The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-05-21
ne steamers that ply the Mississippi.

In Oakland she Dull0S hOuseS-driv-
ing the nails straight, too-and in San
Francisco she has forsaken the rouge-pot
for white lead anu oil and has gone to
painting houses instead of faces. She has
dropped the cold poker as an instrument
of warfare and is using it hot to decorate
the homes of her millionaire sisters who
don't want the ballot, and can't under
stand why women want to meddle in
mems affairs anyway.
"She is keeping books as well as making
them. She manufactures sewing machines
and uses them. She owns her own stock
of dry goods and measures tape with the
dapper Young clerk who does not own
even the weeks wages she owes him; but
she has no voice in making the laws
under which she conducts her business,
while the man has. 1t is OF supreme mo-
ment to woman what policy the Gov
eminent pursues in regard to exports and
imports. The man who deals in hides,
next door to the woman who carries on
wholesale paper trade is not affected finan-
ciallv one whit more in proportion to his
capital than she by free trade or protective
tariff; and if she is to succeed she needs
the same means OF protecting her inter
ests as he, and that is the privilege of
choosing the law makers of the land.
"She needs the ballot in order that she
NAV receive the same consideration that
men do. The man who has it in his
power to control legislation that may
make or mar an importers business is
bound to receive at the hands of the trade
greater benefits than the woman who has
been DISTINGUISHED. The financial policy
of the Nation means as much to her as it
does to her masculine competitors. Its
soundness or unsoundness will increase or
diminish her income along with her
brothers, and she should be allowed to de-
clare for the free coinage OF silver at 10 TO
e. che WigheQ Man and
woman alike have an inalienable right to
an opinion, and whether it be right or
wrong OF freely expressing ii"
Mrs. DR.. Kellogg Lane then gave an ex-
temporaneoas address on docs the Pro-
fessional Woman Need the Ballot?" She
first told what the ballot stands for and
what il does not stand for. She showed
what it meant to England, to the Trans
vaal and to other civilized parts of the
earth which were III sympathy with and
striving for waman's suffrage.
"They are all clamoring for the ballot"
said she, land it is only a matter of time
when they will have it. In body polite
every individual should have the privi-
lege of the ballot"
She referred TO the fact that where
woman enters into a field of labor with
man. both work together better than alone
and separate.
In the evening Attorney George W.
Haight gave an address on THE Political
Status of Woman" President Richards
of the Board of Town Trustees then in
troduced the speaker OF the evening, Miss
Elizabeth II. Yates OF Maine, who spoke
along the same line as followed out by the
speakers of the afternoon.
The convention will be continued both
tomorrow afternoon and evening. Miss
Hay and Miss Yates, together with Mrs.
Haigbt and Miss Severance, will speak.
Crescent Road Race.
BERKELEY, CAL, May 20.-Arrange-
ments for the Crescent Club handicap
bicycle road race, which is to take place
on the morning of the 31st inst on the
San Pablo road, have been practically
completed. The best riders in the club
have entered and prospects are favorable
for good race. The start will be made at
Dwight way and the direction of the race
Will be north.
Following is the entry list: Bob Cree l.
man, s. II. Metcalf Warren Marlaive,
Frank McLain, Ray Demoro, Charles
Klein, C. Wippelsen, Walter Gompertz,
VIII Blackree, Win Owens, Charles Deme e.
trak and Captain o. a. Putzker. Peter
Kroman, G. L. Wilcox and Chester judi
son will be the handicappers. Putzker
will be the only man on scratch.
Gompertz Welded in Peru.
BERKELEY, CAL, May 20.-Informa-
ton has been received in Berkeley of the
wedd ing on the 18th inst of George Com
pertz, second son of Mr.. and Mrs G. f.
GompertZ OF Austin way, to Senorita
Morelia de CANA, at lquIque, Peru. The
bride is the daughter OF the recently de-
ceased Peruvian admiral. Gompertz has
been in South America for the past five
year, most of which time has been spent
In lquique In the commission business.