Evening journal., 1895-12-18
SHALL The WOAEN VOTE?
CHIEF JUSTICE LORE SAYS THEY
SHOULD HAVE THE FRANCHISE


sahraEIsts In the Unatarian Church.
Other speeches nIads-Tho Program for
To-day.
The Equal Suffrage Convention was
begun yesterday afternoon, and q large
number Of women we're present. Tbs
sterner sex was conspicuous by It's
absence Mrs B Lundy Kent called the
session to order aud introduced Miss Mary
g. Hsig, who assumed the chairmsnship
and suggested q temporary secretary
Miss Emma Lore was chosen
After singing. and prayer by Rev. R
Milligsn, Miss Hsig made an interesting
address In which she said she brought
greetings from Ike socis.ies In Kent
aud Sussex. aud four in New Castle
county. She gave 6 brief history OF
tbs beginning OF the agitation
by Elizabeth Osdy Stanton, In New York
some forty seven years ago; OF the good
work of Susan B Anthony and others.
snd said she believed that by leglsl alive
and not BY conEressloul action could
equal suhcago be reached The consi
tuition OF Delaware, framed In 1888 che
pronounced antquatsd Ia December
1896 the constitutional convention meets
and she hoped tho word "mals"
would then be minated
She urged the organizing OF clubs In
all the towns and the taking Of an active
interest In the election OF delegates to
the constitutional convention A con b
stitutlon and bylaws si nilar to those Of
the National Associatlop we're adopted
LISTERS were read from Su-Gn 3. Anthony
and Carrie Chapman Gait.
Addressel we're made by Lea Pusey,
David Ferris and others Miss Margaret
3 Hiles. Miss Margaret NJ Mather,
Mrs B Lundy Kent and Mrs John A
Oranston, Of Newport. were named a
committee on work for the year.
In the evening Miss Hsig introduced
Chief Justice Charles Lore, who, Ia
eloquent terms welcomed the suffragists
to Wilmington He said he looked on the
movement AS OF people who were moving
toward q truer aud noblsr civilization
Hs cited ths instance Of Hannah Shpley
deciding on Wilmington as the location
OF her home. and said IL WAS one case
where the woman outvotsd the man De
suggested that Delaware WAS old fash
ioned. however, snd very conservative
Judge Lore gave as his reaso ms for
believing in equal suffrage first, because
he believes the average intelligence Is
greater Ia woman than man BE not
only believed that It was right to grant
the right OF suffrage to women, but he
believed It would be a safe guard Of our
liberties de did not see the justice ia
disirRnchising q woman worth q million,
while the tramp was given tbe right to
vote on how her property would be pro
tected; or that an intelligent. virtuous
woman should not bs allowed to vote
while drunken wretch had tne right
he thought that corruption at elections
would Be done away with II the women
had = vote, for they could not be pur-
chased
Judge Lore was followed by Rev
HeBrietts g Moore, q member OF the
Board of Education, Of Springfield, o A.,
who made an eloquent and able plea for
franchise for women. Her remarks
we're telling.
The program for to-day will be as
follows:
Devotional exercises, conducted BY
Rev. T. E. Terry; election Of officers
unfinished business. symposium OF
papers limited to ten minutes in length
will succeed. the topics and authors to be
Equal Suffrage: Does the Wife Need
It2' delegate; Does the Mother Need
It2' Mrs. Margaret S. Oranston, Newport
docs the Unmarried Woman Need ItT
Miss Emma WorTell Does the Working
Woman Need III delegate; Does the
Business Woman Need III" delegate
docs the Professional Woman Need It2'
Dr. Hannah NJ. Thompson; Does the
State Need Itf' delegate A general
discussion will follow.