, 1888-04-12
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
HONOR TO THE PIONEERS OF
THE MOVEMENT.
SUSAN d. ANTHONY, ELIZABETH oADy
STANTON, AND orHsR LEADER
IN COUNCIL.
FROM PROCEEDINGS OF TUE NATIONAL
CONVENTION.


WAsnINGToN, March 3I.--This wa
che wcmen's jubilee day. Pioneers o
che movement for women's rights as
sembled on the stage ut Albaugh's
The programme announced that it wa'
q conference of pioneers. On the from
Of the platform was placed II large
life.sized crayon portrait Of Lucretia
Mottein her Quaker cap. The frame
OF the picture was adorned with ever
greens. Assihe old ladies, and the old
gentlemen, too, arrived, some of the
younger ones, the ri Is of the suffragr
movement, Mrs. May Wright Sewell,
Mrs. Johns and Others distributed biz
badges of ribbon among them and
pinned on each badge was bouquet.
Pots Of flowers were disposed in a
tasteful way about the stage. Mis-.
Stanton sat in front, with Mrs. Lucy
Stone to her right. Miss Anthony sat
at her left. Near by were Mrs. Ga e.
Mrs. LvermOre, Robert Purvis and
others, and behind these Was y semi
circular row of grandmotherly ,ld
ladies, many Of whom were present
when the shot was fired that was
heard all around wOman's world. The
pioneers were on the stage. Baskets
of flowers were presented to Susan b.
Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton,
Lucy Stone. Matilda Joslyn Gage,
Mary A. Livermore and Julia Ward
Howe by the committee appoint, d for
that purpose. When Miss Anthony
called the meeting to order she said:
In memory Of Lucretia M tt, who,
with Mrs. Stanton, called the first suf-
frage convention, and, in accordance
with the religious denomination Of
which Mrs. Mott Was u member, we
will now observe season of silent in
vocation.
Miss Anthony then bowed her head,
everyone in the audience did the
same, and for u minute silence
reigned. Then Miss Anthony raped
her gavel again. Th1 wo DIS Of Whit
tiers hymn, "The Reformers," was
sung to the familiar tune of "Orten-
ville." Miss Anthony then presented
Mrs. Stanton, who, she said, with Lu-
OICtih IhOtty SdiN u tDt nIcb WOIIldu \
convention ever held in the history of
the world. Miss Anthony said around
a table at Seneca Falls, N. Y, forty
years ago were seated Mrs. Stanton,
Lucretia Mot, Mrs. Elizabeth M
Clintock, Mary Anna McCl,ntock and
Mary Jane Hunt. When Mrs. Stan.
son rose everyone rose and waved
handkerchief.
THE FIRST CONVENTION.
Mrs. Stanton told the story of the
first Seneca Falls convention. She
said
went to the worlds anti.slavery
convention in London on my wedding
tour, although Was not delegate.
They spent the first day in debat ng
whether to admit women. Mrs. Mott.
and myself while walking in London,
discussed the sui ject and when we
got home wrote u few letters, calling
friends together to hold convention.
We read the Declaration of Independ-
ance and saw that that was model
for the call. Then came the resulu-
tions. After others had tried, ] nv
self wrote resolution on suffrage.
All we're opposed to such II resolution,
even my hus band and Lucretia: so |
seemingly assented, but when | got to |
the convention / asksd Fred Douglass
to speak for me, Q had never then
spoken in public but he did not speak !
last enough for me, and before | knew
it was on my feet talking as fast as
/ could. In II few days the newspaper
all over the country began to make
comments ridiculing the whole meet
ing. My father rushed up to New
York to see If / had gone crazy. You
cannot imagine the humiliation |
felt. l and my father talked the
matter over until midnight and he
could not answer one OF my argu-
ments. Then ! met Susan b. An.
thony, the Napoleon of our movement
and we began to work together. We
besieged all the legisln lures for twelve
years in succession. l wrote the reso-
lutiOns and she presented them New
York is the first state to give certain
property and educational rights to
MARI ed women. Then our conven.
tions began to be held all over the
country. Ridicule was the chief
theme of the press. IL was said that
the woman's rights women had horns
and hOofs. Now we meet III one of
the most beautiful opera houses in the
country, and have the commentator
of the press all over the country. We
have been encouraged to speak the
truth, knowing that it will be main
tanned and backed by the good and
great OF all nations.
yHE HUTCHINsoNs.
Miss Anthony then introduced John
w. Hutchinson, one of the survivors
IF the old Granite State minstrels.
Miss Anthony said they had tried TO |