Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1894-07-02

seeing to it that as far as possible
legislators Of suffrage proclivities be
chosen at the Sep tie mber election. She
stated that different religious bodies
and political parties were declaring
for woman. Statistics were given in
regard to the association. Barton is
accredited with the honor of having
the largest local organization in this
! part of the state-32 members. Ref
erence was made to the death of Mrs.
| G. E. Bickford of this place, and her
! loss was deplored.
! Committees on resolutions, mem
bership and press work were selected.
| The services Friday morning opened
with an interesting devotional meet
ing led by Mrs. F. A. Drew. The
treasurer's report showed deficiency
of about $50, which was nearly met by
/ contributions made later. Some other
reports followed and remarks were
made by Miss Moore, Rev. Mark At
wood and others. Members were adj
vised to become subscribers of some
good suffrage journal. The following
officers were chosen for the year en-
suing: Pres, Hon. L. F. Wilbur of
Burlington; Vice Pres, Mrs. A. d.
Chandler Of Barton Landing; Sec.,
Miss Laura Moore of Barnet. A list
of vice presidents for the counties
of the state was chosen, among whom
were Mrs. p. r. Fades for Orleans,
Mrs. @. j. Clark for Caledonia, Mrs.
M. e. Bell Of Lamoille. Finance Conn.,,
Mrs. O. III. Mossman, Mrs. A. d.
Chandler, Geo. B. Brewster; Supt. Of
Press Work, Miss Chase; Supt. of
literature, Mrs. E. M. Dwinell and
Rev. Mark Atwood: member Of Ma
tional committee, Mrs. E. M. Colby;
delegates to National Convention at
Atlanta, Ga, Mrs. A d. Chandler,
Miss E. S. Eaton, Mrs. I. 3. Campbell,
Rev. NJ. Atwood and G. S. Seaver.
The afternoon session was delayed
on account Of funeral services in the
neighboring church, but was Of much
interest. Miss Chase of Waterbury
Center gave a very excellent address
on the suffrage question, which no
brief digest will do justice to. Miss
E. S. Eaton gave a good paper on
"Counting the cost Of Withholding
the ballot from. women Suffrage
should be granted to woman if only a
few demand it. Majority opinion is
better than minority opinion in pro-
noting a good cause. Speaker be-
lieved that dishonest elections would
not occur. if woman, was present at
zthe polls Women are well treated
by most men, especially the common
class, in public places. Withholding
suffrage to women is the cause of the
sacrifice of lives. Argument con-
tinued on different lines, and the
speaker believed that the work OF with
holding the ballot from the sex en-
tailed enormous costs to the country.
Tho necessity of woman's help in the
affairs of life referred to, and the
point made that women would be of
great assistance I'M governmental at
fairs. The question box was opened
and questions answered by Miss
Moore, Mrs. Beeman and w. I. Rob-
inson. The scribe failed to hear the
address by Rev. E. w. Pierce and can
give no report.
The evening exercises were Of in
terest, the chief addresses being made
by Mrs. Beeman and Rev. F. w. Reed
err. Resolutions were adopted which
set forth the principles of the Asso-
citation, the necessity of renewed eff
forts in the work, and expressive Of
hope in the future. The people of the
village, the church and the pastor
were thanked for hospitality and as
sistance.
Mrs. Beeman seems to inherit some
thing Of the Lucy Stone interest and
ability in the work and her arguments
were pertinent, vigorous, and from a
woman's suffrage standpoint, unan-
swerable. She was followed by
Mr.. Reeder who spoke with
considerable energy and advanced
many facts and arguments of inter-
est. He complained greatly Of the
great and unaccountable apathy which
exists in regard to the matter among
the women, and believed this to be
the great cause which hindered the
work. He believed enfranchisemen
only question of time. He believed
the ballot in the hands of women
would be a dynamite which would
blow to atoms the evils of the times.
He thought the work was of God and
that it would ultimately triumph.
There was great need of education to
change public sentiment on the ques-
ton. Altogether the remarks of the
speaker were calculated to hold the
attention of his hearers. The presi
dent and secretary considered this