Morning journal and courier., 1885-05-27
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

The Platform Adopted By The Con-
 ventfon At Boston.
 BOSTON, May 26.-The second day's session of the New England Woman's Suffrage as- sociation opened at 10:30 in the Meionaon. The attendance was quite large. Mrs. Lucy Stone presided. Reports from the six New England States were read. Mrs. Stone re- ported that in Massachusetts since October last there have been fifty thousand leaflets and fifty thousand extra copies of the Wom- ans Journal distributed; five new leaf lets have been added to the list; one hun dred and thirteen meetings have been held, of which thirteen were conventions, by which hundreds of women have been converted to the cause. The following resolutions were adopted:
 Resolved: 1, That we reafirm the prin- cip1e of the 'tconsent of the governed" as the basis of a just government, and that to-day the denial of the application of the principle to woman is an injustice as fragrant as if suffrage were denied to men. We rejoice in the renewed demands, made during the past year throughout New England for woman suffrage, and we pledge ourselves to continued agitation until this measure of justice is attained.
 g. That an organized effort should be made to elect men to the State legislatures and to Congress who are suffragists and men of in tegrity, that the continued establishment of non n-partisan leagues in the representative districts will in time secure success and that this work is primary, fundamental and i'm perative.
 B. That the recent passage of constitution al amendment by both houses of the Rhode Island legislature is 8 gratifying sign of the advance in public sentiment and encourages special effort to secure similar action in that State next winter.
 4. That the State societies of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Connecticut are hereby invited to petition their legislatures for statutes enabling women to vote in city and town elections and also for constitutional amendments, and that this association through it's officers memorabilia the legislatures accordingly.
 5. That our thanks are due to Senator Hoar for his efforts in Congress for a sixteenth amendment and to Governor Robie of Maine for recommending woman suffrage in his annual message and to the Senators and Representatives of New England who have voted and paired this year in our favor.
 G. That we rejoice in the rapid progress of our cause in the West and especially upon the enactment of woman suffrage by the Da- kota legislature, although afterwards vetoed by the Governor, and we trust that Dakota will not be admitted as 8 State until woman suffrage is embodied in it's constitution.
 At the afternoon session addresses were made by various speakers on the gener al progress of the cause
 Lucy Stowe was reelected president. Thirty vice presidents were chosen, including Mary A. Livermore, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Edna H. Cheney, Mrs Ralph Waldo Emerson, Louisa M. Alcott, Senator Hoar, Congressman Long, Rev. James Freeman Clarke and Will liam Lloyd Garrison of Massachusetts. Mrs s. E. H. Doyle and Rev. Fred A. Hinckley of Rhode Island, Hon. Joseph Sheldon and Mrs. L. Ellen Burr of Connecticut Henry B. Blackwell was elected secretary and Mrs. Samuel E. Sewell treasurer. An executive committee of eleven was elected, including Julia Ward Howe of Massachusetts, Mrs. Elizabeth B. Chase of Rhode Island and Emily F. Collins of Connecticut The annual sociable will be held tomorrow evening in the Meionaon at six o'clock.