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not only of the laity butof the priests, who

not only Of the laity but'of the priests, who
were IN favor OF woman suffrage.
Mrs. Shattuck replied that the point she
wished TO bring out was that the Catholic
church had appeared in the Boston contest as a
church, and for this reason she condemned il.
What she said had no reference to individual
members Of the church in their form Of re-
ligion.
The attention of Miss Anthony was attracted
by Mrs. Cougar, who stood up in the audience
and called to her notice the presence of Mr..
Blue, member of the Kansas state senate,
whom, she said. was instrumental in procuring
the passage Of the municipal bill.
Mr. BLUE, THE KANSAS CHAMPION OF WOMAN
SUFFRAGE.
Mr.. Blue was received with great enthu-
siasm. and in speaking of the passage Of the
bill giving the Kansas women the right to vote
in municipal elections said that he believed
that the men were glad that women had the
right to vote. On all moral questions the
women were intutively right, and he thought
that the Acknowledgement Of women was the
solution of the evils of venality in politics In
Kansas he said that they did not fight this
question of woman's right on the religious
basis. he was opposed to antagonizing the
Catholic church because of the mistake Of one
man. He was not Catholic, and in fact he
did not believe that he had enough religion of
any kind to hurt him much, but he
BELIEVED IN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
and he wanted to see all classes united in favor
of woman's suffrage. In Kansas, he said, the
women of the so-called third party were the
main distractions to the cause The republi-
can party had done more for woman's cause in
Kansas than any other, and in the last canvass
these women Of the third party had antago-
nlZed the republican party.
Miss Anthony interrupted to say that the
members of the national association were not
attached 10 any political party and never had
been. They were in favor of woman's suffrage
and that alone. She said that what he had
said about third party women might be all
right but that kind of women were not here.
Mr.. Blue observed that he was glad to hear
1t, and then concluded his remarks.
WOMEN IN THE RECENT cAMPAIGS'
was the theme of the address of the next
speaker, May Wright Sewall, of Indiana. who
is one of the accomplished speakers connected
with the convention. She spoke of the nation
| al prohibition convention held in Indianapolis,
and said that during the long sessions OF the
committees, and of the convention itself the
! remark was generally made: ''How tired the
men look" Her personal observation was TO
| the same effect that the men looked all tagged
out. while the women were fresh and active
| This seems to confirm the belief, in the opinion
OF the speaker. that men have not the physical
strength to endure the fatigues of a political
| campaign. She said that some thirty-eight
| political clubs of women were formed through
out Indiana during the last campaign. Fran
ces Folsom Cleveland clubs were formed and
also Carry Harrison clubs. She spoke of the
women calling in delegations upon Gen. Har-
rison, and also their taking part in the rallies.