Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-01-10
EATIOEAL WONIN SUFFRAGE IS
bOCT1TIOS.
The Eleventh annual Convention.

| made on the occasion not one allusion was
! made TO woman-She was totally ignored He
| band OF martyrs who braVed the sea voyage Oh
| the MayflOwer and the yigorS OF tne Will, ,ta
| which followed. contained in its numperS no
| women. Not woman present at the celeoId-
/ ton was noticed or Invited 10 a cohopiCuIitto
| place at the tables Even Mr.. Blaine, In MS
| eloquent remarks on that occasion, iorSoG oiie
women. He took good care, however, " a i
10 the band Of pilgrims, who came over III 1ie
| Nay flower as the noble prOgenltofS oi hooie
! race. Women, in fact, were annlhiiateu one
enumerated the long list OF naI,t,ai fts4 us az
| corded TO her by the constitutional amend
ments and said these rights are constantly
being denied her. Judging from the signs OF
the times and the way events are tending she
thought it better TO abolish the woman alto
gether. Perhaps. then, some ingenious yankee
would invent a new kind OF woman that will
suit the men better; the successors OF the noble
prCgenitors of the race spoken OF By Mr.. Blaine
Surely will be able TO hatch a new being without
tie help OF woman. [Applause.I
OTHER SPEAKERS.
Mrs. Elizabeth cakes Smith, of North Caro-
lima read an essay On - Biology and Woman's
lights intended as an answer to a scientific
article recently published in the Popular Science
Monthly. During its reading she was fre1ueDt-
~ applaGded.
Mi. Frederick Douglass was then invited to
the stand and made brief remarks.
Mrs. Stanton announced as the committee to
wait on President Hayes and inform him that
there are 81. 000o00 women in the United States
he having failed to recognise the fact in his re-
Mrs: Matilda JoSelyn Gage, and Mrs. Wells
Miss Anthony and Mrs. Lavinia C. Dunmore
addressed the convention.
At THE NIGHT SESSION,
Mrs. Cady stanton introduced Mrs. Wells of
Utah, wife OF Gen. Wells, the Mormon apostle
and pOlygamiSt. She spoke to the fourth resOlu-
llon In the series reported by the committee.
She said the right OF franchise held by the wO-
men OF her territory should not be wrested from
them. and Congress had better heed what
wrong is contemplated to be done by taking
away the only safety they enjoy. The women
OF Utah have never broken any law OF that ter
ritory, and it would be unjust as well as impoli-
tic TO deprive them OF this right. 1t was
Shane and outrage, which the Intelligent peo-
Pie all over the world VIII condemn. GApplauSe1
BREAD AND THE BALLOT
Miss Susan b. Anthony then took the stand,
and made an earnest and logical speech the
subject being the relations between .IBread and
tie ballot" She said diSffanchiSement is al
ways political degradation TO any class affected
by Observation-Disclosures and degradation being
i'll politics synonymous terms. She argued TO
show how necessary it IS for the laborng men
in this country to combine together to COM
mand the respect Of politicians and capitalists
BY this means can labor maintain It's dignity
and self-reSpect. And how essential for woman
10 participate ia this power and means OF self
protection and preservation. The women are
ready TO join any political party that comes to
the front in behalf OF woman suffrage Her
description OF the great change which had taken
place in the condition OF the cOIOIed race and
how much colored voters are respected and
power in their hands, was vivid. She added
that the wool OF negro is just as curly, the lip
Just as thick, and the heel just as long as it
ever was. Yet these politicians see more beauty
and symmetry in them SOmehow-aud how
would ii be with the women voters? Why these
candidates for political hOnorS would no doubt
Just before elections, Imagine they saw the
wings just cropping out on them. [Applause.l
The old masters OF the negro now often address
them hus:-" Fellow-citizens, thank you for
the honor conferred ON me- DC With what
terms Of difference and endearment they will
address the female voters in the future is left
for that happy millennium to develop. Jap
Mrs. Wells, of Utah, again took the stand and
explained some points she had omitted in her
first remarks.
Miss Anthony put the question OF suffrage to
a vote by the audience, and it was carried unan-
lmously in the affirmative.
THIS MORNING.
The convention reassembled at 10 O'clock the
audience being much larger than yesterday
morning. Before the arrival OF Mrs Stanton
Mrs. Lille DevereuX Blake, the recording sec
Rotary OF the association, made few remarks
AFTER which she introduced Helen NJ. Cook, of
the New York Suffrage association, who pro-
ceeCed to read report OF the doings OF that
ee est ba1 Te ee aS mkng
peIs there begin to treat them with respect,
and show them fair play; During the reading
OF her report Mr.. A G. Riddle, OF this city. en-
tered the stage door and took seat by the side
OF Miss Susan b. ANTHONY.
Mrs. DR.. Cora Bland, OF this city. was intro
dCced by the chair and proceeded to make
speech On THE growth OF liberty and started
out with the assertion that history teaches in
all ages that man is a natural brute. IAp-
pause Women being the weaker member, is
MADE the slave to mans lusts and passions:
ard the passions and prOpenSftes OF man tend
TO keep her low in the scale of social and polti-
Cal life. The speaker is middle aged, slender
III form, dark cOmpleXioned dresses in black
with gold necklace and her manner OF speak
ing is distinct, straightforward and effectIve.l
Mrs. Stanton said MI. Riddle was to favor
them with speech. Gen. n. p. Banks would
&c with them in the course of the day, but
would be unable to make speech. He was
With them in spirit and believed in the views !
advanced by them. She explained the reason
why there were no more men On the platform,
saying they used to have many of them in past
conventions. but by public invitation for their
not want, and the kind that they do want re-
fuse to come forward on account OF the class
who who are So willing to be conspicuous. They
me discussion on the fourth resolution was
Continued, the resolution being first read. Mrs
Matilda JOslyn Gage, OF Fayetteville, N.Y.
Mrs. sara A. Spencer and others made remarks.
Mrs. Spencer related her experience with an in
teryiew with President Hayes on the subject
OF woman suffrage. He was afraid to SPEAK or
did not know what TO say except that it was
huge question.
ACTION On THE RESOLUTIONS.
The fourth. fifth, sixth (relatfye 10 the pro-
lection OF Indians SQuawS and ignoring the
White women OF the lana, &C., and seventh
resolutions were adopted. The eighth reSolu-
ton, in relation TO the attempt TO take from the
women CT Utah the election franchise, was
lead and laid on the table for discussion. The
ninth was read and adopted. The tenth, in
relation to the Supreme Court of the nited
States, was adopted. The term OF jude, APP
Piled TO the court, first being stricken out, and
the word ''lawyer' inserted in lieu thereof
Among tie resolutions adopted were these,
viz: That we press upon the national party
the vital question OF national citizenship,
secured by constitutional amendments as an
underlying question To the financial and all
other nat onal issues: and further that we
respectfully remind all political parties that we
cannot have honest money until we have honest
men,
MR.. A. q. RIDDLE
was then introduced by Mrs. Stanton. lie said
he had rather hear any woman speak on this
subject than any man he had ever heard speak
on the subject OF Woman's rights. He re-
iteTaIed his convictions OF the entire justice
and right OF tie cause they advocate. He said
there Is no place On earth where it is proper
for man TO go. that il is not eminently proper
for a woman 10 go, and the road Travelled
by her would be graced and benefited by her
presence. TApplausel He had always believed
In the essential CAPABILITIES OF the sexes He ex-
pressed his admiration OF the noble band OF
suffragistS who come up here from year to year
TO battle for these CAPABILITIES. Sarcasm and
Tidcule against the anti-SlaVery movement had
died ont, and so will rdcule against those who
advocate wOmenS suffrage. The emancpa-
| ton OF woman Is as inevitable as any other