Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1884-09-12
MRS. LOCKwoOD's LETTER.
She Is Confident OF Election asPresi.
dent-The Revolution She will
1naugurate.

Mrs. Belva A lockwood. the well know
lawyer Of Washington, who was nominated
for President OF the United States by the
."Womans National Equal Rights Party,
has forwarded her letter Of &c .ep.ance
In it she says:
Although feeling iworthy ami incompetent
To NIL ~ high " place. am constrained Ia p,
the nomination NJ generously and enthu>ia>tic-
ally rendered 10y the only political party whu
really and truly represent the interests Of our
whole people, North. South. East and West, he,
cause [ believe that with your UNANIMOUS and
cordial support and the fairness and justice OF
our cause shall not only hc able to carry the
election but To guide the shipof state safely into
port In the furthrranc, OF this purpose hav.
To say that. should It b. NV good fortune tn b.,
elected. and should our party with it, grand
platform nf principles be successful In the con.
templated election 1t will br nv earnest effort
tn remote and MAIN equal political privil.
sex. color and nationality. and tn make OF thi,
great and glorious country in truth what II has
80 long been In name the land Of the free and
the home OF the brave"
Mrs. Lockwood also promises that when she
becomes President she Will seek To insure the
distribution of the offices among women well
A. men. with a SrrupulouS regard To civil ice
after the women are Installed. She declares her.
self in sympathy with the rkIngme and
work ling women and with the soldier and soldier
widow. favors an Increase Of widows pensions
and is opposed Ia free trade. and To monopoly IN
and offices. II elected she will appoint n
able number OF women district-attorueys
marshals and judges of the United states and
and viii appoint "A woman Ia any vacancy oc.
curing on the United states supreme Bench
She * in al sympathy with the temperance AL
vOcates- In her inaugural address she Will re.
commend IA uniform system OF laws especially
for marriage and divorc'. Her Indian policy
will De- To pay the Indians what iS due tn them
TO break up their tribal relations distribute Il
them their lands In severalty and make the nj
citizens on the same footing other citizens III
conclusion Mrs. Lockwood saws:
while We sym pathiZe with unhappy ireland
and deprecate oppression on the one side and law
lessneSs on the other our neutral policy as a m.
ton does not allow any public expression from
our people. Due consideration will I've given L.
the interest OF the honest. Industrious home.
loving Germans.
In conversation with % reporter Friday after.
noon Mrs. Lock wood said her an monopoly and
civil service policy Is funny and that her Ind.
ian policy is good, sound sense IL ma ie a bid
she says. "for all voters irish. German temper
ance, monopollSts anti-monopolists capitalists
and laborers. didn't know how To get around
the Germans, because I'm temperance and 50
said due consideration would he given to the
honest, industrious. home-loving Germans"
Mrs. Lockwoods letter announcing her nomi.
nation says she was selected for the Presidency
because Elizabeth Caly stanton was too old :
A. Livermore too opposed to certain classes :
date on Friday wrote II letter to her Western
friends, asking about the Vice presidency, and
saying that was IAN important and serious ques.
M