Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-12


Miss Anthony als1 resd a letter from Mr..
Frank Morrison, secretary of the Amerf-
can Federation of hEaber The letter con-
tained a resolution. which was passed by
citing that DISTINGUISHED labor like that
| Of enslaved. degrades ali free and enfran-
chtsed labor; therefbresn
THE American Federation of Labor ear
nestly appeals to Congress to pass a reso-
luton submitting to thatlegislatures Of the
several states of the Union q proposition
for a sixteenth apsad,Rent to the federal
from disfranchising Tinted States citizens
on account of theirn sexar
After concluding-ths reading of the teIe-
| Of the manner In which she had obtained
| recognition of the various ORGANIZATIONS
which were holding conventions in the diff
ferent cities, 1t was done, she said, by
sending letters to the presidents asking for
recognition. I'm almost every instance"
said Miss Anthony, 81 received encourage
| ing replies. and this telegram and letter
which had read Is the result of that eff
| fort" Hearty applause greeted the read
ing Of the communications.
List of Speakers.
The first speaker of the evening was
Clara Bewick Colby of Nebraska on "Our
Great Leaders,
Mrs. Colby reviewed the work of the
great woman leaders in thought and ac-
ton. beginning with Eve, whom she said
should be included In the list, as it was
through Eve that man was enabled to dis
unguish good from evil.
Miss Kate NJ. Gordon of Louisiana gave
an account of the reforms which were
traceable to the efforts of woman's suf-
frage in Louisiana. The address was on a
Scrap of Suffrage"
The evening collection was taken at the
conclusion OF Miss Gordons address. This
part of the session is always the signal for
the audience to enjoy some of Miss An
Shn COLA =
delegates to make the collection announce
ment- Last night 1t was Mrs. Annie Diggs,
state libra rian Of Kansas. Mrs. Diggs made
the object of her mission known by saving
that she believed In 10 to /. "By that I
mean,' said Mrs. Diggs, that want six
teen men in the audience to give each
dollar. and I want one man to give SIG"
A paper which ELECTED frequent applause
was that of Gail LoughIin of New York on
Conditions Of the Wage-Earning Women
of Our Country" The speaker said in part:
Wage Garner among women is used in
a broad sense All women receiving money
payment for work are proud to be called
wage earners because wage earning means
economic independence. The 1890 census
reports nearly 400 occupations open to wo-
men and 3.914,51 women engaged in gain
full occupations. Government reports show
the average wages of women in large cities
to be from So. SO to 1891 per week. and the
general average to be from s. to 1893.
In all lines women are paid less than
men for the same grade of work. We need
organization, suffrage. cooperation by all
women. and above all. the incubation of
the principle that a woman is an individual
with right to choose her work and with
equal rights with man.
Gives a Review.
The last speaker of the evening was Mrs.
Helen Adelaide Shaw of Massachusetts,.
Her text was "A Review of the Remon-
strant.'
In deploring the attitude of hostility to-
ward the remonstrants which is taken by
many friends of suffrage she said:
Part or the aNowed purpose of those
who are working for equal suffrage is to
broaden the minds of women which have
been for ages under the most adverse con-
ditions The remonstrants represent one
result of those very conditions. They are
a symptom and an Illustration of the ills
or even irritated about their proceedings
seems to me as If a doctor should feel vex-
alton at his patient for being sick. 1t is
not scientific frame of mind
One of the difficulties the suffragists have
commended with has been the inability to
secure audiences. This feature was dis
cussed by Nettie Laub Romans of Iowa. a
member of the national executive commit
tee. 1T
Mrs Caroline b. Buell. of Connecticut, in
troduced by Mrs. Gait as the greatest wo-
man parliamentarian in America spoke on
"A Parliamentary Drill
After each paper was read informal dis
cussions were participated in by the dele
gates. Among those who took part were
Mrs Blake Of New York Mrs. Tucker Of
Pennsylvania. Mrs. Hay. Mrs. Maud Park
OF Massachusetts. DIR. Anna Dickinson Of
Chicago. Mrs. Swift of California. Mrs. Gait
OF New York, Mrs. Romans of Iowa, Miss
Blackwell of Massachusetts, Mrs. Day of
Maine, Mrs. Smith of Vermont, Miss Kate
Gordon of Louisiana, Mrs. Bradford of
Colorado. Mrs Hacketoff of New York and
Mrs. Foster.
Convention Notes.
There are more men attending the ses-
sions of the convention than ever before in
the history of the suffrage movement.
They seem to be unattached" men, but
they remain to the last minute.
Miss Anthony has unique manner of
stopping a speaker when the time is up.
There is a time keeper. and each speaker
Is raped down by her, or supposed to be,
but she seldom gets chance. Miss An
thony watches the clock, and when the time
Is narrowed to five minutes, three, she
says: My dear. your time Is almost up"
now Then she will tweak the gown of
the speaker and say: you'll have to quit;
times up" And If the speaker does not
stop on the moment. Miss Anthony arises
and stands resoiuteiy beside the speaker,
sun tWeaking the gown. 1t Is really very
funny. but Aunt Susan is gentle
mother with her girls" and she does not
mo bonnets or hats" commands Miss An
thony, and so pretty evening dresses and
hatless heads greet one in the evening ses-
sfons of the convention.
Mrs. Ida Hustled Harper, Miss Anthony's
D1ographer, Is one Of the women who does
things. A few years ago Mrs. Harper was
the managing editor of political news
paper in a western town. 1t was a large
town, and municipal affairs had not been
managed just to the queens taste. so the
women, In the midst Of a hot municipal
campaign. did very daring thing. They
made up a ticket of their own. and Mrs
Harper championed this ticket "for all she
was worth" Every mothers son on the
ticket was elected, much to the surprise Of
everybody concerned.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait says: Never
elect pessimist president of a suffrage as
ISOLATION. Elect an optimist every time 1t
Is much better to see a future bright side
to suffrage than to see no light at all. A
pessimist will kill anything Mrs. Gait is
an optimist.
Miss Anthony is quite delighted with the
private entertainment which has been ex-
tended to the delegates of the suffrage con-
ventfon. She says that even in that par
t1cular the suffragists have made great
strides, for this is the first time in the
thirty-three years that the national suf-
frage convention has been coming to Wash
ington when scrap Of private entertain