The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-03-10
DOMESTIC NEWS.
THEY GOT NGALLs's SCALE.

THEY GOT NGALLS'S SCALP.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The Kansas
women do not forgetthat, some years
ago, Mr. Ingalls,, in speaking of the
woman suffrage advocates, described
them as 1.-The unsexed of both sexes,
the capons and the epicenes Of society, !"
and now they are claiming a share OF
the credit of having beaten him as a
candidate for reelection to the Senate.
In the session of the WOman'S Ma
tiOnal Council of the United States
last night, Mrs. Mary A. Lease, a rep
resentative of the Farmers Alliance,
disturbed the decOrum of the owen
ton that had been properly lady-like
by injecting a very decided flavor of
politics into a short address that she
made about the interest of women in
political affairs. Mrs. Lease is a woman
of much force of character. She is
dark, with keen, bright eyes, a voice
ofmuch power, and with a fine com
mand of language. " 9l
She had not. spoken long before she
began to talk of the share that the wO-
men of Kansas had in the Alliance vic
tory. That brought her to Ingalls,, and
she spoke her mind freely about him.
THAT great landslide" she said, that
political JOhnstown flood of last No
vember, was due to the women of the
Alliance. SO was the defeat of that
man who for eighteen years represented
us in the United States Senate, and
who has never one identified himself
with the legislation demanded by his
constituents. We the women of the
Farmers Alliance, defeated John j.
Ingalls,"
This brought some applause, but
more Kisses. Mrs. Lease did not care
for the Kisses, but she objected to the
applause. q have been asked" she
went on, "why do you women glory in
the defeat of John J. Ingalls,; he is a
brainy, smart man. Yes, he is a
smart man.. He must be a smart
man to be the cOnsummate rascal he
has made of himself"
Here the Kisses were renewed with
vigor and force. The Alliance sympa-
thizers applauded loudly and general
| confusion prevailed, during which sew
eral ladies and gentlemen left the hall.
Miss Willard raped for order, and in
her quiet, gentle manner, said that
| while. she had had no idea of the
character of the address Mrs.
Lease was to make, she would
have to insist that speakers on
the platform refrain from personalities,
and she hoped that the ~self-reSpect and
dignity of the ladies composing the au-
dience would deter them from kissing
a speaker whose sentiments were not
theirs.
Mrs. Lease said she wanted to say
one word more On the line she was pur-
suing, even at the risk of her words be-
ing termed personalities. She said that
she had invited Senator Ingalls, to meet
her yesterday, but that he had replied,
saying that only women and Indians
scalped the people they had killed.
| She then went on to describe how the
women of Kansas voted for "MOllie
and the babies" and, while they did
not want the earth, they had got a
pretty good slice of it, and they would
pursue their fight against capitalists
from the "banks of Wall street to the
gates of hell" At this juncture a large
number of ladies left the hall. Mrs.
Lease paid no attention to the interrupt
ton, but, holding up a campaign song,
said it was the music that had assisted
in the Alliance victory last fall. In
conclusion she said:
eve have come to stay. We ar
advocating the principles of truth and
justice, and are trying to put into prac,
tical use the principles of Christianity
We want the day to come when we
shall have no more milliOnalres and
no more paupers. Thank yOuB fol
your Kisses and applause"
The audience was so demOrallZed
that it could not be kept quiet for the
benediction that was pronounced by
the Rev. Anna B. Shaw. AS the PEG,
pie passed out, the only thing heard
Espoken of was the unusual speech OF
the lady from Kansas.
To-day there was a large audience
present at the sessions of the Council,
and there was plenty for it to hear.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton read a paper,
the first thing in the morning session,
upon 1.-THE Matriarchate, or Mother
Age" Susan B. Anthony, when called
upon to speak, said she rejoiced that
the world was beginning to feel that
the quality of women was the first step
in all true progress. She put IN a plea
for wOman's suffrage.
Mary Seymour Howell told of the
gains of the last three years. julia
Ward Howe spoke Of The Relation OF
the Woman Suffrage Movement to other
Modern Reforms" Goods Woman
was the theme of the Rev. Anna B.
! Shaw. the President of "Wimodaugh-
| Sis. . a society for the elevation of wo-
men. God made woman equal with
man, she said. Occupations of Wo-
men to Date" was the subject of a
paper by Mary F. Seymour.