New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-26
.MERS' ALLIANCE WOMAN

.MERS' ALLIANCE WOMAN
fBY TELEGRAPH TO TIE TkTUNE.1
Washington, Feb. 25.-The last day OF the Woman's
Tricnnial Council was opened with prayer by MIS-
A.. G. Thorpe, Of Cambridge. Mas. Tile POLITICAL
status Of Women was the subject OF the morning
SESSION, and il was ably treated by MIS- susan u.
Anthony, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. the Rev. Anna
shaw and Mrs. Mary seymour Howell. Miss Anthony
read q paper entitled Tho Matriarchatc,' written BY
Mr.. Elizabeth Cady stanton. who Is now in England
II was carefully prepared. and ono OF Mrs. Htantoh'S
powerful arguments in favor OF RIGHTS for women equal
to those of men. Miss Anthony was about to st down.
when the president said she hoped the reader WOMB
now make a speech OF her own. Miss Anthony com
plying gave some clever glimpses OF her personal eX'
pcriencc as a woman sufTrgist over forty years ago,
showing the ludicrous side Of her own trials and sacri-
fees in the cause. To-day" sho added. mot q re-
form can go forward until the Government does inc
third great act Of justice. the enfranchlsemen OF
women. 1t is the duty Of this council TO tel inc
Government that it needs the women as a factor IN It's
existence. Tho method must be the universal educa-
ton Of the people"
Mrs. Julia ward Howe's paper was on "The Rcla-
ton Of the Woman Suffrage Movement to Other Modern
Reforms This was also in favor Of suffrage ior
women, expressed in Mrs. HOwe's concise, c0hslsteht,
and convincing style, and made the more Impressive
by her reading. But perhaps, to the audience tho
best argument was Mrs. Howe hersclf-a woman oil
distinguished personal appearance, Thc '"i'"'N' "'
from youth to her three score and ten years, the
embodiment Of gracious womanlood. Among INC
things she said were these: "The modern uprising
Of women is one Of those reforms that come rom
the depths Of nature. The women haze LETT Oh thclr
playing TO claim their own share Of the privileges ana
responsibilities of life. At the advice of our fathers
our brothers and our ministers We have been playlhE'
but now we have stopped all that. l do not mean 70
say that the appearance Of women in the political
or.n, 4 ooinr IN RIGHT pVary wrong, but IL VIII 90
much. Look at the anomalous condition OF Things
around Us. Here are women ministers, they can
preach of the sin and vice in the world, but they
cannot use a ballot to suppress them. We are ht
drifting. but marching toward a better state OF affairs
At the close Of Mrs. Howe's address, the audience rose
and sang The Battle Hymn Of the Republic"
"Gains Of the Last Three Years was the subject
Of Mrs. Mary seymour IIowcll's speech. Mrs. Howell
IS "A ready speaker. She told the history of suffrage
in wyoming, ard Of the debate in the senate when
wyoming was admitted as a state; and paid her re
,pccts to senators Morgan. Reagan and German quoting
the reasons given by them against woman Suffrage
and holding them up a. nimay and inconsistent.
The Rev. Anna shaw spoke on Gods Women
II was one Of the brightest, most earnest ana con
yincing speeches heard in the council. she said when
studying for the ministry a young minister had S'd
10 her that God never intended women 10 preach'
She told him that God had given to the brains OF
women something, if not logic, at least 'gumptoh'
When a woman nad pTtdCncu Tue Huu'h empty 'N
had .cumption' enough to get out Of the pulpit and
into the pew. II would be a good thing for some
churches II men had as much good sense. Ruth was
devoted 10 her mother-in law. but Bishop vincent
would hardly approve Of Ruth's method Of winning Il
husband.
when l was a child she continued. Il read the
Bible and sought for a hero and a heroine for life.
chose Vashti because she would not OBEY the
dictates Of a wicked and vicious man. That sort OF
woman Is God, woman. husband or no husband"
Mrs. Mary +. Lease, who was on this mornings pro
gramme 10 speak on Women in the Farmers Alliance
did not appear. but was the sensation Of the hour al
last evenings session. she had In yesterday morn
lng's session spoken briefly, bringing politics into inc
temperance subject in a way surprising 70 everybody.
upt that WIS only tho beginning Of what followed,
when she obtained possession OF the platform late hSt
cycning. Not only did she siartlc the audience, but
half the people present Kissed their disapproval' while
the other half applauded.
IF God would give ne tie choice" said the speaker.
OF living in any particular age or place l would say
Let me 1--we here and now IN TINS day OF inc "orIuS
victory. There IS no difference between the intell-
p, woman and the intelligent man. We are living in
a day and axe when women. the industrial women the
Farmers Alliance women. are mighty factors IN thc
political world. There Is a revolution coming VI
brains and ballots. 1t will move the word. In an
organization the principles of which are tilii nJnrS IL
mo l., the concern OF all, and exact Justice 10 an,
.ne,i,l privilege, 10 none. they could not refIse 10
odmit women INTO the ranks. The women WeIe H..
slow to accept the privilege or~nn'"' nnT1tic,l
fact that tie organization was known TO o. polu'aIi;
II is the greatest uprising since icteI th' Ii',nt' r'
the Crusaders 10 the r,'cuc Hi ,e ~ ,fhc iapf,mous
system Of mortgage foreclosure rs nldnS ~ ~ y0
families have been turned ont IN a Week. lJ ..GGn,
yronjcr that we join the Farmers AUianoe ana ui
knights Of Labori That great LANDSLIDE Una, P.liH,T' a
Iohnstown flood Of last November was due u me
women of the Alliance. 30 was the ucic". " Mo
man who for eighteen years represented Us III ''
United S'a,e' ,S SS,taTe' was held in the afternoon. be,
ginning at ? O'Clock. Miscellaneous S"oI''" WV
,,".ted ny women journalists. ,-
- Tbe c0uncil closed this evening IEc [Le1,ue"r
vita accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. McKee, anu
Private secretary Iialford. occupied lne ~ epcEn
on IN :. Womcn's Clubs Charlotte Emerson nroNni N a
cousin Of Kalph Waldo Emcrson' Sp0Hr o. FIor 3t,.s BAL sal
muet'c .noHe ON What Organization Has Done f0T
English Women Mrs, Potter Palmer Say yi,e a 81 i ~, +
sketch Of the w0man'S building ana an QUINN m rre
oNNhi,it. al the Worlds Fair. Mrs. Isabella iercher.
Stoohcr smoke on the Queen Isabella As'0ciamom;
Mrs, Margaret Ravenhill spoke on the WohTnS
several other speeches "A hymn "bS ~ "infuI,ir
andinncc and the bcnedicton by the Rev lda 'i'''"
closed thc Triennial CounciTS session.
uuvrp rOI.GUT AND BONDS REDEEMED.
Washington. Feb. 25-1lIc amount Of silver bun
i'm Offered for s,le 10 the Treasury Department 10
d,v was BOB 600 ounces, and The amount pNf'hi'-
"a cos 600 ounces, as follows: 42.OoO ounces NJ
| go o;o5. 10000 ounces at 5000. 10000 ounces ut
"a oa1 5000 ounces at S0.95 Is, $4,000 ounces
~ 80 0s ID. 100000 ounces AT tO0o IL.
The Director Of the Mint today ari"unced that
tho Treasury Department having purchased the iH
amount OF silver authorized by law for the current
month. no further purchases Will he made uhui
N@ Tbn amount Of 4 IL per cent bonds redeemed to-
day was sol 200, making .he total TO o"e I'll"
l07, 900.