St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-09
They Have Their Innings in
Hennepin Avenue Meth
odiSt Church.
Fred Douglass and wyoming
Women Delegates Talk
Woman's Rights.
The Pickpoekets Hold High
Carnival in the Flour
City.
Poeketbooks and Diamonds
Stolen by the Score--
Other News.

II all the women who were present in the
Hennepin Avenue Nj. z. church last night
proceed to follow the ideas promulgated
there then look out fer chaos and crying
babies i'll Minneapolis. A woman's suffrage
meeting was held there and it was I'D
dressed by number of distin-
guished speakers, namely, the famous
colored orator, Fred Douglas, and the
two lady delegates from Wyoming, Mrs.
jenkins and Mrs. Carleton. Woman lovely
woman. must needs bestir herself and de-
mand her rights, is what the lady orators
advocate, and woman. lovely woman, in the
audience drank it ali in with bated breath.
The crowd was so large that an overflow
meeting was held in the library building and
the speakers. when they concluded in the
church, proceeded thither. Fred Douglass
maintained that whatever mans rights to
liberty were, woman was entitled to the
same. All such rights that will enable her
TO be perfect woman under all conditions
she is entitled to- also mans right to elective
franchise applies fully to woman. Every
argument he said, that had been advanced
against women voting mad been triumph
antly met by woman herself. who could
plead the grand cause more ably than any
other tongue.
Mrs jenkins is quite an orator. and dilated
in all elections in n clear and forciDle man
her. The Republican party she euioglZed
from stem to stern. It was the party that
first tried the experiment of woman's suf-
rage. and in her opinion 1t had been pro-
nounced success. The era OF universal
equality. she said, was fast approaching: in
fact. IL was on hand. though she deplored the
conditions that existed which would not
allow the great army Of women to have
voice in the naming Of the chief executive
officer of the country at this convention.
1.-The women yoters,'' she said, ARE needed
for purity in politics and moral reform. In
Wyoming they do not deprive any OF tie
men of their rights, bat for twenty-one years
they have stood side by side. making no mis-
takes. Why should woman be restricted be-
cause of her sex? This suffrage question Is
not an experiment any longer, but down.
hold Offices and teach schools draw the same
salaries and enjoy the same privileges as the
men"
Mrs Jenkins then conjured her hearers to
think well of the question and to assist IN
elevating womanhood to the proper level
The time for women. to sit in palaces and
bedeck themselves with satIns and silks was
past
III fact Mrs. jenkins was positive that the
world would move easier and great deal
smoother if woman was allowed to shout tor
candidates the same as the horrid men.
Mrs Carleton was not quite the orator that
Mrs Jenkins was but she was witty and said
a great many common sense things. She
told how the women voted in Wyoming and
the interest they took in all elections. She
thought that proportionally more Of the
women voted than men. They were power
who were morally clean as well as intel
leetually capable. On the liquor question
they favored high license. 1t seemed to
bring about the best results.