Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-13

and New Jersey, who journeyed to
Orange for the two-day celebration
in honor of Lucy Stone, who defied
the authorities in Orange a genera
tion ago about paying taxes.
1--WE can't drive the people away
in Gloucester county," Miss Lillian
Durrell, chairman of the Suffrage
League of that county, said this
morning. "Our open air meetings are
the popular diversion. The people
are really hungry to hear the ques-
tion discussed in Southern New Jer-
sey. We haven't sufficient speakers
to supply the demand"
Miss Hannah j. Patterson, sur
frage worker in Pennsylvania, said
ANY woman who will not get up and
give her reasons for being suf-
! fragist should join the antis."
Active in Sussex.
1.-THE business men and county of
fcials of Sussex, said Miss Anna r..
Dunn, chairman of the Woman's
Suffrage Association of Sussex
county, ARE active in helping our
cause They contribute money gen
erously whenever called upon. our
work lies principally among the
farmers wives, among whom we
| nave llllNiuE VI iiNA :
Is no doubt of success in October In
Sussex county
In Union county, Miss Esther G.
Ogden, of Elizabeth. president of the
Elizabeth Suffrage League, said the
men are open minded on the ques-
ton and the outdoor meetings are
largely attended by men. whose in
terest in the question has been
aroused by the organized suffrage
work there.
Commencing Monday" said DIR
Anna Howard Shaw, II viii have but
two free days until November.
will talk suffrage through New Jer-
sey from now on. and in the Other
States as we'll
/, Lucy stones protest was the frs
! in the history of the world that
woman refused to pay taxes on th'
ground that she had no voice in th'
government When her tax bill wa
received she sent q letter to the col
lector announcing that the bill woul(
not he paid because women had h'
part in the government.
widespread interest was taken n
the unusual protest, and Lucy Stone
T stand was widely discussed in news
papers all over the country. The mex
spring the whole question of woman
/ IlEDtS WAS again dElltlthi bNNthoS
the municipal authorities of Orang
sold Lucy Stones household effect
to satisfy the towns lien on the prop
,, erty Among the articles sold wa
the baby's cradle All the furnitur
was bought in by Rowland Johnson
friend of the family, who imme
diately after the sale returned tn
: household effects to the little hous
: on Hurlbut street. Mr.. Johnson wa
an advocate of political equality AM
$ one of the leading Abolltionists Il
the Oranges, His home was at Wash
ington and Park streets, East Orange
Lucy stone continued her fight 10
the rights of woman and in lSt
founded in Boston the Woman
Journal to advance the cause. Sh
retained her maiden name after he
marriage to Henry Il. Blackwell
Their daughter, Alice Stone Black
well. is now editor of the paper.
The tablet inscription was write
by Oswald Garrison Willard, autho
and editor of the New York Evenin
Post, whose mother. Mrs. Henry Gar
| rison Willard, was an Intimate frlen
| of Lucy Stone. The inscription whie
has been so worded that If the hous
| is torn down the tablet can still b
| used to commemorate the spot, fol
| lows:
| In 1873
| LUCY STONE,
| A Noble Pioneer in the Emanopatlo
| of Women,
| Here First Protested
| Against Their Taxation Without
| Representation
| in New jersey
| Alice Stone Blackwell, daughter {
| Lucy Stone. and president of tn
| Massachusetts Suffrage Association
| unveiled the tablet, and the pilgrin
returned to the suffrage headquartei
in East Orange where there was
| open-air mass meeting. DR. Sha'
was the principal speaker.