National Republican., 1880-12-10
SPENCER SPUTTERS.
SARA SEES OUR NICE YOUNG MAN.
She Calls Him an Angel, and Refers TO Belva
A. Lockwood, Esq, In Envous Terms
The Woman Suffrage Movement
Again Discussed,

Mrs. Sara Spencer dropped into the Office OF THE
REPUBLICAN last night nnd thus penned her
grievances:
Yourni young man paid me q visit Wednesday
night with the benevolent intention of making
suffrage movement, that women might soar sercnely
into the political kingdom and be ut rest,
ne meant well. There might have been q mis-.
take or two, but doubtless | made II, and he will
permit me to set 1t right
How charming of him to say received him very
eordlally;' He might have said, THE attenuated
form OF the venerable Sara visibly Strengthened at
my appro9ch and she grimly demanded to know
my Grand"
The truth is wanted chance TO rest and view
The landscape DER. did not want to rush into
print. had withdrawn from the woman suffrage
contest Tor brief space, and having no immediate
qunrIel or grievances, proposed to think once or
twice before action. / was therefore not lovely at
all told that young man that belonged at pres
cnt 10 neither wing of the woman suffrage organi-
Mtion, had no quarrel with either, had asked no
questions concerning their plans or purposes, and
II nc wanted to obtnina fair history their relative
posiiionsshc must apply to their own officers, who
would soon be in town
:. RErunlJCAH Reporter But why have you left the
Nat,on9l Woman sutlrnge Association? (ficre he
se,tlcu hlmself Us If to spend the cNCning.)
Mrs. Spencer. The public know all about that
nave stated IL as clearly as possible months ago
REPUBLICAN Reporter But you must have had
Know.
Mrs. Spencer. What for?
RErunLiCAS Reporter Because II Is said you arc
nlEnihElis now association of young, handsome,
brilliant women, who arc going to capture Con.
gross and all the, political parties in twnkling.
Mrs. Spencer. Who says that2
REPUBLICAN, Reporter. We should like to have
coed.
l became interested. positively thought In.
terviewed the reporter the rest Of the way until he
plRRmbSd RRIb,,si ir az me ihe following question:
w9ESd, Eni ESQ, always pitching into you?
, NOW several people had asked me the same qucs-
uon wllhln icw days, II looked squnlly. Why
could | not have pcacc7 Have you been inter
viewing Mrs. lockwood concerning my move.
He looked like M angel, too innocent by half
ana swcotly protested hc had not seen her ! did
not not believe him. In burst of-wel, 1t wasn't
what my horrifed eyes bchcld in TIE REPUBLICAN
lhis morning, II would kill Belya II there wasn't
an a. uproarD Upon my honor did not know said
1t until read II, but shall always believe the re-
porter; felt terrible remOrsc until called upon
her this morning and found she regarded 1t quite
III tne me OF her bSinesIan advertisement as 1t
were. 70 be sure, II would kill her or any other
lawyer If there wasn't an uproar. And so we shall
not quarrel after ALL even TO increase the crcula-
tion of THE REPUBLICAN
was equally astOnishcd to learn that assumed
liat all other woman suilragists want notoriety.
lhG reporter says 50. II is not my opinion.
did not know that lsaid itwasnt pretty for the
pioneer woman suflragiss to hang to The coat.tais
ol the Republican party, when that party has ig-
n.ominiously ignored them in. every crisis. Sub
Iahy yasIv 40 entertain sGeh idea but there gre
Then there is something very ambiguous in
stating that the American Association declare that
lhe platform of the Nationals is too broad, and not
based upon morality.
Nobody, makes any such charge, so far as /
,hn Know The platform (9f principles is based
criticires the free platform for speakers which the
venerable Quaker ladies of the National hold to be
in accordance with their religious convictions.
ing this session, IIwarrant you, and we women will
nave peace II we have to fight for 1t.