The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-03-27

After Forty Years Miss Anthony Is still Out
side OF the Promised Land.

After Forty Years Miss Anthony Is still Out
side OF the Promised Land.
Detroit Free Press
Woman sutfrageiD Miss Anthony
smilled as the question was put to her. Il
have followed up the idea for the last
forty years. and yet it seems 10 DO juet be-
yond my reach. Ii Is impossible for me I'd
tell when 10 Will come-waen the men ges
ready Tor It. suppose. still. great prog
Tess has been made IN these many years.
recall the fact that at State convention
of school teachers in Syracuse n. ".
back in the sixties, Mrs. Helen T.. Jenkins,
OF this city. was present. and heard me
shouted down when attempted To speak,
SO great Was he prejudice against the pub
lie appearance Of women on the platform at
that time.
"Of course the movement is growing with
time. Oh the tbTee classes are getting
the greatest most effective support from
the middle class From those who were
brought MP in poverty sud who work IN
poverty we expecI nothing aud get less.
The spirits of tie women are broken. Ii il
Impossible tor them 20 conceive that with
the ballot will come emancipation from tue
thraldom that now is part of their exist
ence. With the other extreme. the butter
tiles of fashion, our experience Is the same.
They live IN an atmosphere OF dress,
dancing and late suppers. and their
inter frivoiity Is bomb and bullet.
proof so far as the assaults of women OF
srnse is concerned. Many of the real men
and women of wealth are. however. giving
us more effective aid in our cause. Ex-
Senator Palmer, of this State. is one of our
strongest champions, and he has done No
world of good. Senator stanford. of Cali
fOrnia, Is also O supporter OF the move
ment. John X. Mclean. owner OF the Gin.
cinnati Enquirer. and HE estimable wife
are both In favor of the idea. Mrs. Mclean
Is working among her friends aud
il making converts to the cause
every day. Governor Flower. of
New York, and Senator Hill. of
New York. have been very kid TO us. and
We count them among our wellwlshers. 1
think that nearly all the newspapers
are on our side. some OF them-the Chicago
Inter Ocean, for Instantaneous openly
than Others The New York Herald. Sun.
Chicago Tribune and other influential pa
pers have published very strong editorials
on the side OF woman suffrage"
Will not the large foreign element com.
ing In hinder your moyemeltF
"UnQuestiouably. The female immi-
grants coming TO our shores have never
risen from object degredation. Their hus-
bands have made beasts OF burden OF them
and they themselves will make no effort To
help rs. while their husbands will DO all in
their power TO retain the power of b0ssisni
their naIive country"
1T is impossible Tor me to give an exact,
or even an approximate. status OF the SUIT
frage movement In this country at the
ting at numbers. We receive contributions
annually from many thousands of people.
but we have hundreds of thousands of sup
por.ers who are not contributors TO our
tund. IL 10 enough TO say that the cause
IL now very strong one In this country.
In two-tbirds of the States the legisla.
lures are in aession, and before every Leg
islature there is bill providing for eqpal
suffrage. There are people In all walks
OF life. Who have never opposed us. but au
the same time they have never raised en-
ger TO help US. just let women get the hall
lot and see how quickly they will follow
the procession. This is the way with some
newspapers. They are doing nothing for
US now; but they are waiting to see which
way the wind Is going TO blow, and then
they Will jump in the breach and fall
over each other IN the effort to lend us
a helping hand, when the hand is no
longer needed. In Kansas and Wyoming.
where the women are allowed TO vote.
the newspapers cannot do too much for
them. Their words are words of praise for
tho healthy moral atmosphere that the
women have broughs into their public af-
fairs. Women firmly intrenched in
those two States. at least. as they will be-
In every State where they are gwen q trial.
All of women's troubles Will be at an end
when the glorious time comes. She will be
on plane of perfect equality with man
then, and will no longer have TO work at
child's wages for mans work. Every
body Will be ready to bow down to her.
where now they remain TO scoff."