The herald., 1896-10-08
GARDENA
A Silver Rally and a Talk on Woman
Suffrage

other great silver rally Tuesday night,
October 9Th. Before 8 o'clock the large
hall was crowded by an eager audi
ence, a good number Of ladies being
present. The meeting was called to
order by George Nichols, president of
the Bryan Silver club, who introduced
Miss Eunice Hammond who, in a short
speech, introduced Mrs Mila T. May
nard, who was given an opportunity
to present the claims Of woman to the
right Of suffrage. Among other things
Mrs. Maynard said that people from
all the world came to California, and II
woman had the right of suffrage here
1t would be great object lesson to the
whole world. Woman suffrage would
be a great step toward personal free
dom, and woman would no longer be a
political slave as she was once a prop
erty slave. The constitution of the
United States theoretically acknowl-
edges the equal rights of woman. but
through some mischance or misfortune
1t has not been practically acknowl-
edged. The speaker then spoke of the
justice of the claim Of the women who
seek the suffrage and Of the way
woman suffrage worked in Wyoming,
claiming that 1t was beneficial in the
enforcement Of law, the decrease of
crime and the increase in the happiness
and prosperity Of the home. Women
need the right of suffrage and the re-
sponsibilities that come with 1t in order
to develop her mind and make her fit
for her great work in the home. Poll
tics should be pure and women would
help very much to purify them.
w. r. Steele was introduced as the
next assemblyman for the Seventy-sec-
ond district. He began his speech with
some points in favor Of woman suffrage,
and declared that the legislation of the
last twenty-five years would seem to
show that man needs some help in the
making Of good laws He urged the
people to consider the proposed amend
ments to the constitution of California,
so that they might vote on them intel
ligently.
In speaking of sound money he said
that sound morality was much SCUM
der foundation for a sound government
than sound money or any other kind of
money. He said II 1t were true, as some
of the Republican speakers claim, that
all the "hobos and riff-raff' Of the coun-
try were in the Democratic party. they
were surely becoming numerous and
the great question before the Republi-
can party was to save the country from
this great army that its legislation had
produced in the last twenty-five years.
Several quotations were made from
the speeches of John J. ingalls, and
James G. Blaine to show that a gold
standard was runious to the great ma
Jority or the people of any country
and the belief expressed by Blaine that
congress exceeded it's power when 1t
demonetiZed silver.
The speaker showed that tha Wilson
bill is not responsible for the unhappy
present financial conditions, as most
of the Republicans here seem to think,
but that they We're caused by our finan-
ces being in the control of those who
made profit of them.
In speaking Of his own candidacy, he
said h ewould do his best for "less laws
and more justice;" that he would vote
for United States senator who was
In favor of San Pedro as the deep sea
harbor, who was opposed to the Hunt
ington funding. bill and who stood for
the free and unlimited coinacs Of sill
yer at the ratio of 16 to l. Mr. Steele
kept his audience In the best of hunor
for his speech fairly bubbled with wit
and humor.
Mr.. Guthrie of Los Angeles followed.
and scored John Sherman of Ohio for
the part he took in the decentralization
If silver.
The chairman proposed three cheers
and a tiger for Bryan,. and they were
given in such O way as to show there
was vote behind every one Of them.