Show 7 g U convention notes A considerable number of the ladies it of davis county answered tl 11 cill for a convention to lie be held ili iii fa rill biou on oil the lilt an ali executive session wai inai held in tit alie forenoon at tile resilience residence of president lucy A clark to discuss hie file method met of woi k for the llie ensuing t year jear tile president staled slated that tit al a meet tiby us 1 recently held ill iii farah lon a chili mil c lind been appointed to call upon stake president win R smith to obtain liis his viens on tile auf bravic C quo que tion lion vice prea aurelis S rogers chairman of tile commit te 1 1110 PI arfi smiths view wore fv wable to the lie earn esile mini 1141 ell cj tile HIP movement it wa via doing a gord good work and was ona one of tho chan Is through which poeju dice lad had been removed from the people of it has ha been aid that women were isnor and degraded but bul illen ft lien their voices were heard it in the councils of tile hie nations it spoke volumes for luicir progressive societies and their intelli fre nee iee Us ITS ad vice was to in tile good nud and tile the would tie lie beneficial I 1 subjects were discuss cil concerning the interests of the hie by siri jr cinc lie holt dora mary blary 8 blaik julia juba iless susan grant gram aidi others during 4 ibi last vear our have be a principally centred upon is ft irk for an exhibit for the ilic IVo ritts tt fir atrick al session mcl blet in ili the meeting liou house e al it 2 OkI OLk 1 sing ing og wyoming from tile suffrage song look proud state stale or of the L laou aou vie ve love ilice A symbol of ju twe illy name naine tile folds of our alg wave above star of tny illy graan 10 lo claim etc pra er iv it an giant singing our ur il i iiii aini i t lie boft from thee we v claim ou hiir r in freedom s nume iame atle millu tw of tile llie last annual CODY 11 iiron were lead and also 1 lilt I report mi ali diara sirs airs helm Pet kine and ami mary alary millard were a i conin on oil credentia 14 wid re sd abe following natured latino tino entitled to seats seals in ii the cun coil v m ion miss bliss dimic 11 williams bl mi 0 II 11 tit hi it 11 li birin rin sarali sarah li it lal laloie lott juc flood Piti oi jl A mansel and doru dora IV ve e s I 1 I 1 mrs bits Elza lulli coil CUL ll lit it iii 1 31 miller Mill bl iller fr clita si hi j tit L r auerlia ort 1 pa S rogers and lis mn let MIS mi macgarry Blar garot randall east 1 bountiful mrs birts jane holt west mrs 31 marlia arilia fai kall anil and idelet south bountiful mrs mary blary ann ani page la jc eliza nelson Ni ilson marin maria sarali sarah howard mum i i mo a Ili culic colle hales and 1111 oda at A r kinon sp 11 actie il ut were maile made by president minnie williams of I 1 liz lizabelle abelli coomb of farmington vice pre margaret randall andall ll of cell trev treddie die pre martlea fackrell of we it bountiful jane holt eabe aud and mary ann ami page of south aloun ticul thoice who had hed meetings inc elings it ii their precincts that alc tlc had some boine progress in the bill il of civil government hib history tory politic politics etc alic the following officers were elect td cd president Pre lucy A cl dark ark vice presidents miss bliss lizzle lizzie smith rose latch and dora secretary miss leone rogers roger s corresponding secretary miss II Il allie attic knowlton Know llon treasurer miss bliss mary millard auditors mrs bf E knowlton Know llon and julia hess chairman of e executive x committee mrs athalia Alli alia steed members of committee minnie williams elizabeth coombs margaret R randall q adall mrs alice neville maria hatch and ellen perkins honorary vice residents presidents susan grant jane holt mary S clark sarith 13 layton laylon martha fackrell an and aurelia aurclia S Ro rogers 11 cres pres ij L A clark said she was proud of the record of woman su suffrage f in ill utah they hold the second d place in the nation new ken york being the only state stale that has an all association will a 11 gi eater cater membership spoke of the hie progress of women of the present lay day in chicago attending the congress of women the llie grm grandest idest gathering ath eriv of women ever in ili the history of the was at a session when vibert fourteen national associations were represented represent cd and two tto of df fourteen luid hall head quarters in mah the national R S and the national Y L 11 1 11 associations ad b by 3 comparing statistics and reports report billowed clial there were n ore organized women in ili utah than in any of the other oilier states or territories truly llie he advancement of woman will advance liniman happiness and prosperity every step she lias has gained lias has been accomplished not by force or compulsion for she her revolutions with the iNc weapons apons of peace and love will anil with such stich weapons Nc apons of defense lier her advance may be slow blow hill but must list lie be siire sure slay blay UK the flames of equality thal have been kindled in your bosoms continue to burn steadily and true until lill au the icebergs of prejudice with which you you are arc surrounded shall have melted away anny and I hasten tile day when mien freedoms proud banner protecting 0 no tyrant shall shadow no slave song tile alie song that reached my luy heart was sweetly rendered by miss bliss minnie williams of kaysville Kays ville essay woman verses man by aurelia aurclia S rogers organ 0 solo by sirs mrs E ella burton Bur loii of kaysville Kays ville after sin singing gitig lind and benediction the hie convention adjourned WOMAN VERSUS MAN an ali essny essay by aurelia aurclia S rogers commencing n with i th what shat god designed them ilicin to lie in ili the beginning in 09 eve w was as g given i ven to main adam to lie be u i I 1 helpmeet to him to stand by his side as a and to assist him in the hie cares of life arid and she no doubt had i intelligence antell i gence equal to that of her hus band yet it was necessary that one of them should gland llanil at tile head lie a I 1 and it was nas so 0 ordained dail led ill clial at adam adain was to lie be tile hie 01 one c eve ariy likely liki ly was willing lit that it should be so and with a husband endowed with tile attributes of tile llie deity ll noble Ilc virtuous ous li onist si and loving aliat was to prevent her lei from being all that ada adam in could desire as the mother of his children nut it il was vlas not lot the design of an all all wise creater Cr ealer that their lives should be all and ami no shadow all joy and no sorrow therefore ti they ley tempted to partake of the fruit which was forbidden foi bidden eve being tile first to eat arid and then gave to lier her husband illis shows that woman was tile llie first to sin sill ind and that by 1 listening toiler to her man mail fell main adam and ami eve were cast out of tile gaid baidin lii sod and from flat time on oil there was much of bitter in ili their cup the roan man toiling and laboring Isal wring by its y alie lie veal of liis his brow the woman also albo toiling and going 11 down low to tile gates g ates of death in ill bearing her children chil dien some of caused her glicr much borrow by gr growing oving nil I 1 to be wiled but bill if all the sons soils and daughters of me cincu R were righteous rein would lie be our tri trials for I 1 llie e lord lias has suit said we must needs be well in my 1113 humble opinion a mans dut duly to lo liis his duty 10 lo gd G d 1 ie to lo his family if lie lias has one tind lie ought to llave have one lie should love and chelich ija wife try aud and case her burdens as auell as possible make life pleasant to lo lier her set a good example etc elu womans comans duty duly next to her duty to god is also to lier findly family sho she eb should otilI try and make home happy for ber clu empire pire filiere she reigns 0 supreme for is it not in her power to make leoine a little heaven or lie she i can call make it one of tile most wretched place C 11 th you may inny say this depends a great deal upon the kind of husband she lias las winch which is true in a measure but we will suppose thai in lie is a man mail of goll god to show that women are arc as capable of fillina fil ill linc ing 0 responsible positions as is men I 1 will refer you to the daughter of Pharo all nho is ho was the queen of egypt in tile the lays days of mosea site was a great woman it if history is correct as a few extracts from the pillar of fire will explain It says there ar c no noble in egypt by hereditary title but that they are arc all born equa equal 1 their positions at court are the reward of talent services MIMI create noble rank rack the women of egypt owe their high social rank to the respect shown them by the men which gave them precedence everywhere their claims to lionor and respect are acknowledged by law jaw in private as Ts ell as in ill public in ill speaking n of men of rank rafik as being 0 educated polished in ill bearing bearin courteous and affable it il s their wives are their superiors in refinement when sesostris was remarking upon tile universal deference paid to the hie fair sex R ramise or moses said we know unless women are treated with respect and made to exercise and influence over the social state clial the standard of private virtues and of public opinion would soon be lowered lois cred and tile hie manners and morals of men would suffer stiffer the elevation of woman to be it he c friend and companion of man mail is due to lo the wisdom of the priesthood it il further says all our works ire are consecrated by prayer and sacrifice and ii whether hether we go to war or engage 0 in lit merchandise hicri lian disc build a palace or tomb prayer and oblation ob lilion precede all I 1 I 1 these principles are arc endorsed in ili the mormon church but if this state of things were popular all over the world there would be no need of women asking for the ballot for their rights 13 would be As a people of the hie world we have been degen degenerating 13 crating 11 for hundreds of years the time of life las has shortened from nearly a thousand 3 cars to that of one hundred or a little over but I 1 truly believe when womans comans era is firmly established regeneration will commence find and virtue will increase in the land and in a few years a for the better belter will lie be reali real zed women can call be saviors as well as men an and d if woman was the first to lead out at tile the time of the hie fall can slie she nut not redeem herself by using her ili influence fluence to lead man mail back into the presence of god |