The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-25

| held of moral. Intellectual, and social effort
| WON an has won equal Donors with the Other
sex, and established by works her right to a
| just recognition and equality, (which selfish
rule has heretofore prevented. intelligence
of the citizen 10 the only true basis OF suf
irsge, and II equality is assured, let rs no,
| ignore Its logical consequences, but
give to woman ali the rights of citizensh ip.
To this end. ne step in the right direction,
i would ssk the passage OF q general sv
recognizing the eligibility OF woman TO hold
any flee not prohibited by the Cons.itu-
tor
"All Injustice Works a Loss
A memorial bearing the above motto has
been sent to every member OF Congress by
the National Woman's Christian Temper.
ance Union. 1t reads as follows:
Believing that governments can be Just
only when deriving their just powers from
the consent of the governed, and that in a
govern ment protesting to be government
of the people. all the people OF mature age
should have q voice, and that all class legis-
lation and unjust discrimination against the
rie hts and privileges of aDv citizen is fraught
with danger to the republic. and inasmuch
as the ballot in popular govern ments is q
me st potent element in ali moral and social
reforms;
We therefore, in behalf of the hundreds
of thousands of Christian women engsged
IN Jh!lapthropic effort, pray you to use
your IL hueDce, and vote for the passage of a
10th an endment to the Constitution of the
United States, prohibiting the disfranchise-
ment OF any citizen on the ground of sex.
Miss Frances 4. Willard, President OF the
Nstior al Womsn's Christian Temperance
Union, Evanston, ILL.,; Mrs. Caroline B.
BUELL., Corresponding Secretary, East Hamp-
ton, Conn. Mrs. Mary A. Wood bridge, Re-
cording Secretary, Ravenna, Ohio Mrs. L.
NJ. n. Steve ms, Assistant Recording Secretary,
roudwater, Me-; Miss Esther Pugh, Treas
urer, Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs ZeIelda G. Wal
lace, superintendent of Department of Fran.
chise. Indianapolis. Ind: Mrs. Henrietta b.
Wall, Secretary of Department of Franchise.
Akron, OHIO.
The Washington Woman Suffrage Conven
ton.
The following account of the annual meet
ing of the National Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton at Washington last week is gathered
from the meager press reports.
On Monday, Jan. 10. Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton and Susan B. Anthony received with
Mrs. Spoford, OF the Riggs House. The
parlors were crowded with distinguished
people, who came to pay their respects to
these veterans in the work for woman's en-
reimbursement. Several of the speakers at
the convention and delegates were also pres
emf. Among the many callers were Senator
and Mrs. Logan Senator aud Mrs. Dolph, of
Oregon Mrs. Secretary Teller; Mrs. Hatton,
wife OF the Postmaster Genera; ex-senator
and Mrs. Pomeroy; Mrs Boulette, of Maine:
MIS-. brown, OF pennsylvania; the Misses
R,Dnev. Mrs. and Miss Stone, of Massachu.
sets; Miss Cullom, of Illinois, Mrs. Senator
sabin, OF Minnesota; Rev. and Mrs. Ship
pen. Mrs. whiting and Mrs. Eddy, mother
OF Ex-Governor Long, of Massachusetts;
Mrs. Harrison, OF Indiana and hundreds of
others.
On Tuesday an executive session was held
at the Riggs house, Miss Sufen p Anthony
presiding, Among those pre- g., were Miss
kins, OF Cleveland Ohio: Clara va b Colby Of
Nebraska; Margaret Brown. of Colorado;
Laura De Force Gordon, of California Doc
tor Alice B Stockt aim, of Illinois; Annie
L. Digs, of Kansas; Mary E. Mcpherson, of
Iowa; Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanten, Mrs Lii
lie Devereux Blake, and Mrs. Amelia p Post,
association began at the Universalist
Church. in the afternoon and
wss well attended. Mrs. Eliza.
beth Cadv Stanton presided and letters
were read from Rachael G. Foster, Cores
ponding Secretary, who Is studying law in
Germany. Reports were made from Ohio
by Mrs. Sarah NJ. Perkins and Mrs. Ellen
sully Fray; from Conn.,, by Miss Frances E.
Burr, and from n. Y. by Mrs. Blake. What
Woman Suffrage Means was the subjec of
an address by Mrs. Harriet r. Shattuck of
Ma'deD, Mass. The evening session Was
largely attended. Mrs Stanton presided,
and speeches were delivered by Mrs. Matilda
al Of
Mrs. Stanton, the latters subject being
disabilities and Limitations of Sex" Mrs.
Laura de Force Gordon, of San Francisco,
Cal, owing to fatigue, did not deliver en-
t'rely her address on us Our Civilization
Civilized2'
following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, Elizabeth Cady
Stanton; Vice Presidents, Susan 3. Anthony,
Matilda JosiyD Gage, Phoebe w. Couzins,
Rev. Olympia Brown, Abigail Scott Duni-
way, and acting honorary Vice Presidents
from each State and Territory. Reports
and letters were then read, presenting sug-
gestions as to the future work of the ASCOT
alton.
Mrs Stanton presided at the afternoon
session. which was largely attended. Letters
and kilograms were read from friends wish
ing success to the movement and Offering
congratulations on the marked advance
suffrage. Resolutions were read and
discussed, particularly one of q theological
character by Mrs. Stanton. 1t set forth that
the dogma incorporated in religious creeds
derived from Judaism, that woman was an
afterthought of creation, was contrary TO the
law of God and that the association would
withdraw from any organization or person
teaching such doctrine. Christian ministers
were called upon to teach and enforce the
fundamental idea of creation that man was
made In the imsge OF God male aud female
aud given equal dominion over the earth
but none oyer each other. This resolution
provoked spirited discussion, and was finally
laid aside.
In the evening addresses were made By
Rev. Olympia Brown on "Anti-Monopoly;
Lille Devereux Blake on The True Repub.
lie" and Matilda Hindman on las the
Rulers so are the people,"
On Thursday morning at the executive
session Mrs. Blake, Chairman of the Com
mittee on Plan of Work, made q report
which was adopted. recommending that the
women OF the several States labor with their
Legislatures for the passage of suffrage laws,
and mark every member antagonizing meas.
ures IN favor of women in order TO oppose
them. The work before Congress for the
passage of the sixteenth amendment is to be
continued. Women in the several States
are also requested to oppose the reelection
Of Senators and Representatives voting
against woman suffrage.