The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-02-08

Rev. Anna shaw. speak
ing at tho meeting in
Washington in 1889. and
they tell US We arc no nearer vote
than we were when we began. Yes. We
are. We are exactly twenty -one years
nearer 1t than we were when we be
gan And thereat much applause fol-
lowed. ON the same principle the wo-
men OF the United States are now thir-
4 ty-four years nearer TO suffrage than
they were when they began their meet
. ings Al the national capital, for the con-
vention at Washington this February Is
the thirty-fourth Of the National Amer
/ lean Woman Suffrage association.
The ladies have been busy preparing
! TO make this convention the most inn
portant in the ORGANIZATIONS history.
I They planned that IL should partake
largely of an International character.
and delegates from all the civilized ma
I tions who were invited TO attend ac-
/ cepted. Belgium now the hothed OF
agitation for fun suffrage for both men
| and women, sends representa- tives TO
report on the progress making there.
Belgium Is unique in one respect, and
IL is that her advocates of woman suf-
frase are largely men. The political
Liberal party there has declared off,
cially that so soon as full manhood sut-
frage is established complete citizens
rights for women shall also be taken in
hand and no pause made till they are
wrested from the conservatism OF the
centuries. Fat little Holland, with it's
pretty and popular young queen. also
sends delegates TO the American repub-
lies congress for the equal rights OF the
sexes.
The convention continues i'm session
from Feb. II TO Feb. IS inclusive. The
international woman suffrage confer
enCe. at which foreign speakers might
exploit themselves without being inter.
fered with by the native article. has
one whole day allotted to il by the pro-
gramme committee.
The suffrage societies Of Great Brit
ain send as their representative Mrs.
Florence Fenwick Miller. OF Canadian
delegates there is considera bic list.
ana prominent male citizen OF Toron-
10 Is one OF them. He is James l..
Hughes public school inspector for To- |
ronto. lie is distinguished both i'm Can |
ada and the United States as an edu.
cational writer and speaker. lie has |
been engaged many years In reform |
work along educational lines. and his |
made him favorable to female enfran. |
chlsement.
Canada also sends 90 the gathering
two practicing women physicians. Dr. |
Amelia Yeomans comes from Msnito-
oa, and the fact that she makes the
winter journey from Winnipeg to
Washington to attend the convention |
sufficiently sttests her enthusiasm for
the cause. The other Canadian woman
physician is Dr. Amelia Stowe Cullen
whose mother before her was a med
ical woman, the first i'm Canada Or
cullen was appointed some years ago /
demonstrator OF anatomy then nro-
fessor in the Womans Medical college
OF Toronto. From New Brunswiok
comes Miss Mabel Peters
From faraway Australia have sailed
strong women TO meet this gathering az
the faithful In Australia the demand
for woman suffrage is more general
and enthusiastic than I'm the United
states. and II Is worth noting how tbis
has grown out OF the needs OF the time
In Australia the most earnest advo-
Gates of feminine rights are country yvo.
men, or. as they are called there "busb.
The better class OF farm ,vo.
men there are more thoughtful ana
more intelligent as to public questions
than the ~erage city woman
The Australian bushwoman knows
what IL Is TO live alone with her cbii~
iren or perhaps without anybody az All
~ the home while the men OF her fam
~ are away herding and driving
over her Is always the dread
hat the rabbit pest will descend in
night and destroy her crops for nsx,
year or perhaps the dirt roads are I'm
such wretched condition that she car
not get food supplies from the tovns
because the slow moving horse and hui
ock trains are begged on the track /"
These deprivations press upon her ana
'nter her heart OF hearts Does no, sbs
's well as her husbsnd need raIIwsvs
% convey provisions and clothing into