The San Francisco call., 1896-05-05

anything that antagonizeG our sentiments
Cooper said the article was by tie presi-
dent OF one OF our great educational insti-
tutlons, put she forgot to say that the in
stltutlon is co-educational. If he had been
the president of Harvard he would not
nave dared to do this. 1t requires broad
nina TO be at the head of an institution
run on such broad principles that the fe-
male part of the population have an equal
cnance with the male element.
OaIllornla has taken the foremost posi-
eion In the procession; l might say it is
the band wagon.
III you are not intelligent enough to
eake aavantage of the great opportunities
aIlorded you bT your great State you do
zenship.
81 am looking forward to the time when
california will take the next step upward
TO the plane of the ideal and enlist the
women to help them in the grand and
noble worK. And l have not the least
doubt that the generous men of this
enilghtened State intend to DO that very
This Government has not done it's
duty" said NJ Benham. "What right
mas the State to lay yet heavier burdens
upon the shoulders OF the lower strata of
society? Abuses reign i'll all sections of
the social fabric. l hope when the women
get the vote they will use it for the
advance of all good measures"
The Jews" remarked Naphtaly Herr
lmber, "were happy under the reign OF
Deborah, and most unhappy under Solo
mon, the wisest of men. The last king of
the Jews found a prophecy, which no one
could read. The high priest and the doc
tors OF the law failed to decipher it. In
their, need they applied to Hulda, the
prophecies, who solved the question.
we must make up our minds to one
thing. We know there can be no home
without father and mother. In like
manner no government can stand unless
men and women have equal rights under
1t. If woman had her rightful place In
politics since government began. our
churches would not now be reduced to the
level of nickel-in- the-slot machines. The
moral tone of the community would be
higher, and man himself better than at
presnet. 1t is not too late for us to take a
step in the right direction. Give woman
the ballot, and let US hope she will use it
we'll"
George Speede had also a word of warn
ing against the present trend OF events.
when this Government broke away
from Great Britain" he began, lit said
that all men should have right to the
pursuit OF happiness and liberty.
Nv hat Is the result of this resolution
The women are held in subsection and are
Obliged to bring UP offspring for whom
they have not the slightest right in
Government to vote for laws that will
make them honest men and women.
Wherever nation has had so up Just a
government as this-Medo Persia and
Rome, for example-it has gone by the
board. And we are following in the same
footsteps. The morals of the Nation are
growing worse every day, and it is be-
cause you are paying attention to physi-
cal and not ethical development,
'We know that men cannot put signs
in their windows reading Goods sold be-
low cost and be honest, because no
honest man can afford to sell goods be-
low cost, and yet we deem these men
among our best citizens.
LET me say in conclusion that we are 60
ing to avoid the rocks and shoals only
by bringing the women in to vote for re-
forms and giving them in fact those rights
which are theirs already by the laws of
God and nature"
]. F. Howard contended that there. was
no sex IN nobility, in mind, in honor and
IN all the higher attributes of humanity.
The moral man delights in doing good.
This sort OF man is the kind which the
Government should strive to form.
Woman can do much in forming good
men. Let her then have a right to say
how men shall be kept good after escapin g
from her care.
at is claimed" said Mrs. Tole, "that
women have come to the front because
men have habits of dissipation and that
they have fallen from their high estate l
would like to hear Miss Shaw upon this
subject"
Hereupon some lady arose and said that
men are great deal better than they used
TO be. There were few words anent the
subject passed back and forth, when the
president invited Miss Shaw to speak upon
the subject.
Miss Manning took great exception to
a remark by one of the disputants to the
effect that men are getting more dissipated
than they used to be.
"Men," she contended, "are better than
they ever were. If they were not, we
would not dare to hold this congress here
to-day. The men would break il up"
Several more views were expressed and
kilograms of congratulation and good
wishes from Mrs. Fay of Southern Cali
fornia and from Mrs. Cordelia Kirkland
OF Chicago were read by the lady secretary,
after which an adjournment was taken
until the evening.