The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-07
TO SEE MISS ANTHONY
Large Gathering Of Ladies at
the Seattle Theater.
HER HALF CENTURY OF WORK.
The Whole womanss Suffrage Move
ment Illustrated ny Its Celebrs-
ted Exponent.

Immediately upon entering one could not
fan 10 notice that Il was . lecture or n lee
tarer CUT OF the ordinary. There was
eczy armchair by tie table or which stood
the conventional water pitcher. and az the
back was = GIT whataot, with areutuS
iwlned about K. and on the top a bust %
the Gemare C1ysie. Then the front 0. the
boxes were found 20 be decorated with
trailing ivy over white. and as snow balls
and ivy Is well known 10 be the distinctive
decoration OF the Woman's Century Club
OF Seattle, tbs gave something Of a key 20
what Was % be expected. These cecora-
lions. in fact. were IN honor OF leading
woman OF her time. one whose unsegfsh
efforts IN behalf OF her sex were heartily
6erided for a couple OF generations but
whose lfswork now commands respect
and admiration even from those not yet
ready 10 accept 30 the fail the lessons Of
her mission.
Tbs noble woman Is Miss Susan b. An
theny, who twenty-five years ago came 10
Seattle TO lecture On TIE wosnan's suffrage
movement. and for twenty-five years be-
fore thar had been Flooding through the
| other states or the Union in a then appAr-
entity hopeless endeavoT. Few men living
have he'd half & century of public Life. and
* was 10 he naturally expected that a wo-
man who has been as much talked about
during that long period as Mss Anthony
Bit the parquet was barely ailed, among
its occupants being only about score OF
the sterner sex and n the family circle
was one solitary man. who perhaps went
up there in the first place for fear that he
would be the only man present
Mrs. Amos Brown introduced the famous
woman suffrag.st Ia few words. Four
ladies came forward ard sang pretty glee
very pretttiy. the refrain OF which was
Come and join our dance" Thera did
not seem 70 be any particular point 70 this
invitation. for Miss Anthony did not lead
anybody dance. She spoke for nearly an
hour and half. and Il was all IN such n
gentle easy tone. and was so thoroughly
interesting that the silence which IL COM
manded was rarely broken. even by ap-
plause. IL was largely reminiscent, but
this gave IL all the deeper interest, fer the
mention of many great names OF the past
and what they said and d.d was being told
by one who had personally known them
End had her part IN the history they made
But the Renaissance had always q pur-
pose behind g. which was 20 illustrate by
The result Of other political movements the
results which must follow upon the adop-
ton OF the principles for which the lee
turer has worked for half a century.
II know / am telling you ancient his
tory" she said once. parentheticaily. and
l In measure represent that history. I
I have been working for myself. that I
enjoy not a single more right than had
at the beginning. I am working for my
unfortunate sisters who have taken TO
themselves the luxury OF husbands"
She made striking pictures OF the negro
before and after enfranchisement. told OF
the extension OF the franchise In England
and what remedial legislation the working
man and farm iaborsr had been able to OBJ
tain since possessing q vote, and told OF
the comparatively meager results Obtained
in the Empire state OF New York for
women, compared with what they might
be IL the fair sex had been admitted TO the
ballot. But these results were great. They
gave 20 women the legal right TO her earn
ings and an equal guardianship OF her chill
dren. Miss Anthony explained that the
work had been particularly hard IN such
Eastern states "a New York, Pennsyiva-
Ma and Massachusetts, because OF the
deep-rooted conservatism OF their people.
1t was therefore that the friends OF
woman suffrage turned with hope toward
the Western and newer states, and felt
that for her complete emancipation she
must not look TO her own legislatures, but
10 time when these Western states
should be sufficiently powerful In con-
gress 10 amend the Federal constitution
in her favor. This. Miss Anthony stated,
was the occasion OF her visit TO the Pa
cifc coast The great Republican party
OF California had inserted tho womsn's
suffrage plank In Its state platform, which
was the first time that great party in any
state, had taken that acton. On the 18th
the Democratic party OF California would
hold It's convention at Sacramento, and sns
hoped to have that party take the same
course.
That the movement had not progressed
more rapidly she dlf not blame the women.
because. being disenfranchispd. the woman
was powerless. She appealed to the men
present mentioning her disappointment
that Washington had not been the second
TO come INTO statehood with recognition
or the rights OF woman. sn5 trusting that
In the next state platform there would be
proposition TO amend the state constitu-
ton.
Miss Anthony's voice never showed arv
token OF veariress: she stood uerfectrv
straight and easily poised, and one of the
few men present who had listened 20 her
10 this city Twenty-Five years AFRO observed.
Wonderful woman: hasn't cha aged sn ,rv
way since shs was here last.