The daily state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 188?-1891, 1890-07-02

Southern Democrats. This association
might be appropriately called ''The Sec
tional Killer" Let it die.
But the crowning feature of the entire
week was the final banquet-or banquets,
rather, for there We're two-one for the
men and one for the women. The Asso-
citation is a practical Woman's Rights
body. There were fifteen female dele
gates In the body who voted, made
speeches, read papers, read poems, were
candidates for Office, and officers and
who in every way were fully equal to the
pantaloon members of the body. One
of them was elected an officer, and all of
them were interested delegates. The poet
of the Convention, Mr. VIM. E. PABOR,
of Colorado, advocated Woman Suffrage
IN his poem which was entitled tOpen
the Gate; Message from the Noun
tains." In addition to the women who
were delegates, there were fully seventy
i've OF the wives and sisters of editors
who participated in all the pleasures of
the body. And so the Boston editors
gave the banquet to the men, and the
Boston Women's Press Club gave ban
quet to the ladies. A woman editor,
MRS. SALLIE JOY WHITE, presided at
the Women's banquet and my wife (who
Is not "women's right man'D who was
present says that she had as much hu-
NOR and pleasantly and grace as
presiding officer at banquet as
any man. The women responded to
and made speeches ani sung songs, and
had. q royal good time, after partaking
of what is said to have been the most
elegant banquet ever served at the
Parker House. Among those who ad-
dressed the convention during its sitting
was MRS. JULIA WARD HOWE, editor of
the Woman's Journal She it about
sixty years old and has singularly in
tellectual and attractive face. She spoke
well and gracefully-as did all the
women. l have always been a believer
IN the theory that every woman ought
to be able to earn he1 living, and that
she ought to earn it. I believe more
firmly in it now than ever before
One of the speakers at the banquet
for women said: "God bless the editors
who no longer permit us to stand knock
ing at the door of editorial sanctums
with faint hearts and quivering lips; we
are inside; working faithfully and we
are here to say. If the magazines and
the newspapers are mighty engines of
great power, as we believe them to be,
women who work on or for them must
see to it that no uncertain hand touches
either lever or screw Thank Heaven
for the men who look beyond the limits
of present policy and mere pecuniary
| hor,
ing W. st and in your fertile South, and
we have them here in Boston. Men who
have never by word or deed doubted our
success; men whose pleasure it has been
to cheer and encourage us in our work
men who have boldly said that ideas
are of divine origin, and "prejudice TIE
child of ignorance;" men keen enough
to take the bright thought of quick
ened brain without sex limitations, ano
men who are willing to pay for it in the
same way
There is no work better suited to
we'll educated, sensible woman thar
newspaper work and they are everywhere
doing excellent work on our leading
newspapers and magazines. It is neat
and is an occupation in which they neeC
come less in contact with the bust
ling world than in any other occupation
which requires brain work. No worker
are so isolated as writer's and worker
on the great publications Of tn
country. The future will see hun
dreds of women in journalism t.
where there is now one. have seel
them watched their work-beel
charmed by their womanliness-an'
while am not in favor of giving tn
ballot to women, l am decidedly in ia
vor of throwing open to them every ave
nue. in which honest toll will bring
sure compensation, so that never agai
.,ill women be forced to the degradatio
of marrying for home or to keep fror
: being an old maid. All honor, l say
to the women journalists in America
: They are going to put their impress G
purity of thought and purity of EXPIRE:
sion and purity of life into the journal
with which they are connected.
might write more about Boston-th
: work of the Convention-its personn,
e the elegant banquet for the men an
the eloquent toasts-but the CHRONICI
!, is not an India rubber paper. tt
q readers will have to imagine the rest.
r J. D.
J. JJJDGE SHIPP'S SUCCESSOR.