The San Francisco call., 1896-05-03
Miss Susan B. Anthony
Dances in Her De-
!. light.
WISE WORDS OF THE
LADIES.
Women Overjoyed at Having
the Great Daily for an
Advocate.
a GLAD CHORUS OF TRIUMPH
Is HEARD.
Prominent Suffrsgists Express Their
Qualification on Hearing the .
Good News.

woman suffrage. The great daily,
which speaks for all, cannot ignore that
portion of humanity which seems to
have more than half the goodness,
wit, wisdom and beauty of the world.
Hence THE CALL, in accord with it's
own principle, is constrained to recog-
nize the noble endeavor which woman
is making to secure her right.
nmany a boudoir and over more than
one tea-table exultant voices musically
chant.f IN jocund measure:
THE CALL has come out in favor of
woman suffrage.
And it is true. Some of the ladies who
have given the best years of their lives to
the Advancement of the great movement,
and suffered many cruel disenchantments
on It's account, hardly dared to believe
their ears when the news reached them
that THE CALL was about to take up their
battle.
care you sure there is no mistake 2"
anxiously queried Susan B. Anthony.
Sure" was the iaconic answer of the
little bird who carried her the news.
For a moment the veteran suffragist
seemed to be makinga silent act of thanks
giving. She remained seated in her chair,
for good three minutes. Then, without
q note of warning. she jumped from her
seat and seizing her hostess, Mrs. A. a.
Sargent, about the waist, executed tri-
umphal waltz with her through the spa
cious parlors, to that lady's great wonder
ment.
Never mind" gasped Mrs. Sargent,
painting breathlessly after the mad dance
was over. I'm as glad as she is, or nearly
so at any rate. She has worked over half
a century, so 1 suppose the victory means
even more to her than it does TO me-"
Mrs. Sargent, president. of the State
Woman Suffrage Association, whose hus-
band was the first California champion
of woman's cause in Congress, was over
: ioyed at the news.
81 most certainly and emphatically in
dorse all Miss Anthony words she said
land l am more than happy for myself
and the thousands of readers of THE CALL
whose. pulses, know, will thrill with Joy
. when they hear of the progressive attitude
1T hasstaken.
II do not believe there is a truly patriotic
citizen in this or any other State of this
Union; who will regret the steps taken by
THE CALL.
= 81 am proud-prouder than words can
express-that my State has the honor of
producing the first great daily newspaper
to come out actively for the cause of
woman amid the fire and smoke of battle
'.This is only what might Justly be ex-
: pected of the Golden State, where men are
so fair minded and where every truly
noble movement is championed in its very
inception
81 am delighted, though not astonished,
to learn that THE CALL has taken this
stand"
So said Mrs. Ada Van Pelt, lady editor
of e:.Paciic Ensign, president of the
Woman's Press Association and vice. pres
ident of the Woman's Congress.
"fhere is, to my mind, nothing surpris-
:; ing in this new move of THE CALL" she
continued. THAT paper has treated the
matter of woman suffrage with unfailing
respect whenever it had to be mentioned,
and now, when the movement is most in
need of able support, in view of the coming
battle. THE CALL takes up the sword to aid
woman in her fight for equal rights. There
is nothing strange in this, but it is grand
and noble, none the less.
I'm my opinion, the LIBERAL generous
spirit displayed by papers like THE CALL
if there be another like it-augurs well for
our cause. Especially on the Pacific Coast
is this liberality most noticeable. In no
other State has woman suffrage met with
so little opposition as In California. This
speaks volumes in favor of the chivalry
and fair-mindedness of the men-partic.
ularly the newspaper men of the Golden
West"
Mrs. John F. Swift. one of the auditors
of. the State Womans Suffrage Associa-
why" she exclaimed, "this is wonder
ful, but really it is no more than was to be
expected of THE CALL.
81 believe with all my heart and soul
that this means victory for those who
have worked so long and faithfully for the
emancipation of woman.
THE CALL has taken a step that will be
an honor to it forever. This one act alone
would make 1t the greatest newspaper of
the State, if it were not so already. Long
live THE CALLp'
"How many, many friends THE CALL is
going to make, merely by championing a
just cause!" exclaimed Mrs. Sarah b.
Cooper. During the last Womans Con.
gress there were women in the country
districts who were unable, by reason of
their poverty, to come TO the city, and who,
rode as much as twenty miles to get copies
of THE CALL in order to read its long and
faithful reports of each days session.
AFTER all, the whole argument for
woman suffrage is based on simple prin-
ciple of justice. Think of the good teach
sers in our local lkindergartens, over seventy
in number, divided among forty schools.
These women form children into little
ladies and genflein en- before they are old
enough to enter the public schools. And
yet these women, these cultured, devoted
ladies, have no voice in public measures
which vitality affect the little ones whom
they have trained. No amount of reason
ing can convince me that such thing is
just; and it looks as though The CALL
had reached the same conclusion"
Mrs. Aylett r. Cotton, wife of Judge
Cotton, who has for quarter of century
been an ardent supporter of the equal suf-