Osage Valley banner. (Tuscumbia, Miller County, Mo.) 1879-1881, 1879-05-08

lion; Mrs. Hail, president OF The So. Loris
AstociAtloD, and Mce. Geib5, secretary. Mr..
Hazitd relatei the cordial snJ sugee -siu.
reception mst BY tbs d,legiLes OF the 81,
Loa,s Suffrage association in jefferson City
.Ast winter. rhs folio Wing rsoJluttonA were
real:
TUE REsoLuTI ms.
s-WHEREGs oil Is n0@ pea Ing Ia the leg
isla1urs ol shls state providing tor co.sa-
-utionAt Amendmsut, submitting the question
u wOtnen's suffrage 10 the popular vote IN
1881;
RssJ,vsd that, believing tho cause Of good
government and the bsst interests OF tho state
"'Ii DO supsers, by tha pas sage ot the bill,
"e earhss " request our Iegislstors 20 give
It au easy aud ,ay5faols coasiIoratioL.
Ovod that in the DEAN oi Mrs SGepheu
S'dg,y tnls association aud me oause Of WON
sn's dsYOuon have lest firm iriend. One
am10g tne isaG wac uspOdsel tne cause in
this city, sue never shiauk nom 4 clarlng
ner sen.insnts, but Was ever Courageous in
upuoldlng what sns eiievsi to be risnl
AMONG raE AUDIESOs
Were the Rey. ur. n1d Mrs. Eliot, Hon.
Walm'u Grow, Nj. 1.r~ln, edi.O OF the
a. nerlcae JJurnal ui Elueation, Mrs.. Bsyer.
" A,lon aLd many other distiogusned oiti-
zsus.
On the resolution DE-. Eliot said thai he
canis 10 express his earnest aud continue.
la'etest IA the cause; that Tor twenty Sears
AZ hal besn his hrm aud genuine conviction
that ths is the reform y. The present DAY:
that II Is sure 10 prevail DR.. Ello. spoke OF
tGe cJnserN atsm OF the mother state, IS.
sic1usetls, Dul even there tne educational
trauchlse ls gwen 10 women. Oae effective
point mace was the mOrmid atIectatlon .huw WI
ny sJmd wonon, who snuounced that they
. 40 not want 10 yote.n DE-. Eliot regsr.s
'hs vcte as duty not privilege; that it is
The duty OF every bodesL aud upright citizen.
Dr.. E.iOPs Remarks we're lis,enSd tu with
Interest.
Maj Mirwin when called upon responded,
stylus that he had some very deep convlc-
tons on the subj scI. That nearly oue-nair
OF our population OF Il lawful age are now
deprived uI the self-pro ectlon o, ,he ballot.
Isis an lnherent right that belongs as much
10 women as TO men. Ii Is no more a gif.
snAn is lhe OF liberty. Franchise is parlicl.
pation.
Mrs. StIrett being called upon resd the
following paper she had prepared for the
occasion:
WOMEN AND THEIR WISHES.
A bill is no~ p4uding before the Missouri
legislature TO submit TO. 8 vote Of the people
a constitutional amendment giving 10 women
the right Of suffrage. A delegation from the
Missouri Woman Suffrage association ap.
peared recently before the committee on con
stitusional amendments who presented their
arguments very earnestly and iorcibly and
were listened TO with the most respectful at-
GenIion. AS result OF that hearing the bill
above mentioned was introduced.
As james G. Blaine said 10 his letter on
the Chinese question, the government of the
United States has its hands full of new and
exciting questions At the present time. The
question Of race In the Southern states, Of
polygamy in Utah, of labor and capital
throughout ell the ststes, each seems OF
sufficient magnitude to require all our time
and attention to solve. Why, then, it may
be asked, give any consideration &c this time
to the qaestion OF woman sntfrage: The msIn
reason tor so doing nnst be FOUND 10 the
ehtvalrous respee: which iair-miiIded men
ars ever ready to accord 10 women ana their
wishes.
l. ~ l.N. l. . L. L.. a.
that this movement Is only ehampiopsd by y
few Is laucal and diseontentsd women, aud
by radical and dangerous innovators among
men, We osnoot near with disrespseL and
Iegarl with indifference the statements made
by women OF inIelli sence and experience 10
lite, matrops With gray hair and mothers OF
exemplary families, women whose character
il above reproach snd whose discretion is
eyidehC to al, that they believe IL 70 be q
great injustice that they ara denied voice
in making the laws that govern society
They pay taxes; Ihey support schools; they
are opposed 10 having dens OF temptation
and wee legalizsd; tney--many OF them
earn their own living; they Sre teachers in
all our public schools; they are engaged 10
all kinds OF occupations; they arc useful,
law-abiding class Of citizens; and II they are
realty wIOnged, " they suffer In any OF their
interests for lack Of that voice in making the
laws OF which men deprive lnem--surely, Il
is not In tho natura of the men of this ooun-
try to deny at least fair Consideration u
their claims and a patient hearing " iheiT
complaints.
A member OF the Missouri legislaturt
stated during the recent hearing tnat ten
care ago he was bitter opponent OF women
Suffrage. He said be then believed that leg
slatofs would taie far better care OF the in
t,rsst of women when they aid not vote thar
they would II women votsd. He wanted fail