advocacy which
has rendered their complete victory one
of the probabilities of the immediate fu-
ture. They have endured hardness as
good soldiers; and to the spectator OF the
proceeding the admirable morals display
ed by the leaders was the most convlnc-
ing evidence Of their early success, in
sentiment with the great revolution OF
Public sentiment which they have brought
about in one brief quarter Of century.
DR.. Mary Walker. who labored zeal
ously for the bachelor candidate during
the late political campaign, managed to
extort an expression of the preferences
of her audience by referring, in speech
6efore the convention, to samuel j..
Ti,den. our next President" Cheers
and Kisses greeted the allusion; but the
poes appeared TO have it, in the opinion
Of disinterested listeners. Mrs. LOCK-
wood. who has come to be recognized as
pretty good lawyer. in the courts oil
his District, caused good bit CT mer-
riment at Mr.. Watterson's expense, and
which, had he been present, must nave
covered that impetuous gentleman with
confusion, by the Introduction OF feso-
luton, calling for the appointment OF a
committee of five women to count ana
declare the electoral vote; and for hun
dred thousand to capture or otherwise
d;spose of the similar number OF male
Democrats, with whom it was proposed
to invade this city at the time OF counting
the vote.
The plan of compromise almost unani'
m,usly adopted by the Joint Committee,
ia the chief topic of conversation in every
circle, high and low, of our city. The
result arrived at by the members OF the
committee has brought almost general
relief from forebodings OF disaster
10 Republican government
,yh;ch IN were shared by re-
fleeing and patriotic men of every shade
of political opinion; and, although it re-
mains to be adopted by the two Houses,
and is certain to meet with determined
opposition from extreme men, yet there
is feeling Of confidence manifested That
1t will be overwhelmingly adopted. II is
also generally conceded that business in
terests Of all kind have become so!adjust-
ed that with the uncertainties relative TO
the Presidency removed, there would be
an almost instantaneous improvement
throughout the country, and that tho
lapse Of only few months would be
necessary to return of individual and
national prosperity.
The soft weather and rain OF the past
four days have created serious apprchen-
sions of Ecalamitous freshet. Advices
from Harper's Ferry show the ice to be
bsaEbng gP P ppa he 5HsE r aSSap the M saFffh
is saturated like sponge; and the mer.
chants of Georgetown, warned by former
experience and late disasters in the West,
ore completing arrangements for the has
ty removal of goods from the store houses
on the docks, to places Of safety in case
of flood. Soup houses have been open
ed at several paints in this city, partially
relieving the extreme suffering and desti
tuition which are more general than for
many years, and sorely aggravated by the
extreme cold of the present season.