Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1881-01-27
States cours--certalnly for over 20 years

Sts'eB couff--cortainly Tor over ~ years
past.
The marsh is situated on the Delaware
shore, between Augustine and Appoquiui-
mink creeks. u Is owned by nine per-
sons. Messrs. YandeRrift, Burgess
Gordon, Eaton, z,dook Poole, Reynolds,
Diehl Shalicross senior and Junior, and
Mrs. Rachel Alrich. There are some 100
shares of stock, of which Vandeerift votes
about 90. The trouble is that YandeRrft
wants to flood his marsh land, but of
course he cannot do this without flooding
all the rest and the other owners object
Il requires a two-thirds vote 20 cut the
embankment, and this Nandeerft has not
yet secured. But he has stood in the way
Of repairing The bank and, when it was
Washed away in the storm of 1873, the
other owners had in repair it ut their own
expense. Nsnt'erft's object In flooding
be marsh is to fertilizs the land by the
deposit ~ river mud thereon.
One Of the Other owners, Mrs Alrioh, is
represented to be poor widow who is
dependant upon her little patch of marsh
for livelihood, and others would lose
seriously by the marsh being flooded The
Legislature of 1879 passed a bill COM
peiliuG the owners to keep the bank in
repair ana Vsndegrift wishes to secure the
repeal OF this bill and trust To the muskras
and other natural Gauss s to make q breach
in the banks. II is proper to add that the
foregoing Is The enti-v iIdegrift side OF ,he
story.
= DULL DAY
OElng lnriiy TO the departure Of i've Of
tho Legislature to tNeutue the river
embsrkulent below DeAwate City ane th-
nou-srrlyal Of Mr.. plIing, there was a
deartt OF business in both houses to DAY
aud the bour- dragged slowly. 4 motion
10 udd twO new members to the House
Committee on Divorce threatened for q
moment to wake the sleeping days of war
but the gathering storm passed peacefully
over.
THE woMAs's RIGHTS MEETING.
There was considerable fun accompany.
ing the sterling a. the legislative w1uan's
rights III citing this evening, but little
after o'clock most OF The memhers Of
both houses and few invited guests
gathered in the Representatives. Hall and
succeeded in inducing Speakers Rust and
Williams to take the chairs, neither wisely
to bear the undivided honor. OF the
occasion.
Representatives 4. n. Williams, East.
huru, Van Blrkalow and Bradford were
then appointed committee to inform the
ladies that the meeting bad organized 81 d
escort them hitber. Before this could be
accomplished Setgeant-ai Arms Josephs
was sent out 10 hunt up Mr.. Williams.
He socu returned, reporting that he had
captured his man.
A faQU - q uftarururl 10 H.. la =
their escurs hltd ia and the members
arose and received ,hem standing. First
came Mrs. Stuart leaning upon the arm f
Mr.. Esstbu'n, followed by MIS- Stanton
and Mrs Williams, Miss Anthony and
MIR. Bradford, ard Mrs, jackson, Of
Camden. with Mr. Van Blrkalow brought
up the rear. ..
Mrs. Stuart opened the experimenting,
oy virtue OF being the only native Della
ware woman present, and of her office as
vice president of the National Womana
Suffrage Association from this Safe.
I'VE come here merely as plain women,
she said, land rs citizens Of the United
States and the State Of Delaware" She
then took up the State constitution, and
argued that women constitute On impor-
'snt portion ~ we the people, ard have
A. good RICH. 10 lie bBllGt Is other tax
paying citizens. MrH. Stuart spoke onl,
OF few minuteA aud then Introduced
drs. Elizabeth Caay stanton. OF New
| iik.
| Mrs. Stanton is even more ronderous,
! physically, tLau Ms. Stuart. hard,
| ihte guuhs her weight, hut | have gecI
women who registered over 300 bounds on
any set Of hay scales that looked smalle,
team Mrs SGnlon She vas dressed
| plainly IN black 1ith lace cellar crossed
IN her bosom and occurred by a handsome
large cameo pir. Her age might be any.
where between 80 and II. Her feature.
| are hepevoently intelligent looking, france
IN her pure white curled hair somethinl
like an exaggerated Martha Washington
She spoke clearly, personal---very.. impress.
stvely, with good eruEciation aud chast,
language, sometimes raising her VOC,
/ slightly, but only siighty, in cuthau,
| passages.
/ She, too, took mp the State cuuelitutipi
and argued that. under it, woman hos ID,
right to vote. 1t SAWS that white mal,
citizens may vote; 1t says that idiots
luuaticl, criminals and paupers shall no,
vote; but 1t noHhero says that wouiet
shsll not vote. Jurgs DAY, Of N " York
VINO is high authority, says that YOU can
not rob cilizsu Of his rights by lnui.ca
unn. More; there il nothing in tn,
Constitution OF this nation TO prevent hel
voting, especially since the Nd ption Of
tGe Fourteenth amendment. When thu
had been adopted emiueut jlriIts all owe
the land expressed the consictinu that 1
~ stewtd the right of suffrage on women
/ Under that amaadnSnt Miss Susan b
Anthony voted il New York She ha,
worked hard for this Republican psrty
-he voted clean II publican tickot; NIX
I r doing this was arr, sfCd by RrpullIcu,
tlicialN aud tried and Eentoncsd by Il Rs
publican judge.
She argued that there need h" nuthiu,
drm9ra'i2ug prlmirtd ut the polls
wherever 1t IS proper for man to 20, !
Is proper that woman should be hy HI
ride. II he polls ara so iemuta.i2iup en-
We trust CGr nrs th,r. u II not itsir
able that 3m0ctatic D aware should b,
he hr-t 10 euaucfpl,s women? FFu
wears hence men will wonder why tpei
e7er objected to r'Hcine the ballot il
Vnnfn's hands. TIM Republicans W
boast through ages to come that the,
struck the ctmne frsm tour . :liio.- o
negro slaves. How uaah ergu1er ooul,
II be for The DuoprA,s to strike III,
chelnS ftow twe;ly millions Of woui.;,
-rd euttanchi,s your wives. Daughters
mothers and sistersl And. what Il il ".
ask you to d Merely to give lis N,
right 10 protect ou7peivet; 20 crown u,
with 'he dignity Of cltiaau-Nip
'Our Aul-ticln idea Is Individual repre
sentaiiOu. i man can no NOR, rrpr. s.f,
me at the pa!is said the speaker, 'tha,