New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-01
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washington, Feb. 2S.-The Woman Suffrage Con
vsn+on held it's last session to-day The first part
Of the session was occupied by speakers from South
Dakota Mrs. Emma Smith Daboe, who spoke OH
"Ths Moral and Political Emergency; Mrs. Alice
J. Picker the wife Of Representative Picker, VINO
spoke on "The South Dakota Campaign" and Repre-
sentative Picker who was not on the programme,
bnt had como on the platform with his wife, and al
Mss Anthony's request made a brief speech Mrs.
Picker was introduced by Miss Anthony the first
Congressman's wife who had spoken in pont
ical campaign in behalf OF woman suffrage her
speech brief sketch of the South Dakota cam
paign, in which the third party and the Indian prop
lem had done much TO defeat woman suffrage. suIi'
the cause had won 1000 adnerents
Henry b. Blackwell made few remarks on inc
Dakota campaign, in which he worked for woman
suffrage. lie said the majority Of voters VINO cOuiu
read and write lad voted for the measure
Mr. Picklers little speech delivered with an
off.hand dash Of manner and contained good oe@l
of sentiment along with his views in behalf OF woman
suffrage
"For nv own part" he concluod 81 am for
woman suffrage because l want my mother, my
wife and my little daughters when they are women
10 have the same rights that have. want my tiTeo
girls TO have an equal chance in the world Win my
boy went into the Census ONCE one day 10 "sN
about an Office for young woman. '"hat i u!o
salary - asked of the official. Man or woman
to say. None of your business, if the applicant Is
competent As sure as God is right, the time VIII
come when woman will be equal with man"
Miss Anthony, who is ever ready to Illustrate ner
gospel Of equal rights, now brought MIS-. flofuef
forward TO stand by her husbands side ana receive
half Of The applause. ..
The rest Of the session was devoted to fve-minute
sreeches by the presidents OF State ORGANIZATIONS vi
their representatives In the majority of the states 'he
s,Srace outlook was pictured as bright ana en-
tcfracng. Though Tennessee was one OF those wiz"
10 last promising outlook. the cleverest OF the Ve
minute talkets WIS Mrs. Ida Meri"ether presi"e"'
Of The Tennessee association. Mrs. Merlweth2fs eA-
perer.es talk this morning and speech AT last even
pgs session on 1.-THE silen; Seven were 10y all Oous
Tho t-o most humorous speeches OF the conventlon'
rho silent Severn she said were the seven CLASSES
Who had no right to vote in this country Inc!
were minors aliens paupers criminals, lunaucs' lulo
and women. she lOathed the idea OF placing l'eil
gent women on the same basis with the otner' Out
said in the classification that woman was piaceu heA'
10 the idiot and at the foot OF the class
Mrs Julia Ward Howe who represents Massacmi
sets and spoke for that state yesterday this morning
made an eloquent plea in few words Tor the women
OF the state OF Washington. The suffrage enjoyed by
women in tie Territory had been taken away when
Washington was admitted as state. 1t was pontf
cal abomination.
the Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell spoke for New
Jersev New-Jersey women grateful for small
avors but they expected and hoped for larger ones
Nine delegates had come halfway across the con-
tnent to represent Utah in the council and convention
Miss Anthony said that Utah had sent three times
more money TO the National suffrage Association than
apv State Mrs. Richards declared the women of Utah
had been misunderstood. After seventeen years OF
suffrage the right taken away because Of poly gamy
But for five years before that pOygamous women had
not been permitted TO vote. she was authOnzed 10
invite the Officers hold the next convention in salt
Lake City. 49,,
Miss Yates, handsome young woman from Maine,
read the report of the Rev. Henry Blanchard pTesl'
dent OF the Maine Woman Suffrage Association.
she said Maine was almost alone In being state
where women had never exercised the right OF suffrage
In the smallest particular not even school suffrage
At the evening session Mrs Clara Bemick Colby,
Editor of The Woman's Tribune" Of Nebraska spoke
on "The Dolls House.; William Lloyd Garrison, on
"The Social Aspect of the WOman's Question; the
Rev Olympia Brown, on THE New Amendment"