The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-11-04
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The meeting Of the American
woman Suffrage Association held last
seek 81 the city OF Topeka, vas well
attended and proved highly advan.
tarsona to the equal suffrage cause.
The meeting was called 70 order BY
Hon. VIM. d. Foulka, an able and
distinguished lawyer Of Richmond,
Indiana, who IL President Of the As
soeiati0n. The address Of welcome
en- behalf Of the State Association was
delivered BY lie PresideRt, Mrs. Anna
q. WaIE Her address was felioitOus
and well received. The President
Mr. Foulke, responded IN sn eloquent
manner. After the appointment Of 8
committee on Credentials, other ad-
dresses were delivered by Lucy stone,
Henry B. Blackwell and Rev. Louis
A. Banks, Of Boston.
At the evening session, In behalf Of
sho State Of Kansas, and Of the city Of
Topeka, Major J. X. Hudson. editor
and proprietor % the Topeka Capital,
welcomed the Association. WequOte
from bis address the following COM
pliment 20 the woman sufifHgists:
"You haze broadened and helped
women Ia every walk Of lie. You
have given her g place in literature,
science and art. You have opened up
q her the profitable fields Of busi-
ness, and With your unansWerable
Arguments battered down the prelu-
dices Of both men and women, which
erhsld the restrictions Of egotism and
iEuoFanoe ages old"
The response was delivered by Julia
Ward Howe, one Of the most distin-
ruished women Of the age. She spoke
with enthusiasm and elOquence and
was heartily applauded. She was
followed by Hon. VIM. d. FOulke 10
an able address. At the conclusion Of
his remarks, Lucy Stone made & short
speech. The first days session was
closed with q mastery address by the
Rev. 8. s. Hunting, OF Des Moines,
Iowa, and q song by Prof. Clark.
Several Of the most prominent la
dies Of Topeka composed the recep-
ton committee, and especial atten-
ton was shown the delegates and
visitors, and their convenience and
comfort carefully provided for.
The second days session Of the
American Woman Suffrage AssOcia-
ton was well calculated to increase
the interest felt by the visitors. The
report Of the Executive Committee
was presented by Lucy Stone, who
also reported the condition Of the
cause 10 Massachusetts,.
We learn from the Topeka Capital
that Mrs. Laura M. Johns, Of Salina,
reported FOR the State Of Kansas, and
told Of the legislative work that had
been done last winter. She thought
that The next Legislature would give
women the right OF municipal suffrage
and she thought that q petition signed
BY over IO0,OOO persons would be pre-
nled 10 the Legislature asking for
~ passage Of q bill giving women
SIS right.
Ma Johns also delivered q short
eddress at the afternoon session. She
referred 20 the contest Ia 1857, when a
constitutional amendment TO give
women the right Of suffrage was sub
mitted and defeated. Three years
ego the Kansas WOmRn's Suffrage
Association was organized, and Il
Has nov q very hOurishing Organiza-
n She told Of the meetings that
teel held On Kansas during the
mg1th - Sosan B. Anthony aud
cnEf NelI-EnoWn woman suffrage
advoeetes. She said the woman SUI
fragists Of KanEas were very much
stirred up. The State OrganizatiOn
had Arrangements made for q long
series ofmeetings throuah the winter,
aud also had their legislatiYe work
planned.
Senator r. w. Blue, Linn county,
spoke enthusiastically in favor Of wo-
man suffrage.
AZ the evening session, Rev. Louis
a Hanks, WhO Lived In Washington
LesHlorg for q number Of years, spoke
of 1he practical OF woman suffrage as
proven by experience. We commend
che following extracts from his ad-
dress to the consideration Of those
who fear that woman will be con-
taminsted by the ballot:
WaahlngtOn's experience has ex-
plOded another fallaey il was former
IL urged that by giving women the
ballot we would degrade them by
dngging them IN the dirt and filth Of
politics. Instead Of dragging our wo-
men into the dirt, the dirt skulked
away at their coming there are no
drunken brawls about the polls now
ID Washington territory. The day
Scr The use Of the whisky bottle, the
pEolane biuster and vulgar harangue
about the voting place or on the stump
is gone forever, 1 attended every
ward meeting held In my ward ia the
city Of Seattle for two years and found
them AL In the Sunday school rooms
% our churches. or course this is a
lltsle hard on the blear eyed fellows
WV A9lA W ElM AAG Gauluece anu TX |
s'the slate" when the primaries met, |
g they do now IN many eastern cities
ID the back rooms Of beer saloons. |
Some Of these earnest politicians Of
faming noses do not get 20 the prima- |
Fies D0w-a- days, but then the women |
did not use 70 get there and turn about |
i aiF play. The election day has |
been transformed.
~ ihild an1 closing day Of the
eas, u possible, more inter
7e than the others. Hon. w. P. |
Iomiinson, . prominent Democrat,
made an earnest speech In behalf Of /
the cause. He was followed by Prof |
w. III. Carfuth. Of the State Univer. /
sIty. Rev. c. n LoveiOy, Rev. DR.. /
1EcCabe, Judge w. A. Phelps, Col. A. |
j. JetmDre and others. Hon. VIM /
Dudley Foulk was reelected Presi- /
dent. Mai. j. X. Hudson OF the To-
peka Capital was elected one Of the
Vfce-PresideDts at large and Anna &.
Wait Of the Lincoln Beacon, Vice.
President for Kansas.
From every point in the State where
snHraqe conventions were held dur
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