St. Paul daily globe., 1896-03-19
KEEP UP THE FIGHT
WOMAN SUFFRAGISTS CONTINUE
TO STRIVE FOR RECOGNITION
AS VOTERS.
ASSOCIATION MEETS HERE,
RECEIVES REPORTS FROM Ma
TIONAL CONVENTION AND ELECTS
NEW OFFICERS.
BY PROMINENT WOMEN
Delivered to an Enthusiastic Gath
ering at the CapitOI-What
They Talked About.

a large and enthusiastic gathering of
woman suffragists gathered at the
capitol last evening to listen to ad-
dresses by Mrs. Julia B. Nelson state
lecturer, and DR.. Cora Smith Easton,
former president to the North Dakota
society, now a resident of Minneapolis.
DR.. Eaton gave the personnel of the
convention at Philadelphia, speaking
of the various officers and their char
acteristics. She spoke Of Miss Susan
B. Anthony, stately and beautiful in
her black satin gown; of Rev. Anna
Howard Shaw, vice president at large;
of Charlotte Perkins Stetson; of Mrs
i. c. Hughes, president from Arizona;
OF Mrs. Henry b. Blackwell, of Massa-
chusetts; of Julia b. Nelson, from Min
nesota, whose address was the most
telling of all the presidents addresses,
given as it was in her own peculiar
style and with humor.
Anna Shaw, she said, was one of the
few women orators of the country; and
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, she des-
crlbed as a large, good-natured woman,
whose jolly laugh and honest face We're
suftlclent bond as treasurer. Mrs. Car
RE Chapman Gait, of New York chair
man of the organization committee.
STANDS next to Miss Anthony in rank.
Mrs. Gait has managed the association
all over the country and expects to
raise and spend $4,000 this year.
Others spoken of We're Rachel Foster
Avery and Alice Stone Blackwell
Mrs. Nelson told Of the work done
at the national convention, and urged
The work in st. Paul and Minnesota.
George w. Gait has offered each state
east and west of the Mississippi which
gains $50 members out of every 900.
a prize of $3.50, and Mrs. Nelson wants
Minnesota to gain a prize. She also
spoke of the difficulties encountered bv
the organization, and of the antago-
nlSm of the foreign element to women
taxing any part in politics, speaking
particularly of the Russians of Dakota.
MRS. Nelson is quite humorous, and told
OF man who had said he did not be-
iieve in woman suffrage, because it in
terfered with the harmony of the do
mestic relation. "And who do you sup
pose this man was?" she asked. "Col.
John Breckenridger'
Mrs. Nelson said that MANY well
known men attended the convention
and contributed to the cause. She said
IN closing that the association expect
ed every woman to do her duty; to OBJ
serve the golden rule to do to others
In her Washington address. which
created more or less comment, Mrs.
Nelson told how kind the Minnesota
men were to the women. That they al
lowed them to own their own clothes
and the articles which were theirs be-
fore they were married, and when a
man died, if there were no children,
the widow could have all the goods and
money the two had accumulated dur
ing his life. She said they Uara foo
good, that they insisted upon thinking
for the women, and sometimes the
double strain was too great, and they
were obliged to resort to stimulants.
Mrs. Nelson leaves this morning for
her home in Red Wing
During the afternoon the Woman
Suffrage association held a meeting at
ConoVer hall, at which Mrs Julia B.
Nelson was present and spoke briefly
OF the Woman Suffrage National con-
Yention held in Philadelphia. Mrs.
Nelson was delegate from Minnesota.
and was appointed state lecturer at
that time. She also spoke about the
work of the association in the state.
Officers were elected as follows: Pres
ldent. Mrs. Emile st. Pierre; recording
secretary, Mrs. Robert Hare: CORES
bonding secretary, Mrs r. A. HazIe:
treasurer, Mrs. NJ. A. Luley; first vice
president, Mrs. M. A. Warner; second
wee president Mrs. A. L. Whitcomb;
third vice president, Mrs. c.. S. Soule.
Mrs. f. B. Kimball, who is at present
IN New York city, is the retiring pres
ident. - W
Mrs. Soule presided at Yesterdays
meeting. Mrs. w. N. Tilton. of De
corah, To-, was present, and smoke of
the need for such a society in that
state.