National Republican., 1883-01-25
RINGING RESOLUTIONS
By the Women of tho National Woman Suf-
irage Association,
Immediate Passage Of a Sixteenth
Amendment Asked For
Tho Unjust Discrimination in Dr. Susan Edson's Case
Alluded To.
Eloquent Addresses at the Evening Session
by various Ladies'.

Woman Suffrage association COnNenllOna was
preceded by an executive session, when the
routine business was discussed. At the after
noon or first public session, at o'clock, tho
committee on resolutions presented series,
which were read, discu9sedi ana adOpteu'
They read as follows:
H. Rsslred. That women citizens OF tho United
Slats demand the rightto vote In orderthat they
may be able directly 70 influence legislation iOr
the promotion OF morality aud good government
mud the protection of tho best interests OF the SEX
that woman sul,uge means stable institutions
huppy homes equal wages, and equal purity for
mon and women.
Whereas, in larger numbersthan ever before, the
women OF The United 81 Ue. are demanding the ic-
o''ol OF the arbitrary ru,uicuuns which now dobar
them from the use of the ballo and .,..
. uuCTCus the recent defeat III Nebraska OF con-
stiutional amendment giving the women of the
state the rigut TO vote, proves that inc1mprehen.
sion aud consequent lailurt Is me natural result
Is best Understood and most approved BY the most
Intelligent riizcns: therefore
.. HtsOiuc5, That we call upon this congress
To PASS WITHOUT DELAY
sixteenth amendment to tho federal constitution
NV peudiug In the scuatc wlicn prohibits the
several safes from disfnnChi ing United states
U,usrus ON account ut sex,
o. Rcsolred That the tlanks Of the national as
sUcih!lOu are ddc 10 the members OF the sounte
and house committees on the claims OF women
citizens Tor their favorable consideration oil the
woman suffrage measures now before them, aud
tnvir unniliug courtesy to those VINO have urged
these measures upon their E'tCntion,
L. Rc,yttd IhHt ill competitive examinations
should be nu'n uu Gquul terms TO citizens of both
sexes, and that aIy 30 called civil service reform
that does not cOrrCct the EXISTING unjust discrm.
nation against women emplOy,s an grade al
salaries on merit and not by sex is distant pre-
tense nt reform
5. Reso,wd, That paying Dr. Susan 1. Edson for
her services as altenuant physician 10 President
Garfield 1000 lcts than was paid Tor c same ser
vices rendered by Dr.. BNnton, more recent
graduate of tile same college from which she re-
cclyCd her diploma, is
Az UNJUST DISCRIMINATION ON ACCOUNT OF SEX.
sn.a IL. e Hal
declares that no state shall be admitted to the
union unless 1t nave republcaniorm Of govern
mcnt; ana where's no true Republic can exist UNI
less ul the inhabitants are given equal civil and
pUlitiCnl rights: Therefore,
ResClrcd That we earnestly protest against the
admission OF Dakota as slate unless the right OF
suffrage is secured on equal terms TO al her cili-
zens, women as well MS men.
2. ReSOired That the proposition to
DIsFRAECHIsE THE WOMEN OF UTAH
Sor no cause whatever Is cruel display OF the
power which lies in might alone. ma that this
coiiSress ha' no moro u iht TO disitanch So the
women Of Utah than the men of Wyoming
8. Mhettu, iho IuiNiBn en- grafton TO OUR coun-
tIy Is constantly increasing, having during I We
past year cached tie enormous nurnber OF half u
million of people and whereas two-thirds vi tHcse
foreigi ers are mem therefore
SesOltGd, That 1t Is Of growing importance to
give tue ballot to the women OF tho county ivr
the maintennnGe Of American institutions,
0. Whercns dislranChisement Is II punishment
which republic ought not to inHict upou It's
citizens unless they have been guilty of crime;
ana whereas ull men Bcgard the
DENIAL or POLITICAL RIGHTS rs A HuMIllNTiON,
cudge Bluck, in his opinion on the Edmund, bill
icccLtly, speaks Of " the I'M nous AMI degtndng
penalty ( disirunC uisement!" therefore
TO- Ncs,ir II, That the law-abid ng tax.pnying
wouen, citizens of these United states, have not
deserve Tie lulliction of this punishment, and du
most tuine,uy demand that they bu relieved from
the cruelucs IL imposes upon them by disfranChisc-
ment, .
II. Whereas, during the war, hundreds e
wont throughout our land cnte ed the ser.
vice q, the nation us rtNpt u nur ! AMI
Whereas many Of theses women "ere disabled
duICd 10 rrrmHncnt iuva!ldi,m by the hardships
igty tUuuicd: therefore
Rt0ted. Tint these women should be placed on
ihe lcu~iuu list and receive suitable means in
c1I liberation Of their services.
TIE RESOLUTIONS DISCUSSED.
Miss Anthony and Mesdames Sewull, Blake,
ana COu2uB engaged in the discussion of these
resolutions, Mrs. Lockwood and Mrs GOu-
gCr who were expected to speak TO them,
were not present nor did Mrs. Minor engage
i'll the discussion. Addresses were then made
by Mrs. liarrictte K. Shattucli, of Boston. oil
"'rho Duty OF the Republic in which She
took the ground that enfranchiscmcnt of wo.
men should he made because it was right
and hence no other consideration should be
entertained Mrs. Helen NJ. Lodcr, Of
Poughkeepsie, followed in an address on the
injustice to women in having men as presi-
dents and professors and teachers in colleges
and academies for women. Mr.. Edward
M. Davis, of Philadelphia, and DIR. ClcmCncc
Lo2ier, OF New York city, who were ON the
programme Of the days exercises, We're not
present. At the conclusion Of Mrs Loder's
address the convention adjourned until even
ing.
EVENING SESSION.
The evening session began at 1880 O'clock
with n crowded hall, showing an undimin-
ished interest in the proceedings. Miss Ida
Hood Talbot, of indianapolis, who was on the
programme for recitation, did not appear,
but Miss Anthony aCceptably supplied the
omission by nominating Miss Couzins and Mrs.
Shattuck for Il duet. Both ladies have good
and cultivated voices, and sang with SO much
feeling and effect that they were encored.
Miss Anthony then read telegram from
hirs. Mcclellan, late of Pittsburg, now profess
sor in II college at Cincinnati, bidding the
convention God speed, She made an appeal
To the audience to become members OF the
association, and said no canvassng for sub
scriptions would be hal in The hall. She an
nounced further that tho executive session
this morning would be held ut the Riggs
house instead Of L,naoln hall. She then intro
duced
MRS. CAROLINE HALLowELL MILLER,
the wife Of Francis Miller, esq, of Montgomery
county, Maryland, late assistant attorney for
the District of Columbia Mrs Miller isabout
the medium height and over middle age.
Her dark hair was arranged after the fashion
of Mrs Hayes, and her pale iuce glOwGd with
the earnestness of her convictions. She was
dressed with Quaker simplicity in a black
cashmere dress, relieved only by white lace ut
the throat and neck. She spoke with much
emphasis. Born and reared, she said in u
Virginia town noted for its slave pens and its
intense conservatism; whose women inhabit-
ants, if Of social rank high enough to be con-
sdered ladies, were treated with all the re-
specttul Difference and ChivalrOus bearing for
which the Virginia gentlemen are so famous,
yet in that town had she seen women
stripped to the waist and brutally beaten in
publicb by order OF the law TheirOnly oilcnsc
was impertincnce to young snips of dry goods
clerks, whose improper conduct provoked the
impertinenCe Reared in such cradle she
vet, through the blessings of good home,
was able 10 appreciate the efforts of Susan b.
Anthony and the other leaders of the great
cause in behalf Of women. Coming genera.
ti0ns would rise up and call them blessed,
She thought man would rise TO higher plane
when he acknowledged equal rights for
women before the law. The equality OF
man and woman was an axiom. Man could
hot represent woman. If she broke the laws
of suCiety, Of nature, or of God, he could not
suffer tho penalty of their infnction in her
place. That fact seemed to her to dispose OF
the whole question. She saw modest women
Young and old who would shrink in terror
from the appellatOn of "strong minded, u
come forward in public places and with easy
nonchalanCe take part in concerts, in entUr
iu ballpts iu Driyutp Theatrical