The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-06
MISS ANTHONY's ADDRESS.
She Insists that a Woman Suffrage
Law Shall He Passed.

Both houses of the Legislature listened to
an address from Susan b. Anthony on wo-
mans suffrage yesterday morning. The
famous female suffragist came to the
House about o'clock. accompanied by a
party of personal friends. and the members
OF the legislative committee appointed to
invite her. She was introduced by Repre-
sentative Packard. and was courteously re-
ceived by the Assembly. She began with a
declaration of independence and traced the
history of the woman's suffrage agitation
up to the present time relating the exper-
fence of her own arrest and trial in New
York in 1873 and diIating upon the effects of
womans suffrage in the new western States.
Miss Anthony's voice is remarkably clear
and strong. considering her seventy-three
years, and she did not seem in the least ia
tigued after her long speech. In the course
of her remarks she said:
I'm your constitutional convention of 1850
81 Robert Dale Owen pI esented a propo-
sition to enfranchise the women. After the
passage of the fourteenth amendment TO
the Constitution. the women of this Nation
felt that they were included in that grand
statement. because women are persons.
Mrs Bradwell, of Chicago whose works on
the law are recognized as authority every
where. demanded admission to the bar. She
was denied admission by the Supreme
Court.
The next case was that of Virginia l..
Miner. At the presidential election of 1872
some of us made test case. Myself and
others voted at Rochester We were tried
for Illegal voting. | was fined 500, which
1 refused to pay. The court would not i'm
prison me. and have never paid my fine.
I'VE now demand that the right to vote
shall not be denied to us by the United
States. nor by any State, on account of
sex. The next Congress will be the fif-
teenth before which Elizabeth Cady STAN
ton and myself have appeared demanding
this right We have had respectful hear
ings, reports for and against our demands,
and one day a hearing on the floor of the
Senate. Meanwhile we have been going To
every State Legislature asking each 10
proposition TO strike the adjective male
from the suffrage clause of the Constitu-
ton. In Colorado in 1898 majority of I,0W
men voted to grant the women citizens of
that State the right of the ballot. In the
wear 1896 i'm the State of Idaho majority
of 5000 voted in favor of striking the adj
jective male from the suffrage clause oil
their Constitution.
Il want to say to you of the Indiana Leg
islature that the clock is now striking T.
or will soon strike it. The time has come
fer YOU TO pass the resolution enfranchisine
women Give to the voters of this State
the right to express their opinion on this
question at the ballot box. / want the poll
ticiaus of Indiana to see that there are wo-
men as we'll as men in this State, and they
never will see it until they give them me
right to vote. Make the brain under the
bonnet count for much as the brain
under the hat. III Indiana does not pass II
at this session of the Legislature II VIII be
passed at the next. You had better take
the Joy of doing justice now.
At the close of the address resolution
offered by Mr. Roots. thanking Miss An
adopted.