Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-03-21
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Dasiss . recsas visit 70 Cur Ns.innsl
CAPITAL city We attended the three 4 sy's sey-
sian o. IN Womsak National Council az
the Bsitsd s.atss. This vss The less tsies.
nisl meeting sd it was largely sstneed s.
delegates ID representatives. Of ali ,orfs
OF o.<sa'z itsoss. 0fe might well 3
ap2sIi ID q the p7adefosity % The ee1her.
ing sad led to ask VIA. will vo9en ID
mex
Mi.s Frances 8. Willard -ho has inst
compile Cd her term Of ofics g pfees-
dent OF tie Council presided With her
usasl grace ct manner during the seeuiou.
Nat being accustomed 70 seeing such
ssshsriogs We mus. ADM. that We fss,sS
lee: &c lose sizat Of some Of the Old mss,e,
pieces - painted BY these Who ~ish ID ,hsir
hssfn that women would content than
selves With being women, srd ksepiu,
alive the ssestEess and beauty, dIiissn..
in day, which are the peessy Of life. azd
We might dsDseci We the movem sns IL ve a.
70 have tf'i,s sesking no.oristy loyirg
women for models bu. We knasi
the IDEAL vonas Sin lives Ia
shousands Of hoEses sad work in number.
less enterprises for the vor,d's upIiftias
We were glad re were there from shs
good Old State Of Maine, and ala no1 feel
At sIl chasriaea BY the abseace Of Msins
women. We only ssw two fam:Iise feees.
MAsssehussfts, progressive stsse. 10
csllsd, VS. syake To s,s Opportunities. ana
noble women rerfeseassd IL suzi1issy q.
gsnizstions. New York nigh. we'll feei
proud d it Mrs. Marsre.t Botsoms. All
hoes Of o.hers.
Far 81 Kansas sent 9 Farmers Alhxne.
representative, Mrs. N. K. Lease. She tald
the women taas this nation vas 4. the ve,ya
II crest revoiu.iou. and tried 10 impress
them With the fact that new political psrty
~ss the pAnacea for all IL Ills. Some NAV
have doubted, but think Ne Ill felt :
sense Of relief that We - women had 70
little responsibility 10 the Kcysrn;ns ~
ratiocs. The more aensiii vs and
,nssryAsise women were obliged In
lake . recess during he. -remsrks
for she showed no mercy to men OF nigh or
lo~ estate.
10 reporting IN attemp pied interview with
senator ingalls,. she showed that her spirit
sss not daunsed BY his refusal, and tfiak
she WAS rather pleased to felMte his mss
cage, which was tina. 'only Indians and
women ssslped their victims after they
have helped 70 Kill them
She wore the White Ribbon, which
moved her Loyalty to the W. C. T. u, sl-
though che would gladly gather them In
her arms and carry them all over to the
Barmers Alliance. Some Of as hoped that
all the acalpsrs would remsin 10 KsHss..
and from what We hear Of its financial rs
well ~ political standing, we ii ,usht they
could find plenty OF work TO d. At home.
Mrs. Fiofeocs Balgamie of London. was
there to represent the British Woman's
Temperance Association.
Among the clergy were Rev. Ida C
Hutlin. OLYMPIA Brown, Caroline ]. Bart.
lett. Media Frances Upper, Anna A. Shaw,
and others.
At the opening OF The meeting there were
six National organizations who had entered
The council according 70 the conditions pee
scribed in the constitution. |. The
National Womsn's Suffrage Association
q 3oro.is. 3. National W. C. T. u
4. The Womau's Centuary Association Of
National Press Association. G. Vino
isugbsis.
Organic stions represented by fraternsl
delegates were twenty eight in number.
Quite . number Of these became regular
fitsfkhtFs tHo Netk- Duftly, We
thought. every woman IL she chooses can
find place 10 identify herself, for there
was the Queen Isabells Association, the |
Ramabia Association, the Union Woman's
Missionary Society. the Woman's Occi- |
dental Board Of Foreign Missions. the New
York Press Club, New England Womaa's |
Press Association, the Worlds W. G. T |
t.. the Noa-Psrtisan National W. C. T. T., |
the Woman's Temperance Publishing
Association, the Illinois Womsn's Home |
Missionary Society. and 50 on, one
might almost think by the gathering |
together Of 40 many good women repre-
sen!ing so many good interests that the |
millennium was jus. at hand, but we think |
Of the thousands OF women who are coa- |
tent to live butterfly life" or else never
get out of their own little nook.
Following this came the National Wo- !
man's Suffrage meeting
Our heads we're full so we took flying
tip farther south, siighting at Atlanta on
the way to Florida. The warm sunny
climate is in striking contrast to the
March OF New England. The colsred |
people were in abundance and prominent |
among the loafers al the railroad station.
The race problem assumed greater magni-
tude than ever before in our minds, and it |
looked Amos. like mistake that the hight |
of suffrage had been allowed them with no |
provision. We were told BY
prominent gentleman that they are nearly |
all Republicans ard had their votes been |
honestly counted We should have q solid |
Re publican south. Possibly they need !
the Australian Ballot SYSTEM
The party in power justify themselves in |
their course on the ground that the colored |
people are yet too ignorant to hold the gov |
arning power.
Lynch law 10 prevalent and the people |
become accustomed to it. Only few dsj s
before cur visit there two men were buog |
10 some bushes not mile sway from the |
court house. While OUT sensibillties we're |
shocked At the thought of it. feeling that
justice should be given criminals they |
mAinisin that it is the beat course 70 pursue |
Names old hills ard valleys never
seemed 80 dear 10 us ss when riding through |
the almoet endless piae forests of Flofi 10,
ard now thst We are 81 home again we can't
wait with patience for the suns warm rays
to melt away the solid ice AMI snow feeling
that Msiae Is the beat place on Gods foot
stool S. +. BEALE.
ArGusrA March l5,h, 1891.