The San Francisco call., 1896-05-07

For myself l have never haen aha IN satisfy
inyseli P as 10 what Kingdom she belongs, whether
10 the animal, vegetable or mineral. She has the
ferocity OF wild beast a face of brass and springs
up like mushroom.
We find her TRADING against man and vet we are
told tnat she is aplng him in all his attire But
find that the real woman of the hour is no; TRADING
monial preference also as she was in the past The
woman OF to-day, like the woman OF former times
when man says to her. Wilt thou? she willis
[Great laughter and applause
as me woman Of to-day stands in full possession
1 me OF all her powers the loaf is not
puInt NOT Is the babe neglected. We of to-day
seek for force which shall lead TO results, Hence
we we seek even in poor. neglected woman, power
IL IL s SOU wnicn may, perchance, have been ne
glected and ignored for long, dreary centuries.
a And now this great State has avowed its need Of
Inns SWEEP, strong power of American womanhood
AS Max O'Reil once said: s'If / were TO be born
agaln aga and had my choice of place and condition
"oalan' 80 say we all of u.s. [Great appause.l
When the glad message came from
sacramento" said Mrs. Cooper, "a dear
iaoy SAID, Let us sing hosanna.' Now we
nave Alfred Wilkie with us, and he will do
our singing for u.s."
Mr. Wilkie gave a splendid rendering OF
Oounod, "Hosanna, Praise Be Thine"
1he Rev. Anna Shaw was then intro
duced amid much applause. Her subject
was Woman AS She Will Be, and she
spoke extemporaneously as follows:
have always refused to pose prophet, and
YET tonight am in the position of prophet.
than the correspondent OF the Examiner who tele-
graphed that there was not woman suffragist in
the moment we begin to discuss woman we begin
10 think OF her as mother, as daughter, as sister,
but not as part of man.
When consider mans usefulness in this world
we never stop 10 think that he is in any way ham,
pered in his actions by the care of children he IS
free to do as he pleases. But when we think OF
women IL is always said that her home duty Will
not permit of her doing anything else.
II you went across the continent, from the Pa
cltc to the Atlantic, you would not find phys-
cally normal woman, unless you found her among
the savages.
Before we can have the best and most perfect
womanhood anywhere woman must be per
mitted to develop normally. The new woman
must first OF all be the gracefully developed
normal woman.
Even your young university girls cannot ap-
pear in gymnastic costume for fear of spelling the
tender virtue OF your boys What nonsense! The
masculine feminine virtue which needs such
careful guarding Is surely not worth mucn. W..
We want well developed womanhood. What
if woman has four ounces less of brain than man
Quantity IL seems TO me- is of less import in this
Sonhection than quality; ana II woman does her
best to develop the few ounces OF brain with which
the Creator has endowed her. man will need his
extra four ounces
1t is said that motherhood is woman's highest
glory, but deny this in toto. We know that back
OF motherhood exist circumstances which are any
thing but glorious contend that goodness Is the
crown OF womanhood. as well as of manhood
must disagree with the rabbls magnlhcent
| paper in that part which asserts that the men OF
| old respected woman.
They did respect the women who belonged to
them but they were willing enough TO degrade
women who were the property OF other men, and
to drag their virtue and their beauty through the
mire of beastly passion.
! Nowadays we look Tor something better: The
time Is nearly here, and men will be compelled to
| respect ner as her humanity deserves:
| At this iuncture Miss Anthony entered
the hall. She had just come from the
train, but despite the fatigue consequent
upon her work at the Capitol and her tire
some trip from Sacramento, she addressed
| a brief but stirring Grafton to the great
| audience. Amid a veritable storm OF APP
| plause and the waving of countless pocket
| handkerchiefs she said.
! ''Tnis looks almost as 1t did up at Sacra-
mento. l don't like to break off Miss
Shaw's speech right in the middle. "
''Go on with it" prompted Miss Shaw,
al m glad to have you"
"My first lieutenant here" continued
Miss Anthony, has just expressed senJi-
ments with which l heartily agree"
Then Miss Anthony called forward one
after another of her co-workers and lieu
tenants at Sacramento and introduced
them to the immense throng of women.
This is the first time in history" said
| she again, "Jhat a dominant party has
| passed resolution favoring woman suf-
| frage. BY so doing to-day the Repub-
| licans have so pledged themselves that
| their newspapers must stand for the abSo-
| lutte political equality of men and women
| in California.
Third parties and fourth parties have
done this before, but never one Of the great
parties.
But we are not done, as told the Re-
publican. In two weeks we are going up
| to Sacramento, where the Peoples party
| has promised to put on its banners,
Equality for all, injustice to none And
a week after we are going to Stockton to
| the convention of that little party, the
| Prohibition party, and receive its support.
Later we shall go before that other great
party, the Democratic party"
Miss Shaw then resumed her address:
There were four of us in one room at the hotel in
| Sacramento last night, and Miss Anthony was one
| grand news was true. Would the convention
| regard our wishes? said it true and we would
! find it so in the morning.
| against us, and that voice came from a who
was so good husband that he could not vote (or
wote as he called lt) In opposition TO the wishes
| of the wife of his bosom. But Miss Anthony found
| out that the same woman wanted most earnestly
to vote, and her husbands statement was founded
| upon thoughtless remark made by his wife
| twenty years before. The memories of men ere
But must get back to my subject. We have
considered woman developed physically and intel
| lectually. Now let us take a look at the mother.
| The English system which gives the ballot to
widows and spinsters, seems TO me to be at fault.
| The mother should have some right to protect her
| child. And now am going to make point
which have made before and for which have
| been roundly scored;
another child to be born until she can have the
| right to protect that child.
AS for mothers, not all women called to the
duties and the honors of physical maternity. 1
doubt If any where a grander mother could be
found than Susan b. Anthony. GGreat applause. ]
Now, word about the convention at Sacramento.
have been In many conventions i'll many States,
aud never have seen more orderly and court
eous aSsemblage. Men were polite to each other
and polite to Throughout the grand Capitol
placards were posted bearing the words, "No
smoking allowed in this building L could not
wish TO go TO more exemplary meeting than the
Republican Convention at Sacramento.
If you will pardon my meanderng must give
woman one last word, since she regards it as a
right peculiarly hers, solomon gives US the pic
ture of valiant woman. Read it on the pages Of
inspiration and find Solomon's ideal woman and
mine For once am glad to agree with wise
man in his estimate of woman.
Great applause rewarded Miss Shaw's
eloquent words.
DR.. Voorsanger, however, took excep-
ton to the reverend lady's views. He
said:
II want to address word to the men of
California to outline my position The
question of suffrage of women is Just an
incident in the great main question of the
recognition of the equality of sexes. If the
Republican party is willing to put such a
plank in its platform, am willing that it