The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-02-10
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE.

WASHINGTON, Jan. q. - Lincoln
Hall has been resounding this week to
the ringing eloquence Of numerous
noted advocates Of female suffrage.
The 18th annual Washington Conven
ton Of the National Womans' Suffrage
association has just closed its interest
ing session, and among the delegates
were many long and widely known
workers in the cause. The irrepressi-
bic Susan b. Anthony still comes to
the front and presides with her usual
ability, decision and pluck. Time
treats her kindly, for after close scru-
tiny | discover no new traces of his
rayages, since two winters ago when
she stood ON the same platform. She
delivered the opening address, "Why
we come to congress" in Il black satin
dress, simply but fashionably made
with plaitings, rutiles, and lace; this
pretty dress on Il woman whose attire
has been distinguished for its severity,
seemed almost like an unsparatan
concession to frivolous fashion. These
women have been considered totally
deYoid of capacity for tasteful dress
ing. 1t cannot be charged that they
give their whole minds to their drap-
cry, but their costumes were almost
without exception tasteful, and in
some instances, elegant and handsome.
Encouraging proof that in woman the
coquetry of dress cannot be wholly
consumed by the fires of her higher
enthusiasms.
Mrs. AmyT Dunn, Of indianapolis,
gave very entertaining character
lecture (Iekle's wife). She appeared
in costume and simulated an old
woman Of seventy, Il genuine type Of
the feminine New Englander of fifty
years ago, who married and moved to
the western states and territories. 1t
was a satire on mans laws for woman,
and mans treatment Of woman. 1t
was Il very creditablc performance,
and presented the suffrage idea fully
and forcibly. May Wright Sewall Of
indianapolis, gave "the lesson of the
Nebraska campaign" which, BY her
Interpretation is, that woman is capa-
bic Of devising and executing grand
schemes in spite Of overwhelming dis
advantages; that woman can act in
unamity and from purely impersonal
motives. All of which is calculated
to abate swain mal'sn native AFRO
gance Of superiority. She Is a strong
woman and speaks with eloquence.
Phoebe Couzins told what a woman
without a country" is. Ten years ago
Miss Phoebe was the professional
beauty Of the sisterhooG, but that was
ten years ago. Lille Deymeaux
Blake spoke from the text, Is it a
crime to be a woman?" There were
addresses also by Harriet Spattuck Of
Boston, Virginia Minor Of ST. Louis,
DIR. Caroline Winslow Of Washington,
y. c., Henrietta Westbrook Of phila-
delphia, and others equally well
known. During one Of the morning
sessions which we're Of rather a pirate
character, being devoted to executive
business, q reporter succeeded IN en-
tcring the hall and ensconced himself
in Il quiet corner. But he could not
escape the eye Of ever vigiIant woman.
He was approached and kindly told
that they wanted to have a ''little
family talk, >" wanted to have a chance
to say something that would not get
into the papers. SO he was compelled
to fold up his notebook and "quietly
steal away" The public meetings of
the convention were well attended, the
large audiences being mostly composed
of women who seemed to be i'll sympa-
thy with the cause, but there was also
sprinkling Of congressman and of
some men prominent in Official life
here. The committee on resolutions
presented a series which were read,
discussed and adopted. The gist of it
was that women are citizens Of the
United States, that by voting they
could directly influence legislation for
the promotion of morality and good
government; that they want congress
to pass without delay a sixteenth
amendment to the federal constitution
now pending in the senate, which pro-
hibits the several states from disfran-
chising United States citizens on ac-
count of sex. In short, they want to
vote, and they say they surely will
vote in the course Of time.
The Jersey LILLY"
From the Emerson International.
Right thinking people all the world
over must look with regret upon the