The herald., 1896-10-16
ORANGE COUNTY
Mrs. Gait Advocates the Cause of Equal
Suffrage-notes

SANTA ANA. Oct. 14.-In Nelll's hall
this afternoon Mrs. Shrack introduced
Mrs. Carrie Gait of Brooklyn to an au-
dience of about 300. Mrs. Gait is advo-
eating adoption of the sixth amend
ment. In tracing womans gradual ad-
vancement. she referred to the church
councils of the fourth and eighth cen
turies. showing how they first admitted
woman to heaven and the second per-
mitted her to learn to read her A + c.
She deprecated woman's condition in
India, showed how even in this country
woman has been held back by man.
and declared that the tests which had
been made of woman suffrage in Wyo-
ming and elsewhere were sufficient 70
convince any doubter that it is beneii-
cial morally and politically.
Woman suffrage was adopted in Wy
oming 27 years ago, and that state now
shows a smaller percentage of illiteracy,
criminalty, poverty, idiocy and insan-
ity than any other state or nation on
earth. which shows that bad women stay
away from the polls and should any
candidate attempt to gain their suffrage
decent women would defeat him.
The lady showed how great educa-
tional and charitable enterprises had
been accomplished by women almosct
unaided. That supreme courts declared
the most just verdicts were rendered by
lady jurors, and cited murder case in
which six men and six women composed
the jury and We're locked in separate
rooms. and that the women prayed God
for guidance while the men played cards.
but the women convicted the murderer.
She dwelt on influence of wife over
husband. citing cases where the wife
at the last moment in Legislative halls
held the husband to vote for the right.
She ridiculed the politician of the the
day. comparing him to the tree toad,
which adapts its own color to the color
Of the tree which it for the time makes
it's ha bitation. She closed with an earn
est appeal to all women to throw their
whole influence on the side of the sixth
amendment by inducing husbands,
brothers, sons and sWeethearts to vote
for the same on November Sd next.
She spoke nearly an hour and a half
and was frequently interrupted by ap-
| plause.
Charles e. TORY ard Miss Anna L.
| Paine were married in Orange yesterday.
Judge Hunsaker is advertised to speak
| in Orange on the 10Th inst on the sub
| ject of sound money.
Mr.. Chynoweth and Mr.. Ballard had a
| house full of auditors last evening al
| Ocean View school house. But" saws
Mr. Chynoweth, sit was the only audi
| ence l ever saw where none but the
! speakers We're Republicans, and it was
necessary to select Democratic chair
man to preside and introduce Republic
can speakers"
II. j. Alexander has been blusteringl3
proposing to sell suits of clothing to be
paid for when Mckinley is elected j. M
Sare walked Ito Mr.. Alexander's place
of business today to be measured for a
suit on the proposition. and Mr.. AleXan-
der failed to "materialize." Nor would
he sell suit to be paid for when McKin-
ley carries Indiana. He also refused tc
sell two full suits to George Wilton, &
free silver Republican. who proposed tc
buy on the terms advertised.
D. M. Baker reports large and enthu'
siastic audience at Fullerton last even
ing, where speeches were made by him
self, Mr.. Daniels and Mr.. Edinger.
The jury in the case of Bert Cook
i charged with attempted rape, found de-
fendant guilty of simple assault.