The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-09-15
BELVA LOCKWOOD.
AwoMAN's RIGHTS CANDIDATE.
Her Letter of Acccptance-she Sympa-
thixcs with the Soldier and the Sol
dier's Wid0w--Wiil Remodel
the Judiciary Etc.


WASHINGTON, Sept. AIRS. Belva A.
Lockwood, the well-known woman law
yer In this city, has been notified Of her
nomination for President of the United
States, by the "Womans National Equal
Rights party" in California. Mrs.
Lockwood has accepted the nomination,
and has sent letter of acceptance to
Marietta Stowe, Presidents; Eliza j.
Webb, Secretary, and many others OF
party. Mrs. Lockwood says her anti
monopoly and civil cervice policy Is
funny, and that her Indian policy is
good, sound sense" 81 made bid"
she says, "for all the voters, Irish, Ger
man, Temperance, monopolists, anti
monopolists, capitalists and labor. |
did not know how to get around the
Germans, because l am Temperance,
and so said, due consideration will be
given TO honest, industrious, homo low
ing Germans. Mrs. Lool<wood's let
ter to the Western Woman's association
says sho was selected for President be-
cause Elizabeth Cady Stanton was "too
old;p Susan II. Anthony, "too much of
spinsteri" Mary a. l4ivermore, "too OPP
posed 10 certain classes" and Lucy
Stone, "too narrow" Tho new candi
date tonight wrote letter to her west
ern friends, asking about the Vico-Presl-
dent, and saying that was ''an impor-
tant and serious question"
HER LETTER or ACCEpTANCT.
The following is the letter:
Having been duly notified of your ac-
ton, IN convention assembled, of Au-
gust2 1854, In nominating me as a can
didate for tho high position of chief
magistrate of the United States, as the
choice of the equal rights party,
although feeling unworthy and incom-
potent TO Till so high q place, | am con-
strained TO accept the nomination so
generously and enthusiastically ten
dered 10y the only political party who
really and truly represents the interests
of our whole people, north, south, east
and west, because | believe that with
your unanimous and cordial support
and the fairness and justice of our
cause we shall not only be able to carry
the election, but to guide the ship Of
state safely into port. In fmthoranCe of
this purpose have TO say that should
II DO my good fortune to be elected, and
should our party, with its grand plat
form of principles. be successful in
the contemplated election, il will DO
my earnest effort to promote and main
tain equal political privileges to every
-
color or nationality, and to make of this
great and glorious country in truth,
what II has been so long in name, the
land of the free and tho home of the
brave. | shall seek to insure fair dis
tribution of the public Offices to women
as well as TO men, with scrupulous re-
gard 10 civil service reform, after women
are duly installed in office. | am also in
accord with the platform of the party, in
N nd ,.s
can industries, and In my sympathy
with the working men and women OF
the country, who are organized against
free trade, for the purpose of rendering
the lab0ring classes of our country com
Portable and independent. ] sympathiZo
with the soldier and tho soldiers
widows. believe in the re-onactment
OF the arrears act and the increase OF the
pensions To tho widows, believing that
the surplus revenues of the country cam
not he better used than In
clothing the widows and educating
the orphans OF our nations defenders. |
would also suggest the aholishment OF
the pension Office, with its complicated
ana technical machinery, which *
beautifully illustrates how not TO do it
and recommend In its stoad three com
missioners, whose only duty should con
sist IN requiring from an applicant fol
able discharge; from tho widow proof OF
her marriage, and from the mother the
proof OF birth. ! am opposed to monop,
~ in the sense of tho men of the country
monopoli2ing all the votes and all the
offices, and ut the same time insisting
upon having tho distribution of all of the
money, both public and private. II is
THIS sort OF monopoly that has made
possible largo breaches of trust will
Government officials, caused bank sus
pensions and an epidemic of detalCa
lions over the country. II has engen
dered aud fostcred strikes.
l am opposed to tho wholesale mono
poly of the judiciary of tho country 10y
the male voters of tho country. L
elected | shall feel IL incumbent ON m,
to appoint reasonable number o
women as District Attorneys, Marshal
and Judges of the United States courts
and would appoint some compotcn
woman To any vacancy that might oC
eur ON the United States Supreme bench
am in full sympathy with the temper
nnce advocates OF tho country especial
the WOmen's Christian Temperance
Union, believing that women sutlrag
VIII have u greater tendency to aholis
the liquor traffic than prohibition will I
bring about woman suffrage. III Tn
former IL adopted the latter will be IL
pfonAnlo sequence. II elected SnAI
recommend, in my inaugural speech,
uniform system of laws us far MS practi,
able, for all of the States, and ospeciall
for marriage, diVorce and tho limitatio
of contracts, and such regulation of Il,
laws of distribution of estates as wi
mako the wife equal with the hu
band In authority and right, an
an equal partner In common bushes
favor an extension of our cOmmerCil
relations with foreign countries, and q
pocially with tho Central and Sout
American States, and the establishmel
Of high court OF arbitration, 10 whiI
shall be referred all differences that ma
arise between these several States M
between them and the United States. NJ
Indian policy would be-tirst, to HAY
the Govornmont pay them what ii ow,
them; TO break up their tribal relation
distribute to them their lands in sove
atty aud make thom oiti2ons ameuah
to tho laws OF the land, as other viii
and colorcd people are. While we syI
pathize With unhappy ireland, depreca
oppression ON the one side and lawles
ness ON the other, our neutral policy
AVIATION does not allow any public q
preston from our people, Due consi
Grafton will be given TO the interest
the honest, Industrious, Hometown
German. Again thanking you, ladi
for YOUR expression of esteem, ! thi
that may safely say fully understa
the whole platform.
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