The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-12

cheered and encored them. The singers
responded with s'When the election
comes around we'll all be there" in the
same piping voices which seemed totally
inadequate to fill the hall The Modocs
having appeared in the meantime, sang
F'The Song of Jubilee"
The Modocs responded to an encore,
beginning, adam was the first man that
ever was invented" !" which pleased the
convention more than anything they had
heard today. The announcement of the
committees caused lots of trouble be-
cause half of the names were so peculiar
that they had to be spelled out, the
worst mistake being the calling of Nc
Juice for Mcclure.
When Mrs Eliza Hudson's name was
announced as member of the committee
on resolutions there was hand clapping
and some cheering, showing that the
convention appreciated the recognition
of women in the selection of committees.
Woman Delegate Present
Mrs. Eliza Hudson of Anderson conn
ty. is the only woman delegate in the
convention. She had a seat near the
front in the Second district section. She
is woman about 35 years of age, rather
good looking, dark compile xioned with
hazel eyes, and wore a pretty new black
straw hat. She had big palm leaf fan
with which she famed herself and a
man sitting by her who had beard as
red as Judas Iscariot's.
When a motion made to refer all
resolutions to the committee on resolu-
uiOns, Judge Doster of Marion raised the
point of order that the motion out of
order and the chair sustained the point.
This aroused Editor Costigan, who
jumped upon chair and dissented from
Judge DOster's remarks and the decision
OF the chair, but the chair would not rec
Ognize him. For a long time he stood
there with his hand raised trembling
for chance to talk. Some one appealed
from the decision of the chair; the vote
was taken and the chairman declared
the chair sustained. r. NJ. ChenauIt of
Bourbon shaking with excitement and
so urious that he could hardly talk de-
manded a call of the roll of counties. p.
p. Elder spoke against the chair.
Speaker Dunsmore made long talk in
favor of sustaining the chair because the
convention was not yet a properly organ
lied body and the man who made the ap-
peal withdrew it when the chairman de-
clared he would rule all similar motions
out of order until the committees re-
ported.
A motion to adjourn to o'clock was
lost and Mrs. Carrie Lane Chapman Gait
addressed the convention. She was
greeted with enthusiastic applause and
was listened to with closest and most IN
divided attention.
Mrs. Gait Speaks.
Mrs. Gait said:
"The woman has always opened her
heart at the touch of the labor move
ment Do you know that in this coun-
try there are 4,O0J,O0O working women?
They are nearly all in the
east. They have to work "A minutes
longer each day to buy their thread and
six minutes more to pay the tariff on the
thread. We came to you in the behalf
of the 100000 working women to ask
that they may have voice in the gov
ernment.
There is not party but resolves in
favor of the working man-gentleman
it is lie. [Applause.]
t'They tell the women that if she wants
voice to go down into the highways
and byways and find her a man and
marry him, [Applausel and then have
him vote for her; but there are not
! enough men to go around. TApplause.
81 predict that in fifteen yeaas every
state in the union will have eliminated
that little word male. IApplausel We
ask you to do this thing so that the news
may not go out that the Peoples party is
made up of towards and demagogues.
[Applause-l am so very unfortunate as
to live in New York tell you that Wall
, street is trembling. loud applause. They