The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-12-19
DELAWARE EQUAL
SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.

Tho Delaware Equal Suffrage AssocIa-
tion is now fact. The convention held
In the Unitarian Church formed an or
ganization yesterday afternoon and ad-
journed. The officers chosen were:
President Mrs. John A. Cranston OF
Newport; vlee-president, the Rev. Dorsey
Blake OF Greenwood corresponding sec
retary, Mrs B. Lundy Kent of Whining
ton; recording secretary, Edward Mullin
OF Marshallton; treasurer, Miss Emma
Lore; member OF the national executive
COMMITTEES, Mrs. A. d. Warner; auditors,
Mrs. w. G. Turner and Mrs. G. X. Baird
of Harrington; delegates to the national
convention. Mrs. J. r. Millgan, Miss
Mary NJ. Mather and Mrs. Winfield s.
Quigley.
The Daily REpuBLIoAs yesterday gave
the name Of the secretary OF the national
convention. who has taken the part OF
organizer in this city, as Mary G. Haig
This was mistake. as her name is Hay,
and a better presiding officer was never
seen in this city.
While the convention was preparing for
the election there was a discussion of
'The Suffrage" The first speaker was
Margaret S. Cranston, and her topic was,
"Does the Mother Need TT" The speaker
said she had been interested In the move
ment for years. She had hoped that by
the time her eldest boy voted she, too,
would have the right of franchise. The
time came. however. and her boy went
to the polls without her. She had another
boy, who would vote in seven years, and
she asked the cooperation of all at the
convention ito bring about equal suffrage
by the time this boy had the right to
vote. She said, In her opinion, the wrong
persons had the right to vote at the school
elections. The women who are compelled
| to send their children to the public
| schools are the ones who should vote on
| the question as to how these schools
should be conducted She thought, also.
that the woman should have a vote at
| municipal elections. She felt sure that
many crying evils would be abolished.
| Miss Emma Worre1I spoke on "Does
| the Unmarried Woman Need the Baliot?"
| This was careful and thoughtful paper.
| The unmarried women, she said, need
more aids to self-rellanee. A husband
or son might emphasize the opinions Of
| a married woman, but her single sister
| stood alone.
| Does the Professional Woman Need
| the Ballot?" was discussed by Dr. Han
| nah NJ. Thompson. She said that in her
| profession it was needed to do away with
| quackery and malpractice. With the right
/ to vote would come an increase of infiu-
| ence. Many evils that are now crying
| for settlement would be eradicated.
Does the State Need IT." was re-
sponded to by the Rev. Henrietta Moore.
She spoke of the condition of things in
| Mexico, and said 1t was because there
was no motherhood in that country. The
| civilization of country, she said, was
as its motherhood is. There were many
laws now on the statute books which
| would be wiped out If the ballot was
| given to woman.
: The work of the convention closed last
night with another address by the Rev.
Henrietta G. Moore. She made a strong
plea for the suffrage for women. Many
good people, she said, were opposed to
the ballot for women because they said
the Bible was against 1t.
She quoted the passages which were
said to be opposed to the women. AS a
matter OF fact there was nothing in tbs
Bible about suffrage either for men oil
women. The passage which commanded
women to be quiet in the churches was
| preceded by the same kind Of a com
mRndment for men.
Those passages. she said, which spoke
of the duties of a wife to her husband
did not apply to single women, of whom
there were 100000 of more than voting
age In this country. She briefly and elo'
quently told of the progress that equal
suffrage had made in the world at large
and closed with an earnest plea for jus
tice for her sex.