The Washington critic., 1888-03-24
WAXEM And THE WOMEN
Speech of the WaybaCk Member
Before the International
COUNCIL OF WOMEN
To he Delivered Monday at the
Formal Opening i'm Albaugh's.

hopes, aspirations and ambitions of the
great American statesmen, TO present TO
its readers to-day the full text of Jcdgc
Waxem's oration, which he has been in
V1ted to deliver on Monday, at the for
nal opening Of the International Council
of Women meeting in Albaugbs Opera
House. The Jedge's Grafton will follow
fhe address of Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton. 1t is as follows taken from his
manuscript, with his own Interpolation
Of 'cheers," daughter" ETC.:
Miss Cheerman Ladies', Friends and
Feller Citizens / make my appearance
before you on tins auspicious occasion,
with the modesty of n statesman the de-
yotion of patriot, the gallantry ofa con-
gresham and the meek humility Off we'll
regulated husband. Cheers As boy
my mother learned me TO love woman as
n young man my sweetheart learned me
TO honor woman, and as q husband my
wife learned me TO obey woman. Laugh
ter and applause And ladies ! am glad
of il. And am glad to be here this
glorious spring mOrnin' TO jine my
voice with yourn in cclebratin the
Fortieth Anniversary of the Fust
Woman's Rights Convention, and see
settin' around me repperesenta'
tive women from every quarter of the
civilized world Cheors.l
Thar is some women that wouldn't
acknowledge to forty yers, even in stitch
great cause rs this is, but them women
aint here to-day. They air in the giddy
whirl OF society; they air lookin' fer hus-
bands; they air worshipn' mt the shrine
of Fashion, fergittin' they have rights
and keerless of the future unless thars
man init. Vociierous applause Them
air the women that is the load YOU have
got 10 carry them air the women that
turns mems heads and thwarts legislation
in your behalf, and them air the women
You have got to expunge before you can
ever git to the goal of your noble ambi-
fions. lGreat applause.
I'm loOkin' over your program fer the
weeks services, feller citizens, | notice
that you have got Eddication, Philan-
thropies, Temperance, Industries, Perfes-
sions, Legal Conditions, Social Purity,
and Political Conditions sot down fer dis
cussion, and If you will permit me ] will
fetch on these various pints in my re-
marks.
81 persume the subieck of Publication
will not be confined exclusive to women.
'As look at it, men needs it more than
women does. A good many women, of
course, has got to be dedicated UP to your
most fer the men has got the votes
and votes is what you want [Chcers.l
All the dedicated women in this broad
land of freedom don't count fer as much
in the ballot box rs the orneriest, ig-
norantest cuss in presink, ef he's lived
thar long enough, and tins state of things
is what you have got to change. APP
plause.1 Don't fergft the women as you
so long, but don't bother about them.
Git the men on your side Git the votes !
Git the legislation, and when you've got
the laws you can bring The other women
round in no time That's one of the
strong pints of goyerment-women
basn't got nothin' to do with maxim
laws, but they've got to mind them, er
suffer fer it. [Cheers.l
'In philanthropies and temperance
woman is already great; greater than
men can ever be. She don't spend so
many dollars onto il, mebbe, but she
comes like an angel of mercy to the sui-
fesin, the needy, the pore and the weak,
atre I'd with a tender hand she smoothes out
'ef'he rough places and with her gentle
u,.voice she brings messages of comfort to
sst,them that has never knowed kind
,ieword, nor has ever felt an influence
unless it was a curse or blow. Thars
whar women's strong pints is, and thar's
whar they have got to go to git the best
arguments in defense of ther rights.
ICheers.l
'The women makes the best temper
ance workers, too, fer up to date they
aint in politics, and aint expected to
know nothin about the power of Ticker
at the polls, They aint candidates
neither, and don't have to set up nights
durin the campaign, iiggerin' on how to
Eit the saloon element on ther side; ner
they aint statesmen in legislative assem-
blies calkilatin' on laws that will do the
most good for the most Ticker manufac-
turers, and at the same time not git the
price of Ticker so high that the masses will
kick out of the traces, and elect some
other man to. fill ther place. Applause ]
"ln the industries and Professions wo'
men is gittin' along; especially in the in
dustries. Thars my wife, Mandy, fer in
stance, ladies, that is one Of the most in
dustrious women you ever seen. She
runs our farm while tend to the affairs
of State; does the housework, takes keer
of the Children, markets her aigs and
butter, does the sewin' fer the family,
gads round 'mong the neighbors and
bosses me without eyer raisin hair er
startin' wrinkle. Long continued APP
plause.1 Yes, ladies, and she'd been
here to this meetin', but the blizzard
showed Wayback under, and she's tryin'
TO git the farm thawed out in time fer the
spring plowin'. [Cheers and a voice: She
doesn't git paid fer it like man would ]
"You are ackerate on that pint, ma m.
She don't git paid fer it like man would.
found, but do / pay Mandy that way2
I'm sorry TO say / don't. Mans inhu-
manity agin, ladies. All Mandy gifts fer
her valuble services is my sallery as Con-
gressmen and all the profits on the farm
say about $1,000 per annium. [Cheers.
That's all; but she's got a right to it ei
anybody has, and I'm in favor of woman s
rights. [Cheers.l know better'n not to
be. LLaughter.l
"In legal conditions women has got some
distance to 90 yit, but she 10 gittin' than
by degrees. She cant serve on jury yit
at dollar and a-half day. but she can
git in the witness-box and draw the same
size fee man does. But she ought to git
more, fer she Is better witness than q
man is. (Cheers.l She talks more and
she does it easy like she wanted to, and
that makes it more comfortable fer the
lawyers. Her legal rights in a good
many REGARDS, though, is not up to the
mark, pertickerly ef she cuts of hel
legal head and sets husbands ON in it;
place. That's one ofwomen's weaknesses
and ef she wants more legal rights she's
got to take less husband, leastways tell
she gets the public mind to undergo some
change. Il Manifestations of disapproyal
It's true, ladies, true as preachin', ant
you mustn't expect 10 have the earth, ex
eept in poetry. [Cheers.l
"The next subject | notice ~ Socia
Purity and you have called an egsecutiy'
session ON that and shut the men out
Butt haint word to say agin IL. III Ey'
had done that away in the garden Of EdeI
the record would have been different
and You would have been saved q gooC
deal Of trouble and worry. But she didn't
and you've got to straighten it out tn
best yen can. [Cheers.l
"The last subject we will consider I
Political Conditions. Politics aud women
somehow never has been very warn
friends. The women has always seemed
willin' enough but Politics was oflisl
and kinder bashful, and woman's politi
cal condition to-day aint much better /