Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-08-11
The Ladies, Indignation Meeting.

ne HsstGfcS IMMIGRATION NEeeun2-
RESOLUTIONS PROTESTING AGAINST THE DECISIONS
OF SECRETARIES TELLER AND LINCoLN-soNE
SHARP TALk-vorE OF THANKS TO SECRETARY
FoLGER.
About forty ladies assembled in a room In the
! Corcoran building last evening, In response to a
call for meeting to express Indignation at the
action OF Secretary Teller in excluding women
from the list of appointments recently made in the
Interior department
FEMALE SECRET SOCIETY.
we nave organized secret society,"" said Mrs.
Charlotte Smith, who guided THE STAR reporter
through the whining halls to the room where the
meeting was held. There now,' she continued
clappng her hand over her mouth, ~ have let it
out 4 woman can't keep secret. This society
Is among women already In the departments"
The ladies assembled in the meeting room rep
res antcd every stage of womanhood, from the
plump and blushing damSel to the wrinkled, angll-
lar and specialized Old lady, far down on the bleak
SIDE OF lie. Some OF those present had young
willing TO intrude until the meeting was opened,
remained In the hall outside until they were sum-
inoned by Mrs. Roberts, OF penny lunch fame, who
n2!Yely announced,
'GESTLENEN THE CIRCUS HAS COMMENCED"
The ladies sat on chairs and benches, placed In
rows against the walls, while Mrs Charlotte
Smith, VINO presided Mrs. Marie Barton Greene,
who acted as secretary, and Mrs Roberts, who
was assigned TO the post Of corresponding secre-
tary, sat at table which they shared with the
reporters.
RESOLUTIONS PROTESTING AGAINST THE DECISIONS
OF SECRETARIES TELLER AND LINCOLN.
Mrs. Greene submitted q series OF resolutions,
which We're adopted. They protested against the
imperative decisions of Secretaries Teller and
Lincoln, in excluding women from the cIerkshfps
recently provided Tor by Congress-; declared the
bei1eI that women are equally as competent to
adjust claims IN the Pension Office and War De-
p2rt!nenr as men. and that women have been ex-
SIutu lnf lolitc2l purposes; protested In the
maine of ths republic against ''rers' and some
man power provided for a permanent Organiza-
tloa 10 be caliel and known as the Womeii'S Ma
tlon2l L1c0r Org Il EltiOn; called urOn the women
o. A'aer.ca, to the press, ana the labor organiza
tons throughout the land TO unite with them in
their honest efforts tor the women of America WAC
work for a living. ana upon the soldiers or the
country TO defend the rights OF the widows and
orphans smut out by this ''One-mdn pOWcrn from
tnc very gates OF tue Capitol, which their Gus
bands, brothers, and fathers died to defend and
save. 1t was resolved also to send copies OF the
resolution to the labor organizations, to the grand
army posts, and political headquarters in the diff
fercnt states.
HEARTRENDIEG STORIES OF DISAPPOINTED APPLI-
CANTS.
Mrs. Greene remarked that this was no play
ground. She referred to the heartrending stories
OF some OF the disappointed applicants There
was one LADY present, she said, whose husband
was Killed with Gen. Candy. She had had a claim
passed by the Senate, but it was choked off III the
house. She mad been to the Interior department,
bu the Chief clerk had refused even to look at her
papers
A lady in the audience supplemented the story
by saying that her husband sons and son-in-law
were killed by the Indians, and she and her daugh-
Ter had to crawl through the grass to save them
selves from something worse than death. Now
this lady had TO walk the streets hungry.
The afflicted lady referred to was present and
was introduced TO the meeting. She was from
oregon an ana said she mad no complaint TO make
against the oregon Senator'S and Representatives,
as they had all signed her papers. Mrs. Greene
Related another case Of young lady present,
made widow two three months ago whose
Df0Iler was killed in an Indian war and whose
Invalid mother depended solely upon her eXer-
tl0ns. Mrs Greene also read astatement from
MISS. Browne kenuaugh, setting forth the suffer-
lngs OF women and prtislng Secretary Folger for
restoring the names or ladies On the lapse rolls to
permanent places
VOTE OF THANKS TO SECRETARY FOIGER
for this action was carried
Mrs {. Smith, in the course OF her remarks, said
that she had heard through the press that there
were many
CORRUPT WOMEN IN THE DEPARTMENTS.
III there were corrupt women there must be cor
rupt men. If Senators and Representatives took
advantage OF their position to place these vile
women IN the departments they should be exposed.
senator Laplam, She said, had appointed his
place that gtful!y belonged to a woman.
rms matter" said Mi. Roberts, ''has nothing
to do with woman suffrage"
Nv oman sufferers said one OF the Indies
Mrs. Roberts said that some time ago she pub
llsiled an article In paper saying that certain
of livelihood outside. The next day a hneIy
dressed woman came to her and asked If she were
the one meant Il told her." said Mrs. Roberts.
mot TO give herself away; that she was not the
one meant. She said some one at her hotel told
her she was meant. After that fourteen other
women came and asked the same thing, but the
Ti3ht one never came. 1t only shows the state OF
things Ia the departments"
FRIENDS OF THE CAUSE
After a further interchange OF opinion, In which
many cases of suffering We're cited, Mrs Smith
mentioned Representatives, Rosecrans, Blackburn
hhoII, Murch and Springer, and Senator Miller as
friends OF women.
COMMITTEE on ORGANIZATION
Mrs. Greene Mrs Butler, Mrs Roberts and Mrs
Smith were appointed a committee on permanent
organization, and the meeting adjourned for one
WGGn.