The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14
She Says California Promises
Well, but That It's Men
Prevaricate.
WHY WE ARE INTELLIGENT.
A Theory Whereby the Wives of the
Safe Were Largely Drawn From
Eastern Schools.
OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALL.
COS Broadway June 13.

OAKLAND OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO CALI
908 Broadway, June 13.
The Eastern apostles of woman suffrage
will be at Sacramento Monday re-enforced
with good-sized delegation of their CO.
workers from about the bay. Rev. Anna
Shaw said tonight that the party would
number about a dozen and would include
Aunt Susan B. Anthony, who will ar
rive from Portland Monday morning, Mrs.
A. A. Sargent, president of the State
Woman's Suffrage Association, Mrs.
Knox-Goodrich OF San Jose, Mrs. John
Swift of Oakland, Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper,
who arrived from the East to-day, Mrs.
Mary Hay Mrs. Ida A. Harper, Mrs o. f.
Smith of San Jose and Laura de Force
Gordon.
In speaking of the suffragist campaign
which the Eastern contingent are about
closing in this State, Miss Shaw said:
eve have held forty-iye conventions in
the State, extending from San Jose to
Shasta of four sessions each, besides
numerous single meetings, and L have
preached every Sunday and we are about
tired out.
II have never seen campaign where
there was so much enthusiasm shown.
There have been only few towns where
the halls were large enough to hold the
audiences. The newspapers have BEEN
uniformly kind to US, with two or three
exceptions, and these were conducted by
women. They have said and done some
very mean things to lnjure our cause.
There was one place where the most out
rageous things were said in woman
paper, but she tried TO smooth it over
when the citizens condemned it by saying
the men in the Office had inserted words
III her article to make it read as il did.
1.-THE people of the State have generally
been very kind and many gentlemen have
introduced us to the audience who did not
indorse our principles in any manner. l
have also found them very hospitable
everywhere.
''As for the result of our work I have
the greatest hope that everything is
going to turn out properly. but l have
been TOLD that the California men were
the greatest liars on the face OF the earth
so l hardly know what to expect. From
Sacramento Miss Mills, Miss Yates and
myself will go to Erueka for week, and
returning to San Francisco the 25th We
will all mite on a grand platform plank
ratification rally at the Metropolitan
Temple on the evening of June rs. This
will close the work until September, when
new campaign will be lnaugurated, COW
ering the entire State"
The closing session of the local conven-
ton was largely attended and much in
terest was manifested IN the addresses.
Rev. Anna Shaw answered questions pro-
pounded and created much amusement by
her striking answers to questions put to
her for the purpose of testing her ability.
Afterward she gave an address setting
| forth the claims of women for the ballot.
In the course of her remarks she said:
"Never in the history Of this country
| has there been class of citizens to whom
suffrage was extended that at the time it
was extended was as well prepared to re-
! ceive it as are the women of California.
! They are the most intelligent of women in
| the United States. | have been In the
! finest of many families since coming to
| the State and have found very few wives
and mothers who had not been teachers at
| some period in their lives | have never
| been in a State where met so many who
have been teachers at one time.
1.-THE reason OF this is the fact that men
came TO the State and upset everything by
delving in the ground for gold. But as
! soon as they made little money they sent
| East for their wives and as soon as man
| has family then he wants school. With
schools came the demand for school
teachers and they were imported from the
East. AS soon as they arrived the single
men married them and this has been kept
up until the East is getting drained OF
| teachers and the men of California are
mostly married and rearing families.
| "Bv the educational clause in your cleo
| ton laws you have eliminated allignorant
women from those who will receive
suffrage and by granting woman the bal
| lot bring into politics only the very best
| trained governing force the world ever saw.
Never IN the history of the world has
there been a more loyal and patriotic body