New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-16
PLEAD FOR SUFFRAGE.
Women Make arguments Before
Congress Committees.


of the National Equal Suffrage Association gath
cred in the Senate Marble Room to-day to make
their annual plea 10 the Committee on woman
Suffrage for the right to exercise the franchise
Senator Bacon presided. and with him sat Senators
Perkins Wetmore and Beveridge OF the commit
tee The Rev. Anna II. Shaw presented the speak
ers, ana brought to the committee a message from
Susan b. Anthony the originator of the movement,
In which she said that the women had done as
much the develop the country-"a eoun-
try whose government is of the people. for the peo
pie. not OF The men, by the men,"-and expressed
the hope that women we'll men might be free.
The first regular speaker Elizabeth Bacon.
of Connecticut, who made plea for suffrage large
IL the ground OF property rights. She said that
there were many women in her State who desire
the franchise. but that it is denied to them. not
withstanding the women property owners are rap
idly increasing.
Mary Bentley Thomas OF Maryland. asked for
her sex the right assist their full capacity in
promoting The interests of the She said that
Maryland protects it's terrapn. but not its women
The Rev. Antonette Brown Blackwell. eighty
years old, who introduced as the first ordained
minister OF the country admitted that
women enjoy some rights. but not all they are en-
titled 10. She made especial plea for purity In
the press, and expressed the opinion that If women
held their proper position they could have whole
some influence in that respect
Sehorita HuidObro. OF Chill. made plea for 'the
beautiful right Of the ballot which che said
would bring the their just dues through the
them in another way. She warned the committee
that IL the United States not expeditions the
women Of Chill and Argentina would secure their
rights in advance Of the women Of this country.
the constitutions of these countries contain moth
ing to prohibit equal suffrage
Mrs. Pauline z. stienen. a member OF the Board
Of Education OF Toledo. Ohio expressed the opin-
ION that the slowness OF TO recognizes ths
rights OF IS due to their failure TO take the
time to investigate them. She said that she had
Than OYh
candidate for the board.
Senator Beverage made the subject OF much
OF the remarks OF Mrs Harriet Taylor Upton, OF
Ohio. Referring the Joint Statehood bill. she
thanked him for taking women out Of the class
OF luuatics. paupers and criminals. She said that
it is only young sprigs of who willing
TO declare themselves openly against equal rights
for women"
Senator Beverage replied that the COMMITTEES
on Territories had done only its simple duty in
amending the Statehood bill.
Mrs. Shaw replied that the women wanted not
only TO be out OF the BILL but in it. and thus
turned the applause which mad been given TO the
Senator to a laugh at his expense
Miss Anne Miller. of Geneva, y. T, said women
want to be placed equality with men, not
on a pinnacle above them. Like Josh Billingss
wasp. she said, women have business end, and
many Of them had had a singing experience in
business affairs. due to discrimination because Of
Mrs Susan Fessenden, OF Massachusetts said
that God never intended that there should be
any especial in being a man
Mrs. Shaw closed the presentation OF the case
with argument for the passage of the bill giving
women the right TO vote for members or the House
OF Representatives She said that the cause OF
that in no other country are the women required
to run the gamut as in the United states II
would be necessary TO secure results. She said
that foreigners in the United States are far more
prejudiced than natives and expressed the opinion
that the end sought would soon be attained If only
TO show that women are intellectually equal TO
men she said that 80 per cent OF the prizes offered
by twenty-five coeducational institutions last year
had been awarded to female students, despite the
We're Women. en- She therefore c5ntended that never
had the ballot been extended 10 any class who were
at art the 3Se Won SO Te 4ted 10 the
In closing The meeting Senator Bacon expressed
the hope that the committee might see the women
again, and Mrs. Shaw replied that unless the bill
was passed they certainly would have that pleas
Delegates to the number Of nifty attended hear
mittee on Judiciary Mrs. Florence Kelley. score
in charge of the hearing. and the speakers wers
Mrs Rudolph Blankenburg, Of Philadelphia; Mrs.
dox. 2f Maryland Mrs. Ella Stewart. of Chicago;
Mrs. Mary X % sullivan and Miss Alice stone
Mrs. Blankenburg spoke for the home makers and
the reform movement in Philadelphia. She said
in by women AS politics plays Important part
6v c Wsr g9I ana Even o me air s o. sGky
be drawn into politics. and should be permitted 10
home product, children.
Mrs. Eager spoke of the hopeless campaign
Massachusetts has waged against the circulation
Of objectionable literature in that State and urged
that Congress grant women opportunity to
ercise the ballot that they may be compelled
continue a battle IN which they are almost
helpless because Of their lack Of political influence
Miss Gordon spoke for Southern women. and said
s IS not not true that oen OF the south DO not de-
Southern members Of the committee were present
and asked the other members carry her remarks
10 their Southern associates
Mrs. Stewart asked the ballot for a
matter OF justice She said the dsfranchiSe
ment OF women is un-Anerican and unjust
The Senate had a auditors a number Of the
members of the Equal Suffrage Association, who /
after their hearing before the Committee on Wom- /
Suffrage went to the galleries Many Of them /
feel interest in questions involved in tie Joint
Statehood bill, and they present for the
pose of sect & that measure launched its voyage
through the Senate.