The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1905-11-30
RESOLUTIONS.

RESOLUTIONS.
We the delegates assembled in the
9th Annual Convention of the Min
nesota Woman Suffrage Association
held in Minneapolis, Mimi, November
14-15, 1905, do hereby adopt the
following
RESOLUTIONS.
1. All persons equally endowed
with intelligence are entitled to equal
privileges and are under equal obliga-
tons to the state.
2. The idea that women are
mentally inferior to men is being
dispelled as fast and as far as the
barriers to education and business
opportunities are removed.
8. When we compare the social and
legal status of woman today with
what it was in 1848 when the. first
woman's rights convention was held,
we rejoice in the results Of the agita-
ton then begun and the breaking up
of the great mass of ignorance and
prejudice which has impeded the
march of civilization.
T.. We are gratifed that our Ma
tional President, Theodore Roosevelt,
our State Governor, John A. Johnson,
and the mayor of our largest city, Mr..
D. p. Jones of Minneapolis, are all
avowed suffragists.
S. We declare ourselves unquali-
fiedly in favor of the principle of the
initiative and referendum, as enabling
the will of the people to prevail, and
urge its adoption in our city charters
and state constitution.
6. We give our thanks to the
editors of the "a newspapers of this
state who regularly publish the articles
sent them by our Chairman of Press
Work, and will send to each Of them
our Bulletin" and progress" for
the coming year as token of appre-
citation of their favors.
z. We heartily endorse the action
of Mayor Jones of Minneapolis, in
closing the saloons on Sunday.
8. We rejoice that the governors of
13 states have recently declared for
equal suffrage; that the age of consent
be raised from IA to 16 in Illinois and
from 16 to 18 in Oregon; that a woman
suffrage amendment is pending in
Oregon, to be voted on next June,
with good prospect of being carried;
that over 300 organizations other than
our own have in the past year passed
equal suffrage resolutions; that in
Oklahoma school suffrage has been
granted to women in cities of the
first-class; that our own state Of Min
nesota has passed the Juvenile Court
Law, and has become the 18th state
to establish co-guardianship of child
rem.
9. We pay sorrowing tribute to the
memory of Mrs. Sarah Scribner of
Anoka, mother of Mrs. Olive 8. Clark,
our efficient corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Hattie Burkdell of the St. Paul
Sacajawea Club; Mr.. Sanford Niles of
Minneapolis, distinguished educator,
Minnesota pioneer, and life long
suffragist.
10. We extend thanks to the Political
Equality Club of Minneapolis, for
their provision for this convention
and its delegates, to the distinguished
speakers who declared themselves in
eloquent terms before this convention
as advocates of woman's enfranchise-
ment, to the musicians for their music,
to Mr.. Ripley and DR.. Martha G..
Ripley for the reception rendered the
convention, to the local press for it's
reports, and to all who have con-
tributed to the pleasure and success of
the convention.
Florence C. Baier, M. D.
Mrs. Priscilla M. Niles
Mrs. M. A. Nugent
Committee on Resolutions.