The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-10-22
what The American woman wants,


! At the annual meeting OF the, American
neapolis, Mimi, H.B. Blackwell from the
business committed, presented a series OF
\ resolutions, which were discussed. slightly
. altered and adopted;in the following form:
i The American Woman Suffrage tassocias
ton, ct its seventeenth annual meeting
in this beautiful city of the new
Northwest, rcafirms the American
y principal OF free representative govern
ment, and demand its application to WON,
an. "Goyernmsnts derive their just
d powers from the consent OF the governed"
and women arc governed; taxation with
i misrepresentation is tyranny, " and women
are taxed; "all political powers inheres in
the people, and one-half Of The people re
women. st IS sEs 5gs "a s.g.t q & 10y 4
Resolved, Thatiwomen, as the sisters.
wives and mothers OF men. have special
rights to protect and special wrongs to
remedy; that their vo ties will represent in q
+ special sense the interest Of the home; that
3it the equal cooperation OF the sexes is essen
tial alike to a happy home, ia refined So
state. g 4 go ~ I'll. ~ e.
s. And, whereas, under the federal constitu-
tion "all persons born or anaturalized in
che United States are citizens thereof and
+. Of the states in which they reside" and by
4 VAo 0SSASAOu VI Vue United 6UaCeS COURTS
women are citizens and may be made
voters by appropriate state legislation"
j.; therefore resolved, 5f&s6r ss
First-That the officers OF this society
memorabilia congress at its next session in
behalf OF n statute guaranteeing women
3 suffrage in the territories; also OF q consti-
tutiona! amendment prohibiting splitical
+; distinctions on account OF sex ;l7 tyIs u, y
Second--7That while we do not under
n fNptr ~ rhrnrvs trk -, ~
national, we hold that practical won,-
en- suffrage can at present ! be best
j promoted by urging legislative as well as
constitutional changes, and by appealing
TO state as well as national authority;
therefore we urge the establishment OF net
i've state societies in every state, unite
j, their working centers in the state capitals
and their corresponding committees in
4 every representative district. I'll iItslHtj b
Third-That in every state at each SEES
sion OF its legislature petitions should be
presented BY its own8citizens asking for
woman suffrage by stornte in. all elections,
and for oil officers not expressly limited BY
the word male in the state constitution:
also for constitutional amendment
striking out the word male.,ls9t&2 b y. n
Fourth-That school suffrage having
been secured for women, by statute, in
twelve states, our next de mand should be
Tor full municipal suffarage by statute.
Resolved, That our special thanks are
due to Mai. J. A. Fickler and the majority
OF both houses OF the Dakota legislature,
who extended suffrage last spring to the
women OF that territory,3and we trust that
the liberty-loving men Of Dakota will Sc
cure the removal OF the governor who by.
his veto remanded so, 900 women to con-
tinued acknowledgements. " q :.
The Great Funeral of Cardinal hIcClosky.
New York Special: Five thousand people
were gathered within the walls Of the cathe!
! lral. While the throng was waiting the
opening OF the solemn requiem services, the
Papal Zouares in gold Il laco and,
bright uniforms marched &. down the
center aisle and took up a q position
about the atafalque: moment later the
/; doors OF thesacristy were flung open, ana u
long procession OF white robes and acolytes
| 6led down the steps to the seats, directlyin
'front.' OF the high altar. There was n mo
ment OF hushed expectancy as Father Tam
mel waved his hands, and then the stiffness
vas broken by priests us they clanted the.
office OF the dead. The zoe voices Of the
priests and bays, mellowed 5hy the distance
sounded sweetly to the ear OF the waiting
congregation. The boys chanted one line 81
the psalm md the priests the second. Then
came the singing Of Psalm Oh. wastnot,
however, until the priests came to the mis-.
erere TINT the full richness and beauty oil
the well trained voices OF the ciiancel choir
we're brought out. In I'LL probabilitynoth-E
ing like the singing OF these priests and boys
has ever been heard in! the city Firstcame
the singing OF the Latin lines by the boy
tenors. to which resp nded the harmonized
voices Of the priests. The notes OF the chant
flowed upward among tho great arches OF
the cathedral, and being reflected by the
pillars, were thrown backward and forward
until they died away in the distance.
Some more psalms were then sung by the
shoirs in unison, after which cnme the
chanting OF the Benedictines The great
organ pealed fort ythe ~ IA
soLEMN. STATELY VOLUNTARY
preceding the mass, and now two acolytes
bearing lighted candles in their hands, fol-
lowed by ano other procession OF priests, came
slowly out from the sacristy and bowed
before the high altar. Then came the bisfi-s
ops in Their somher4hued garments; and
finally the monsiegnors and archbishops.
When all was ready the Or chantet the
requiem mass. The choir numbered over
one hundred voices. Archbishop Corrigan
was the celabrant OF the pontifical mass.
The sermon was preached by Archbishop !
Gibbons OF Baltimore after the mass. The 1
text Of the sermon was Eccs. 49, At the 4
conclusion OF the Sermon preparations
were made for the concluding rites by the 4
bestowal OF tho Episcopal absolution.
After the words OF abRolution had been ut
tered, the coffin was removed from the \
catafalque by the attendants md gently
carried to its last resting place in the
placed beside the body of Archbishop
Hughes. ss + +. 81. fz3sS ~
IA On the casket was q latin inscription,
translated thus: q ohm with the title oi
Holy Mary Supra Minerva. priest OF the
Holy Roman church, Cardinal Nice loskey, /
archbishop OF New York. y Lived seventy
Ave years; Died on the 9th day Of octo-
The Great National Catholic University. |.
Washing on Special. Bishop ireland said
while here that he should return Nov. IL
when the directors OF the new national
Catholic university meet in Baltimore. An
adjournment will at once be taken to
Washingt ton and the articles of incorpora--
bon taken up. The attorney for the unis
versity is now drafting q charter and will
be Incorporated under the laws OF the Dis5
trict Of Columbia. ]: Cd g
We have now on hand, y said Bishop
Ireland IS 500, 900, hall Of which was re-
eeived through ono bequest, and the rest
Through voluntary tsubscript lions. II One
gentleman from New York subscribed SIS. e
900. and not q dollar has been begged The
work OF solicitation has not yet begun, but
have no doubt we shall have u million doll
lars by the first OF the yenr. Itssis the in
ltention Of the directors to proceed at once
with the erection OF one wing. Work will
probably be begun on it within q
lew weeks and will be continued during the
winter. The plans under consideration
contemplate the expenditure oi $3.50, 900 !
on it. You can therefore imag CINE what an
Immense structure the university edifices
will diyise ways and means for collectineof
money, and will also app oint a committee
/ TO study up the university question
through out the United States and in Eu.