Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-08

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Rev Anna shaw speak
ing at the meeting In
Washington In 1889 'and
they tell us we are no nearer q vote
than we were when we began. Yes we
are, We are exactly twenty-one years
nearer II 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-
/ ty-four years nearer to suffrage than
they were when they began their meet
ings at the national capital, for the con-
venton 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
They planned that 1t should portake
largely Of an International character
aud delegates from all the civilized ma
tlons who were invited to attend ac-
cepted, Belgium, now the hotbed OF
agitation for full suffrage for both men
and women sends representatives to
report on the progress making there,
Belgium Is unique In one respect and
II is that her advocates Of woman suf-
frage are largely men. The political
Liberal party there has declared off,
cIally that so soon as full manhood sut-
frape is established complete citizens
rights for women shall also be taken IN
hand and no pause made TIL they are
wrested from the conservatism Of the
centuries. Fat little Holland with itS
pretty and popular young queen, also
sends delegates 10 the American repub-
lies congress for the equal rights Of the
sexes
The convention continues In session
from Feb. u 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 It 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 q considerable list
and a prominent male citizen Of TorQn-
70 Is one OF them, He is James j..
Hughes, public school inspector for To-
ronto. He IL distinguished both IN Can
ada and the United States as an edu.
catlonal writer and speaker He has
been engaged many years In reform
work along educational lines. and his
Investigations and experience have
made him favorable to female enlran'
chisement.
Canada also sends TO the gathering
two practlcing women physicians DIT
Amelia Yoomans comes from Maniio-
ha. ana the fact that she makes the
winter Journey from Winnipeg 70
! Washington TO attend the convention
sufficiently olteats her enthusiasm for
the cause. The other Canadian woman
physician is Or Amelia stowe Cullen
whose mother before her was a med
lcal woman, the first in Canada. Or
Cullen was appointed some years ago
demonstration Of anatomy then a pro
| fessor. IN the Womans Medical college
OF Toronto. From New Brunswick
comes Miss Mabel Peters
From faraway Australia have sailed
strong women TO meet this gathering Of
the faithful In Australia the demand
for woman suffrage is more general
and enthusiastic than in the United
states and il is worth noting how thls
has grown out Of the needs Of the time.
IN Australia the most earnest ady0-
Gates Of feminine rights are country wo.
men. or. az thay are called there 'bush-
women The better class Of farm wo,
men there are more thoughtful and
more intelligent as 10 public questions
than the average city woman,
The Australian bushwoman knows
what II Is TO live alone with her chill
dren or perhaps without anybody at an
al the home while the men Of her fam
{ us are away hcrdIug and driving.
Hanging over her Is always the dread
that the rabbit pest viii descend In a
night and destroy her crops for next
year. or perhaps the dirt roads are IN
such wretched condition that she cam
not get food supplies from the towns
because the slow moving horse and bull
lock trains are begged on the track 4"
These depriyations press upon hey and
enter her heart OF hearts Does not she
as well az her husband need railways
to convey provisions and clothing into