The sun., 1903-11-04
WOMEN NET ON ELECTION DAY
AND SIGHED BECAUSE THEY
}COULD NOT VOTE.
I'VE Women Are Too PEACEFUL" Said Ono
Another Told OF 1.-The Tyranny OF
Men and Degradation Of Disfranchise-
pnent'-Miss Anthony Hopes TO Vote.

Men and Degradation Of Disfranchise-
nnent'-Miss Anthony Hopes TO Vote
Many woman suffrage enthusiasts o
New York and other parts Of the country
held a meeting at the Hotel Majestic yes
terday afternoon, "in memory OF Elizabeth
Cady Stanton" the programme said bu,
her name WAS mentioned only twice during
the meeting, once by Mrs. Gait and later
by Miss Susan B. Anthony. Most OF the
speakers entered a protest against "the
tyranny, the ignorance and the corruption
OF mankind, meaning men.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, in gorgeously
cut velvet gown, presided.
Miss Harriet May Mills, organizer Of the
New York State Woman's Suffrage Asso-
citation, spoke on Taxation Without Repre-
sentation," and referred in deep contraltc
tones to "the tyranny of men and the
degradation of disfranchisement."
We women are too peaceful" said Miss
Mills, vigorously swishing her long black
net train. ave just talk instead Of fight.
Miss Alice Stone Blackwell replied to the
question on the programme, Does 1ntelli-
gence COUNT by the announcement that
she was 'fretting and fuming, and had been
doing 50 all day to 60 out and cast vote.
She further declared that "sne ignorant
man has more influence in the country than
all the intelligent women in it.
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton was down to
speak on The World Moves which she
did by saying that she came from Ohio,
where Presidents are born. and which Is
mora like Boston than Boston itself--be-
cause Boston is nearly all Irish
She said that out West people were told
that New Workers. love money better than
anything else in the world, after which she
announced that she had Just received
90, 900 for the National League Of Women
Sufragists from DR.. Cornela Hussey Of
New Jersey.
Mrs Gait announced that the orator
OF the league. the Rev. Anna H Shaw. would
conduct a question box. To the question,
sWould not suffrage for women find the
cultured women in the great minor'ty''
THAT depends upon what you call cult
ure. To many New Workers culture is
clothes, culture is house, culture is pro-
gressive whist I have found as much
culture in back alley as in many drawing
rooms"
She defined conservatism as "onee-third
ignorance, one-third prejudice and one
third laziness. Asked what she thought
Of Dr.: Abbott's article in the Atlantic
he thousht On Of Ven tine article What I she did did
Of the doctor-"both were made to fade
away" Loud applause and much laughter
from the women
Nodding at the men good-naturedly, she
told them what good time they have Of it
In the world. She admitted that they
worked hard. But you have the incentive
and the rewsrd-which women have not.
Women are getting to have their own
way, though" said the Rev. Anna: in
ono State they have recently been allowed
actually to own their clothes. Oh. it isn't
nearly 50 bad to be married as 1t used to be.
= Miss Susan B. Anthony was the last
speaker. When she took the centre Of the
platform every woman present stood and
several who carried flags in the rear Of the
room lowered them. Miss Anthony related
the incident Of the first teachers conven-
tion held In thie State where woman spoke
land abe waS the woman.
Miss Anthony spoke in glowing terms Of
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. who, she said, had
beef the dearest friend OF her youth and
later years
"The world has progressed" said Miss
Anthony. women are educated, they are
wage earners. they are equal competitors
Of men. only long to live to the day when
I shall 500 every woman man g equal at the
polls, and that / may myself cast a vote for a
PrAairient