The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-13
international Suffrage Conference
Meets at the Capital.
MRS. Gait is PRESIDENT
INSTRUCTIVE ADDRESSES FROM
PIONEERS IN THE WORK.
Feb. 12.-The frs


ance. The convention was presided
over by Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, its
president. The delegates were well
coined TO the city by Henry B. F. Mac
Farland, president of the board of dis
trict commissioners.
The president, by a vote of the con-
ventiOn, was authorized TO appoint the
members Of the finance, courtesies and
credentials committee. She explained
that the resolutions committee must be
named by vote of the delegates, and
that this could be done later.
The following chairmen were ap-
pointed: Finance, Miss Harriet May
Mills, New York; courtesies. Miss Mary
G. Hay; credentials, Mrs. Harriet Tay-
Tor Upton. The foreign delegates, who
were seated on the platform and who
took great interest in the proceedings.
listened to words of greeting from May
Wright Sewall, Clara Barton, Susan B.
Anthony and Rev. Anna H. Shaw.
Madame Sofia Levovna Friedland of
Russia responded, saying that Russia
had been the friend of America during
the civil war, and that close ties Of
friendship exist between the two cOun-
tries. America, she said, had more
than once displayed friendship toward
Russia, and had sent her ships there
to protect her people from most cruel
enemy-hunger.
Mrs. Cats Address.
Mrs. Gait. the president. then deliv-
cred her annual address. which Was
listened to with marked attention. She
was frequently Interrupted by loud and
prolonged applause. In the course Of
her remarks, she said:
Hard upon the track of the man
suffrage movement presses the move
ment for woman suffrage, logical step
onward.
Why should woman suffrage not
come? Men throughout the world hold
their suffrage by the guarantee Of the
two principles Of liberty, and for these
reasons only. One-taxation without
epresentation-is tyranny. Who dares
deny it, And are not women taxed
The other-gOvernments derive their
just powers from the consent of the
governed How simple and unanswer-
able that petition of justice. And are
not women governed?
The president of Stanford univer-
sity has said: The function of demOc-
racy is not to make governments good.
1t is TO make men strong The world
approves and adds that statement is
the clearest possible definition of TIE
differences between the old. when men
existed for the government, and the
new, when governments exist for men
But we may ask if democracy is a
means of making men strong, is there
any good reason for keeping women
weak, that we should deny them the
same chance to get strong?
Competent to vote, She Says.
"A campaigner in the recent New
York municipal campaign pleaded elo-
quently with the women TO lend their
aid Said he:
1t is the proud duty of the women
OF this city TO advise men how to vote,
since they have more time than men to
intelligently learn to comprehend the
situation. and every Low follower
echoed 'TrueT but if worleD re COM
petent to teach men how 80 vote, why
may they not vote themseITes2
Says They Are UnansWerable.
These are the arguments the world !
has put into our mouths Their logic /
can no more be disputed than can that /
of the multiplication. Orally the world 1
cannot long Withstand the force Of /
it."
Il was decided to admit to auxiliary /
association. Two propositions, sub 4
mitted by President Carrie Chapman I
Gait were referred TO a sub-cOmmit- I
tee, who are to report to the full com /
mittee on Friday. The first has for its /
object the promoting of equal sufTra &c I
sentiment. which, she said, has been /
used successfully in France. 1t en- /
bodies the creation of a wOmans post 4
age stamp the same, in France. to be /
placed alongside the regular stamp.
She pointed out that the regulation 1
postage stamp OF France represents a /
young woman resting her hand on a /
table, which bears motto, Rights Of Z
Man while the French women have /
adopted reverse of this. and show a /
young man with his hand on a table
with the motto, Rights Of Woman"
Her other proposition was that each /
other state suffrage association shall 4
appoint a state historian TO keep a /
record of an interesting facts.
Following the meeting Of the eXecu-
tive committee the delegates from for
eiSn countries gathered in conference
for the purpose of considering the cues
ton OF the formation Of a woman's /
International association. The coun-
tries represented at this meeting were
England. Australia Russia. Turkey
Germany. Miss Susan B. Anthony was
chosen TO preside over the sessions of
this body. Miss Vida Goldstein Of Aus
tralia being selected as recording sec
rotary
1t was agreed that each country
should have four representatives az
the international conference. Those
from this country are Miss Susan 3.
Anthony New York; Mrs. Carrie Chan
man Gait. New York: Miss Anna Shaw
and Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery Of Phil
8delphia
A subcommittee Of FIVE was appoint
cd TO consider and refer d plan for me
Of such an organization
ne subcommittee viii report Friday.
Address From Mrs. Stanton.
The first night session Of the con-
vention was given over TO the pioneers.
a number of whom occupied seats on
The Platform. Miss Susan B. Anthony
and greetings ana addresses
rom number of weli-knOwn women
were heard
\ cordial greeting from EngIaud's
pioneer, Priscilla Bright McLaren was
presented By Mrs. Florence Fenwick
Miller.
A strong plea for educated suffrage
was made in an address prepared BY
Mrs Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Owing
10 iser inability 10 be present. il was
-ead by Clara B. Colby Of Washington
Mrs Stanton is the only living woman
who signed the call for the first v-o-
mans right convention held in tba
world
This convention was held at Seneca
Falls. y. Y, July 1918. 1S4S
She and Miss Susan 2. Anthony have
oaftled together for wOmen's rights for
he past fifty years. Mrs. Stanton's
paper was in part, as follows.
While We should not allow our
country 10 be a dumping ground for
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