The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-10

self raised seven ane. healthy children 10 man
hood and w~omanhood; that she was Q most
taithfai mother and AZ unsurpassed house.,
her, She is spending her declining year, tenderly
cared for by two OF them, while a third makes
me long Journey from England every autumn TO
sixth year. and lives in New York. naturally
she was not In attendance at q meeting In Des
Moines., but she sent q strong and earnest
Letter r which ought to have stirred every mother
What an ungenerous. unmanly and ine1-
Gnlaable parasraph thai isi 1t and the many
not only malice. but the most profound t.
norance both Of the suffrage advocates and
their principles. There never has been q woman
hood and d' motherhood fSS n and p; tSs sao rec Of
the home as has Elizabeth Cady Stanton. There
never has BEEN a convention Of women. met
for any purpose whatsoever. which, has pre-
sented stronger or more philosophical. adj
dresses In relation TO wives, mothers, children
and domestic duties than are heard at every
suffrage convention. and were made for years
even dreamed Of. Ninety MIN women ask
the franchise for the protection Of the home
where one asks II for any other purpose. The
Mothers' Congress and those Of the suffrage
conventions ~ In the different stages Of pro-
erosion. Both have the same aims and pur-
secured through the powe Of the franchise,
and the former have not yet reached that point
In President Caroline Corbin's recent anti
known by the company he keeps; so is amove-
ment. and strange indeed have been the polltt-
cal companions Of woman suffrage" This
OF the New England Suffrage Association last
week. the Rev. Anna Garlin spencer presiding.
Julia Ward Howe was reelected President.
and s% Co., ,hs yics-Pre ;, are s,. s1,
!; II. GsllinseS. ex-senator Henry v; Blair.
Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, Mrs. Mary A.
Livermore, the Hon. John d. Long. Secretary
Senator George F. Hoar. william Lloyd Gar
rison and the Hon. Josiah Quincy. Lieut. :
Gov, John l.. Bates OF Massachusetts, presided
These NAV not all come under the head Of
political companions, but the suffrage organ
tzation Is not and never has been In politics
In any sense OF the word.
Miss Anthony. according to a usual custom,
has been sending TO various conventions a
letter asking their moral support for the en-;
franchisement OF yomen. One OF these i9und
Southern Presbyterian Church, in session at
Atlanta, When the clerk announced is re-
csipt. the Rey; Als1andeE van houten Of Viz
tional exercises, cried: II moye II be thrown
In the waste basket" The self-respect Of the
other members prevented a second 70 this
bs not r TSs SeS'aef so @' Il wa. mot" not resolved ssa;
Then Elder A. ". Leland registered his OBJ
lection to putting Nearer, My God. 10 Thee"in
the new hymn book because IL was written by q
Unitarian And the band played on.
Meanwhile Miss Anthony received an oficia
communication from II. F. Bowers, President OF
the American Protective Association. signed
with the big seal, informing her that, at the
Supreme Council just held In Augusta, Ga,
full rights and privileges as members were
granted TO women
The southeastern branch Of the Kings
Daughters, In session at Darlington, 3. c.,
has pledged itself 10 wipe out the foul blot on
the proud history OF this and adjacent States.
the employment Of child labor in factories.
To this end the officers will attend the next
Legislature 10 work with the members. .
Thus all the daughters" and mothers and
various other ladies who set out to reform the
world roundup at the Legislature, and after
the experience Of a few sessions they are sadder
but much. very much. wiser women.
IDA Hustled HAMPER.