The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-27


president set the convention in an up
roar. of applause that lasted severa
minutes. The convention opened thi
morning in the Central Christian
church with about 200 ladies present
1t was Is below zero, but the churcI
was crowded TO its capacity forenoon
and afternoon. Seventeen states wer,
represented, the weather keeping away
many delegations. Miss Anthony pre-
sided, assisted by Anna Howard Shaw
of Philadelphia, vice president at large
1t was voted that no state that ma:
not paid its dues will be allowed t
vote.
The following committee on resolu.
lions was named:
Colorado-Mary c. c. Bradford.
IllinOis-Mrs. Kate Hughes.
Iowa-Mrs. Julia Charge Hallam.
kansas-Mrs. E. Nj. Warden.
| kentucky-Sarah c. Bennett
Observation-Disclosures H. c. Blackwell
Massachusetts National-Mrs c. NJ
Allen.
MiChigan-Mrs. Elizabeth Willard.
Minnesota-Mrs. Martha Scott Ander-
son.
Missouri-Ella Harrison.
MOntana-Dr. Mary d. AtWater.
Nebraska-Mrs. Abbie Gay Dustin.
New Jersey-Mrs. P. c. Wright
New YOrk-Mrs. H. Banck.
Ohio-Dr. Viola Swift
Pennsylvania-Mary Beatrice Luckie.
Wlsconsin-Mrs. Jennie Martha
Luther.
Mrs. Shaw made her report as vice
president a large, brief, because the
same ground was covered by the ad-
dress of the president. She told of the
campaign waged the past year in Cali
Tornla for the woman suffrage amend
ment resulting in 10000 votes for, and
l23,OOO against. It was the largest vote
suffrage had ever received in any state.
although it did not carry.
Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery, secretary.
told Of the work of the national head
quarters at Philadelphia in sending out
literature, securing assistance of the
press and building UP sentiment. She
SAID the past year had been the most
successful in this direction in the his
tory OF the association. She recon-
mended the headquarters be removed
TO New York. She said the states that
had secured suffrage, almost always
because OF help of national organiZa-
ton invariably drifted away from it
and were OF little assistance afterwards
She proposed that the association be
divided into two houses, upper and
lower, making the women from the
enfranchised states the upper house.
In The afternoon Miss Anthony de-
hvered her address as president. She
was received with great enthusiasm.
She said:
I4ht the course of her address. Miss
The year 1896 witnessed greater sue
cesses than any other since the first
pronunclamento was made at Seneca
Fails, n. y. July 49, 1888.
On Jan. 6, the president proclaimed
Utah 10 be a state. with a constitution
that does not discriminate against
women Thus we have two states coming
INTO the Union on the principle OF equal
flShtS 10 all women guaranteed by their
constitutions
Noy. 5, by a majority of 5000. the men
OF Idaho declared in favor of woman
suffrage. and for the first time in the
history of judicial decisions upon the
enlargement of woman's rights civil and
political-the supreme court of Idaho
Judges Houslan. Morgan and sullivan
UNANIMOUSLY decided that the amend
ment so carried was constitutional This
decision IS the more remarkable because
the constitution might as easily have
been inferred to require amendments to
receive majority of the totals cast at
the election as a majority of the votes
cast on the amendments. BY the former
construction. the amendment would have
been lost. Notwithstanding that of all
who cared to express an opinion. two To
one was in favor. If any one VIII go
through the history of our woman
suffrage movement since the days
of reconstruction and the adoption
of the 18th and 18th amend
ments to the federal constitution
court of the United States in
cases of Myra Bradwell fog the protec-
ton of her civil rights and of Mrs. Vir-
ginia |. Munroe for the protection of her
political rights. and the decision of the
court of the state of New York
on the law giving women the right TO
vote for county school commissioners .
and various other decisions. he viii find
hat in hax
the narrowest possible construction upon
the spirit and the letter of the c0nstitu-
ton: whereas, the judges of Idaho did
themselves the honor to make decision
in direct opposition to judicial precedent
and prejudice. So the Idaho victory is a
great credit. not only to the Majority of
men who stood for the amendment, but
to the three judges who made this broad /
and Just decision. The national aSSocia- /
ton sent speakers to Idaho-Mrs. Devoe (
In 1895. Mrs. Johns and Mrs. Gait in 1886
and they with Mrs. Bradford and Miss !
Reynolds of Colorado. held meetings and /
organized suffrage clubs in the different !
throughout the state. / have !
not yet learned how many of the resident /
women took part in the campaign. We |
also had pending in California woman |
suffrage amendments. Your president. !
at large and national |
organizer together with Miss Yates, Miss |
Hay, Miss Mills and Miss Sweet and |
Miss Lucy Anthony gave more or less |
line to speaking and working in that J
state for eight months Never nave |
seen more thorough and effective educa-
ional work done in any one of the IS
campaigns since 1881 Could we
nave counted out the two largest cities.
san Francisco and Oakland. the amend
nent would have been carried by 500 i
ma jority. And in this connection ] want
o call your attention to the immensely
# that state, stretching nearly a thou
and miles north and south. and with an
lrea greater than all New England, New
York and Pennsylvania combined. The
ABILITIES of California are very poor and
ong and weary stagings are necessary to
each the men who are scattered over the /
anches and mines of that great terri
ory San Francisco is to California
What New York City is to the empire
tate All the rural counties can be
so that a majority can be
ven for any measure of justice. but
he cities of San Francisco and Oakland
ontain a very large ratio of foreign
orn voters and natiVe-born Cinnamon
rho had just come of age and these
feighted down the intelligence not only
f those two cities but of the rest of
he state.
But California's defeat is simply victory
eferred, for the legislature is sure to
eSubmit the amendment, and the edu-
ational campaign carried on for the last
NO years will be continued for the COM
lg two, when a large enough number
ill be converted to overcome the slum
ote and November. 1885, will add to our
ag the star of California. But it is not |
ave amendment campaigns during the
limo rrxn Int do ar,1