The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-07-03
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE SLIPS.

EVERY year gives me greater faith in
woman suffrage, greater hope OF its
success, and more earnest wish to use
what influence possess for its advance
ment. Louisa M. Alcott.
The Fayette (Ky.) Equal Rights As
sociation, always active in good works,
is trying to secure the appointment of
an assistant woman physician in each
of the asylums for the insane.
CINCINNATI. the Queen City," is
awakening to her needs. This centen-
nial summer she is making history. A
woman suffrage club, woman press
club woman's paper are all making
their appearance.
WOMAN Suffrage is moving on in
England. The Royal assent has been
given to the local government elective
bill, which provides for the electing Of
the new county council. According to
this bill every householder OF full age.
whether male or female, will be enti-
tied to vote.
In 1888. Angelina Grimke wrote
that some Boston women, including
Maria W. Chapman and L. Maria Child.
were talking of starting woman's
rights paper. During that year Sarah
Grimke wrote series of letters on
The Equality Of the Sexes" after
wards published in small volume, adj
dressed to Mary E. Parker, president
of the Boston Female Anti-Slavery So
ciety.
REV. F. II. PALMER, in the Christian
Union, takes exception to the doctrine
Of the wife's subjugation, and says: rs
there any room in Christian home Of
the nineteenth century for the idea Of
subjectionP Is there any possibility OF
such a home becoming 'despotismP'
Is obedience a proper word, or the issu-
ing OF command proper thing be
tween husband and wife. the two per-
sonalities whose union unto one makes
the unit of the familyP We answer,
No! a thousand times, Mo-"
NEAL Dow, in answer to the ques-
ton. "How do you stand on the equal
suffrage question:" in the Chautauquan,
said: 'Once laughed at it, because I
had not thought about it seriously, and
was in bondage to old customs; but as
my two sons and two daughters grew
up, and the former voted when they
passed certain arbitrary line called
twenty-one, l saw the absurdity OF
holding back my daughters, equally
patriotic and intelligent equally amen
able to law and its penalties and to tax
alton, though debarred from the right
Of representation"
The recent, vote on the municipal
woman suffrage bill in the Ohio
House Of Representatives stood thir-
ty-six to thirty-six. and the bill
was lost But to get tie vote in the
Legislature Of Ohio, which has hitherto
been exceedingly conservative on the
suffrage question, is almost victory
in itself. The convention held at Co.
lumbus the day before by the Ohio w.
S A. undoubtedly had much to do with
this result One member of the Legis-
lature. who was converted at this meet.
ing by the address of Rev. Annie H.
Shaw, proved himself an able and en-
thusiastic champion Of the women
in the Legislative debate the next
day.
| ADvICEs from England state thai
about two million women were reg
istered and voted at the late election in
England, Scotland an6 Wales for mem
bers OF the new city councils. The
Countess OF Aberdeen is at the head Of
large organization of wealthy. titled
anu influential lsdics who have unitet
to enforce the rights Of their sex to si
as members OF tbs councils and to re
sist any attempts 10 deprive Lady Sand
hurst, Miss Golden daughter of Rich
ard Cobden) aIi the other ladies WHIT
have been eleSted to the councils o
their places therein. on any legal pre-
text The report that Lady Sandhurs
will be made q member OF the Londol
, board of aldermen seems 10 have goo'
foundat:en