Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-18
NIECE TELLS OF
MISS ANTHONY
SUFFRAGE FIGHT
Miss Lucy Anthony a Speaker
at Essex County Suffrage
Society Meeting.
KIN OF SUSAN B. TELLS
OF THE LATTER'S ARREST
Pioneer Suffragist Insisted the
Fourteenth Amendment Gave
Woman the Right to Vote.

Advocates of woman suffrage. among
whom was no less than Miss Lucy
Anthony, niece of Miss Susan b. An
thony, the famous pioneer leader in the
woman suffrage movement, pIeaded
their cause last night at meeting OF
the Essex County Suffrage Society.
held at the residence OF Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick T. Fearey. 81 Arlington ave
nue. north, East Orange. in connection
with the Susan B. Anthony week in
instituted by the National American
Suffrage Association.
Miss Emma l.. Richards, OF this
city. president of the Essex county or
ganization, presided. and other speak
ers beside Miss Anthony were Mrs.
Grace Greenwood Wolterbeck. leader
of the woman suffrage party; Mrs.
George T. Vickers, of Jersey City,
president OF the Equal Franchise So
ciety ~ New Jersey, and Mrs. Edward
p Hampson, of Brooklyn, who was "a
watcher at the polls during a recent
election in Greater New York.
Miss Anthony gave an account of
the illegal trial of, Susan B. Anthony
for voting as she had heard the story
from her aunt, Miss Susan B. Anthony,
Mrs, Vickers gave an outline Of the
organization of the Equal Franchise
Society and of what 1t has accom-
plished since it's inception a year ago.
Miss Lucy Anthony. in describing the
events which led up TO the trial of the
eminent suffragist, said In part:
Thirty eight years ago, at the cleo
tion of President and Vioe-Presfdent
OF the United States and members of
Congress. in November. 1872, Susan b.
Anthony and several other women Of
fered their votes to the inspectors OF
election. claiming the right to vote as
among the privileges and immunities
secured to them as citizens by the
fourteenth amendment to the Consti-
tuition of the United States.
"The fact that women had the right
! to vote under this amendment had
been growing thought In the mind,
, of many men and women, eminent
| lawyers, j,idges, jurors. and had beer
the keynote to the previous, national
convention, and II was because OF this
that the several subsequent trials for
voting took place Perhaps the spark
which lighted this conviction into an
active, burning flame on Miss An,
thongs part was the following para
graph In her morning paper:
First Clarion Call of Suffrage.
Nov register! Today and tomor-
row are the only remaining opportu-
mites. If you were not permitted to
vote you would fight for the right, un-
dergo all privations for II, face death
for It, You have II now at the cost
of five minutes time to be spent in
seeking your place of registration and
having your name entered. And yet.
on election day, less than n week
hence. hundreds OF you are likely to
lose your votes because you have not
thought 1t worth while to give the five
minutes. Today and tomorrow are
your only opportunities. Register
Row!'
Asking one Of her sisters to accom-
pany here, Miss Anthony went to the
registration office. The inspectors were
young men entirely unversed regard
ing the Constitution of the United
States, and when Miss Anthony ex-
pounded TO them the XIV. amendment
they we're utterly incapable Of answer
ing her legal argument The United
States supervisor being present, strong
ly advised the young men against re-
fusing to allow Miss Anthony to regis
ter because they were liable to fine
of $50 and imprisonment II they re-
fused to register a legal voter. and
likewise II they registered an illegal
voter.
ron the morning OF November s Miss
Anthony and six other women Of her
own ward presented themselves at the
polling booth and voted.
ION the morning of November 2S,
Tho ksgtving Day, Miss Anthony and
the other women who voted were in
formed that they were to be prosecuted
by the United States government, and
they were asked to call at the ONCE
Of the commissioner. The ladies re-
fused to respond to this polite invita-
ton. On the afternoon of that day
Miss Anthony was summoned by a
marshal to appear before the commits
sioner.
He made known his mission, which
was that he had come to arrest her
for voting on November s. s4tt
Its this your usual method of serv-
ing a warrant asked Miss Anthony.
whereupon the marshal summoned
courage enough to serve the usual le-
gal paper.
"Let Uncle Sam Pay the Carfsre."
HE gallantly offered to leave his
prisoner to go alone. but, Miss Anthony
refusing to take herself to court, the
United States official meekly escorted
her to the commissioners office. They
went on q street car and when the con-
ductor asked Miss Anthony for her
carfare she said: oh, am under ar
rest. The gentleman at the other end
of the car is escorting me to jail. 80 I
am travelling at the expense of the gov
ernment-ask him for my carfare'
when they arrived at the office and
had waited for hours they were in
formed that the assistant district at
torney, who had been summoned to ex
anime the culprits. was unable to reach
the city that afternoon. and so Miss
Anthony and the other ladies were dis
missed to appear the next morning.
During the intermediate period be-
tween this and her trial. Miss Anthony,
in the eye Of the law. was imprisoned,
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