Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-11-24
WOMEN WHO WANT TO VOTE.

WOMEN WHO WANT TO VOTE.
Meeting ofthe Suffrage Society---In Ear
nest company of Won,en and Men Who.
IRE More Interested an Uomen.s Rights
Than IN The Frieolities eff Fashion---The.
Speeches Made.
Philadelphia Times
score Of meek-looking men were scat
tered among the three hundred women who
attended the annual meeting of the PENN
sylvania Women's Suffrage association in
the Unitarian church, at Broad and Bran
DIVINE streets: yesterday. The dressing
of the women, many of whom were Friends,
was noticea5ly plain; SO plain, in fact,
that there was not sealski dolman, q
snowy hat nor flaming ostrich feather in
the room. Many of the women removed
their hats at the door like men and entered
bare headed. But few of those present
were under middle age and all were Sc
verely reserved except when worked up to
the applauding point by tie mildly revo-
lutlonary utterances of speakers.
AT three O'Clock i'll the afternoon Miss
Mary Drew, president of the association,
called the meeting to order. She said the
main object of the society was to secure
suffrage for women and that the associa-
ton would continue to petition the legis-
lature Until women are permitted to vote.
Miss Drew argued that taxation without
representation is unjust, and urged her
hearers to do everything in their power to
secure fair representation for women. In
her opinion if women were allowed to vote
they will gain many accessory advantages
with but little effort.
TEE OPPORTUNITY AT HAND.
Friendly letters from men and women
in various parts of the country were then
! read and applauded. The report of the
treasurer showed that the society is pros
porous. Resolutions now began to pour in
and dozen or more were adopted. Re-
marks on each resolution were asked for
, by the president, and, although non-mem-
| bers were invited to speak, there was but
! little debate. One of the adopted resolu-
: tt ons declares that owing to the recent po-
litical simeon, Gin which the old parties
suffered SO much" this is ian exceedingly
happy time for the advocates of women's.
suffrage to advance their
claims and secure recogni-
ton. Another resolution attributed the
weakness Of the two great political parties
TO the absence Of live issues and held that
as womsn's suffrage is live issue the.
party which supports it will
triumph. resolution ad-
vocating the opening OF the gates
Of colleges and other institutions of learn
ing to women was vigorously applauded.
In one of these resolutions the legislature
of Oregon is thanked for passing bill to
submit q constitutional amendment grant
ing women suffrage to popular vote in
that state. Frederick Fraley was treated
TO resolution Of thanks for the stand he
took in favor Of admitting women to the
Pennsylvania university. The church
echoed with applause after the adoption of
the resolution condemning the board of
trustees of the Pennsylvania university in
refusing to admit women to that institu-
ton lin Defiance" as the resolution said
''of press and public"
TALKING FOB THE CAUSE.
The church was crowded in the evening,
and after Miss Drew invited friends to sub
scribe for journal devoted to the suffrage
cause she introduced Antoinette Brown
Blackwell. The speaker, pleasant little
middle-aged woman, wearing a black dress
and white handkerchief folded about her
neck, stood at the altar rail, but Miss Drew
told her to go up to the pulpit. She did.
so, and began her address by remarking
that it was an Indication of progress when
woman was allowed to speak from pull
pit. She remembered the time when it
would not be permitted. She commented
upon the progress of the suffrage cause
and was glad to know that men were be
ginning to find out that woman is none
the less attractive when she has brains and
uses them. Miss Blackwell enumerated
ff-QY lxuhr oh TO
She said men even thought it was ''good
thing to have few women as editors and
reporters. just to make newspapers spicy.
They say that's all we'll enough, but women
should not vote.' The speaker held this
was unjust, and declared that if she was a
man she would blush to enjoy privilege
which her mother, sister and wife could
not She was of the opinion that one of
the reasons men opposed women suffrage
was because If women were permitted to.
vote the fittest of them would find public
positions to fill. In conclusion Miss Black
well said: ''Some scientific men say a
woman's head is like a child's i'll size and
formation, and others assert that our dress
is a near approach to the dress Of savages.
Perhaps these assertions are true. bat if so
why is 1t that men refuse to lift Us up and
set us right!'
CHAMPIONED BY JUDGE.
Judge w. n. Ashman was next intro
duced to the audience. He read an ad-
dress that was as long as q supreme court
decision. The judge viewed women suf-
frage from legal standpoint. He started
off with an anecdote and an apology for
his address. Then he took up poor Lo
and the violated Indian treaties; spoke of
the late election and Buffers ictory in
Massachusetts; referred to the m any stat
ute laws that are unenforced; co ndemned
ballot-bo1 suffers and ignorant members
of school boards; said there were men in
the penitentiary who had been in councils,
and declared that Major Phipps stole ev-
erything he could except the almshouse
buildings. He said women should be al
lowed to vote, and was satisfied that the
time would come when the God effects of
their votes would be felt by the country.
The speaker did not think the moral sensi-
bility of woman would be injured in the
least by the right of suffrage. Judge Ash
man read for three-quarters of an hour
and covered all the best known points in
favor of woman suffrage. The audience
applauded when he sat down.
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