The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-15
WOMEN SCORE pARKHURST.
NE AND DR RYLhNcE DENOUNCED
BE WONAN sUFFRk6IsTa

a.,s r,-,s,.r- ce-- .. Ns- Adverse C-it-
ieisH st the Hsads of the Speakers rt
L.-t Evsuine'- Hee,ingts ths N,-th wsrs
II DR.. Parkhurss had been At the meeting Of
the woman sufTrsaists ~ the old Ninth ward
which was held last evening IN the parlors Of
Mrs. J. b. Maekis at 8 Perry street he would
have heard some sharp things said about him
self by the three women orators OF the even
ing The Rev. Dr.. Rylanee also came In for
criticism, In consequence OF his uttersncss in
the pulpit on Sunday against the vould-bs
women voters
Lille Devereux Blake seemed to have struck
the keynote Of the sentiment Of the meeting
when she said:
we will win thi. fight in the coming Con-
stitutional Convention. because q delegate
told me that all the men he had talked to wers
going to vote for us"
The meeting was opened By Mrs.. Blake. who
called Col Fay Of the Ninth Assembly district
to the chair. while Mrs, DR.. Howard Crosby
was selected to not as Secretary.
The first speaker was Mra Marguerite Moore.
we'll known AZ an active worker in England
and Ireland during the Psrnelllts campaigns.
After referring to the suffrage question ss
being the all-absorbinR one Of the day she
said:
The time has come when woman's voice
in national. State. and municipal reform IL
needed. and those reverend gentlemen who
think that woman's sphere IL home show that
their minds still contain some Of the dross Of
an antiauated age They think We are I'M
womAnly because We wish to enter into the
history OF our country and do all we can
for the welfare Of the municipality. We are
not surprised at DR.. Parkhurst not being In
sympathy with our movement He vain
gloriously believes he can accomplish the re-
form OF everything alone. Ours Is a struggle
to elevate womankind. and we are not aston
to P So h% S While ne p Ss
men go free who drag them down.
and heard the Rev. DIR. Rylance expresa him
arose and replied to him. He did not know
that 1 had emanated from that organization
known as Sherry's.
vns ' sSsy 'Hs G Tss Il: G s. q
things by fanatical persons. and he then went
to offer an which rosS heard
He said Il We had the right to vote we would
deprive our German fellow citizens Of their
greatest pleasure. and he went on to describe
NJ told him t that We suiirssists We're not
idealists. bu. were practical neople: that We
PcSsr X tho beer esraen; II .S.s must entsr
into the contest; We knew the coopers
in ssss sd h ssc 1srs. the s EVERY
other industry, siyins, work to thou.snas;:
SsHs %sn s deprive hsn " Tc would
In the pulpit on Sunday We we're told that
G1 he T psrSys. %0 %c%sn does not ,"ss SO
our ballot? Why csn't We carry Is along or
Gs s Es Ss Ss have
happy home. but We are looking out for
s1se rn'0r haI,. wmo have No 70, hone
Of those who. through sunshine and
storm: must ~. march to the factory IL and work.
the unemployed women looking for work.
and. when they get II; often having TO stand
because they have no redress"
Mrs Blake. who was the next speaker was
safirar" would pass safely through the conssi.
tuiional convention anil go to the people Tor
she Sid mo-, RELIEVE II TemaRs natural pToa:c S
would defeat her at the polls, She attacked
Ce'hSli; newsRape. that had a,S,, called the
isS" and said that they we're 6sratine' their
lot in lie and wanted TO be men. She assured
man. and would not at ali ike to 10 ens.xsd
She thought tina. Pr; P.,k .,,,, had gone
could hardly und srstand it, full meaning. but
Of ieslise that way .hs had to deny The soft t
Impeachment. she thought that the Rev Dr.
abe accused him OF falsely Interpreting the
text. Suffer not woman to teach or be
In authority over man." She contrasted the
work OF tina sufraglsts in the direction of
am~lioratipR tho condition OF woman with
that OF minister VINO shuts up one or two
houses In hitter winter and adds to the sor-
row Of shame the misery OF tho outcAst"
Miss Jean Nelson delivered an appeal In
favor OF universal suffrage. There were at the
meeting many persons Of social standing in
the old Ninth ward a petition to n. dele
ceived many signatures