The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-12-18

ganzed. ~ was decided by the association
that these too, must be In lime before Janu-
airy /. 1t was difficult work which con-
froneed them, but on tomorrow might the
work would be completed. She told of the
campaign that was carried on last year In
New York. The Equal Suffrage amend
meut to the constitution, she said, was de-
fnated by only votes.
The diflculty was that the friends OF the
movement did not begin their work until
afAsr ehe delegates to the constitutional
contention Were elected. The leaders do not
despair, however, and hope to be successful
In New York by the year 1900
She spoke OF the difficulty of finding the
names Of equal suffraglsts In ithe two lower
counties. An attempt was made by corre-
spondence, and this failed. Then 1t was de-
cidei that she should come in person.
There was no lack of suffrage sentiment
In Delaware. she said. 1t differed. however.
from other states In the fact that more men
than women appear to favor the movement.
Their meetings everywhere have been
largely attended and there has been plenty
Of enthusiasm.
She urged the organizing OF clubs in all
the towns and the taking OF an active In
terest in the election of delegates to the
constitutional convention. A constitution
Association were adopted. Letters were
read from Susan D. Anthony and Carrie
Chapman Gait.
While the constitution was being dis
.cussed addresses were made by George
w. Roberts, Lea Pusey. David Ferris and
Miss Margaret s. Hilles. Miss Margaret
NJ. Mather, Mrs. B. Lundy Kent and Mrs.
John Al Cranston OF Newport were ap-
pointed as committee to take charge
of the work for the year.
There was a larger attendance at the
evening session. Miss Haig, in a neat
speech, introduced Chief Justice Charles b.
Lore, who welcomed the suffragists to Will
mington. Judge Lore said that woman
frieni CT his had rold him to welcome the
visitors by saying THAT the movement was
a fad and fraud and that he had no sym
pathy with 1t. He looked upon 1t as a move
ment of people who were willing to take
step forward for a true and nobler eiviliza-
tion.
There was no place In America, he said,
that owed more ITO a woman than Whining
ton. 1t was Hannah Shipley who stood on
the hills and decided to settle here There
was an election at that time between Han
nah and Joseph, and the woman outvoted
the man.
In coming to Delaware, however. he
warned them that 1t was a conservative
community. He knew Of no place where the
good 0ld-fa shioned ideas held their own
more than In Delaware.
He extended welcome to the suffragists,
because he believed the movement was
right Those who help to sustain the move
ment should have something to say as to
how II should be run.
He believed that the average of women
intelligence was above that of men. He not
only believed that it was right Ito grant the
right Of suffrage to women, burt he believed
1t would be a safeguard of our liberties
He did not see the justice in DISTINGUISHING
a woman worth million while the tramp
was glvcn Iae rigat to vote on how her
property wiued be protected; or that an In
telligent, ytirtuons woman should not be al
lowed to vote while drunken wretch had
the right. He thought that corruption at
elections would be done away with IL the
woman had a vote, for they could not be
purchased.
Judge Lore was followed by the Rev.
Henrietta @. Moore, who made an eloquent
and effective plea for the franchise for her
sex. Miss Moore has a peculiarly earnest
manner, and has psenty of enthusiasm. The
address aparkled witch wit, and her arg,i-
ments were forcible and convincing She is
a member of the Board OF Education of
Springfield, Ohio. and gave an interesting
account of how she was placed In nomina-
tion and elected. She is the only woman in
the board and she says that the other mem
bers always treat her with consideration.
Her ofilce-holding, she says, has not made
her any the less woman than she was be-
fore. More than this she believed she was
better and stronger and more able to go
forward to nobler future. During the adj
dress she spoke about the 'nSw woman"
and said there was no such dNng. The
woman Of to-day, she said, is as sAe always
was.
The programme for to-day will be as fol-
lows
Devotional exercises, conducted by the
Rev. T. T. Terry; election OF officers; un-
finished business. A symposium of papers
limited to tan minutes in length will sue
ceea, the topics and authors to be: Equal
Suffrage: Does the Wife Need ft?' dele
gate; Does the Mother Need It?" Mrs.
Margaret s. Cranston, Newport; "Does the
Unmarried Woman Need It?" Miss Emma
Worre.l; "Does the Working Woman Need
It?' delegate; docs the Business Woman
Need IT." delegate; docs the Profess
a.onal Woman Need Tt?" DIR. Hannah NJ.
Thompson; "Does the State Neei IT." a
delegate. general discussion will follow
Tho special committee appointed by the
Board of Trade TO confer with The menu
OF tho Street and Sewer Department IN
reference to a road to the river met the
city department last night and an informal
discussion of the matter was held. The
committee is composed of Anson A. Maher
Spottswood Garland and A. L. Johnson,
George A. Elliott. who is interested In the
property on account of the Board of Trade
interests and the property interests, wns
also present
The committee spoke of the necessity OF
a road to the river and asked the depart
ment for some expression of opinion on the
matter. MIR. Pratt said that he understood
that the committee was there to give the
department some Information Ia reference
10 the matter.
Mr.. Simmons asked what action the
property owners along the proposed road
to the river were willing to take. There
is already road nearly to the river.
Mr.. johnson said that the road did not
yet reach the river, They were not in favor
of any particular road 10 the river. but all
that they wished was gone expression In
favor OF the way.
Mr.. Simmons said that the road did not
reach the river until the street rider was
passed.
Mr.. Maher said that the committee had
been In consultation with Major Raymond
who has charge of the river improvements
and that he said that II the people Of VIII
minston would build a bulkhcad the gov
ernment would dredge the river to depth
of thirty feet and would fill in back of the
bulkhead with the mud. The bulkhead
would be about 900 feet long and he
thought that the property owners there
would be willing to build it,
Mr. Simmons said that he Nd not think
that the department would be Slstlned in
taking any action on the matter until the
property owners and others interested In