The San Francisco call., 1896-10-30
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Canvass OF Eighteen Counties Gives
Majority for the Sixth
Amendment


While in Southern California, Miss Susan B.
Anthony was received with great enthusasm.
lhe trains were held in order that she mlgnt
address the immense crowds that gathered
from miles around at the railroad stations 10
hear her. The rear platform, from which she
spoke, was banked high with the mowers
which were literally showered upon her.
AS the train pulled out the crowd cheereo
and the women waved their handkercnles.
Not lew eyes were dim with tears as the hg-
ure OF that noble woman, whose life has been
one continual sacrifice and forgetIuIness ol
sell IN order that the womanhood OF america
might be freed. was borne out OF slgnt, sur
rounded by tokens of love and reverence wnere
once she received only taunts and Jeers. AS
The train disappeared the crowd Win one ac-
cord murmured, "God, bless her"
letter from Tulare County says that three
1onrths OF the women and all the men OF mat
seGllon are IN favor of woman suffrage.
The Christian Convention al Petalnma al
Journed and gave their tent to MI shaw re-
Gently and crowds came to near her lecture on
..Ine Relation OF Woman's Ballot 10 the
Home"
Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunniway has been ad-
dressing large audiences at Sisson.
Emma nj. Gay, VINO has been speaking IN
Plumas County, has made many converts.
Miss Harriet May Mills addressed the Bryan
Free-slver Club al Bakersfield recently and
was received with enthusiasm.
Last saturday evening at the pig iusion iaily
a. the Tabernacie in Oakland the immense
building was jammed 10 the doors, every lncn
OF standing room being taken BY IL O'Clock
a number OF people had left, the audience was
becoming Iestless and there were frequent
cries of Gamma Shaw" "Anna Shaw" W hen
at last she was introduced, Miss Shaw was
greeted by a perfect s.orm OF applause. IN
low tone she commenced ner speech, ana IN
five minutes she had the immense audience
spellbound.
The address was short, but so eloquent, logi,,
Cal and convincing that 1t is hfmiy pelleVeo
h null la..xr xrnf..h haxra hon ia 1
would have been unan i'm ousiy III favor OF the
sixth amendment And this from woman
who had spoken once before tnaI oay, nhu
taken a long, HARD stage-ride in order to be al
the meeting and had sat in the heat of
closely packed hall listening TO political
speeches Tor three hours. 1t was great trl-
umph even for SO famous speaker as MISS
Shaw
There was a grand suffrage rally in Santa
BaI bara October Is, in the opera-bouse. The
feature of the evening was the parade In honor
o. Miss Anthony and Mrs. Gait, which Was ar
ranged by the Mckinney Club committee on
bicycle brigade. All the Republicans who ride
wheels 1ned the procession and, with the
thousands OF Japanese lanterns, IL made
beautiful spectacle.
The Boyle Heights Republican Club of Los
Angeles gave the suffrage campaign commit
tee OF tha city one-half their evenings pro-
gramme October 15.
Word from Escondido says that almost every
speaker who has addressed an audience there
has spoken fayorably OF woman suffrage.
hearty applause as the place is almost unani-
nous in favor of it.
The County Alliance, held at Arroyo Grande,
gave one evening to discussion of woman
suffrage. Atterward vote was taken on the
question, which was unanimously in favor of
the sixth amendment.
Mrs. E. V. Spencer, wife OF Judge Spencer of
Lassen County has taken the stump III Modoc
County for woman suffrage.
Inc Santa Rosa Grange passed resolutions
favorlng woman suffrage.
Hon. w. ID. Grady spoke in Napa october Is
TO q large audience on the subject OF free silver
and equal rights.
1t is said that the colored vote of Yolo
County Will be solid for suffrage. The Wood
land Suffrage Club is doing excellent work.
Rev. Anna ii. Shaw and Hon. Timothy Guy
Phelps addressed large audience in Library
Hall at San Matco on October ID
Mrs. Ida Crouch HaZlett spoke at the Court
house in Mariposa on October 10.
The General Congregational Association at
Pomona adopted resolutions favoring woman
suffrage.
The suffragists of Oroville are doing good
work, and their meetings are largely at
tended.
Hundreds were turned away from the doors
OF Maennerchor Hal in San Louis Obispo the
night Miss Susan b. Anthony spoke there.
The San Louis Obispo Tri bune says: "a. l..
Johnson introduced Miss Anthony amid tre-
mendous applause and waving handkerchiefs
Miss Anthony is well advanced in years, but
gaining strength with the enthusiasm which
inspires her in the cause, she soon had
the audience. cheering every good point
something OF frequent occurrence"
On the afternoon of October ID Mrs. Gait
spoke to large audience in Mills Hall, at
Santa Ana, and in the evening she lectured in
Los Angeles.
The matinee ct the TivoIi last Thursday was
a success, socially and financial.y.
Friends OF the suffrage movement will please
remember that there has been call for funds.
Now is the time to render assistance, and SUBJ
scFiptions. large or small, will be most thank
fully receive d 81 the headquarters, rooms 563,
564, 500 Parrott bpil ding, fifth floor
Mrs. Nellie Holbrook- Blinn made an elo-
quent plea for woman suffrage at the bar becue
al Haywards last Saturday.
Mrs. Gait addressed the students of Stanford
Monday. President Jordan declared himself
strongly in iavor of woman suffrage
Rev. Anna II. Shaw will speak on the plat
form with Tom Reed of Maine at the racetrack
in Oakland next Monday afternoon.