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speaker, her talk was much more in the
tine Of assertion than of argument.
A recess was then taken until p. m.
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Tine of assertion than of argument.
A recess was then taken until p. m.
EVENING SESSION.
The evening session was opened by
singing, which was followed by an In
vocation by Rev. H. NJ. Hoyt.
H. Weinstock was the first speaker,
and said he had been asked to perform
the superfluous duty of introducing
Miss Anna Shaw, vino was we'll known
here by reputation. There were many,
he said, who doubted the expediency of
granting the ballot to women, burt no
one. he thought, could deny its abstract
Justice. He was one of those who
gravely doubted its expediency, while
he conceded its abstract justice. He
would introduce Miss Shaw, and be-
speak for her cordial welcome.
Miss Shaw, who is one of the speakers
who have come from the East to tell
the benighted women of California into
what a deplorable state of bondage
they have sunk, said she was glad
that Mr.. Weinstock had granted the
justice of her cause, for Wendell Phil
lips had said that whatever was right
was expedient, and therefore this must
be expedient. She claimed that the ex-
tension of suffrage had always been a
benefit to the country. If Queen Vic
toria could become one of the foremost
rulers of the world, why should not CAL
1fornia women WELD the ballot intelli-
gently.
Our fathers had the idea that mans
right to vote should be gagged by the
property he owned rather than what
he was. 1t took a long time to convince
them differently, and it takes as long
DOW to convince men that women
should vote. The right of suffrage has
been by the Republican party extended
to the negroes of the South, uneduca ted
and ignorant as they were, and the Re
publican party of this State, three
weeks ago, pronounced in favor of
women suffrage. The claim of expedi-
ency is only theory.
She repudiajted the charge that the
good women of Wyoming did not vote
and that the bad ones did. and said the
contrary was the fact. No one can tell
how many women in California will
vote until they have chance. In Wy
oming and Colorado nearly all the
women vote.
She grew sarcastic over the argu-
ments in opposition to woman suffrage,
and said the candidates would take care
OF the babies while their mothers voted
There are just as many women opposed
to 1T as there are men, she said-op-
| posed to justice being done to women
She did not believe that men would
| lose their courtesy toward women If
| they voted. She told some good stories
and put her audience in a good humor
| and made them applaud. Then she
called attention to the fact that all over
| the country the flags had been at half
| mast for men to-day, but nothing was
| heard OF the women who had served
| their country in the hospital and field
She Indignantly denied the statement
published in a San Francisco paper that
Miss Anthony and other women had
| taken too much wine at banquet in
that city, and said Miss Anthony had
never tasted a drop of wine in her life,
nor did she or the other women there
on THAT occasion.
| Concluding, she said that some of
the opponents of woman suffrage based
their objections on prejudice and the
others based theirs on pure cussedness,
and neither had a leg to stand on.
Resolutions were presented by Mrs.
Purnell thanking Secretary Of State
| Brown, Janbtor Govan and State Car
dener Dunn for favors received, as we'll
| as others who had contributed to the
comfort and convenience of the con-
vention, which were adopted, and the
convention adjourned.
| CONVENTION NOTES.
| IT has been evident all through the
convention that many of those who sat
in the body of the chamber were not in
accord with the movement or were at
least very lukewarm, as only a limited
amount of applause greeted the speak
| ers, even when they made their hap
piest hits, and that was almost entirely
| from the front row or two where the
pronounced suffragists sat, and Of these
several We're meek looking men who ap-
peared to be accompanied by THEN
| wives.
In the afternoon a lady who sat ir
| that part Of the house, but evidently die
not Endorse the remarks Of the speakers
| said: well, III the amendment carries
l hope the first law passed will be one
making II a misdemeanor for a man tt
tip his hat to woman or offer her a
seat in car. 1 am sick Of this sort OF
nonsense" and several women siutine
near agreed with her.
A number of those in the body of the
| chamber openly avowed their opposi
tion to the movement and their con.
tentment with the present state Of
| affairs.