Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-13
BEFORE CONGRESS


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| ecclesiastical teaehisks as,xays to her de,ra-
| ment; outlined herlsphssf by hsx oi,edasace
| mans will: crushedAInd degraded her, cues
,ioning even her klashiawi the race Of
woman herself hadsweIkhigh lost in con-
consciousness of peisonal right and liberty,
| coexfse,nt with indfniduaG creation
Human interests Gre i9fntica1-yours and
the same loves, thsssaae hates hates the NE same same
hopes. the same des1res "a common origin,
| common need, cpnYnon destiny; our
moral responsibilities are equal, our civil
liabilities not less than yours, our social
and Industrial exactions equally as strIn-
gent as yours, and yet, o crownine shame
OF the nineteenth century we are denied
the earb of citizenship. Gentlemen, Is this
5ustice?'
Mrs. Stanton's Paper
paper prepared. by Elizabeth Cady
stanton, now, eighty-five years Of age and
for the last fifty years an active petitioner
to Congress in one way and another for
suffrage for women, was read by. Harriet
Clay Mills of New York. ga
Mrs. Stanton said in part:
AS some OF the southern states are de-
prfving the colored man of The right of
suffrage and all the states. north and south,
We ask Congress to pass an amendment
covering all these classes. declaring that
citizens not allowed voice in the govern
ment shan not be counted in the basis of
representation. To count dfsfranchised
Classes in the basis of representation COM
pels citizens to aid in swelling the number
OF congressman to legislate against their
most sacred interests The great declara-
ions by the fathers regarding individual
rights and the true foundation of govern
ment are not glittering generalities for DEM
agogues to quote and ridicule. but eternal
laws of justice fixed in the word Of
morals as are the laws of attraction and
gravtatton in the material universe.
:, senator Anthony OF Rhode Island, in
discussion on the rights of women on the
hoor of the Senate some years ago, said:
=" 1T Is not fair statement of the case
to say that man represents woman in suf-
frage, because 1t is an assumption on the
part OF the man. 1t IS an involuntary rep
resentation on the part of the woman Rep
resentation implies certain delegated pow
er and a certain responsibility on the part
OF the representative toward the party rep
resen.eeIa representation to which the rep
resented party does not assent is no repre-
sentatien at all, but is adding insult to in
jury. 1880
Where did the few get the right through
It, no more than pirates had the right to
scour the high seas. Force and fraud took
the pace of right in both cases."
The Closing Arguments.
Miss Elizabeth Tfllinghast and Mrs Helen
waugh McCulloch of Illinois followed with
arguments for the enfranchisement of wo-
men on purely Intellectual grounds.
The closing argument was made by Rev.
Anna Howard Shaw and was a legal su,n
ming up of all the reasons for the free
ing OF women from the bondage in which
they nave so long been held She said the
association desired to have the committee
on the judiciary introduce into the House
Dill for a sixteenth amendment to the
Constitution. In cl8Sing,Ushe said if women
could always associate Rath American men
this thing that they asked so earnestly
would soon come 9nabsht from natural
causes. ssS
But each year tfBuus H,ds of aliens conoa
TO this country, anduaftar a brief stay he
come naturalized vhsersJslong before thew
can speak our langaage1 and with no I'M
uerstand1ng of our laws, our institutions or
our system of gov6TnnAnt These men
VINO mad never had a vote in their lives be.
ICre, old not know how ITO use it. and were
o1ten led to vote because of improper mo-
ives. They have neVersbeen used To fraa
dom OF women in their Own lands and de
sired to aobreviate the Freedom small as it
was OF the women Of the new land to
"nicn they had ceane solely because the
conditions were freer for themselves than
element, she insisted. was raenare and ne u
danger, vet IT was en- ffanchised. and tb,.
women of the land. ITO ssghorn eyerytb;n,,
American is dear. and who speak the Ian
guage of its people; who understand its
laws, and comprehend its system of gov.
eminent, are dfsfranchised.
The Remonstrants.
AT the close of the argument of the suf
fragists Judge Ray asked the committee If
1t would like to give the remonstrants a
chance to be heard. He said he had re-
fused to grant any Of the time of the suf-
fragists, but desired to treat the others
fairly -
Judge Warner suggested that the ladies
be given half an hour or more If thew de-
sired, and the committee finally consented
10 near the remonstrants. Judge Ray sent
out Tor the ladies to appear, Judge. Alexan-
Ger suggesting that the committee desired
10 near from ladies'" meaning that it had
no time for arguments by men. On the open-
ing of the door Representative Sprague of
massachusetts, came In and asked Judge
Ray what men had spoken for the "suf-
fragists."
None was the brief reply.
No Not one he asked in surprise:
peared for themselves"
The we'll which met this statement
showed that MI sprague had an idea that
the suffragists had employed male counsel
to appear before the committee.
well, l shall want to speak for the
others. he said. as he nervously played
with some coins in his pocket.
The time. one hour. has been given the
please stated Judge Ray.
After some little delay the remonstrants,
five women and four men, came into the
room. Judge Ray was obliged to ask the
sufragists to retire, telling them they had
had their time and should now give way. A
few left, but most of them remained, and
no more remonstraats appeared.
Mr. Shafroth of Colorado appeared at
this juncture and stated that if any men
were going to appear for the remonstrants
he desired to be heard for the suffrage side
of the question. Colorado gives women
full rights with men at the polls and else
where, and Mr.. Shafroth expressed him
self delighted with the status of women
in that state He was assured that no man
would speak for the remonstrants.
Mrs. A. j. George of Boston then ap-
peared for the remonstrants. She is cul-
tured. low-voiced, slender woman, and
stated briefly that she desired to introduce
Mr. Russell of Boston. who would present
the views of the Mems Anti-Suffrage Assoc
citation. This was not what the committee
had arranged for, but 1t made dissent
ing move.
Addresses were made by Mrs. George and
others They were in progress when The
Stars report closed.
AssOciafiou IBroceediurs