The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-03-05
THE woMAN,s CONVENTION.
1t Closed Last Night After Good Campaign
in the City.

The attendance at the convention last
! night was small, It was not small because
! the meeting was dull or anything of that
! kind, it was small because the weather
was Indictment and because of the perfor-
nance of the Ariel-Thomas company at
the opera house, where there was very
| large number of ladies. If an anti-woman
| suffrage statesman could see the crowd of
ladies at the opera house and the crowd at
| the womau's convention, he could take
great advantage of the numerical
! strength of the two meetings as a means
of demonstrating that women are not as
much interested in a vote as she is in a
good song. The singing was decidedly
! good, but to speak the truth, the whole
truth and nothing bat the truth, it was
not as interesting by so per cent. as the
address of Miss Balgernie. who was the
first and it might be added without preju-
dice to the others. the fairest orator Of
the occasion. She is a round, we'll
formed woman of 80 or 81 with an attrac-
tive round face which is literally smoth-
cred with dimples.and smiles when she talks
ii humorous vein. She is by no means
as good an orator as our Kansas woman,
Mrs. Johns, or the Rev. Anna Shaw of
Boston, but she has a peculiarly sweet
way of expressing thoughts which is
rather pleasing to even those who believe
that woman should rot be given the
privilege of voting. Her accent is not so
English as one might suppose from the
press notices that have been given her, al
though she uses the words don't cher
know" quite frequently She speaks in
conversational style. never growing warm
or cold with her subject. She advances
some very good ideas, and her information
concerning the politics of this country is
quite extensive. She has a fund of in
formation about English politics, and
seems to think that the English people
have given the women good many more
political privileges than the people of this
country have. 1t is not easy to tell that
in her native land she is a Liberal in
politics, for she eulogises the Grand Old
Nan to the most hattering extent. She
states, however, that the men of Kansas
are better behaved towards their wives
than any other class of men she knows of.
Mrs. Hoffman of Kansas City, also
spoke last night. She, too, is an excellent
speaker and was very attentively listened
to. She is much farther advanced in years
than Miss Balganie is and has a very
matronly appearance with kindness
stamped on every lineanent of her face.
As the crowd was not large last night
those present huddled together around
the speakers stand and the whole looked
like an extensive family circle.
In the early part of the meeting Mrs. H.
q. Toler introduced a verbal resolution
expressive of the sorrow of the local
women's organization Of Wichita on the
death of Mrs Hull, which she said was
very sad occurrence and was mourned by
the entire community. The resolution
was passed unanimously.
In the afternoon Rev. Anna Shaw spoke
and so did Mrs. Hoffman, Mrs. Johns and
Miss Balgarnie. The next place the ladies
will carry the suffrage war into is Well
ington where they win hold a meeting
today.
The object of holding these meetings is,
to revive the enthusiasm of
the women voters so that they may take
more active part in the spring elections
and thus demonstrate that the women will
vote and vote right" when they are given
a chance That they anticipate a cam
paign next year there is no doubt and
hence they are preparing themselves to !
prove that the extension of the franchise !
to women in municipal elections is not /
failure