Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-03-01
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The South is Moving.

Mrs. NJ. l.. McLenden, of Atlanta.
Secretary of the Committee on Wo-
mans Congresses OF the Cotton States
and International Exposition, wei.
coined the National Woman Suffrage
Convention, held in Atlanta, Georgia,
from January 3lst to February 9Th,
Presidents of State Associations from
thirty-tive States, with many famous
lecturers, took part in the convention.
The object Of such conventions is to
educate women into u knowledge of
their rights and duties As aitizens of .
Republic; to agitate and educate un-
til women enjoy the dignity of equal
rights in citizenship with men.
Twenty-six States have granted some
concessions to women citizens, and
Wyoming, Colorado, and. if late re.
ports are true Oregon, has full suf-
frage, yet in only six States of the
Union are mothers conceded TO be
legal owners of their own children.
Women in England are now qualified
to vote for town councils, local boards,
poor law guardians, vestries and
church wardens. They are rapidly
learning the business of self-govern-
ment, and their political progress may
be judged from the fact that 122 wo-
men were elected. at last election, &c
the Office of Guardian; Z to the Par
ish and District Councils, and 16 to
the office of Vestryman.
Miss Helen Blackburn, Secretary of
the national Society for Woman's SUI
frage in England, says: 1t is no I'M
common thing for One-quarter of the
voters in an English election, when
women vote. to be OF the gentler sex,
and in some places 80 per cent. of the
voters are women. Women are fitting
themselves everywhere for the duties
of citizenship. A bookseller in Den
yer reports that i'll eight months after
the women became voters in Colorado
he sold more books on civil govern
ment than he had in eighteen years
before. Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway,
from Oregon, was delegate to the
Atlanta Convention, and stated that
she was present in the House OF Rep
resentatives in Colorado when the new
suffrage bill was passed, and nowhere
in her travels had she ever seen wo-
men treated with more respect and
consideration. The reports from the
Southern States are exceedingly en-
couraging. Governor Evans, of South
Carolina, in his recent inaugural adj
dress, said: "The South Carolina
College, which is our higher classical
institution, should be opened to wo-
men from the freshmen to the senior
class. Co-educalion has
proved a success in the civilized ma
tons of the world" Gambetta has
truly said: That in order to make
hearts beat together, souls must be
brought together. The brightest
jewels of any State are her literary and
intelligent women, and they should
not be deprived OF the State bounty"
The programme at Atlanta shows
that prominent Southern men are
coming forward to share the honor OF
being the champions of the rights OF
women. The movement all along the
line-in Washington as well-ha,
been advancing SO rapidly that many
astute politicians have concluded that
it will be safe to be silent, and stand
by and see the salvation of the Lord
At the meeting of the Ministerial I'm.
ion, held in Topeka, January It'll
with 30 ministers present, the follow.
ing resolution passed without a dis
senting vote: I'VE are heartily in
favor of woman's enfranchisement
we are in favor of the immediate re.
submission of the amendment for
their acknowledgements" Y.