New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-03-25
THE WoMANS SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION
RESOLUTIONS ADoPrED-MIss ANTHONY AND MRS.
BLACKWELL.


RESOLUTIONS ADoPTED-MIsS ANTHONY AND Mks
BLACKWELL.
Miss Susan B. Anthony sat ut the night OF
Mr. Lille Devercux Blake when the convention OF the
New-York womans Suffrage Association opened yes
eray afternoon and, with her plainly parted har ana
god.rimmed spectaces, she was the centre OF interest
and took active part in the proceedings during tue
whole of the session. set OF resolutions was reau
the substance OF which was to hearty thanks to
the champions OF the Municipal Suffrage bill In tho Leg
isaturo for able aud ohivarous advocacy OF the
measure; denouncing the hfty-two members who had
voted "no" the measure, especially those th"'
changed their votes from "aye" TO mo; calling AZ
tenon 10 the shocking condition OF the laboring women
OF New-York as disclosed by the report OF the COM
missioner OF Labor. Charles L. Peek; pro-
testing against the hanging OF two women
now under sentence in this State against the
proposed act for the incorporation Of the Society Tor
the Prevention OF Contagious Diseases declaring that
men should DO subject to equal examinations anu
penalties with women; favoring tho bill raising the
legal for consent from ten to sixteen years. heartily
approving the hslthoday and Offering congratulations
to Rhode Island the adoption OF the constitutional
suffrage amendment.
Miss Anthony wa. introduced aud greeted with ap'
plause She said that she had been on this platform
twice before, once when she had been summoned here
shortly after the shooting OF her elder brother IN the
course of some labor troubles Labor troubles, Miss
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not frauchised that the Of men with the ballot
were ignorant to get the benefit OF 1t and that
women should have the ballot so "a to DC
able to educate their children in the use OF 1t.
She then reviewed her first OF NewYork state
forty years ago when sho went through fdtytwo
countless and often there would be one IN the hall
which had been procured for n meeting. POIItlcal
power she said. is needed to efecs REFORM In New
York municipal suffrage was the point at when tue at-
Mrs Caroline Gike Rogers president OF the Rensse-
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Bishop Wherefore that there are no new ARGUMENTS
but Tho Old ones are getting red.ho" Mrs Lille Deve-
Blake said connection with appeal for funds
that they had learned how spend much as men
did IN running their political convention
Mrs Margaret Moore was next introduced as a woman
who had been Imprisoned IN Ireland for ASSERTING the
right Of country be free she expressed her sur
prS" at finding women political slaves III TINS land OF
! liberty.
Miss Anthony then said she had been informed that
Mrs Autoinette Brown was in the hall. "Now Anto-
come up here and stand where yOudid in 1853"
When Mrs. Brown LARGE, pleasant. featured
woman, came upon the stage, Miss Anthony drew her
face close to her own ana said dusterely when we
we're first here together. the hall was packed at a
shilling a head. Our thousands came because they
T because they believe Mrs Blackwell said only
few words. Bronson Howard was called on TO speak,
but did not respond. Mrs Iiohan, OF Albany, made a
short address IN which were many good points rr,,.
DSyereux Blake; vicepresidents atarg', Matilda jos
Ign Gage and Susan b. Anthony-ylce-presidentS were
also chosen each from sixty counties; Mary scy
nour Howell, Albany; recording secretary Charotte r.
| Daley wYOrk foreign corresponding secretary
!
riet Putnam Howell, New-York HiGrca IliOhan. Al
bany; Lima f. smith, Rochester, and Helen NJ. Solder
Duchess; treasurer, JEANNE MeAdam, Yonkers; 9d-
vlsory council George H. Erwin, James W. Hustled
Michael C. Murphy. Edmund l. Pitts and James Hag
gerty; counsel Augustus A. Levy
At tho evening session there was largo attendance
Mrs lohan. OF Albany. Miss Susan 3. Anthony ana
that IN Albany had told her that whenever 0aDy
was handed him mold held it very tight and it did
not stay. She thought that the feeling Ot
dis anch sed women. She believed that woman !lY-
ing In Albany could do her homework and at the same
time be Senator. Miss Anthony related many eX-
peTiences and said that should not sit st In a
where the preached the subjugation OF
Mr.. Redpath sad that women cannot fight, but
| whore would soldiers from without women 7
Mr.. Cleveland had substitute to the war and Miss
Cleveland could have done that well aud would have
made better President than her brother Mrs. Blake
said that delegates should that man came to the
Legislature who would vote against municipal sut-
frage bill aud thea declared the convention adjourned.