Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-31

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ABIGAIL Scott Dunivsy. Of Portland
would spsak % The standsrd Thesser
on the political issues vi sas day IN the
evening. BY Q O'Clock quite . la-ce
sud'snos had asssmhlsd. principally
men. when Mra Duuiway entered tie
nall. escorted By Major Alden.
Several ladies' Of Seattle occuu;e.,
sssss on the platform. among whom
we're Mrs. jacobs. Mrs. Hyde. Mu
Hurst and Mrs Kenwortky. Ths latter
introduced
MES. DUSrwAY.
VINO spoke substantially a. follows:
sentfsnss azS LADIES when plan-
ming the style Of an invitation 10 send
tkrsughout the city notifying the no.
pie OF this meeting. and inviting them
TO come, Is occurred TO me IL would be 4
pretty Rond idsa to cav :. gentlemen
specially invited = bat, OF course. CT
pectcd the ladies would turn ont in
greater numbers than they have.
Thought BY specially inviting the men
that they would bring ous the vomen.
However, I'm glad the boosed gentle
men have Come. for when they 90 home
they can faithfully interpret what a
said to their wives and mothers.
Last evening, a. came TO your bean
nfui city, on the Messenger, night was
comsae on, and from the cabin Windows
1 could see the bright lights fash here.
there and everywhere, from busipess
houses near the water front and resi-
dences all along the gently slopine hill
SIDES Tor long distance, and thought
nov IN . very few years the entsrprisiuo
snd united people Of Seattle had cal
ianfiy held tie fort, and converted what
was but recently bowling wilderness
INTO . prosperous, thrifty, growing sity
on the shores Of that wonderful sheet
of water, the Mediterranean of Amer
ica-Puget Sound. And as Qazed upon
THIS beautiful scene, the thought 1aahed
throneh my mind that il the people of
the Eastern States, especially the lepis
iasors OF the nsfion, could come here
and know a. much az we do Of this far
northwestern coast, this beautiful land
o. ours would receive more attention.
My heart svelled with JOY unspeakable
AZ the strides these people anaided. have
been making, and during the onward
march OF progress the people of Wash
ington have not neglected the most i'm
portant thing Of ali-equaI rights of
men and women bsfore the law.
After the campaign In Oregon began
70 grt warm, l was importuned 10 come
out on the canvass In that State, but /
said No. gentlemen, j remember the
fate OF the woman suffrage amendment
last June" | was soreheaded, end
would not talk. Finally the women of
Territory commenced writ
Ing 20 me to conse over and talk for
them. At first said. You have the
ballot already, and cannot do 700 any
good" But finally yielded to an ap.
peal from the women on the eastern
side Of this great and mighty confed- |
eracy, at Msila Waila. was attending
10 my work among the women, when |
there flashed over the wires the news
from Onio. When the fat went forth |
that Ohio had sounded the keynote of |
the campaign by large Republican gains, |
the people of Walla Walla gathered in |
the Opera House. went with the 9th.
ers, and after listening TO the speeches |
for an hour or so. they called for me, and |
before l was aware of it was on the
platform, in front of great concourse
OF people, talking politics. "0h, dinna
ye hear the slogan
Having begun 10 talk on these ques
tons, invitations came thick and fast, |
and finally a telegram asking me TO
come and talk to the women of Puget
Sound. IL seemed to me like the voice
OF my country calling upon me to urge
upon my sisters the Necessity of being
prompt, vi2ilant and brave to be alive
to the Importance of the work and du- |
ties before them. On my arrival | was
agreeably surprised TO find the women
OF King county 80 well organized. Here
l ind harmoniously working equal
rights clubs, and the women taking an
interest In matters whieh vitality con-
Germ Thorn. | expected to have some
one say to me, Behold the idiots, our
mothers" bat was surprised Co learn
that all the men have turned on our
side. and Mrs. Jacobs says she will give
a chrome TO any candidate for Office 10
the Territory who will announce that
he is opposed to woman suffrage.
Now, / don't know whether il il nec-
essary to discuss the necessity of women
taking part in the approaching election
OF not, for all over this hroad land the
praises of the women Of Puget Sound
are being sung. hope there Ia no gen
present tonight to whom need !
repeat that this demand of tue women
for equal rights has not been carried on
by an antagonism between the sexes,
bat rather in conjunction. The women
do not want 10 rule the men. Woman
likes men better than she likes women.
IL you'll show me woman who don't
like the men. I'll show you a sour faced |
specimen Of femininity, who owes the
world an apology for being in il, and
will never be able TO bestow upon her |
self and her fellow mortals but one
blessing, and that Is to go of some
place. behind log, and hate herself to
death. And on the other hand, Won
show me a man who does not like wo-
men. and who In afraid to trust woman
hood, and I'll show you sour specimen
of masculinity, who ought TO 60 OF and
die with the sour faced woman.
There arises In the minds of ulen a
feeling that | find quite general, that
women are fragile specimens of the
geHss homo. who must be protected by
special laws. TO make women behave
themselves. The reverse of this has al
ways been the case, and IL women GO
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