The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-23
wh.. tn. American wom.. wants,

What the American Woman Wants.
At the annual meeting Of the American
Woman Sufferaee Association. held at Min.
neapolis, Minn., H. r. Blackwell, from the
business committee, presented q series OF
resolutions, which were discussed, slightly
altered and adopted in the following form:
The American Woman Suffrage associa.
tion, at its seventeenth annual meeting
In this beautiful city OF the new
Northwest, reaftirms the American
principal OF free representative govern.
me @ent' and demand it' spplieation to won.
powers from the consent OF the governed"
and women are governed; taxation with
out representation is tyranny" and women
nre taxed; 'all political powers inheres in
the people" and one-half OF the people are
women.
Resolved, That women, as the sisters.
wives and mothers OF men. have special
rights to protect and special wrongs to
remedy; that their votes will represent in a
special sense the interest Of the home; that
the equal cooperation OF the sexes is essen
tial alike to a happy home, refined so
ciety, q Christian church and a republican
state.
And, whereas, under the federal constitu-
tion ''all persons born or naturalized in
the United States are citizens thereof and
OF the states in which they reside" and by
the decision OF the United States courts
women are citizens and may be made
voters by appropriate state legislation"
therefore resolved,
First-That the officers OF this society
memorialize congress at its next session in
behalf OF q statute guaranteeing women
suffrage in the territories; also OF u consti-
tutional amendment prohibiting political
distinctions OH account OF sex.
Second-That while We do not under
value any form Of agitation, state or
national, we hold that practical wom-
EN- suffrage can at present be best
promoted by urging legislative as well as
constitutional changes, and by appealing
to state as we'll as national authority;
therefore we urge the establishment OF net
i've state societies in every state, unite
their working centers in the state capitals
and their corresponding committees in
every representative district.
Third-That in every state at each ses-
sion Of its legislature petitions should be
presented by its own citizens asking for
woman suffrage by statute in all elections,
and for all officers not expressly limit cd by
the word male in the state constitution;
also for constitutional amendment
striking out the word "male."
Fourth-That school suffrage having
been secured for women, by statute, in
twelve states, our next de mand should be
for full municipal suifaraee by statute.
Resolved, That our special thanks are
due to Maj. j. A. Pickler and the majority
OF both houses OF the Dakota legislature,
women Of that territory, and we trust that
the libcrty-loving men Of Dakota will se-
cure the removal OF the governor who by
his veto remanded $4,000 women to con-
tinued disfranchisement.
Tho Great Funeral of Cardinal McClosky.
New York Special: Five thousand people
were gathered within the walls oith cathe-
dral. While the throng was waiting the
opening OF the solemn requiem services the
bright uniforms marched down the
center aisle and took up a position
about the ecatafalque A moment later the
doors OF thesacristy were flung open, and u
long procession Oi white robes and aoolytcs
filed down the steps to the seats directly in
front OF the high altar. There was a mo.
mcnt Of hushcd expectancy as Father Tam
mel waved his hands, and then the stiffness
was broken re- ken 5y priests M as .nS they ehante the
priests and boys, mellowed l'y the distance,
sounded sweetly to the ear Of the waiting
congregation. The boys cllanted one line of
the psalm and the priests the second. Then
came the singing OF Psalm "a. 1t was not,
however, until the priests came to the mis-.
erere that the full richness and beauty OF
the well trained voices Of the chanccl choir
were brought out. In all rohabilitynoth-
ing like the singing of these priests and boys
has ever been heard in the city. First came
the singing OF the Latin lines by the boy
tenors, to which responded the harmonizcd
voices OF the priests. The notes of the chant
flowed upward among the great arches ot
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
ehoirs in unison. nfter which came the
chanting OF the Benedictines. The great
organ pealetl forth the
SOLEMN. STATELY VOLUNTARY
preceding the mass, and now two ncOlytes
bearing lighted candles in their hands, fol
lowed by another procession ofgriests, came
slowly out from the sacristy and bowed
before the high altar. Then came the bisll-
ops in their somber-hued garments. and
finally the moDsesnurs and archbishops.
When all WAS ready the choir chanteh the
requiem mass. The choir numbered over
one hundred voices. Archbishop Corrigan
was the celebrant OF the pontfical mass.
4He SeFInOH WIS pFeaciieG Dy AEclDlsnoD
Gibbons OF Baltimore after tile mass. Tie
text Of the sermon was Eccs. 45. At the
conclusion Of the sermon, preparations
were made for the concluding rites by the
bestowal Of the Episcopal absolution:
After the words OF absolution had been ut
tered, the coffin was removed from the
catafalque by the attendants and gently
carried to it's last resting place in the
crypt under the high altar, where it was
placed beside the body OF Archbishop
Hughes.
On the caskct was latin inscription,
translated thus: John with the title 81
Holy Mary Supra Minerva, priest OF the
Holy Roman church. Cardinal McCloskcy,
archbishop Of New York. Lived seventy.
five years Died on the 10th day OF 0cto-
ber, 1885,"