The herald., 1896-04-10

ther needs the ballot were interesting
IS, and occasionally wittily, told, and
briefly stated were as follows: Because
she has an individual mind and soul and
her own spiritual and intellectual life,
and whatever makes her strong enough
and good enough to make her own way
in the world fits her to become a better
wife and mother.
1t helps her Wifehood, because it will
cause her to be Independent by making
her citizen of the United States, ca
pable of taking a position by her
husbands side in any walk. of life. 1t
helps her motherhood by giving her
the power to close the doors open on
every side to entice her children. She
needs the power to fit them for the
school and to have the right to say to
politicians, who lay their hands on this
temple of learning, I'VE want more
than an institution that has a political
interest to serve" The mother wants
it that her moral teaching in the home
may have back of it the strength of
citizenship and an individual recogni
tition before the state and before the
World.''
After the address, the Rev. Anna
Shaw answered written questions sent
up by the audience. The answers in
every instance gave evident satisfac-
ton to the enquirers and considerable
amusement to the audience in general.
Mrs. Shaw's reputation for wit, which
has evidently been gained chiefly from
her cauStic and we'll timed criticisms
on the men, sometimes severe, but
good humored, had full sway. The ses-
Sion closed with remarks by Mrs. Nc
Comas, who earnestly requested the
members of the audience to join the
county campaign committee to work for
the adoption of the eleventh amend
ment
In the evening Music hall was filled
to its utmost seating capacity with an
appreciative audience. After the
opening devotions, Mrs. Mbffat sang
very charmingly The Taxation Tyranny
to the music of Columbia, the Gem of
the Ocean, and Prof. James B. Clarke
delighted the audience with several
songs.
Mrs. Averill made the Introductory
address, stating that heretofore she had
been a conservative suffragist. but she
felt the time had come for her to take
an active part in the eenfranch1semento OF
woman.
Mrs. Averill then with a few fitting
words of introduction, presented the
Rev. Anna Shaw, the speaker of the
evening. For one whole hour Miss
Shaw addressed herself to the men of
the audience after that engaging man
ner that has given her the national
reputation OIL IlC lllSI WOllleiI VI tiiC
platform. She appealed to many sides
of her male audience, the humorous,
the sympathetic, the just, and applause
frequent and deafening interrupted the
speaker from both men and women
The address touched on the govern
ment of the United States, the legisla-
tion of the states in which women voted
and on the political condition of Cali
fornia, with scholarly and well ground
ed points. of information. In reference
to the amendment, she addressed her
self thus: The millennium won't come
until woman has the ballot, and not un-
til she has had 1t a long time. Do not
bring UP sentimental nonsense of the
ballots degrading woman. There must
be change of front to our politics or
our nation will be doomed 1t is not a
question whether woman wants the
ballot, it is whether she ought to have
it. Women, as a rule, do what they
think they ought to do, and it is the
place of you men to show them what
they ought to do. We want you who
have had all the benefit of vast expe-
rience to teach us that we need the bal
lot and what we can accomplish with
it. Take your place and we will obey
AS Paul has exhorted that woman
should be taught, so you must take
Pauls example and do the teaching"
At the close of the meeting the chair
man requested that all interested in
woman's suffrage should meet in Tenn
rerance temple at the call of the county
campaign committee on the 2Sth of
April, at p. m.