The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-11-11
TIE WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS.
Annual Meeting of the State Association
Resolutions Adopted and officers Chosen.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND. Ind, Nov. 10-The twenty sixth
annual convention Of the Indiana Woman Suf-
frage Association, which convened in this city
yesterday. to-day elected their officers for the
ensuing year, and adopted the following resolu-
tons:
1. The Indiana Woman Suffrage Association de.
mands the ballot for woman not as a PRIVILEGE buk
nalienable right in government which derives
its just powers from the consent of the governed
2. We believe that this issue is fundamental one
and paramount to ali political issues of mere expedi.
ency and methods of government. Therefore this
association is nonpartsan, and appeals to good men
of all parties to do simple justice to women; and we
urge the friends of suffrage to work and vote for the
election of legislators who also recognized az
friends of this movement.
3. demand should be made upon our Legislature
at its coming session for all forms of womans suffrage
which compatible with State and national
situations, whether school suffrage, municipal suf
frage presidential suffrage or otherwise and Con.
gress should be solicited to enfranchise in all
Territories and to take the steps necessary for the
Constitution.
4. We rejoice in the defeat of the Edmunds bill,
which proposed to disfranchse all the women of Utah
without Difference to their guilt or Innocence of the
crime of polygamy.
5. Suffrage is needed to secure for women equal
access with men to all proper fields of industry to SCI
cure for them equal pay for equal work. to promote
temperance to improve the schools and to purify poll
tics.
the establishment of full woman suffrage in the Terri
tories of Wyoming, Utah and.W ashington of school
suffrage for women in twelve States and six Territor
les, and OF municipal suffrage for unmarried women
and widows In NOVA Scotia, New Brunswick Ontario,
Manitoba and recently in Vermont; by radical changes
in the State laws affecting the personal and property
rights of wives mothers and widows; by the general
establishment of coeducaton and by the opening of
wider industrial professions and careers to women
T. In support of our demands invoke the same
patriotism sense of justice and spirit of liberty which
has already established and maintained Republic
based upon wider suffrage than any which has
hitherto existed in the world and trace in the pro-
gress of suffrage in all countries where the doctrines
of civil liberty prevail certain augury of its further
extension until it becomes indeed universal We af-
firm that government of the people must be govern
ment OF men and women and that the equal coopera'
ton of the is essential alike to happy home
refined society, and a free state.
The officers elected were:
President-Mary e. Haggart of Indianapolis
Recording Secretary-Mattie S. Charles, of Rich.
mond-
Treasurer-Mary D. Naylor of indianapolis
Financial Agent and Corresponding Secretary
Mary d. Naylor.
Executive Committee-Dr. Mary F. Thomas of
Richmond; Sylvester johnson, of Indianapolis; Mrs.
Pauline L. Merritt Mrs. May Wright Sewell, of In
dianapols; Mrs. Mary s. Armstrong, of Kokomo.
a. Williams, Fort Wayne; Mrs. e. G. Wallace. In
dianapols; Sarah E. Franklin, Anderson: Mrs Emma
?. Dixon, Kokomo; DR.. Mary H. White. Craw-
louisville; Mrs. Laura @. Reynolds, Columbus,
Mrs. ID. Holloway, Decatur; Mrs. Anna Clifford,
Upton; Mrs. M. G. Rhenbottom Kendallville; Mrs.
Rena L. Miner Lagrange q! Mrs R. A Larmer, Law
Cougar, Lafayette; Anna b. Campbell Rushville and
IL. r. Ridpath, Greencastle.
Welcoming speeches were made by DR.. Mary
F. Thomas, on behalf of the local association,
which Mrs. T. G. Wallace, of Owen county. and
Mrs. Anna Clifford, of Upton. responded, and
speeches were also made by Henry B. BLACK
well, Lucy Stone and others.