Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-28

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A4 E1s1Wt fSESS is now at the capital,
kc2J y-fZkY4y% ready for the regular
annual agitation before
MISS SUSAN b. ANTHONY. Congress of the pro-
posed sixteenth amendment to the Constitu-
ton. She is one of the remarkable women of
the world. In appearance she has not grown a
day older In the past ten years. Her manner
has none OF the excitement OF an enthusiast;
never discouraged by disappoin tment, she
keeps calmly at work, and she could give points
IN political organization and management to
some OF the best male politicians In the
land. Her features base become familiar
throughout the country. There is nothing
abous her face that denotes mascuinity. IL
is a strong and intellectual face, but full of
womanly gent.eness. There is nothing In her
appearance, her manners or her speech that is
manly. Her gold spectacles give her
motherly rather than a severe expression. and
stranger would see nothing incongruous in
her doing knitting or fancy work. In no sense
does she correspond with the distorted idea of
woman's rights agitator. In conversation her
manner IL that of perfect repose, and her
speech denotes strong incidentally and thought
tuiness. She is always entertaining and the
most romantic ldeallZer of women would not
expect frivolity in woman of her age. and
would not charge it to strong-mindeduess that
she is sedate. Her voice is pleasing and she is
a most entertaining talker.
WHY SHE TOOK UP woMlNs CAUSE.
A STAR reporter called Oh her at the Riggs
house the other day and in the course of long
conversation ventured to ask how she first
became an advocate of womans suffrage.
hnrI lHr Ernx fOhn t,aI
sudden impulse. My parents were Quakers
My father always held that his sons and his
daughters were equal and that there was moth
ing which the boys might do with propriety
that the girls were not as free TO do. He gave
them ali equal consideration. Though he was
n man OF means-he was considered one of the
most prosperous manufacturers in Rochester
he raised his children, boys and girls alike, to
be self-supporting. l taught school when
was young He was temperance man and it
was due to his efforts that the custom of SELL
ing liquor as in a bar room in every grocery
store or where they pleased was broken up. He
refused, too, to give employment in his factory
to drinking men. Through him became in
terested III temperance. My fist work was in
the organization of the Society of the
Daughters of Temperance. l became deeply
interested in this and saw no reason
why women should not engage in a
good work. Our association was invited
to the general temperance convention
IN 1852, but, being women, We were
not allowed to speak. When we found
formed an Independent convention of our own.
My pature protested against this treatment of
women, as If they were not intellectual beings.
In the legislature saw member brush from
the desks a great roll of manuscript petitions
asking for temperance legislation, saying as he
did so: "Who are these people who pc tition
us. Nothing but lot of women and children"
This shocked me- Who more than women and
children were interested in that question?
Who more in the welfare of their homes?
Why, therefore. were their petitions to be
treated with contempt? l thought this and
the answer comes because they have no votes ,
From that day | saw that the remedy lay in
women having the privilege of voting. Since
then have devoted myself to the cause. Since
l was thirty years old l have never spent a
given to me for any other purpose than the
advancement OF woman's suffrage. All the
money have ever had has been or is being
devoted to that cause.
THE MEETING WITH MRS. STANTON.
"Over forty years ago Mr.. Stanton was intro
duced to me on the street. We became friends
and formed partnership that still exists
Whatever writing was to be done she did and
did the talking. She did not care to speak and
do not like to write, and we have worked to-
gether. All the great papers in the cause have
fective work with her pen. When first knew
her she was surrounded by family of chill
dren, and the only work she could do was by
her writings, and she devoted herself to that
her. for more than forty years now, my life has
been given up to the cause Of woman's suf-
frage"
THE COMING CONVENTION.
The conversation drifted off upon the subject
of the work now being done. "The twenty-sec-
ond annual convention of the National Amer
lean woman suffrage association, which occurs
on the 18th, 18th, 10th and 21st Of February"
she said, will be held in Lincoln hall. We are
pleased to get back into our old quarters. Our
circular states that we meet at the Church of
Our Father, but when we found that we could
again get Lincoln hall we decided to 60 there.
We think 1t will be the largest annual conven-
ton we have ever held. The fact that the
question is to be put to vote in South Dakota
interests US to greater activity. 1t is a cruel
and unjust thing to submit a question Of this
sort to a popular vote, the people most inter
ested having no voice. Never at any time has
proposition to admit new class to franchise
been carried by popular vote of those favored
with the franchise. In New York the property
qualification was abolished only through allow
I ing the persons seeking franchise to vote on
the question. We would have no hope of
success in this instance but for the fact that
there are but few foreigners in South Dakota,
and we Will nave to deal with the native Ameri-
cans, who are intelligent and liberal But with
the conditions as they are feel quite sure of
success. We are working now with all our
might. We are sending fifty thousand copies
Of Senator Palmers speech into the homes of
the farmers and we will have a half dozen
new speeches in this Congress to send out
The members and Senators from South Dakota
will send many thousand of them out under
their franks and will assist in every way. Ten
thousand copies Of the woman suffrage paper
published in this city will be sent to the homes
of the farmers."
What is expected to be done with this Con-
gress9" The STAR reporter asked
I'VE shall continue to agitate the question.
Agitation, agitation Is what. We want. From
agitation comes education. We have increased
strength in the Senate. The new states CON-
ing into the Union have brought us new friends
In the House we never before had things so
much to our liking. l have no hope of getting
the necessary two-thirds to send the amend
lures, but / feel confident Of getting majority
both houses. One Of our very best friends in
the House has been elected Speaker. As q
member Of the judiciary committee, Mr.. Reed
made u strong minority report in our favor.
Mr.. E. B. Taylor, who has been appointed
chairman of that committee in Congress, il
friend also. He, too, made q minority report
in our favor. Mrs. Stanton and her daughter.
Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch, will appear be-
fore the committee in behalf Of the amendment.
"We expect to do good work this winter.
Among the speakers at the convention will be
Mrs Stanton, Mrs. Harriet Stanton Batch, Lucy
Stone, Henry b. Blackwell, Rev. Olympia