Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-06-21
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SUSAN AND THE OTHERS.
A Woman's Gathering in Chicago Tir
of Beine Pleasantly Listened to.

A Woman's Gathering in Chicago Tired
of Being Pleasantly Listened to.
Chicago, June 19-As many as could
sit or stand in Apollo hall were tonight
listening to Miss Susan B. Anthony,
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Cooper end Mrs.
Patterson of San francisco, who address
ed the Cook county woman's suffrage
society. Miss Anthony read from the
republican platform of 1884 tho para
graph reading: We believe i'll the pro.
lection of every oitizan In bis political
rights" and said:
Freedom and the franchise belong TO
every citizen by virtue OF their CITIZEN
ship, and we have no use for an amend
msnt to the constitution. Our secretary,
Mrs. Hooper, was before republican ma
tioual committee last week asking them
to put in their platform recognition of
woman's right to vote. The newspapers
said she was pleasantly listened to. That
is always the way. For forty years we
have been pleasantly received, politely
listened to and sent away empty handed.
We have got our courage up little,
and we are now going to try and get an
| other royal snub, and L suppose the
leaders are preparing it for us now.
| The republican convention said in 1872
| the claims OF large port OF our citizens,
| meaning woman. desire serious consid-
GRAFTON. The women took heart and
stumped the state. Who shall say Whist
the influence OF woman's enthusiasm did
in that campaign9 The republicans
! polled the largest vote they ever did
before or since.
Then Mrs. Hooper wag introduced
She described her experience with the
Republican national committee Thurs
day.
There sat thirty OF the most unsympa'
thetie men--I can soy they were un,
sympathetic and leave the result unit
after the convention. felt like wal
OF iron was around me and that the mil
lenium was one hundred yards off.
began to talk and presently they smiled
and then laughed, and then laughed
very heartily. / then left with them th
resolution which thought was abou
what we wanted. / said IL they adopted
it. we woold put one hundred speaker
on the stump and give thom all tht
power they wanted as long as the,
wanted il.
/ Mr.. Hooper's resolution read:
i Since it is plain in the national con
Istitution the words "people" and "citi
zens" are interchangeable, and tn
citizens right TO vote is guaranteed /
all of the people of the United State
subject only to qualification by the sew
, eral states, we affirm that the wome
IcitiZens OF the United States are ehtitle
to vote on the same terms with the me
citizens. And as sex Is not a qualifica
tion, since il can neither be acquire
nor surrendered by the citizen, no stat
has right to make it a qualification fc
voting. But any state may make q
education qualification which sha
greatly limit the number OF women VIII
shall vote. We pledge ourselves as
! party in this closing century Of oonstitt
tionel government, to the advocacy an
maintenance of equal political rights, {
the only basis OF truly democratic on
+ republican form OF government.
1t was adopted by the society. and Il
, secretary was directed to transmit
copy to the committee on resolutions
the republican convention.