The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-10-13
THE LADIES' MEET.
The Late Woman Suffrage Convention at the
Assembly Hall.

The Late Woman Suffrage Convention at the
Assembly Hall.
At the Woman Suffrage convention lately
held in the Assembly Hall, Mrs. Lydia D.
Alder occupied the chair
Prayer was offered by DR. E. S. Barney.
PROFESSOR JAS. E. TALMAGE
was the first to address the assembly. He
said that great deal of thought upon the
subject had been aroused through the or
ganizatlon OF these associations, and if just
and right women will still have the liberty
to vote.
The question that women are equal to
men stirs the minds of the thoughtful men
all over the world. Woman has received
her knowledge from the same source as
men and men should not prevent her from
obtaining it. l desire that she shall re-
ceive all that God has proposed she should
have. Also what she is manfully striving
for
HON. C. W. PENRosB
was the next speaker. 81 believe in giving
to women all the rights of women and that
they should go together with man. Man
without woman is imperfect, socially and
politically. If women do not get their
rights it will be their fault. Sentiment is
growing in this nation that woman should
be considered equal with man. The act of
comforting suffrage on negroes and not
on white women was an outrage. Women
may hold property and pay taxes and yet
have no representation whatever. The
right to vote is. conferred by law, and
women must obey the laws thus they
should vote. The right of suffrage con-
ferred upon women does not necessarily
confer upon them the right to hold offices
Voting is one right alone. The doctrine
rights. Justice will live and extend until
woman will be placed by the side of man
MRS. zINA D. YOUNG.
'He that plants pears, plants for their
heirs" Women are not down trOdden and
should be noticed, and by their persever-
ance, work and influence could accomplish
a great deal of good, especially with the
liquor question, which is so universally re-
cogniZed as an evil.
HON. JOHN T. GAME.
1t affords me satisfaction to have this op-
portunity of meeting with you, as am a
suffragist. Women should vote Just as
much as men. Depriving the women of
Utah of the right to vote was an outrage,
as they all voted in a commendable man
ner, although it was charged that they
voted as cattle did; but it was not So 1t
was Uub d pOllllCdl ulON CLlGlG,
by men of the territory to carry
out their scheme. The subject Of
suffrage should be well agitated. as
it is by agitation the world
it governed Taxation without representa-
tion is unjust. 1t is only question of time
when women will get their rights. The
ballot-boX was never more pure than when
women voted. l sustain with my whole
heart the movement with this organization.
Equal rights at the ballot box sweep evil
from our midst
HON. W. II. KING.
81 an in sympathy with the suffrage
movement. l cannot conceive that man is
superior TO woman. Woman educates,
trains; nd instills principles of patriotism in
the minds of the youth and by SO doing she
accomplishes great deal of good"
Prof. j. j. Daynes then favored the asso-
citation with an organ solo.
Mrs. Lulu Greene Richards followed
and Mrs. Viola Pratt favored the assembly
with "a song.
Bishop Wallace also made few timely
remarks.
Sanpete county was represented by Mrs.
Jakeman, who reported the association as
being in fiourishing condition.
Willard county was represented by Mrs.
A. Y. Greenhalgh, who made a similar re-
port.
Mrs. Alder made a report Of the associa
ton as whole, and the meeting adjourned.