The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-27
Legislative Committee Of the
Suffragists Makes Report.
THE WAY TO WIN FRIENDS
Suggestions Submitted Looking To-
ward Molding Public Sentiment In
Favor of the observation-disclosures
Meeting for Dead WOrkers-SOme
Eloquent Words.

session at the Church OF Our Father divide,
the time OF this mornings meeting betwee
the reports of various committees an,
the reading of memorials in honor o.
deceased workers and sympathizers in tn
cause of woman's emancipation
Miss Anthony called the meeting to ortlc
with penknife in place of the new wood
en- and silver gavel presented TO her LAS
week. She explained that she had lef
the latter at her hotel Miss Elizabeth [;
Yates of Maine offered the Inornin pra yer
After the reading of the minutes Heller
Morris Lewis OF North Carolina propose,
that the association adopt new plal
of raising revenues for its own expense,
and for missionary work by selling auto
graphs OF Miss Anthony and autograph
letters received by her from well-knowl
public men for the last half century.
She said these autographs and letters coult
be kept on sale at the associations head
quarters in Philadelphia, and that, nc
doubt, a largesum might beannually brought
into the organizations Golfers. The matte
was temporarily laid OH the table.
IN THE TIME TO COME.
The report OF the Presidential suffrage
committee was submitted by Henry b. Bia ok
well OF Massachusetts,. The spea Ike I
thought the time would come when the polit.
ical parties would consider il a matter
OF policy to let the women take part in the
selection OF electors for the Presidential
nominees No state has yet granted this
privilege in Presidential elections, said he.
In Kansas an attempt was MADE, but the
Supreme Court or that State deciaed it to
be unconstitutional.
petition will be sent the next Kansas
legislature asking that with the beginning
of the twentieth century the woman be al
lowed to join in the election of the nations
Chief Executive.
The assembly adopted the report OF Mr..
Blackwell after briefly discussing 1t.
Lille Devereux Blake of New York pre-
sented the report of the legislative commit
tee.
At the annual meeting Of the association
held at Atlanta Ga, in February, 1895,
Committee on legislative advice was ap-
pointed This Committee was formed for
the purpose of giving information as To
the best methods of conducting legisla-
tive campaigns advising how to secure
the passage of laws and suggesting meas
ures which may be pushed for the benefit
Of women. Each member of the committee
has had neutrality-suspicious. and they sub
United the following plan of work:
THE PLAN SUBMITTED.
Those who have never conducted a leg.
isIattve campaign are prone 10 think that
the efforts should begin as soon as the leg
iSIature cnnvenes. while. 10 secure success
the work should lie haIr done by that time.
camnaiop sbou,d beoin her Iabors months
befnre The election. nv ascertaiuinp who
viii no tho pr,hobIe "a ndidates Of bo,b mar.
lies. seeing these men. and obtaining from
,hem n,edpes nf support.
..when a man is willing thus To aid the
cause every effort must he made ia secure
first his nomination and then his election
At the Nominating conventions OF all par
les delegations of women should urge the
naming of their candidates and the passage
n resolutions favorinp woman suffrage.
When the campairn has really begun public
meetings must be held and ducuments dis
irihuted in the int crest nr their chosen can
dida;es. Nothing will so spee,iiIv bring about
enfranchisement as the proof that
we already possess political influence and
will use # for our friends.
when the legislature assemblies the
81 runcest man in the party which has ma
jority in the body must be chosen 10 present
he urouosed law. II the Republicans have
n ma inri,v. The lending Repub,ican INNS, no
, sized ia champion the cause. If the Demo-
Gratis are in the ma jority, The leading DEM
ocrat.
when the conditions are not vet ripe
for n constitutional amendment there a re-
MANY measures which are yaIua HE in arms
ing plblic interest and nrenar RING the 1r,v
for the final triumph as well as important
in amelivratipe the condition Of women
Among these are laws to secure:
school suffrage for women.
women on boards OF education and as
Equality of property rights for men and
women. whether married or single.
THE Joint guardianship of children; equal
rights for mother and father.
women as factory inspectors.
women as physicians in hospitals and
insane asylums.
women trustees in all State institutions.
s'Polce matrons.
'.Seats for sales women.
s.The raising OF the age of consent
For general agitation, all women who
desire their political freedom should send
individual petitions to the legislature ask
ing for their own political liberty.
''Strict watch should be kept on all leg
slative action, and protests should be sent
In when any laws are proposed inimical TO
The rights of women. Especially bills pro-
posing TO change the statutes regulating
marriage and divorce should be looked
after. and the demand made that they be
referred 10 q commission COMPOSED of Der-