New-York tribune., 1905-02-03
GOV. BELL PRAISED.
II omen Commend HIM for ReprieUe
Of Mary Rogers.

The news Of the reprieve of Mrs. Mary Rogers
whose execution would otherwise have taken place
this morning was received with applause by the
New-York Legislative League yesterday afternoon.
and the president. Mrs. Lille Devereux Blake. said
that Governor Bells action triumph for the
women who have been endeavoring to secure
Communication of Mrs. Rogerss sentence.
A resolution asking for the exercise of executive
cIemency on the ground that the spectacle of the
hanging Of a woman is repugnant to every instinct
Of humanity and degrading to the community in
which the atrocity occurs" was under discussion
when the news Of the reprteve arrived, and was
atIerWard adopted unanimously.
me club then settled down 10 a consideration
Ballot and Mrs. Margaret Holmes Bates declared
would not be hanged
Let the men hang each other, if they want to-"
US decide for ourselves whether We will be hanged
not, and be own eXecutioners. And l don't
think that We will ever ind woman to act as
executjoner. The men sometimes complain that We
industry that they can be sure Of keeping TO them
The address Of the day was given by Mrs. Char
lotte WilbOur, and some remark of hers on the
men provoked an iInpassoned datribe against the
lords Of CREATION by Mrs Goldzier- -,
are represented by men. A woman never exercises
the slightest influence on mans vote. So far as
have a great contempt for the opinions Of their
wives daughters and sisters and all their female
vote they would be likely to regard it as suff-
cient reason for going the other way. Men never
think do look at things from our point of
cant speak with authority but. looking at II from
the standpoint Of inferior being, men seem to
the duliest stupdest and most ignorant class
in society"
But there are men and men," put in the Rev,
known some who very glad to vote as their
wives and daughters wanted 3them TO
At the suggestion of the president, the league
adopted a memorial TO the Judiciary Committee Of
the Senate, asking for revision Of the laws regu-
lating the intestate inheritance Of the property Of
married persons to make the distribution of
such property absolutely equal for widows and
widOwers.
''At present" said Mrs. Blake. there are injus-
tices on both sides, and don't want to Oppress
the men,
= resolution protesting against the seating of
Reed Smoot was also adopted, and Mrs. Blake
ported that the efforts preserve the citizenship
Of American marrying aliens We're going
very badly. The bill introduced into Congress by
the late Senator Hoar has been amended until it
provides only that widows and Divorces may re
cover their citizenship after waiting year Mrs
Blake said that the only thing to be done with
this bill was to kill it.
As meeting about 10 adjourn Mrs. W.
Irving Twombly caused considerable excitement by
proposing that they should have a club pin.
why a pin?" asked Miss Teresa BarcalOw sar-
castically. We have been working for sixty years
excuse me, I a good many years-we
have been working good many years without a
pin. Why can't We go on doing so till Gabriel
blows his trumpet|' - -
Mrs. Twombly defended her proposition with con-
siderable spirit. and the matter was referred 10 the
executive.