The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-09-11

A WOMAN FOR PRESIDENT.
Bolva A. Lockwood Writes "Letter OF
Atceptance.'
WASHINGTON, September Mrs.
Belva A. Lockwood, the well.known
woman lawyer in this city, has been
notified of her nomination for the Presi.
dency of the United States by the "Wo-
mans National Equal Rights Party" in
California. Mrs. Lockwood has accepted
the nomination and has sent her letter Of
acceptance to Marietta L. Stow, president,
Eliza j. Webb, secretary, and many
others Of the party.
The following is Mrs. Lockwood's let.
ter: Having been duly notified of your
action in Convention assembled of
August %, 1884, in nominating me as
candidate for the high position of Chief
Magistrate of the United States as the
choice of the Equal Rights party,
although feeling unworthy and incompe.
tent to fill so high place, am con-
strained to accept the nomination 30
generously and enthusiastically rendered
by the only political party which really
and truly represents the interests of our
whole people, North, South, East and
West, because I 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 furtherance of this pur.
pose I have to say that should it be my
good fortune to be elected and our party
with its grand platform of principles be
successful in the contemplated election,
it will be my earnest effort TO promote
and maintain equal political privileges to
every class of our citizens, irrespective
of sex, color or nationality, and to 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 shall seek to insure a fair
distribution of public offices to women
as we'll as to men, with scrupulous regard
for 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 my sympathy with
the workingmen and women of the
country who are organized against free
trade for the purpose of rendering the
laboring class Of our country comfortable
and independent. l sympathize with the
soldiers and soldiers widows. / believe
in the re. enactment of the Arrears Act
and the 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.
I would also suggest the abolishment of
the pension Office with its complicated
and technical machinery which so beau.
tifully illustrates how not to do it, and
recommend in its stead three commiss.
toner's, whose only duty should consist
in requiring from an applicant for an
invalid pension his certificate of honora.
BILE discharge, from the widow proof of
marriage and from the mother proof of
birth. am opposed to monopoly in the
sense of the men of the country monop'
olizing all of the votes and all of the
offices and at the same time insisting
upon having the distribution of all of
the money, both public and private. 1t
is this sort of monopoly that has made
possible large breaches of trust with
Government officials, caused bank sus.
pensions and an epidemic of defalcations
over the country. 1t has engendercd
and fostered strikes. am opposed to
the wholesale monopoly Of the judiciary
of the country by male voters. If elect
ed I shall feel it incumbent on me to
appoint a reasonable number of women
as district attorneys, marshals and judges
of the United States Courts, and would
appoint some competent woman to any
vacancy that might occu- on the United
States Supreme Bench. | am in full
sympathy with the temperance advocates
of the country, especially the W. G. L.
U. But believe that woman suffrage
will have greater tendency to abolish
the liquor traffic than prohibition will to
bring about woman suffrage. If the
former is adopted the latter will be the
probable sequence. If elected | shall
recommend in my inaugural speech a
uniform system of laws ns fur as practi'
cable for all of the States, and especially
for marriage, divorce and the Limitation
of contracts, and such regulation of the
laws of descent and distribution of
estates az will make the wife equal with
the husband in authority and right and
an equal partner in their common busi'
ness.
ri favor An extension Of our CONNER.
cial relations with foreign countries, and
especially with the Central and South
American States, and the re'establish.
ment of high court Of arbitration, to
which shall be referred all differences
that may arise between these several
States or between them and the United
States.
"My Indian policy would be, first, to
have the Government pay them what 1t
owes them, to break up their tribal rela'
tions, distribute to them their lands in
seyeralty, aud make them citizens
amenable to the laws of the land as
white and colored persons are.
"While we sympathize with unhappy
Ireland and deprecate oppression on one
side and lawlessness on the other, our
neutral policy as nation does not allow
any public expression from our people.
Due consideration will be given to the
interest of the honest, industrious home.
loving German. Again thanking you
ladies for your expression of esteem, l
think that 1 may safely say l fully un-
derstand the whole platform"
Mrs. Lockwood says that her anti'mo.
nopoly and civil service policy "is funny
and that her Indian policy is good sound
sense" "l made bid" she says, "for
all voters. Irish, German, temperance,
monopolists, anti.monopolists, capitalists
and laborers. / did not know how to
get around the Germans because I'm
temperance, and so said due considera-
tion will be given to honest, industrious,
home. loving Germans" Mrs. Lockwood
has letter from Western woman which
says she was selected for President be-