The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-11-15
THEY WANT TO VOTE,
Wheeling Women Formed alsut-
frsge Club Last Night.
THE LECTURE BY REI, MRS, MOORE
Last Evening Was Attended by About
sOven.y,flyO POople-Ths Men We're
Not Observation-Disclosures, They
Arc Not Excluded and Arc Invited
TO TO-nishrs MOetiaE-Dr\ Jones
Elected President OF the Club.

Last evening at the ofIices Of DR..
Harriet b, Jones, on Fifteenth street,
about seyenty.fyo women who are in.
terested In the movement to extend
suffrage to their sex, attended a meet
ing and heard a lecture on "Womap's
Suffrage" by Rev, Henrietta Moore, Of
Springfield, Ohio, After the lecture tho
Wheeling WOmau's Suffrage Club, with
eleven members, was organized,
The evenings exercises were opened
by the singing Of America" by the en-
tire audience, Although therS were no
baSsos the song Of patriotism was given
with a spirit that showed the men eau
be dispensed with on occasions. DR.,
Jones then introduced tho lecturer, who
made rousing address on the progress
Of the cause oil over the country,
especially in the south. With thv TX.
ception Of West Virginia, said che.
every southern state has one or more
suffrage clubs, The southern women
are thoroughly aroused and making
very encouraging progress, Referring
TO the "new woman" OF whom so much
is heard nowadays, she said sho never
would be unwomaulyi the woman OF TO.
day is thinking, active woman, and
she will not DO lesB womRnly when
she secures this coveted extension oil
suffrage to her sex. On tho contrary
the men will become moro manly By
contact with women at tho polls.
Speaking Of the progress OF tho cause
In this country, Rev. Mrs. Moore said
that tho southern state OF Kentucky
was the irst to grant woman the school
ballot, and now twonty.siS states OF the
Union accord hor tho same priyi.
leGe. Without q great deal OF agitation
the sentiment In favor OF extending
suffrage is growing all over the country.
In Washington state the women have
held offices and served on juTies, and
say that they never earned money easier
than on juriOs. Speaking Of opposition
to the cause.-the speaker said the most
opposition comes from tho churches.
In regard IN the result OF extending
suffrage, she claimed the true
woman cannot DO made to appear un.
womanly in any position in which she
should be placed,
Speaking oil tho organization OF sui.
iraHe clubs. the lecturer said they are to
advance education on suffrage aud make
such showing OF strength that tho
cause will be advanced. Those who
were in favor Of woman's suffrage Wero
asked to stand; all but three respond.
ed. An organization, the Wheeling
Woman's Suffrage Club, was then or.
ganized, with eleven members TO start
with and Dr.. Harriet d. Jones as presi.
dent.
Another meeting will be held this
evening at the Same place, to which
both men and women arc invited. Rev.
,Mra Moore will deliver another lee.
ture, and additional members OF the
club will be enrolled. A feature of the
club 10 that men are eligible to mem
bership and TO tho holding OF office, a
provision that shows the libOrality OF
woman compared with tho narrow ideas
Of men in general. Tho club will take
up the study Of political economy, in.
Guiding tho questions OF the day aud
educate and stimulate sentiment for tho
cause by lectures. entertainments aud
other means.