The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-29
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the WORK or Igcr STONE.

The recent dfath o. Lucy Gs0sSt WIZ
first really stirred the nations heart on
the subject Of woman's wrongs, has called
forth naturally an elaborate public estimate
OF the permanent importance 81 her work.
She began 10 plead for woman's rights and
her admission 10 complete and full 20
IitieaI suffrage in anti-siavery speech as
enrly ~ 1877: she continued 70 plead for
her on the platform and in the press until
the day u her death; she iabored forty
i've years unceaslnsiy for woman suffrage.
and yet Ii muss be fairly said that while
her incidental work was of enormous
valne to women her dying eyes did not
even look upon promised land. " so tar
- tnli political suffrage Cor women is
concerned
shs did not fail because she lacked able
and distinguished eo-workers. As early
~ 1853 petition for according the right
q suffrage 10 women was presented
aligned by A. Bronson AIcott, Thomas
Wentworth Higginson, Wendell Phillips.
Theodore Parker, Samuel +. sewall,
samues May. IT,, William J. Rowditsh,
William Lloyd Garrison, Ellis Gray Lor-
tng. Francis Jackson. At very early
date woman suffrage included among It's
advocates Ralph Waldo Emerson. George
William Curtis, Parker Pillsbury. Julia
Ward Howe. Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Mary A. Hivermose and Susan b.
Anthony. The advocates Of woman
suffrage today include United States
eenater Hoar. Of Massachusetts,. and
ex-spsakar Thomas b. Reed. The
failure of the cause Of full political
suffrage for women to make any ilattering
progress during forty-fve years Of cease
iees agitation was no; due to any lack OF
ability. intelligence, earnestness. eIo-
aaenee, scholarship. unseifshness or
purity Of character on the part of its advo-
Gates durIng the first twenty years OF its
agitation.
Lucy Stone vas woman of exceptional
sweetness Of character aud charming per-
sonal appearance. She possessed . high
intelligence. an intellectual power. eour-
age and grace which are seldom COM
hined. She had q gentle and iovable
eountenanee. a very musical voice and .
persuasive manner.
Wendell Phillips orasions on the woman
question are among the ablest and most
sioqusnt speeches of his long career.
Theodore Parker spoke for woman suf-
frage with robust yigor and impressive
ness from his famous pulpit George
William CARTS advocated IL with a voice
and pen for years that were only second 10
those Of Phillips in sloquence, grace and
power Of argument Emerson gave Ii his
good word both Ia his books and from the
platform. Col. lIigginson, ga able and
accomplished writer. wrote admirably for
II: Mrs. Stanton. woman Of powerful
understanding, iabored for it, aud Mrs.
iAvermcre's fine eioquence has been heard
In behalf Of woman suffrage In every
Northern state. while Thomas r. Reed cd.
vocated IL with great power In his report
90 the lower house OF congress on the sub.
bet. and yet full political suffrage for
woman today Is a dying cause. In its
early DAYS woman suffrage was associated
With the ann-slavery movement and was
locked upon as one of the visible agencies
Of reform and progress for the human race.
Just as prohibition was; indeed prohibit.
ton was sort OF foster sister Of woman
sutirsgs. For twenty years past woman
suffrage and prohibition have been slowly
but surely waning.
Most Of the real wrongs OF women
which existed when Lucy stone began he,
agitation in istT have been redressed by
legislation. Men with humane common
sense said we do not think Is necessary "a
enormously enlarge the suffrage In orde.
80 redress womea's legal wrongs and re,
move unjust disabilities. Today every
political right advocated by Lacy Stone q,
the oatses is granted 20 women. save
woman suffrage. which exists only in
Wyoming, and every legal right sourh,
By Lucy Stone has been granted
20 women; they are even treated
with parslshty by the laws a.
compared With men. Their individuality
10 net lest in marriage. Every avenue o;
activity is epea 10 them; thev are as tree
~ men to earn their living in any lawfa,
way they please, They are dehArrea onlv
by natural physical limitations from those
employments which require great strength
and endurance. The marital. parental
and property rights OF women have been
recognized and established BY the political
action OF men without the AID of woman
suffrage, simply because the vast mass 0!
influential woman public oninioa though,
: that the best way.
The present situation Il very 4 Heren,
from what il was forty years sro, when
Lucy Stone wss called "anwomAniy" ee-
sanss she Insde speech 80 eoloFsd people
Ga tire anniversary Of West Indian eEnsa,
espasieR; whea she WAS net allowed q
read her essay AZ oherlia commencement
because il would be "unwomaaly." No.
ecdy sctay deaies woman the right to DC
whatever she eaa do successfully. and C
he fully pssa for IL. Ia cone states ths
right 20 vote tar school offioers has been
granted wosaeu, and in Kansas municipal
tsaraEe. bat on the Whole the cause OF full
political suffrage for wamea has walked
backwards aaa sasss has bsea little dss.