The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-09-11
AND STILL ANOTHER.
A FemaIeI Presidential Candidate In the
Field.


a FemaIeI Presidential Candidate I'm the
Field.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-The following
is Mrs. LOckwOod's letter accepting the
nomination as the candidate of the
woman's national equal rights party In
California for the office of president of
the United States:
Marietta l.. Stowe. president; Eliza T.. Webb.
secretary and members of the party:
Having been DULY notified of your &C
ton in convention assembled of August
20, 1854, in nominating me as g candi-
date Tor the high position of chief mag
istrate of the United States, as the
choice of the equal rights party, al
though feeling unworthy and incompet-
ent TO fill SO high place, l
am constrained to accept the
nomination so generously and en-
Enthusiastically rendered by the only po-
litical party who really and trulhfulIy
represents the Interests of our whole peO-
pie, north, south, east and west because
l believe that with your unanimous and
cordial support, and the fairness and
justice of our cause, shall not only be
able to carry the election, but to guide
the ship OF state safely into port. In
furtherance OF this purpose ! haYe to
say that should it be my good fortune to
be elected, and should our party with its
grand platform of principles be success
full in the contemplated election, it will
be my earnest effort to promote aud
maintain equal political privileges to ev-
cry class of our citizens, irrespective of
race, color or nationality, and make of
this great and glorious country in truth
what it has so long been in name, "The
land OF the free and the home of the
brave"
l shall seek to insure fair distribu-
ton OF public offices to women as we'll
as to men, with scrupulous regard to
civil service reform, after women are
duly installed in Office. I am also in
accord with the platform of the party in
the desire to protect and foster AmerI-
can industries, and IN sympathy with the
werkingmen and women of the country
who are organized against free trade for
the purpose of rendering the labOriDg
classes of our country comfortable and
Independent. | sympathize with the
soldiers, the soldiers widow, believe in
the re-enactment of the arrears act and
increase of pensions to widows, believing
that the surplus revenues of the country
cannot be better used than in clothing
the widows and educating the orphans
OF our nations defenders. l would also
suggest the adjustment OF the pension
Office, with its complicated and techni
cal machinery, which SO beautifully IL
lustrafes how not to do il, and recon-
mend in its stead three commissioners
whose only duty should consist in re-
curing from an applicant for an in
valid pension his certificate of honora-
bic discharge, from the widow proof of
marriage, from the mother proof of
birth.
am opposed TO monopoly in the sense
of men monOpOliZing all of the votes and
all of the offices and at the same time
insisting upon having the distribution OF
all money, both public and private. Ii
is this part of the monopoly that has
made possible the large breaches of trust
with government officials, caused bank
suspensions and an epidemic OF defalca-
tions over the country. 1t has endanger,
| ed and fostered strikes. l am opposed
10 the wholesale monopoly of the Judi
ciary OF the country by the males. ii
elected shall feel it incumbent on me
| to appoint reasonable number of wo.
men as district attorneys, marshals and
judges OF the United States, and would
| appoint some competent woman TO auy
vacancy that might occur on the Unitei
| States supreme bench
am ia tull sympathy with the tenn
| peTance advocates of the country. espec.
tally the w. Q. T. IT,, but believe that
woman suffrage will have q greater
tendency to abolish the liquor traffic
than prohibition will TO bring about stuff
rage II the formt r is adopted the latter
Will be lis probable sequences. If elect
ed 1 shall recommend In my inaugural
speech uniform system OF law as far sd
practicable for all states, and especially
:or marriage, divorce and Limitation of
contracts, and such regulation of laws
OF descent and distribution of estates "a
VIII make wife equal with her hus-
band IN authority and right and an
aqual partner in common business. I
favor an extension of cur commercial
relations with foreign COUNTRIES and
especially with the Central and South
American states and the establishment
OF high court of arbitration to which
shall be referred all differences thai
may arise between these several states or
between them and the United
States
Ny Indian policy would be, first 70
have the government pay them what it
owes them, TO break up their tribal re-
tations, distribute to them their lands in
seveFalty, and make them citizens
amendable TO the laws of the land. as
other white and cOlOred persons are.
While we sympathIze with unhappy Ire
land, and deprecate oppression on one
SIDE and IaWlessness on tie other. Our
neutrA policy Is nation does not al