Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-02-20
NO FILIBUSrERlNG HERE.
roday's Session OF the National Woman
Suffrage Association.


| WOMEN WHO CLAM THEIR RIaHrs-EARNRsr, But
oADrhLr; PERSISTENT, BUT PARLIAMENfARY-
TIE RESOLUTIONS ADoPTEp-woNxN AND TIN
WORLDS rAra.
There were several hundred ladies at Lincoln
hall this morning when Miss Anthony called ID
order the morning session of the National
woman's suffrage association. As usual, it was
fully half hour after the time for commenc-
ing before there were enough of the
| leaders of the cause present
to begin proceedings. Miss Anthony
was on time and at once took her seat by the
speakers desk, which was surmounted by q
handsome bunch Of flowers. The gsvel welded
by Miss Anthony in her official capacity is a
very substantial one of ivory. On one end OF
the head is engraved the phrase,
"0rder is heavens first law" This
truth is fairly understood by the
| women Of this association, and by Saint Susan
especially. She does not make much noise
with her gavel nor does she have to use it
often, but she manages to keep the organiza-
| ton over which she presides in a state Of order
| other sex. Business is transacted in proper
order and every important measure receives
its due share Of attention. There is
| NO FILIBUsTERINa.
The speakers who have been invited to ad.
dress the convention are listened to with atten-
ton and interest. When speeches are in order
| they are made. When resolutions are desired
they are presented, discussed, rejected or
| adopted, as the case may be. 1t must be said in
justice, however, that few if any resolutions have
been presented that were not adopted. There
| are no attempts to push through unsuitable
| measures in haste and without the proper at
tention. If any of those who have not attended
| ion that serious breaches Of parliamentary
| usage are committed through ignorance or with
| intent they are laboring under decided de-
| fusion.
REPORTS FROM THE STATES.
As was the case yesterday the first business
| of the morning session was the reading Of re-
ports from various states represented.
Saint Susan came forward about II o'clock
and introduced to her hearers Virginia L.
Minor OF st. Louis, who, said Miss Anthony,
was one of the women who endeavored to cast
her vote in 1872, but had 1t rejected. "Others
OF us, said the vice president, managed to get
our votes in, but We were afterward prosecuted
| for it. The case finally reached the United
States Supreme Court, and there 1t was decided
| that the United States has no voters. II that
| Is the case how has our government the power
| OF self-perpetuatiOn? But Miss Minor will
| speak for herself"
Miss Minor began her report with the re-
| qucst tudb uer hearers WOulQ Q6realtef speak
| OF her case as the woman case" and not as
the minor case" She said that she under
| stood it was q necessity that the case, when
considered legally, should be called by her
| name, but it was anything but pleasing to her
| to have such notoriety, especially as the case
was not SO much that of an individual as it was
| of her whole sex or of the cause in general.
She then went on to give an interesting
count Of the progress Of the work in the state
Of Missouri.
|
ford equal rights association, performed like
| service for the state Of Connecticut.
Mrs. Margaret Campbell of Iowa and Mrs.
Martha H. Elwill, president Of the Ohio state
woman suffrage association, spoke OF the work
| in their respective states.
Mira Marsh, Mrs. Upton and Mrs. Brown of
Ohio made few supplementary remarks for
their state.
Miss Anthony made some very compliment
tary remarks about the organization in Ohio.
had done more good work than any other local
organization and more than many of the state
organizations.
THE PAPERS DO 1T.
Mrs. Clara B. Colby attributes their success
largely to the work done by the papers in that
town. She said that it was a first-rate plan to
furnish local papers with short, condensed &C
counts Of the doings Of the various associa-
ton and she could assure them that if the in
formation was newsy and interesting it would
receive courteous reception and would be
pretty sure to see the light Of print.
THE RESOLUTIONS.
Mrs. Mcclellan Brown Of Cincinnati, of the
committee on resolutions, moved that all reso-
Iutions before the association should be re-
ferred to her committee without debate. This
was carried unanimously. She submitted the
report OF her committee, containing series of
resolutions which embody the opinions OF the
association on number OF matters of import
ance. These resolutions practically form the
platform OF the woman suffrage association.
The report was read by Mr.. Henry B. Black
well for Mrs. Brown.
WOMEN AND THE WORLDS FAIR.
Mrs. Lille Devereux Blake of New York
moved to add the resolution that wherever
and whenever the worlds fair shall be held
the demand shall be made that women be
placed upon the board Of commissioners. She
said that while she must claim the fair for New
York she would admit that Chicago had good
start, in that women had been placed on the
board OF commissioners Of that city. The mo-
ton was CARRIED unanimously.
Mr. Blackwell moved that the resolutions in
the report be taken up and acted upon one by
one. Carried.
THE CAUSE IN SOUTH DAKOTA
The resolution with reference to the condi-
ton of the cause in South Dakota was taken up
first and MIR. Wardeli of that state, a member
of the farmers alliance, was called on and
made q few brief remarks in favor of it. In the
course of his talk he said that the stories of ex-
treme restitution in his state were grossly ex-
aggerated. 1--WE may be in need Of help, but
we are not paupers. do not believe there is a
single case OF a man starving to death in my
state, and am sure there is not man in a bet
ter position to speak inteiligenty on this SUBJ
ject than am"
Mrs. ]. A. Picker Of South Dakota also spoke
Of the work of the equal rights associations in
her state.
THE DAKOTA.
Miss Anthony announced the members of the
finance committee for work in South Dakota
as follows: Miss Anna Shaw, Miss Lucy Anthony,
Mrs. z. Freeman, Mrs. Marsh, Mrs. johnson,
Mrs. Dickinson and Mrs. Meadow Contribu-
tions were called for at once and were received
from all parts Of the house. Many of the state
delegation pledged themselves to subscribe
s10O apiece.
Many other contributions, varying from s25
up, came in thick and fast from individuals and
states, and in the enthusiasm that was aroused
by these liberal promises the fact that series
Of resolutions was before the convention for
action was completely forgotten. As one lady
expressed it, when we can have money we do
not need talk" The editors of the Woman's
Tribune and the Business Woman's Journal
each contributed 5000 copies of their papers
and sums Of money besides. In few minutes
T,xllx ii .l.-. III