The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-01-14
| The women in Council Before
the Senate Committee on Satur-

uhys
'wAsHrsoros, January 12.-The see
ond hearing Of the representatives Of th
Woman Suffrage Association before th
committee on privileges and election
took place to-day. On account Of th
crowd OF ladies in attendance at th
meetings, the reception room in the rea
Of the post office was used instead Of th
committee room. The reception roor
was packed long before The members Q
the committee took their places. Abou
the same number Of female suffrage cele
brities were present to-day as attende
the. meeting yesterday. There were Mr.
Sarah J. Spencer, DR.. Clemence Lozier
Miss Julia Smith, Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton, Isabella Beecher Hooker, Rev. 0lym
pia Brown, Elizabeth Boynton Herbert
Mrs. Tilleston, DR.. Mary Walker, Mn
Senator Sargent and daughters, Lily De
veraux Blake, Mrs. Thompson Of Oregon
Grace Greenwood, Mrs. Lander the &C
tress, Mrs. Mary Clemmer and Abb.
Hutchinson Patton.
Chairman Wadleigh, at the request o
the committee, asked that no expression
Of applause or dissent be given by tht
audience.
REV. OLYMPIA BROWN
was the first speaker. She said that wo.
men were class compelled 10 fulfill tht
duties and obligations Of citiEenshiI
without participating in the rights ant
privileges Of citizenship. The women ART
united in the grand movement by tht
principles Of republicanism, upon which
The government Ia based. Wherever
there is q home or 4 human interest there
is to be seen the influence Of women
Consequently their cause is widespread
We desire either the passage Of six
teenth amendment, or legislation where.
by we can 60 10 the polls and exercise
our rights Of citizenship. The laboring
women OF Connecticut not only desire tG
have the ballot, but are determined thai
they will have il, by laboring continual
ly with members Of Congress until theil
cause Is successful.
NOT VERY COMPLIMENTARY TO NEW
HAMPSHIRE MEN.
Mrs. Mary Powers Filley, OF New
Hampshire, was the next speaker. She
related the difficulty which stood in The
way Of woman suffrage in that State
Wherever the women were not under the
influence Of their husbands, she said, they
favored the suffrage movement. Th,
speaker said that the committee, by Civ
ing the women suffrage, would gain i'm
mortality that can never be wiped out
She told about attending town meeting
in New Hampshire, where she went FOL
the purpose of seeing how the local au
thorities would expend the money which
she paid in taxes. Her presence had 9
good effect on the meeting, inasmuch rs
there was not the usual amount OF pro
fame and obscene language on the part ol
the political leaders Of the town.
HINTS OF A COMMUNE OF BOTH sExEs.
Mrs. Mary Thompson, Of Oregon, rela
ted some work in her native State. The
woman1 suffrage bill passed the Oregon
House by majority, but was defeated In
the Senate by three votes. Oregon is pro
gressing in the movement. Mrs. Thomp'
son asked that the fathers and mothers
stand side by side in the government ol
the people as they do in the family. Wo-
men who can earn money 10 come 4,O0C
miles for ten minutes here can take care
OF themselves. We don't ask you TO take
care OF us. We ask in the name OF jus
tice that we be given the power 10 raise
our lower classes from crime and misery
We don't want power TO rob the public
crib, but use the money 10 raise the stand
ard OF morality among our citizens. Mrs
Thompson charged that on account Of the
hard times and lack Of bread, the suffer
ing are now establishing organizations
throughout the land. They have their
wives beside them, and Mrs. Thompson
hinted forcibly at the existence Of com
mune, which at some day, unless remedy
can be had, may devastate the land.
A CHANCE TO BE THE NEXT PRESIDENT,
Lily Deyeraux Blake, Of New York.
spoke Of the great oppression women are
laboripg under in the State OF New York,
She spoke bitterly Of the veto given by
Governor Robinson Of the bill passed by
the legislature OF the State to allow
women 10 serve on school boards. All oi
this injustice is due to the fact that the
women have not the power Of the ballot.
Woman suffrage is sure TO come. The
man who shall champion our cause this
winter In the Senate will be the next
President OF the United States, and there
will be no returning board TO dispute his
election.
MRS. SARAH ia, SPENCER
asked to be heard for the representatives.
OF thirty.fve states which cannot appear
before the committee, Sbe gave the ty'
rant man severe castigation for the
evils which he has brought upon human
ityby unwise legislation, the cause o.
which Il the deprivation OF woman's voice
in the management Of the affairs Of the
Mrs. Spencer had tormida
bic array Of figures on vice, pauperism
prostitution, &c. She said that western
city in one month obtained $4,000 from
the sale Of 1884 young girls. Again ant
again have the women Of the District de
ieated the St. Louis bill, which would
have degraded our fair city. Mrs. Spen
Ger related her progress with the estab
lishment Of the girls reform school, The
boy who steals pocket book must be putir
a reform school, but the girl who steals .
pocket book, because she gets II in diff
ferent manner, must go free and be en-
couraged in her sin. The Chairman o.
the Committee on Appropriations Of
recent Congress was charged by Mis-
Spencer with being drunk and in house
oi ill.fame in the city, when he should
have been In the House assisting in legis
lation. Mira. Spencer pointed out the
di,graceiul condition Of the District lawl
10 relation to the social evil, and said
that the Sisters OF the House Of the Good
Shepherds, in Baltimore, had cared fol
fallen girls OF Washington for years past
Pathetic incidents OF the results ot sociaI
vice that have come under Mrs. Spencer'l
notice were related, and she closed hel
address with strong appeal for woman'i
suffrage as a protection for the sex.
MRS. IsABELLA BEEcHER HOOKER
thanked the committee for the courtesy
and patience with which they had heard
the ladies, and requested that the com
mittee have published, at the expense o.
the government, the proceedings Of the
ladies the past two days. Mrs. Hooker
related bar experience before the Senate
Judiciary Committee seven years ago
when that committee heard herself and