The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1895-02-11
yvomnn.s Suffrage Convention.


Tile NATIONAL convention opened at 10
o',-o-a yhis "a ru.ns. January slst. At TIE
Ora house. and gEe house Was full 40
Overflow .ue- One Of the mot remarkable
fsatura-. was the presence oE 500 L..-uy men.
+siwu there. ~ CcUr-s. ~ curiosity, rut
.a,e proved very attentive listeners ard
-.-1- hut have llrcr Imposed ~ the dig
u.-y rf III. presiding officers. susan u.
Anthony. the president, opened the meet
.rs She is "a woman cf ne. fun, height ana
E#- e pleasant face ami voice. Suc wore a
f.fH n o-cs, and se.si ss.sn cloak ana p most
r.-rE -e bonnet Ia-Ee were only about has
g dozen women en- tEc Stage bssiic iac
Ile.-den;- Airs Fis---..ra.- the rec riding
.ssretary. AIRS. Elizabeth cody stanton.
Miss Augusta Howard. president ~ the
Georgia suffrage association, and several
others. TIE l.ir-lt.s occupied the loN ar
floor. The sta-. WAS d-grsl with
$40 fssss. on belonging q the NATIONAL as
sne-8ti0u. VHich has q ground 81 black wi
yrs On which are only Two hr.-hJ yellow
stars r-prcsenting wyoming ar4 Colorado.
tsse only states that have al pt-i iuh Wb-
man suffrage.
The Georgia flag was quite interpst;nS-
IN blue ground wee al the icfty-Iour
states. The frst two, Wyoming AL Col
o-s,iO were brisnt yellow, tae neNt. Raa-
zas. nearly all yellow. showing tEis st~sc
las municipal suffrage for -or.eu; then
seventeen states are shaded yellow, repre-
sentina the states where 31mea vctc OF
school que. IONS: the uext, Iowa, Is sl'td-
ell There women vote on bonds. then Two
~.ates Mississippi ana Arkansas. are FAINT
D. shaded. There women vote on fence
questions AMI certain Kinds OF petitions.
Tr.- cE ser states ara ~ bleely y rev
mon do not vote al al. and Ceorgist is one
~ them. Rev Anna SHAW. from Penn
svfyania opened tlse meeting with most
fe~v@nt PRAYER. There were only a ic..
addresses this morning. The delegate from
Colorado was one Of the lions ui the &C.
casion. as she came from d state where
there are three women members o. she
legislature. when ALrs. Tas lor made this ;tu-
uouucerucut' there Vas applause and Ni-S
Anthony remarked ''Jue; think OF fnHl.
Women who nssVe h,re.otav- tecu ".ea7-
tomsl - serilgiug and cleaning Qua The
ss4tt1paa. now ua au ssu#l L"HtiHS Ni-.t
tu-. men" sle thcu N-lt ,g ia -as tutt
% aiie they were Se.d5.'-a- -H- r.rtfiii--
-a-ttoons they were cpus d"rea iu Their
PROPER p..i,es. but EEe.. she nld au idra ot
taking part in sIitl-s th,y were degrading
themselves.
Tlere Was a short talk FROM the dele
gate from Oregon. and also from the Flor
ida del.e,ate, all on the theme 81 uplifting
women and giving thea. equal rights with
men
February the convention has contn-
ur4 ra interest large auaieIiers t2c;l -,il
ana rlrzs! saturday ME Ht after most "'-
uEhttll =.---s. 20. t1s reports were t-tS.
.s.Etv iut,resllu-s aEC plainly sIcM that the
maN.Ti.,slt i- EsO&lEE ai..- -al-.'.-ii- "a t.i'
south llsrs" are -vt---. : 7"'-5' 49,
,iaftcns tae states - Aia14nl- ~ i-ii. --'-
rlpr ~. tieorslss. i-e1ii Uses. 10 - -'...'-
South Carolina. Tenn ---. irN'--. Fil=ti-it
.snf Missouri. tE-~ were all "hit repre-
=rlrst AMI the reports we've intA tse Si=i.S
81 tl- lius.s are enc ursis .ils-
There v.iz ve~r mucn less S.tid on the
subject ~ voting tisn On" you'd Rave eN-
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