The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-04-16
Additional CO inference ope ned In
This! City fortwo Days. !.
AD'D'RESSEsBYNoTED SPEAKERS.
THE MEETINGS ARE BEING HELD
An CARROLL CLUB AUplTo-
: nlrM-ELoo AND FORCE.
TuL REMARKS ny MRS, G.. c..
cATTANp REV. ANNA,Ii. SHAW
y AIRS. GEO. E. BoYDs ADDRESS,
srATg C o NYE NTIoN THIS
), MORNING, AND AFTERNOON
AND EVENING SESSION..

. ffnhANA~ phiN'Oi1sN0.N 'tff.4
n The national woman,s sufffage con-
ferenceSn this city was opened yestor-,
day afternoon at $50 o'clock, In the
Carroll Club auditorium, and viii be in
recession to-day, concluding this even
dng. Tho proceedings yesterday were
very interesting, and there viii likely
DO large audiences to-day. Three ma
tional officers are in attendance: Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait and Miss Mary
+, Garrett Hay OF New York, and Rev,
Anna II. Shaw. OF Philadelphia. n
The features yesterday were the ad !.
/. dresses OF Mrs Gait and Rev. Miss
Shaw. The latter has been heard here
before, and repeated the favorable I'm,
! preston or her previous visit. The au-
d!ence was surprised beyond eNpecta-
tion at Mrs. Cats efforts. Miss. Gait,
IS an orator, with charming delivery,
and ail who hear he. are well repaid.
She spoke yesterday afternoon and
evening. The meeting was presided
over By Misc Hay, and seated on the
stage were several local suirrasists, as
well as the visiting speakers. An Amer
itan flag, with pictures OF Susan BAN
thony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
were among the decorations. ~,
The afternoon audience, was fairly
large, and thoroughly representative,
more men attending In the evening,
however. The proceedings opened With
singing, and the invocation was made
hy;:MrA Jennie P. Slsson. after which
Miss Hay spoke briefly.
; Miss Hay, said the meeting was the
first Of its character IL: Wheeling, and
that similar ones had been held tllis
week In Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
The question OF womal,'s suirra 60 WIS
not new, It was over fifty years old,
but the ,nationa. conference Is being
held In Wheeling for the first time.
West Virginia. Miss Hay had under
stood, was conservative, and she re-
ferred to her visit to the state nearly
four years ago, wher at F'airmont. she
organized the first cluk in this state
with thirty members. Other develop
ments since showing unmstakable
evidences OF the growth OF the move
I ment in the state, SO she didn't con-
slider West Virginia any more coEserva
tive than other states. All needed In
any state Is organization ard enthusl:
asm. 49,
Before making further announce.
raents, Miss Hay expressed the hope
that the Wheeling meeting would be.a
successful and enjoyable one, which. she
was certain 1t would prove 10 be. Miss
Hay Their gracefully introduced Mrs.
Geo. E. Boyd, OF this city.
MRS EIOYD'S ADDRESS stsl
The opening address was made by
Mrs. Boyd. 1. was well prepared and
logical effort, and a strong plea for the
cnfranchisement OF women. Mrs. Boyd
has given the subject considerable
study, and she referred to the need OF
suffrage for women from Its several
phases The arguments were ably sup
ported by citations from the authop!;
ties OF several states. II was q fiimsy
argument, she said. 10 say tina; bad
women would take advantage OF the
suffrage, an argument particularly
f1!nlsy owing to the fact that bad men
vote, and criminal statistics show that
there are fourteen men to one woman
Slrs. Boyd gave 4 brief history OF the
3 movement IN West Virginia, and was
warmly applauded as she concluded.
Hon. S. r. Haner was unable 10 ha
present 10 make the address promised.
a letter OF regret from him WAS ,rtau.
which expressed his fullest sympathy
for the cause, and hopes 10: u success
ful meeting
In lieu OF Mr.. Haner. Mrs. Carrie
+ Chapman Cat. spoke and made one o.
the beet addresses ever heard In this
4 city. Mrs. Gait Is OF pleasing address,
Z and possesses an unusually clear mu.
2 s.cai voice. which rings out In the audi.
ltorlunr with distinctuess. SIZE spoke
rapidly, and gave a comprehensive his
tory OF woman's rise from. a position
( as slave in the early ages Woman
has evolved from a time OF slavery. 10
a time OF polygamy, during which they
were almost imbeciles. Then there
55came a time when chief wife wa
: picked out and she lived In one home
I'D the other wives lived in the harem.
Gradually the time came when society
fro1ned on more than one wife, but she
= was kept secluded. Social liberty final
" followed, and in this century has
come the suffrage.
= But there Is ye: in society. a general
: opinion, said Mrs. Gait, that women
are the interiors TO men. This is trace
= of the traditions OF the past, and Is a
shadow OF the ,barbarisin OF the past.
Women have no more rIgh: TO put
their talents under a bushel than the
men; al are Gods children. The pref
udices OF the present come by Inherit
anccs. OF the past. There is very ls,le
{ originality in the world; people are
Democrats! and Republicans, Method
lists. Episcopalans. Presbyterians, etc.,
no: because they have thought out the.
doctrines taught by the political or re-
lisious parties. but because they ac-
copied them. as having been thought
out by those who preceded them. So
II is with the, opposition from men 10
woman suffrage; mer are siow. 10
Change the existing order OF things 10
: permit women to vote
4 K Mrs. Gait detailed the woman suffrage
. movement from It's inception. and the
emancipation OF women In general In
this country. Oberllr college was the
first TO open It's doors TO women, and
women preachers met with much oppo-
sitson.. Women speaking In public was
a great novelty not SO many yeats ago,
and very vivid was Mrs. Cats .descrip-
q .tion OF the first national temperance
4 convention, which, for five days was
torn up over the admission as dele
gate. Rev. Antoinette Robb. THIS de-,
y strlption reused Mrs. Cats ilearera TO
applause, and the applause was merIted
indeed. I. &
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