The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-11-07

1t was about 10 O'Clock in the morning
when thew drove out, and with the eXcep.
ton of brief period for lunch al the Cali
fornia Hotel those ardent women Suffrag-
lists electiOneered till after shutdown.
Their experiences were many and varied
but. with the exception of few horrid men
who showed unseemly curiosity about who
was rocking the cradle and doing the cook
ing at home, they were not insu.'ed.
Hill look at the A. p. Asp cried a
crowd of small boys as the ladies took
their first step In electlOneerlng by drivin z
down Kearny street. The rest of the
crowd was too dumfounded TO say any
thing. but the SuffTagistS laughed to see
how peoples jaws dropped and their eyes
became fixed and CLASSY with astonish-
ment as they glared in speeches. wonder
at the procession.
"a. P A. 'sv' shouted the boys. ''Get
on 10 their yelIer ribbins, will yer p"
What are. yer givin' US? ?" yelled Keen
eyed newsboy as the carriages halted at
the corner of K-arny and Bush: Them
amt A. p. AS; that's Sutro's gang"
mo! no! no." replied the ladies in a So
prano chorus, as the bad. bold men who
haunt the polling booths gathered round
their carriages; I'VE wish you distinctly to
understand that we do net represent any
religious or political party. We are work
ing for ourselves and no one else. What
we want is suffrage, and the MEN on our
lIch6I udNc pIUulStu W give II 10 us. al-
low is the suffragists' color all over the
United States, and if Sutro has taken
our -
That's right, ladies. You are away be-
hind the times here in California" cried
bronzed and bearded man, coming forward
and shaking some of the suffragists cor
daily by the hand. "You ought to on tn
New Zealand. Pm from there. and it's
nothing for me to see ladies at the hust-
ings. These men lock at you as if you
were Wild
The ladies were charmed, and spent sew
eral min utes in exchanging expressions of
mutual esteem and admiration with the
gentleman from New Zealand before they
proceeded to the sterner work they had in
hand.
I'VE don't want you to vote for Judge
COffey." said Mrs. NidaveT TO the crowd in
general as she stood I'D In the carriage and
distributed slips. while Dr. Gebrcke stood
uD in 'her" carriage and distributed smiles
and slips also. What's the matter with
Coffey?" asked several voices; Hes an
honest Judge" "He's not the woman's
friend" retorted Mrs. Vidaver. Don,
YOU know what he has said about women?
He called us dishonest, ungrateful, vulgar
minded. Do you think man with such an
opinion of women is fiji to try women in
the courts? Have any of you gentlemen
got women belonging to yOu?"
i've got six of 'em at home in my
family" said one man doggedly, land Pm
a-gong to vote for Coffey every time''
Your women have not much sense to
let yOu," retorted the indefatigable MIS-.
Vidaver. Take slip. sir. and you, and
you. l am sure some of you will change
your votes for us.
Change our votes" growled number
OF people in the crowd as the ladies drove
away to the nearest polls on Market
street. tits a nice outlook for woman's
suffrage when the women begin by want
ing to down the only honest Judge on the
bench. III that's the way they are going to
run things they had better quit right here"
The canvassing had not been without