Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-01-16
MISS ANTHONY,s SERVICE.
The Twenty-First Convention of the
Woman Suffragists.

For forty years Miss Susan d. Anthony has
been working in the cause of woman's suffrage.
She is still hopeful and active, though she
probably does not expect to live to see the
fulhllment of her dreams. II is likely that
forty years ago she was more sanguine of i'm
mediate results than she is to-day, but, looking
back, she is not dissatisfied with the work she
has done, and she has no doubt that the people
will in time be educated up to the point of
recognizing the civil rights of women. She is
here now preparing for the twenty-first annual
convention of the National woman suffragist
| association. The association has re ached its
voting age, but the women are still without
their votes. This year the convention meets
In the Congregational church, the first time
the woman suffragists have been able to get
the use of that church for this purpose. They
feel that the trustees, or whoever are in con-
troll there, have advanced one step towards
enlightenment. The convention meets on
Monday to be in session three days. and Miss
Anthony Is looking up Senators and members
OF the House who are willing to sit upon their
stage or to speak for them.
A STAR reporter called on Miss Anthony at
the Riggs house. She had just finished a hard
days work
Il do not expect to do anything with the
House this short session." she said, but 1 hope
we shall be able to have the agitation resumed
shall be reported there and considered. We
want to have speeches made on the subject and
to get vote. Ali this aids in the great educa-
tional work that is progressing"
During the past year." she continued. ''the
work has been spreading. The people are get
ting more and more enlightened every year.
and it is by this means that we are ultimately
so be successful. We have had a great boom
in England. Lord Salisbury declaring for us
is great thing. He protests, of course, that
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before making it the policy of the gov
eminent. Salisbury is very clever. The
woman suffragist movement has always had
the moral support of the liberals; perhaps
not Mr.. Gladstone's personal active support
but il has been liberal movement 1t has
been agltated until it is about on the point of
success. The women have gradually got the
right to vote at first at one and then at another
of the various English elections until now they
vote for everything but the members of parlia-
ment. That, too is bound to come soon, and
Salisbury has been quick to catch the rising
tide. He will be great help to us.
'IN THIS COUNTRY
the educational work is progressing very salts
factorily. The sentiment is steadily growing,
and will continue to grow as the people adj
vance in enlightment The Boston election
showed very satisfactorily that the women will
vote when given a chance and a cause to inter-
est them. The best women on both sides of the
question at issue in Boston voted 1t was noted
that the educated and refined women were
prompt to exercise their privileges as citizens,
and that the lower classes chiefly refrained
from voting.
Every advancement of the human race is
in our interest. but we are waiting a long time.
Babies in long clothes when we held our first
annual convention have grown up to be voters
while we are still crying out for our rights. OF
course the fact that we have no votes makes
politicians Indifferent to our rights