Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-08-05

Yves nominated, chose her to be their
standard bearer, after employing due
Diligence 10 ascertain vhO Was the most
eligible person for the distinction Blank
ballots were sent out by the chairman OF
the Executive Committee to well-known
woman sufrzgists. Some did not vote
Others gave scattering votes for local
leaders. but nrs. Lockwood and a. II.
Love received the highest number-fo
hundred and ten votes. Lille de Blake
received none, Miss Anthony two, and
Nrs. Stanton nine. II is not surprising
after this that but few women known as
woman sulirsgists support Mrs. Lock
wood. Among them arc Emma Beck,
CYNTHIA Leonard, and Linda Gilbert.
There are two national organizations
which have for their object the obtain
ing Of the ballot for women one OF these
is the American Woman Suffrage AssO-
cation. whose headquarters are at Dos
ton. and whose leading spirits are Mrs.
Lucy Stone, who was pioneer in the
work and an aDti-siayery lecturer before
the war Dir. II. B. Blackwell her hug
band Julia Ward Howe, Mrs. Mary \.
IivermOre, and Others There Is also
the National Woman Suffrage Assocla-
ton. with headquarters at Washington,
and Offered by Elizabeth Csdy stan
ton. Susan b. Anthony, and their allies.
Neither association has thought OF
putting candidate in the field,
for neither sspres 10 tho posi-
ton OF a third or fourth party.
Mrs. Lockwood is, therefore, not
the Woman Sud'rsgist candidato. but
On independent candidate for whom
a few distinguished women are working.
Perhaps it would not be gallant TO sug-
gest that there is any jealousy OF Belya
IN the breasts OF those o. her SISTER
woman sulragists who will have nothing
TO do with her candidacy. Mrs. lock-
wood has held some largo meetings
and seems to have financial resources !;
but il is unknown whether her interest
ing proceedings ore paid for absolutely
out Of her private resources or not.
CYNTHIA Leonard describes her 10 be
"a good mother, good wife, q good
citizen. q good lawyer, and good, level
hooded woman" Let no one hereafter
sa, that one woman cannot speak well Of
another in public.
Mrs. Lockwood is iDdubitibly a clever
woman. End. IS It appears to most peo-
plo. did not need the rcuOwn Of beng
/ the second time the Equal-lifhts party q
candidate for the presidency 10 complete
her we'll earned notoricty. She was born
in New York State in the year 1880. At
fourteen years Of age che undertook tue
care Of village school, and A. eighteen
that Of q husband, Urish ii. Nc
Nall. He died in 1893, leaving
one daughter, now writer, known
more OF less as Lura ". Ormes.
During the war Mrs, McNail assisted III
the caro- Of Union soldiers At It's close
She resumed teaching, and in 1863 took
a second mate, Dr. J.. Lockwood. now
deceased. In 1870 Mrs. Lockwood re-
ceiyed the degree Of A. ii. FROM the
/ syracuse University. After Columbia
/ College, Washington, bad refused her
admission So student Of law she en-
tered the National University OF that
1 city, whore she won the degree OF LII. -.
/ On September %, 1873, she was admitted
/ 10 practice in the District OF Columbia.
/ her admission tn the bar of the Supreme
/ Court o. the United States took place
about six years sitter.
] The female candidate for the presi-
dency is an actiye social rofonner. OF
Woman's Rights" she has long been a
prominent advocate. On one occasion
! She presented Petition T. Congress for
the passage Of prohibitory law for the
/ District Of Columbia. 1t bore one
/ thousand signatures. What proportion
/ of them were Of congressman does not
appear. She supported measure IN
! tended to equaliZe the compensa-
/ ton paid to men and women
employed in the public service
/ for the performance of the same
duties. Her name appeared ia n memo
rial addressed 10 Congress, which made
/ the declaration that woman Is entitled 70
/ the ballot. a petition TO Congress, signed
I by thirty-fye thousand people and
/ demanding that suffrage he given to wo-
men. was presented by Benjamin f. But
/ Ter for her. Mrs. Lockwood Is a worker
/ to promote the objects Of the Universal
/ Peace Union and the Arbitration League.
Her efforts were successful, assisted by
I those OF other persons members OF a
committee OF the Peace Convention, III
securing en- arbitration plank in She Re
publican platform Of 1884. The attempt
was subsequently made by her and her
/ friends TO achieve the same result IN the
Democratic platform OF that year.
Mrs. Lockvood's recreatiOns include
the accomplishment of the tricycle.
rider. She is said TO have first intro
duced that vehicle into Washington.