The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-17
FOR WOMAN'S RIGHTS.
Victoria Woodruff Clafiin Mar
tin Issues a Manifesto.
APOSTLE OF NEW REFORMS.
Charges Of Fraud Made by Worlds
Fair Chinese Emisssry-Mrs. Har-
rison Growing Worse.

new YORK, Oct. 17-Vfctoria Ciafiin
Woodruff Martin, candidate of the
woman sufragists for president OF the
United States, arrived this morning on
the Etruria from her English home. Her
husband, John Biddulph Martin, London
banker and Worlds fair commissioner
from Great Britain, accompanied the
presidential candidate. Tnev were driven
10 the residence of Mrs. Martins sister,
Mrs. Dennis O HaIlern. On being inter
viewed, Mrs Martin said she was eager to
step once more on the platform after six
teen years retirement and preach the Cos
pei Of humanitarianisn. Tonight she and
Mr.. Martin left for Chicago TO attend the
dedication ceremonies, Immediately after
which arrangements will be completed Tor
the campaign speeches which Mrs. Mar
tin will deliver in Boston, New YORK,
Philadelphia, Chicago and other large
cities.
Mrs. Martin today gave out for publics-
ton letter accepting the nomination,
addressed TO Anna NJ. Parker and others.
The letter begins by stating that noIni-
nation upon the woman suffrage platform
eommends itself TO the writer. especially
to the issue which was originally raised
Mrs. Martin then quotes at length from
her addresses delivered during that CAM
paign. in which she argued that the four
teenth and fifteenth amendments 10 the
constitution permitted the right Of suffrage
TO women, and she earnestly comments
all good women 10 persistentiy demand
their rights. She next proceeds to discuss
at some length the method by which the
evils affecting society can be corrected.
She sees no salvation except through
almost an entire revision Of the basic laws
OF government. She says:
Even tho constitution 0: tho United States
Itself, one of tho most modern Of governments,
you may say is a relic of old institutions. II is
becoming just as necessary to consider the i'm
portant subject of breeding intelligence and
physical culture Ia the human race IL is III
the nferior animals. In order to accomplish
such a result new regulations must be proposed
for society. We must surround motherhood
with the proper conditions of an enligbted age.
1t is TO woman, therefore, that We look for a re-
generation oil mankind. Injury TO woman
through taxation without representation IL only
the beginning of series OF wrongs and peTse-
cntions 10 which the sex issubiected. am not
an advocate of womars rights in the sense OF
unsexing woraan WomaiI's vote IS the only great
weapon OF reform. II would settle the liquor
question and with woman In politics and the
saloons out OF politics what may We not hope
for; But will not dIlate further, simply pre-
kenting list of some of the proposed reforms
under consideration In q humanitarian plat
form: Revenue and tariff reform; tribunals of
health; free courts of Justice for the poor;
bureaus of antbropoiogy connected with every
police station; laboratories for the analysis OF
Umpire food aud liquids; woman suffrage;
scientific reorr animation Of the criminal code;
improved dwellings for the poor; labor tribu-
nAls for Arbitration. aristocraCy OF blood.