The times., 1898-02-16
THEY VISIT THE CAPITOL
Two Delegations of SuifragistS Are
Given Hearings.
Many Papeis Are Read at the After
noon and Evening Sessions
The Roll Call.

The wcman's suffragists had field
day at the Capitol yesterday.
on the Senate side the marble room
was filled to OVERLOOKING by delega-
| ton headed by Rev. Anna Shaw, ana
addresses were made on the following
| subjects:
Mature of Republican Form of
Government" William Lloyd Garri-
son. jr.: Fitness of Women TO Be
come Citizens From the Standpoint of
| Education and Mental Development
Nav Wright Sewali; Fitness OF Wo-
men to Become Citizens From the
Standpoint of Moral Development
the Rev Anna GarIin Spencer; Fit
ness of Women to Become Citizens
from the Standpoint of Physical De-
velopment." Laura Clay; Need of the
Ballot for Women as Industrial Fac
tors" Florence Kelly; Women as An
Economic Factor" Miss Ella Harri-
| son: Need of the Ballot for Women
as Capitalists and Taxpayers. Mari
ana w Chapman: Are Women Rep
resented in the Government" Eliza
beth Burriell Curtis; Does Woman
Suffrage Jeopardize the Home and In
terest of Husband and Wife" Henry
+. Rockwell: The Ballot" Elizabeth
by; Indifference and Opposition of
Women" Isabella Beecher Hooper
The closing address was made by the
Rev. Anna Shaw.
While these addresses were being
delivered another delegation headed by
Miss Susan B. Anthony, were heard
by the House Judiciary Committee.
The speakers We're: Alice StoneBlack-
well, Mrs. Carey of Wyoming, wife of
the junior Senator. Mr.. j. w Gleed
William Baldston and Helen Black
burn.
These speakers discussed the llistor-
| ical significance of the woman suf-
frage movement, reviewing it's prog
| ress in States. cities and communities.
The sessions of the convention were re-
sumed at the Columbia Theater at 2:30
o'clock. The afternoon was devoted to
the reading and discussion of papers on
| the work of the association Carrie
Chapman Gait spoke on AN Ideal State
Association" ]. Mary Pierson superiH-
| tendent of juvenile work, New York,
spoke of juvenile work.
The work of the press was consider
ed at length. The following responded
| with addrsess: Jessie ]. Cassidy. ma
tional press chairman Ideal Press
Work." Elnora NJ. Babcock. press su-
perintendent New York, plate Work.
Ida H, Harper, How to Utilize the
Press of Large Cities" and Ida Porter
Boyer. Improvement Over Present
Methods"
The evening session was perhape the
most interesting of the present con-
vention Addresses were delivered by
May Wright Sewall of Indiana; Prof.
Grace Espy Patton. of Colorado; Belle
Kearney, of Mississippi. and Mrs. Mary
Seymour Howell. of New York.
Sophia Church Hall sang When Love
Is Done,' by Lynes, and THE Gift,' by
Behrend. She was followed by Miss
Belle Kearney. of Mississippi, who spoke
on Social Changes in the South
Mrs. Mary Seymour Howell spoke of
the work of women in philanthropy.
The evening session closed with the
roll call, beginning with the year 1S4S.
when the first convention was held. Re-
sponses by name and sentiment were
made by the following: John Hutchin-
son. of the famous musical family of
Hutchinsons, who is known as the
Hooker, sister Of Henry Ward Beecher:
Mrs Charlotte Woodward Pierce, of
Bristol, Pa; DR.. Glamer. of Syracuse
n. Y; Rev. Antoinette Brown, the first
woman graduate in theology; Henry
Blackwell who married Alice Stone, and
his daughter Alice Stone Blackwell of
Boston; and Eliza Osborn, of Auburn,
N. Ya.Es.
A letter was read from Harriet Hos
mer, the eminent sculptor who was
the first woman to acquire fame through
the plastic art
Mrs. Anthony then presented her sis
ter, Mary Anthony; her nieces. Louise
Mosher James, of Philadelphia, and
Lucy Anthony, and hergreat-grand-
niece, Quelma Mclean Baker.
The names of prominent women suf-
cyic who hppa mo identified with the
cause between 1880 and 1880 were then
read They are Mrs. Rachel Foster
Avery Mrs. Clara Bewick Colby, Rev.
Anna Howard Shaw, Mrs. Ora Lang
horn Mrs. May Wright Sewell and
Caroline Holowell Miller.
Direct ali your orders for bottled beer to