Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-16

uuiy VI hailSdS, WEO paid particular
tentlon to the value of the Australian bal
lot system in securing fair vote. and Mrs
virginia ID. Young of South Carolina.
The Resolutions Committee.
The president then called upon the various
state delegations to name their respective
representatives on the resolutions commit
tee. and the committee as finally organized
was as follows: Colorado. Mrs. Hattie f.
Fox; Connecticut, Mrs Sarah w. Smith;
District of Columbia. Mrs Emma Gillette;
georgia. Mrs. Claudia Howard Maxwell
Kansas, Mrs. Digs; Kentucky Mrs s. c.
Bennett; Maine. Elizabeth u. Yates; Mary
land. Mrs. Sarah T. Miller: Massachusetts
henry IL; blackwell; Massachusetts, nation
al, Mrs. Mary Z. Neal; Michigan. Emily D.
ketcham; Nebraska, Mary Williams: New
Hampshire. Mrs. Marilla Kicker; New Jer-
sey, Mrs Phoebe c. Wright: New York,
tia Mitchell; Rhode Island Mrs. French:
South Carolina, Mrs. Young; Vermont, Alice
Smith; Virginia. Mrs. Langhorne lt1. ~
AL lZ:4o O'Clock the morning session ad-
Journed until 3 o'clock. nv .s-s'
The Afternoon Session.
The afternoon session of the convention
was devoted to the delivery Of a number of
addresses in memory of the dead of the pas,
year, who, in life were more or less inter-
ested in the cause of women These were
Mrs. Lucy --one Elizabeth Cakes Smith
Senator Leland Stanford and Mr. george
W. Childs. The principal address was by
Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who was un-
able to be present at the convention this
year. Her paper was read by one of the
delegates. With reference to Mr.. Childs
Mrs. Stanton had to say: - ''
I'm the death of George W.Childs another
striking Inquire disappears from our horizon
He was the first journalist to employ
women In his printing Office and pay them
equal wages with men and to place a
woman at the head Of an editorial depart-
m n faI 70.
He brought from England the first train
ed nurses and established them in Blockly
Hospital. He was instrumental in getting
woman physician in the woman's depart
ment in the Insane Asylum at Norristown
with absolute control. His influence was
exerted in the Organization of the Drexel
Institute to secure equal advantages in
every department for boys and girls. He
contributed literally to the National Suf-
frage Association. He distributed the bulk
of his fortune during his life TO worthy OBJ
jects, and left a handsome fortune to his
wife to use will and bequeathi as she saw
fit" rr..
Concerning Lucy Stone. Mrs. Stanton
said, in part -'-.
THE many beautiful tributes paid Lucy
Stone in all parts of the country must have
been highly satisfactory to all who knew
and loved her. l think we can say with
truth that no other woman IN this country
has been SO widely and respectfully men
toned by the press. the pulpit and the peo-
pie"
Leland Stanford Mrs. Stanton regarded g
a pre-eminently self-made man. He had
said that he considered the emancipation
of woman the vital question OF the century.
In all circumstances, in riches and poverty
alike. he maintained an integrity, purity
and generosity of character that command
cd the confidence and admiration of all who
knew him. The browning act of his life in
honoring woman was in leaving his wife
pcssessor and manager of his vast estate
of S7O,OOOo00. With rare executive ability
she is managing the stocks and bonds of
the banks, railroads and university just as
her husband did in his life. -
Similarly beautiful and pathetic tributes
were paid by Mrs. Stanton to the memory
and character of Elizabeth Cakes Smith
and Elizabeth Peabody. Mrs. Lille Dew
ereuX Blake of New York also read a
paper containing a tribute to Lucy Stone
speaking especially of her domestic vir-
tues, In whose life there had been a demon
stration of how unfounded all the appre-
tensions We're of the dreadful results to be
expected from woman suffrage.
Other addresses of memory and tribute
were received from Mrs. Carrie Lane
Chapman. Miss Clay. Mrs. Josephine K
Henry, Mrs. Lille Devereux Blake, Henry
B. Blackwell and Julia Ward Howe.
Program for Tonight.
The pre- gram for the session this even
Suffrage in the South" Josephine K
Henry of Kentucky; Fashionable Think
ing" Elizabeth L. Yates of Maine; "Wom-
an Suffrage from an Oriental Standpoint"
Hanna X. korany of Syria; address, Mrs.
Mary Lowe Dickinson, New York, secre-
tary of the Kings Daughters.