The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1878-11-20
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Ninth Annual Convention of the Amsri-
can Association.
A Well Considered Plan Adopted to Advance
the General Cause.

RDOut -OO, many QlSlluSulshcu IcpACcCHbd-
tlyes icing in attendance.
At lO:4O a. m. the meeting was called to
>prder by DR.. Mary Thomas, of Richmond,
president OF the Indiana State Suffrage Asso-
citation who welcomed the delegates to In
dianapolis in the name of the Indiana asso-
citation The convention was then opened
with an earnest prayer by the Rev. J. N.
Bayliss.
REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Mrs. Thomas then introduced Mrs. Lucy
Stone. editor of the Woman's Journal, dig
nihed yet motherly looking lcdy, with hair
combed smoothly down over a or brow. No
adamsntine expression OF sternness clouds
her face. Mrs. Stone read the report of the
executive committee, very able article,
from which we Gull the following extracts:
The American Woman Suffrage Association
being composed OF societies auxiliary to IT
which will report the work of their special
Organization, il leaves for this committee the
pleasant duty OF reporting the gains made on
eye b h o1 a6 70 sne our ns victory the
preservation of the ballot, did not still remain
to be won, we might be pardoned If we paused
from the Strife to congratulate ourselves on
the growth already made; on the better con-
ditions which wait on the life brewery woman
in Chrstendom; on the purer and wider OPP
portunities which greet the life OF every grow
ing girl; on the larger number OF occupations
which are now free to women; on the better
wages which her service commands; on the
higher education offered to our daughters, and
ON the almost Infinitely better legal rights of
wives and mothers. An these gains extend in
endless variety of detail in the homes where
the poorest as well as the richest mothers care
for their children to the ranks OF the hardest
toiIers with their hands on to those who re-
ceive large salaries for skilled labor.
was ii thousilt ',Smpetent to teach only the
small children IN the summer schools, when
her pay for Jeachi9g was aor dollar oaN MEEK s19
women are professors in colleges, with good
salaries. In Jour states they vote on all school
matters. They are state and county Super1n-
fendents OF schools, and by far the largest
number OF teachers in all the public schools
1t is within the memory of many of us that
teaching, sewing and keeping house were the
Only cuoations regarded as suitable Tor
stress had very small wages, while the woman
who kept house for her own family was legally
entitled TO food, clothing and medicine. Now
the census records Il occupations that are open
II ia within the memory OF many of us that
no woman was a public speaker out OF the
Quaker church. Now all platforms are free TO
f1reT the same open field that 1t does to man.
The pulpit and the bar are both occupied oy
woman. .
the woman physician did not exist Now they
have a successful practice in every large city,
and many OF the smaller towns.
1t is within the memory OF many OF US when
there was not a college in the world that ad-
United women: SOW mere sfH nSl,eses
for women, put beginning with Oberlin, wnlch
was the hrst and ending with the great Lon
women TO its departments, there are between
these two, other first class coleges-Cornell,
at the west a large number that welcome
women TO al their advantages.
1t is not many years since married woman
make a viii of anything she possessed; could
not sue or be sued could n0tcarry on business;
mad no lawful right to her children, and could
moi
fright to her own person. Now, In most OF Ihe
states all this is changed or very mucn modl-
n no other gains should ever come from the
movement for woman except these just men
ioned they alone would more than compensate
for all the years of tod and trial by which these
great changes for the better have been secured.
All these changes are the direct result OF tne
had been told that these changed and Inn
proved conditions would exist for u. their
daughters, they could hardly have believed IL.
During their time, and ever since that OF the
Oldest of us, superiority OF position ior man,
and inferlority Of position tor women, was In
everything the accepted TACT. Was there a ser
mon IL as preachedby man. Was there a
wedding it was solemniZed by man. was tnere
man The laws were made by man. The judge
and jury were always men. The college only
admitted man ;even at the birth ofthe chlldren
the assistant was always a man. The law
made men rulers and women subjects. Every
highest trust TO responsible teaching ana most
sacred position was held by man. As neces,
sary and natural consequence, men assumed
their own intellectual superiority. So, also, as
natural and necessary consequence, women
assumed their own ipfertority. IL was among
the first lessons the young girl learned, that
life offered fewer and narrower opPoTtunltlees,
had, than 10 offered 10 her brother. IL was
among the frst lessons young boy learned
that life was all before him where TO choose,
with honor and profit If he had the ability to
attain them.
ment for the equal rights OF women sought TO
change. IL is evident that such customs and
opinions, hoary with age and deeply rooted,
public opinion. To this end, the committee
recommends auxiliary state societies to make
special efforts TO create In their respective
states this needed change.
Lengthy reports of women's work in va
rious states were read by the secretary.
Adjourned to 2:30 p. m.
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
The Rev. Frederick Hinckley presented
from the committee the following resolu'
tons, which were adopted:
whereas, Theoretically, governments derive
Whereas, Practically speaking, women are
the greatest sufferers from defective legislation
Resolved, That government Of the people
by the people, and for the people, must DC
That the COOPERATION OF the sexes is alike es
sential to happy home, a refined society, 9
Christian church. and republican state
American Women Suffrage
Association was formed for the purpose o.
combining the women sunragists OF the
United states, through state societies, In an
annual representative delegate convention
for conference and cooperation therefore,
Resolved That the efficient prosecution o
the women suffrage movement requires per
sistent appeal TO the legislature of each stat,
nv the citizens thereof, by means OF petitions
supported at legislative hearings, by com
petent advocates, and accompanied by public
meetings and wide circulation of tracts anc
newspapers and,
whereas The United States Courts have af
tirmed that the regulation of suffrage belong
. Exclusively TO the states. and that women ar
citizens and, a. such, may be made voters o.
appropriate state legislation; and,
Whereas A sixteenth amendment TO tn
federal constitution abolishing political d s
finctions on account Of sex, although just ant
neces sary can be more easily obtained whel
several states have set the example; therefort
Resolved, That we urge every existing stat
association to renewed effort upon the mex
and the following state legislature; and \