Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-01-25
THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE CoNvEN.
TlON.


Procccdings at Lincoln Han.
TIE WRONGS OF FEMALE DEPARTMENT cLERKa
In the Woman Suffrage convention at Lincoln
Hall yesterday afternoon, as was stated In the
STAR, the report OF the committee on resolutions
was adopted. When the resolution relating to
civil service competitive examinations was under
consideration, Mrs. Lillian Devereax Blake CON-
nented on the discrimination in the departments
against women, many OF whom at $500 per year
90 the same amount OF work for which 81 500 is
paid male clerks
Miss Sewau said men clerks in the departments
were given ~ days leave each year, besides II TO
~ days 10 go home and vote. and she suggested
the time comes for them to vote) II or % days to
mediate on the ballot She also suggested that AS
the Masons aa iSa on great days among
partments should be allowed to attend these con-
Miss Anthony said she had addressed letter to
the chiefs OF the departments on the subject OF
holidays for the female clerks during the conyen-
IONS and had received but one answer, which she
read. This was from Secretary Folger, who wrote
1.-THE condition OF the public business prevents me
from acceding to your request"
DIR. EDISON AND THE OTHER DOCTORS
Aresolution was'added TO the series and adopted,
setting forth ''that paying DIR. Susan A. Edison for
her services as attendant physician to President
GARFIELD 81 600 less than was paid for the same
vice rendered by DR.. Boy pton, more recent grad
uate OF the same college from which she received
her diploma, is an unjust discrimination on ac-
Harriet r. shattuck. of Boston. addressed the
audience on "The Duty OF the Republic TO Wo-
Mrs Helen NJ. Loder, OF Poughkeepsie, NY,
spon n OF 1ne injustice done women IN having men
colleges. academies and schools.
THE EVENING SESSION.
There was crowded house at the evening ses-
sion, and a telegram was read from Mrs. McClel-
Ian, late OF Pittsburg, but now OF Cincinnati Mrs.
Caroline HOllowell Miller, of Montgomery county,
Nd, made an address, in which she said that m an
would rise to higher plane when he acknowl-
edged the equal rights OF women before the law.
Mrs Virginia L. Minor, OF St Louis, and Madame
with much appreciation. Miss Couzins and Mrs.
Snatt9ck sang song by Mrs Harbins. entitled,
~Ihe New America" Miss Anthony read letter
from Gov. b. f. Butler, dated the sd, stating his
inability TO be present on account OF the demands
upon his time, bidding them "God speed" in the
agitation for the sixteenth amendment declaring
his conviction that the fourteenth amendment
1ully covers the right OF all persons TO vote, and
that such will ultimately be the decision OF the
courts.
ExEcuTrvE SESSION THIS MORNING.
The delegates to the woman Suffrage Conven-
ton held an executive session this morning at the
Riggs House, and business pertaining to the asso-
citation was transacted.
The Meeting This Afternoon.
This afternoon the session was resumed at Lin
coin hall
The convention was called to order by Miss An
we sUpss 81 Mss
thony said as the movement had been originated
OF Quaker.Mrs. Lucretia Mott-and a Presby-
had been opened after the Presbyterian custom,
mat this session be opened with silent prayer after
then spent in absolute quiet.
MRS. Jane G. Mck1Dney,of Iowa,w then intro
duced, MISS stanton referring to Mrs. Mckinney
as enjoying, to some extent, the rights of woman,
being trustee or the insane asylum OF that state
Mrs Mckinney said that she marvelled, when a
child that slavery existed, and she marvelled now
Chat IL was necessary for the association to urge
that woman should have the ballot. She was
proud to be an Iowan, but not OF the member OF
that women were the nearest to angels OF any
being on earth. did not think that they ought to
vote.
wOMEN's VOTE IN NEW YORK
Mrs. Caroline Rogers, OF Troy, was called on to
tell story OF woman suffrage In her town when
the usual vote was So and yet GOO votes were poed
In this election, 1s5 being those Of women
THE WOMEN OF UTAH
Mrs. B. A. Lockwood, Of this city, was intro
duced and addressed the convention on 'sthe Dis
reimbursement OF the Woman OF Utan.n She spoke
flrst OF the magnitude of the movement which
OF the country. It took century to shake on
human slavery, and then 1t was accomplished at
the point OF the bayonet, apd now the argument Of
down to one POINTS, to sex. Women was amen
able to law and may be hung for treason and
without expressing an opinion as to guilt or limo
martyrdom and demonstrated that she had the
power to conspre for the overthrow of the govern
not involved for that is relic OF the barbarism of
the past It Is argued that II women vote the col
ored women and women of the brothels will vote;
but have we not to-day col0red men, ignorant
men, foreign men and men who hang around
whisky saloons, who outnumber the women
they say that women would then neglect home,
ample of the pot politician and the hangcr-on; but
until women forgets her maternity she viii not
movement, referring to the arguments I'm their be-
half by Gen. Butler, noting that twelve states had
granted school suffrage to women, and spoke OF
the Utah act. which diSfranchised polygamists
male and female, and disqualified them from
holding ONCE as unjust and inQuisitOr1al The
commissioners under the law did more than con-
fine themselves to the letter of the law and under
took to enforce their idea OF the intent and ID
depose men from office. This Edmund's bill dis
others, should have been guiltless. Next she
paid her respects to Mr. Cassidy, of Nevada who
claims hd his bin is armed at ogamy and gogamy
with bill amending his former bill, and she crit.
cizeS him for using the word females" by which
proposes to apply to ali the territories and he
favors the Blackstontan idea OF the oneness OF
husband and wife.
WOMEN VOTERS IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND.
letter was read from Mrs. Caroline A. Biggs, the
H.
relative to woman suffrage In England and Scot
land. The letter states that recently the women
in Scotland have exercised the municipal fran
chise for the first time, whichin England has been
exercised for thirteen years In the voting, the
women came out in as large proportion as men,
that Is, there is one woman householder
to six men householder, and this pro-
portion was kept in voting. The letter
says: "N0b0dy doubts now that women
vote In large numbers In Leicester last NOvem-
Der found the liberals very angry because the
wife OF conservative municipal candidate had
formed committee Of ladies, and worked SO sue
ceasfully among the women voters that her husband
was elected. In Leeds, two years since, q man of
bad moral character came forward as candidate
Mrs Scatchard went 70 the wire pullers' of the
s!ection and asked them to bring forward better
chaSacter We cannot carry him. they said,
agatnst the public house interest But you
have forgotten the women she said. II you win
md man OF good character will 70 and tax 60
tho women eiectOrR' They did 90, ana he was
elected. Women'sreadiaesst 20 vote hes been shown
In the school board elections II women come for
ward as candidates for the school board they are
with rare exceptions elected Every woman
candidate In London was elected, one OF them
Miss Miller, with more than 1900 votes"
t'In Scotland, in every town where there have
been suffrage meetings q education Of this Kind
the election mas been specially Interesting good
proportion OF women have voted. For instance in
one contested ward OF Edinburg, 400 women voted;