The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-14
WOMAN SUFFRAGE AGAIN.
TINE STATE ARTICULATION IN sEssIoN
IN BROOKLYN


Yesterdays 0peni.e Observation-Disclosures
alto. or the H.n,ito. wilcox As,oe's-
q ,ion-At the Evesins ACCOMPLISHMENTS
About the Uneo,stitutie.siity or the
wot.a.'s votirE Cisuse-A Lively Speech
About women .,d the Newspapers.
The twenty nth annual meeting OF the Now
York state Woman's Suffrage Convention
was formally opened last evening at Historical
Hail. corner OF Pierrepont and Clinton streets.
Brooklyn.
The real opening. however had taken place
In the afternoon. when sixteen mothsrly look
ing women assembled in parlor OF the Pierre
pont House. took of their bonnets. and had
a session OF the Executive Board. What
was done at that meeting is q secret
which the sixteen gentle suffraRsts have
locked in their own breasts. But The SUN
reporter received the whispered hint that the
So called woman's Suffrage party. headed by
one Hamilton Wilcox. was denounced. The
Executive Board want It understood that Its
MON bers are not part or parcel OF Mr.. Wilcox's
organization.
At the afternoon meeting there was sofa
The sofa belongs to the Pierrepont House. But
on that sofa there sat q woman who belongs.
not to any town or State. but to womankind:
woman 80 slight OF figure that her seventy
years might easily. but for her indomitabe
spirit have bowed It: a woman with gray hair
combed down over her ears-just rs 1t has been
combed for almost half century. doubtless;
a woman with bright kindly eyes behind
her spectacles. and with firm lips. which for
forty years have never ceased to urge the de-
mand for the ballot for women. OF course. 1t
was Susan b. Anthony. Miss Anthony and
Mrs Julia Ward Howe arc tho star attendants
OF the present Convention. but they are used
l. 4, 10, M n fNnly a
plaudits Of the multitude with great modesty
Tho evening meeting was public and was
attended by several hundred women and few
husbands The short haired mascuine-look-
ing woman. who serves the cartoonist for .
type OF tho woman suffragist. was not there
The audience was made UP principally OF gen.
tie old ladies' In Paisley shawls and nice black
bonnets.
The Rev. Samuel Eliot opened the meeting
with prayer. and later a tall young man. with
a deep voice. sang The Lost Chord" and
"Ohl IT'S a Dream" That was all OF the pro-
eramme which was intrusted to the rude hand
OF man. But the young and profound bass was
OF some account, fore he gave Mrs. jean
Brooks Greenleaf the opportunity to say that
FOR us women. the lost chord was whom tho
American people lost sight of.the principle on
which this Government was founded" She
did not refer to the other song.
Mrs Mariana ". Chapman is q strikingy
handsome woman whom one would never have
guessed to be tho President Of the BROOKLYN
Woman's Suffrage Association. That is what
she TO- however and in that capacity she well
coined the nom bers last night. and hoped that
every day Of their stay would he pleasanter
than the one before. Mrs. Greenleaf respond
ed in behalf OF the State Association. OF which
she 10 the President. Referring to the last
meeting at Syracuse. Mrs. Greenleaf said:
ITO all OF use who were so happy as to be
in Syracuse, there Is ono memory above all
others that will inger with US forever 1t that
OF swe fac ed Lucy Stone standing on the plat
form BY tho side OF our honered leader. Susan
B. Anthony. receiving the ovation OF crowd
ed opera house In the city where forty years
before they had stood together fresh In the
struggle for civil liberty. To Lucy Stone has
come the rest that Is SO sweet after the war
fare Of this life. Let US not forge: her devotion
to principle. and mako It our duty to prove that
Whiie Mrs. Greenleai was reading this refer;
ence to MrR- stone. Miss Anthony. who had
shared both her struggles and hsr triumphs.
and who was seated on the stage. folded her
hands a littl tighter and there were tears be-
Es,srrsd 70 the attempt made
The thought Of. the law being ,unconstitu-
ton. We submitted it to ali the LAWYERS and
fssn wits ali hoss Judges
Attorney- Generals .t s!nmherlng R sSh
VIC! Wish Political oHs Te rower And why9 Because
they were unable TO detect at glance what
discover. But finally n woman was put on the
Democratic ticket as candidate for delegate
to the constitutional Convention. The grand
old party. for which the women have done so
much. went to battle forgetting all about those
had the s Mas sF If Ss
although she did not announce that fact She
was nominated as she saad; hy the RemoerHHt sj
my husband Is"
Il will tell what my politics are when get
Under the deep Republican snow" re-
candidate lie buried"
I'm sorry the woman's there" spoke up
Well" was the reply. the Republicans
used rasters with the name q the democratic
because they were so Indignant that their own
party had not nominated Miss Susan Is. An
Mrs. Greenleat then introduced the chief
speaker OF the, evening. Miss Anna shaw OF
Philadelphia. Miss shaw. who is also a rev.
DOWN on the programme for a talk on The
Amsrira Hndsgoyered Sy S9iHmbps she
gave u DrlGlt huuTeSS, IN WHlcn COlutnD Gus Occh-
sionally pu, in a fugitive appearance. but was
| on the whole very retiring.
America was to discover the ,land on which
| Americu Ia built. What has wrought the
change in the Anne erica Of 70 day. Notthe dis
covery. hut the spirit OF the dlscoyerer. He
gave US our watchward when he told his men
| to sal. ON and on. But did 1t ever dawn on
the thought Of Columbus that a time would
| come when a IN an would dare to stand w before
ever. oDeannd tell what his wishes and desires
werep Stlll more. did 1t ever dawn on the
thought Of Columbus. or Of any Iuan OF that
| time.or OF any man for hundreds OF years after
| that tino that Il woman-a woman would ever
dare to stand M before the people and tell
| freely what hor wishes wore For We women
haye free speech. That is. all except Emma
| Goldman.
And next to free speech there Ia the free
dom Of the press On! how free the press Is /;
II you want to know anything about yourself
| 60 to the press You can read II all there; and
you can read things you never dreamed
| OF. even about yourself. not to mention
your neiChbors and the public at large.
Somebody said not long ago that 1t
won't read them Now. I'm like a school
| teacher. | board round. Only | don't stay
| Two weeks, as a teacher does, but about ono