Evening star., 1902-02-17
apart for this hearing. being an hour more
than is usually granted.
Program for This Evening.


The delegates who will speak and their top
| les arei women in Russia" Nine. Sofia
Levovna Friedland: women in England"
Mrs. Florence Fenwick Miller; "Women in
Australia and New Zealand" Miss Vida
Goldstein: women In Germany" Fraulein
antoine Stole; Women in Norway" Mrs.
quo Guornm Drewson; Women in Sweden" ="
MRS. Emmy Evald; brief reports from Italy.
France, Belgium and Switzerland, Mrs. l..
l.. Blankenburg; Women in Japan" pre-
pared by Rev. Clay Macauley, read by Mrs.
Mary c. C. Bradford; women In China, !"
prepared by Mrs F. L. Whiting, read by
Miss Kate Gordon
The last session of this already notable
convention win open at 8 o'clock Tuesday
evening. 1t is called IAN Evening With
Men and Women voters" and will have
some good speakers. 1.-THE Epitome of the
Evolution of Government" Will be treated
OF by Or. Augusta Stowe Cullen, Canada
The Russian Woman Of Past Centuries
will be presented by Nine. Sofia Levovna
F'rfedland, Russia. Coming back to the
United States, where Woman Suffrage
Exists Will be the subject of an address by
Senator Thomas M. Patterson. Colorado.
The Power of the Incentive" Rev. Anna
II. Shaw" will close the sessions of what
Is. In the opinion of many. the most i'm
portant convention In the history Of the or
ganization.
Saturday Evening Session.
Saturday evening was quite appropriately
dedicated to England and Her Colonies"
the speakers all being English. AS has
oeen the case every evening, the church
was packed with suffragists and their
friends. many Of the guests being MEM
bers Of Congress. and both branches being
represented. Society was we'll represented
also; many ladies coming In dinner dress.
as tnough hurried away from some society
function.
Mrs. Florence Fenwick Miller Of London
Lar Of fhn nfrp
subject being "The English Woman in
Politics." Mrs. Miller is pretty good eX-
ample OF the text she expounded, for she
has held political offices for nearly twenty
years. and being practical newspaper wo-
man Is thoroughly informed. She is the
delegate from the English Womans Suf-
1rage Society. and also Of the Scottish Wo-
mans Suffrage Association of Edinburgh,
Scotland. Mrs Miller explained that En-
gifsh women, and, with unimportant diff
ferences. Scotch and Irish women also are
now entitled to vote in every sort of cleo
ton in Great Britain. with the single ex-
ception of that for members of parliament.
When Chosen by Electors.
'On two Of the most important public
bodies" said the speaker, women may sit
when chosen by the electors; namely the
school boards, which have the direction Of
the education of the country. and the
boards Of guardians of the DOOR which
control the administration of public funds
for the relief of distress. Besides this, wo-
men vote in all the elections. excepting
those for parliament. which includes those
for school and guardian boards county
councils. town councils and urban and par
ish councils Women became entitled to
vote for the town councils In 1868, and for
the school boards one year later.
"On the first school board election there
were sixteen women returned, and in 1901
there were go women sitting on 236 differ
ent school boards These figures are sig
nificant and self-explanatory."
She said that the school board of Edin-
burgh. Scotland. had 900 teachers and 40 900
pupils to look after. and after long strug-
gle young lady, Miss Flora Stevenson,
had been elected a member Of this board.
So we'll was she liked that one Of the fine
new school buildings just erected had been
named for her.
Poor Law Guardians.
Speaking Of the poor law guardians Of
London. who spend yearly $127 900 900, she
said there were now sitting as members of
this board $50 women.
Mrs. Miller said that the official report Of
an inspector Of warehouses;, recently Is
sued by the English government, says the
benefit of having lady guardians on the
boards is no longer open to question. The
old-fashioned objection to ladies on the
boards is disappearing before the expert
ence of the good they do.
She gave illustrations of the reforms eff
fected by ladies in this direction, and quot
ed a speech by Lord Salisbury in the house
of lords, who said that women are in
closer touch with the needs Of the poor
than men, and that the presence Of women
on councils is a security against Incidence
and selfishness in administration, and Is
one Of the highest, most constant and most
reliable stimuants to true and honest
and unfiagging administration Of the law"
But British women are still denied the
most important Of all franchises" said
NJ hot fnv nf no r. a.
ment. in whose hands lie all the lawmak-
ing and the decisions Of great imperial
questions. such as peace or war, protection
or free trade
Conditions in Australia.
Miss Vida Goldstein. the delegate from
Australia, followed with an interesting ad-
dress on ''The Australian Woman In Poll
tics" Miss Goldstein is a young woman,
but has become famous during the past
five years among the woman suffragists
as one of the most influential and effective
workers in the interests Of Woman's rights.
In introducing Miss Goldstein. President
Carrie Chapman Gait said that while the
principles of democracy were first enunci-
ated in the United States, Australia has
carried them fartheSt and nearest to their
logical conclusion.
The reason for this, Miss Goldstein ex-
planned in reply, is the prejudice that ex-
lists here. She said that in her own coun-
then sketched entertainingly the suffrage
movement in New Zealand and those parts
Of Australia where women and men stood
equal before the law.
Canadian Suffrage.
Mr. James Hughes Of Toronto. Canada,
prefaced his remarks by stating that he
represented country ruled for fifty-five
years by a woman, who was as famous as
a wife and mother as she was as queen,
and when he mentioned the name of Eng
lands late lamented queen the audience ap-
plauded vigorously. Mr.. Hughes devoted
most of his time to eulogy of Victoria and
the progress of the country during her
reign.
Convention Notes.
The Saturday session was big one, and
during a discussion of taxation without rep
resentation Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton sug-
gested that every woman in the house, re-
gardless Of her suffrage sentiments. who
paid taxes should rise to her feet ut Is
often said," remarked Mrs. Upton in ex-
planation, 'that we women who protest
against paying taxes without representa-
tion have no taxes to pay and do not know
what we are talking about" The president
put Mrs Upton's request before the con-
yention, and Of the several hundred women
only round dozen remained seated. Now