The San Francisco call., 1896-05-03
THE WOMAN'S CONGRESS.
Indications That Its Third Annual
Meeting VIII Be Replete With
Interesting Features.

Women throughout the State are pre-
pairing to attend the annual meeting of
the Woman's Congress which will open
tomorrow in Native Sons Hall.
Two years ago the first convention was
held in Golden Gate Hall and was so in
teresting and SO largely attended as TO
command the attention OF even the bitter
est opponents of all that savors of woman
suffrage.
The next convention met last year in
Golden Gate Hail-that is it tried to, but
there was so much crowding and discom-
fort owing to the large number of partici-
pants, many of whom had come from dis
tant parts of the State, and so large pro-
portion of the delegates were unable even
to effect an entrance into the hall, that
the congress made arrangements to hold
it's sessions in the First Congregational
Church, which was barely large enough
to accommodate the thousands who at
tended.
This, the third annual meeting, prom
ises to be more important than either OF
its predecessors. The topic to be discussed,
Woman and Government" and its vital
bearing upon the present movement in
favor of woman suffrage, gives it peculiar
interest. The prospectus issued by the
congress refers to the subject in the fol-
lowing terms:
decide whether she will give to her women
their share in the rights and duties, the privi-
leges and obligations of government, and the
decision sh ould rest upon clear and full
knowledge of the matter in hand.
With this in view the congress will give this
years session to most careful exposition OF
government and woman's relation to it.
The best minds on this coast, as well as
trained thinkers and speakers from other
States, will be called upon to assist in the
work, and the public will have full opportunity
not only to become acquainted with the newest
and best thoughts, but to take part in the dis
cussiSns of this great question.
The treatment of the subject planned is ex-
haustive and thorough. Beginning with an
analysis of Government as social junction it
is our plan to trace its birth, growth and latest
development, and to Indicate the trend OF Gov
ernment to-day. The principles of American
Government, as distinctive OF our people, will
be carefully explained.
Among the speakers will be some of the
most cultured ladies of the State. Nor
will man be ignored, since each day one
or two of his Kind will have a chance to
say his little say before an audience far
more critical than those found at most
political conventions. No paper is to
exceed twenty minutes in delivery, and
will be followed by a discr ssion lasting ten
minutes. The first days programme will
be as follows:
Morning session, 10 80 o'clock-Address of
welcome, Mrs. Sarah B. Cooper, president OF
of Rochester, N. e, and Mrs Henrotin of Chi
cago, Ill. Introduction of speakers; opening
address by the president.
Afternoon session. 2:30 o'clock-''The Be-
lotte Perkins Stetson, Chicago, H.; "Func-
tions of Government" President Kellogg, Uni
versity OF California.
Evening session, o'clock-"The Evolution
Of Government" President Jordan, Leland
Stanford Jr. University; "The Trend of Gov
ernment To-Day" Rev. Anna II. Shaw.