Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-21
WOMAN AND HER CAUSE
Reports and Speeches Made 1t the Suf.
mage Conventaon To-day.

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II did net take long for the woman suffrage
| association to get down TO steady work at their
| morning session today There was little time
spent In preliminary talk and everything was
ready when Miss Anthony stepped forward
with gavel in hand and wrapped for order.
She hrst called for representatives from Min
nssota, but there we're none from that state 10
answer. Next In order was Mira Mary E.
| Holmes OF Illinois and she gave an interesting
acec unit Of the work in her state.
WHERE sPINsrERs VOTE.
| DR.. Emily H. Stowe. delegate from Toronto.
was introduced by Miss Anthony aud asked to
give an account Of the work in Canada, where
oil women and spinsters are entitled to ballot
on municipal questions, Or, a. Miss Anthony
put Il, where all women who are fortunate
| enough not TO have husbands NAV have vote. "
Mrs. Sarah NJ. Kimball Of Salt Lake City was
called upon to represent Utah in the various
state reports. She said that after enjoying the
right Of suffrage for sixteen years the women
OF Utah deeply felt the degradation in being
deprived OF their rights ~ citizens OF this
great country and being relocated to the ranks
OF those who have taxation without representa-
ton.
| THE FIaHr IN INDIANA.
Mrs. May Wright Sewall Of Indianapolis, a
member Of the executive committee Of the as
ISOLATION, made report for the state OF In
diana. She said that much of the work for the
last year had been Of a negative character in
| endeavoring to counterfeit the influence engen-
! dered by false ideas a. to the nature Of woman
suffrage. She gave an account Of the distribu-
| ton that had been made in her state Of vast
amounts OF suffrage literature in the form of
pamphlets, printed speeches, reports and other
important documents One very suocessful plan
10 to supply schools and colleges with literature
| on the subject and to furnish college literary
| societies and other debating clubs with argu-
| ments for discussion and debate. Mrs. Sc wall
| said that there was not college in the state
| that had not called for material on the subject,
and that even Wabash college, the only one in
| the state that keeps it's doors closed to the
| female sex, had asked for such literature three
different times Mrs. Sewall said that il it
we're felt that person working for suffrage
was also working at the same time for prohibit
| for prohibition. for personally she was not in
favor OF the latter movement; but abe did in
| sist upon the right OF woman to cast her ballot
on every subject and have her ballot counted
Mrs Laura n. Johns of Kansas, where mu-
nicipal suffrage Is allowed, spoke of the educa-
said that the female vote was constantly grow
ing; that last year 1t had increased so per cent
over any preceding year. But she would call
upon Col. Daniel Anthony Of Leavenworth to
say whether woman suffrage in Kansas was not
q success.
MHss ANrHoNY's BIO BROTHER.
The colonel came out from one Of the boxes
and mounted the stage. He was met by Miss
Anthony, who turned to the audience and said:
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lection Of my friends my great big brother
Dan" Col. Anthony began his remarks, which
were quite witty, with the statement that he
could imagine no harder position than that of
man called upon the woman suffrage stage
70 speak after such women sS as Mrs. Stanton,
many Others, but he would do the best he could
to tell Of the success Of equal suffrage in the
metropolis of Kansas Col. Anthony is not q
young man and his remarks created considera-
BILE amusement when he said: my sister is
much older than ] am. Compared with her
am mere boy, 80 do not expect to be listened
to with much respect after she has spoken. I
heard her once say that her brothers had
treated hef fairly we'll This, may soy,
10 al! the thanks she has ever given
her in the cssue. have never been able to think
OF an argument against woman suffrage and 1
can assure you that II had thought Of q score
of such never should have dared to mention
them with such sister in the family as
have" This little hit was received with much
laughter. He then gave an account Of the
workings OF the municipal suffrage law in Kan
sas.
THE KFTEcr ON MARRIAGE.
Mrs. Johns and Mrs. Colby when asked about
the matter spoke Of the effect Of woman suf-
frage upon marriage and we're agreed that the
number of marriage licenses had incre ased in
greater ratio than the population, while there
had been no increase in the number Of divorces
despite the vast increase in the population. As
state has expressed the opinion that you
Of the Divinity. Now it aeefs is
q divine decree that man shall love woman and
woman shall love man. and it has been my ex-
perience that the fact that a woman has re-
ceived some Of her rights and exercises them
properly makes her none the less attractive in
the eyes OF the manlisr SEX"
Mrs. Emily B. Ketcham read the report for
Michigan.
THE WOMAN WHO DESIGNED THE FLAG.
Miss Phoebe Couzins gave an interesting &C.
count of the making of the first American flag
by awoman-Betsy Ross Miss Couzins said that
during her recent illness she spent most of her
time in hunting up the history Of this interest
ing woman, and as Q result Of her labors she
presented to the convention the story OF the
adoption Of our flag and seal, designed, US they
were, by woman.
At the request Of committee Of the CONT
mental Congress, consisting Of DIR. Franklin,
Mr.. Robert Morris and Col George Ross, Mrs
Betsy Grisc0m Ross designed and made the
drst flag Of the United States, consisting of
thirteen red and white stripes, a blue field as a
square on the left and upper corner, and upon
the blue field WAS spread eagle. with thirteen
stars in q circle Of rays Of glory surrounding
Its head. The United States seal was after
ward made from the same design
Of the United States flag, viz,
q red. white, and blue shield on tho breast OF
an American eagle, holding in its talons an
olive branch and thirteen arrows, in its beak a
scroll inscribed with this motto, "E Pluribus
Unum," aud above its head thirteen stars ar
ranged in circle of glory. These designs
we're approved and adopted by the committee
and Congress- and they we're made before the
words United States Of America were legally
used.
Our county had no name, Miss Couzins said,
until Betsy Ross marked upon the flags 1.-The
United States Of America"
Mrs. Clara b. Colby OF the Woman's Tribune
and Miss Alice Stone Blackwell, a daughter of
Lucy Stone and one Of the editors of the
Wonan's Journal, Mrs. Hart OF Little Rock,
Ark, editor of the Womdn's Chronicle, and
Mrs. Mary r. Seymour, editor Of the Business
Wonsan's Journal, spoke Of newspaper work
for women and of the work the various papers
are doing for the cause Of woman suffrage
After few announcements from Miss
Anthony the meeting adjourned until 8 o'clock
this afternoon, when the convention discusses