Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1895-02-02
ANNA SHAW INDIGNANT.
she Scores baptist Preacher at the SUN
rage Convention at Atlanta.

Atlanta, Ca, Feb. 1.-Presidcnt susan
u. Anthony rapped the National Woman
Suffrage convention to order this morn
ing with gavel made Of wood pro-
cured from Mount Vernon by Georgia
girls. Mrs, Eliza Saxon, Of New Or
leans. made the opening prayer and
Mrs. Rachael Foster read the report of
the corresponding secretary. n tele-
gram was read from the editor of the
Idaho Statesman announcing that the
legislature had decided to submit woman
suffrage to poular vote, and thanks
were returned therefor. Mrs. Il. s Hill
dreth reported on the progress of the
movement In Alabama.
The sensation Of this mornings ses-
sion was a sharp attack on the Rev. DR..
J. B. Hawthorn. pastor of the First
Baptist church of Atlanta, by the Rev.
Anna Shaw, of Pittsburg.
She arose to IA question of personal
privilege. holding In her hand copy OF
a morning paper
II desire" she said ITO call attention
to an error In this paper in the state
ment that | referred to Mr.. Hawthorn
when | mentioned that someone had
said women ought not to vote because
they were not taxed. | did not refer to
Mr.. Hawthorn. If the newspaper re-
port of Mr.. Hawthorn's sermon was
correct 1t was ungentlema9 uncalled
for and unmanly for him to 20 out oi
his way to attack a number of strans-
ers. ] will not answer DR.. Hawthorn.
No lady will attempt to answer him.
She can't descend to that plane.
The remarks were greeted with wild
applause. II would subside for mo-
ment, only to break forth again at
fresh thrust.
Mrs Harriet Taylor Upton read her
report as treasurer, showing q surplus
on hand of over $500 out of some $4,000
received during the year.
The proceeds of the door receipts of
this evenings exercises were to he d.
vided with the woman's board of the
cotton states exposition. ana the audi
torium was filed despite the inclement
weather. General Robert II. Hemp
hill. of South Carolina. eN-state sena,
tor and present clerk of the senate, was
orator of the evening, speaking on wom-
ans progress toward acknowledgements
in the palmetto state. Addresses were
also delivered by Alice Stone Blackwell.
on "Strongholds of Opposition caro-
line T. Merrick, on woman as Sub
ject;" Elizabeth Lyle Saxon. on. Club
Life Among Southern Women;" Rev,
Anna Howard Shaw. on THE Home
the Tap Root of the State and Lille
Devereaux Blake, on wife, Mother
and Citizen.
At the afternoon session Miss Laura
Clay, of Kentucky, a daughter OF taSsiuS
NJ Clay. reported for the Southern com
mittee that the movement was advancing
in this section. though many difficulties had
been met.
In behalf of the committee on plan of
work, Mrs Caroline Chapman-Cat report
ed a recommendation for raising $4,000 for
carving on the work and that special at
tention be given South Carolina, Utah and
Tennessee, where constitutional conven-
tious will probably soon be held; and Idaho
and Michigan. where female suffrage
amendments will be submitted to the peo-
pie.
A course of study similar to the inter-
national Sunday school lessons was also
recommended.
\ subscription was at once taken and
So 600 of the 5000 asked for raised.