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spoke for few minutes on the same sub

ject.
Mr.. T. F. McMechan was called and ad.
dressed the convention on women voting.
Mr.. McMechan illustrated his remarks
with numerous anecdotes, and then turn
ed his remarks to the liquor and tobacco
question.
Mrs. Thurston then spoke briefly on the
school question. She was followed by Mrs.
Anderson, a colored lady, who spoke OF the
equality of race and sex.
The Rev. Festus Foster, of the Congre-
gational church, then spoke of the faith
he had in the good which would follow
from equal suffrage, The convention then
adjourned until 7:30 p. m.
EVENING SESSION.
At 7:30 the convention met in the Gar
field opera house, which was crowded
The meeting was called to order by DR.
Mamie Stephens, who introduced Misses
Mile and Gertie Hays, of this city, who
favored the audience with piano duet
Prayer was then offered, when vocal
duet was rendered in admirable man
ner by Mesdames Durgan, of Atchison,
aud Singer, of this city.
After the music Dr. Stephens intro
duced Mrs. NJ. ID. Lowman, may
or of Oskaloosa. who spoke on
the idea which she said was prevalent in
the minds of many that when women
voted they neglected their home. In reply
she said that In all her experience she saw
that the homes of women who voted were
kept in first-class shape and even their
| husbands looked heater. The speaker
then told of her experience in municipal
1 loot Il Il.
showed independence of action when at
| polls by voting as they pleased. Mrs.
| Lowmans exhibited very modest and
gentle manner She mas soft voice and
her graceful appearance on the stage
called forth many complimentary remarks.
| Miss Susan B. Anthony was then intro
| duced and received with applause. Miss
Anthony began by reading letter from
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, president of the
National Woman Suffrage association.
| The speaker then dwelt on the condition Of
the poor men of England, and from that
she went to the fact that it was not the
black men of America who caused slavery
to be abolished. Using the above as illus
trations Miss Anthony plunged into her
speech. She spoke Of the work that had
been done in the last forty years. and said
that the work that women had done for
themselves in that timo was point that
has done more to bring about suf-
trage than any other thing
that had been done for the
cause. She dwelt on this point at some
length and then said that in the morning
paper she had read that the equal suffrage
movement had been defeated in Washing
ton territory. Continuing, Miss Anthony
spoke of the fact that Kansas had at one
time showed under'' the suffrage move
ment and the same had been true in
many other states. but by continued and
persistent work great Roadway had been
made. Referring again to the Washing
ton territory episode Miss Anthony spoke
of the outrage such defeat was on the
women of that territory, as for the past
four years the women of that place had
enjoyed the freedom of the ballot, and at
the time when they were needed at the
polls TO keep the politics of the new state
Glenn, they were thrown aside by political
trick and denied any voice in the making
of the state constitution. Miss Anthony
closed her remarks by saying that the
women of Kansas had a champion in Sen
ator Plumb but that they had a big job
on their hands when they tried to convert
Senator Ingalls, to their ideas. She spoke
also Of the time when the cause was called
up in The United States senate and said
that then there were twenty-six senators
who voted in favor OF the movement, and
of all these twenty-siX there was not a
single Democrat. She then asked if it
would be to the interest of woman suffrage
if these men were defeated and the cause
thus left without a champion. In speak
ing OF the time the question occupied the
floor of congress she said that but four
Democrats voted in favor of the suffrag-
lists being allowed committee to consider
their claims while the Republican repre-
sentatives in congress-with the exception
of eleven-voted solidly in favor of the APP
pointing of the committee
Mrs. Colby, OF Beatrice, Neb., editor of
the Woman's Tribune, then spoke of
Washington territory and of the fight
which has been made there for woman
suffrage. Convention then adjourned uu-
til o'clock this morning.
ToDAY's PRoGRAM-MoRNING SESSION.
9:30-MeeUing of executive committee.
10:OG-invocation.
Report OF executive committee.
Report Of treasurer.
Report of plan of work committee |
n:00-Eiecton of officers.
Adjournment.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
3:00-Invocation.
Report of auditing committed
Report of committee on resolutions |
Address by Rev. Sarah L. Stoner. of |
Berlin.
Question box.
Adjournment.
EVENING SESSION.
7:30-lnvocation.
Music.
Address-Mrs. Fannie II. Rastan,
of Topeka.
Address-Mrs. Clara B. Colby, ed
itor Woman's Tribune.
AddreSs-Miss Susan B. Anthony.
DIED.
AT the residence of Eli T. Strawn, near
West Unity, O.. on September TO- 1889,
John Strawn. aged ~ yaars, mouths and