St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-04
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
1t Gets a Boost at an Afternoon
Meeting.

OMAHA, Neb., July 3.-The EXPOSE
ton hall was fairly we'll filled this after
noon for one of the meetings held in
connection with the assemblage or the
Peoples party convention which was
called to aid the "woman's home" of
Omaha, but largely partook of woman
suffrage meeting. The presence of
General Master Workman Puwderly
drew number of the delegates to the
hall. The meeting was held under
the auspices of the Working
women's Union Assembly No.
7lS, Knights of Labor, and had
for its object the establishment
of workingwomen's home in the city
of Omaha, which should aid women in
obtaining employment, and care for
them in distress. Mr.. Powderly was on
the programme to preside over the
meeting, and made the presiding ad-
dress, but owing to the memorial meet
ing in memory of Col. Polk he was late,
and, after some singing. Miss Susan 3.
Anthony, who was on the platform,
was put forward as ''chink" to fill up
the time with, as she said. Her address,
as might have been expected. was an
appeal for woman suffrage. She said
that in 1865 she was a member of the
workers congress, which sent to
the Democratic convention a green
back and woman suffrage plank. The
latter was received with laughter and
buried in committee. The former was
received with gravity, and, though Sey-
mOur, hard money man, was chosen as
the candidate, the greenback resolution
was part of the platform. Why? Be-
cause the women had no vote and the
men had. The women should organize
inlabor unions, but they would never
be strong until they got the ballot. Mr..
POWderly's arrival was enthusiastically
greeted, and he was introduced as
Americas greatest man, which intro
duction nOnplusSec the leader of the
Knights of Labor. "No," he said, mot
Americas greatest man. but only one
of her men. II such a thing
as greater than great man could be
found it is a man who builds the nation
in her cutters, in her mines, i'm her
fields. The greatest are those who
sent to the front such men as came to
Omaha to do the work of millions of
women and men in placing in the fore
'front.' he principleSiof common human
ity."
Speaking to the object of the meeting
he said men must stop and think when
it was realized that after hundred
years Of free institutions in this coun-
try where there was enough for ten
times the number Of men here, there
was need of home for any one here.
He told the story of hole in Denver
where every Chinaman was relieved
ID where all that was asked of that
Chinaman when employed was that lie
the next man. If each of us were as
much of Christian as that Chinaman
there would be enough for all.''
A Delegate-Mr. Powderly, that man
is Christian.
Mr.. Powderly replied that he did not
know but that he was. If the founder
of Christianity should come TO earth and
walk into fashionable church He would
be shown seat behind the organ or
thrust out. and if from the pulpit he
should say, "Give what you have to the
DOOR," he would be denounced as a
tramp or a Knight OF Labor, and thrown
out.
A: W. Wright. of Canada, member
OF the general executive board of the
knights of Labor, also spoke, and said
the Knights of Labor meant what thew
said when they declared for .seouaI
rights for ALL" and would fight for
woman suffrage. He told story about
three men meeting and locking up at
the sky. A crowd gathered and looked
up. Nothing was to be seen. The three
men walked away. But their pocket
books were missing. The application
was that the two old parties would look
and talk tariff until the people were
again bambOozled.
Are you going to let them play the
same trick again?' and the crowd
yelled No" But Mr.. Wright. wise in
his generation, said:
"pll tell you about that in Noyem-
ber.o
Gen. Weaver. who had come on the
stage, was called on for speech, but
got out of it by repeating the story of
the religious but sleepy man, who point
ca TO the prayers on the wall and said.
"Ihem's my sentiments