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Show the review; Attorneys and Counselors-at-La- w. BALT LAKE CITY. C. F. & F. C. Loofbourow, No. 70 Commercial Block. P. J. Daly, Walter W. Little, 91 92 and Commercial Block. Eugene Lewis, Office 102 and 103 Commercial Block. afternoon to say what we individually think and believe. I cant help thinking of a verse of hymn sung after the delivery of one of Henry Ward Beechers war sermons. The words were, We are living, we are dwelling It in a grand and awful time. seemed deeply appropriate in that terrible struggle. It seems appropriate particularly with reference to the great danger of the present condition of the European countries, submerged as they are in an absolute despotism maintained by a rigid military of the system. We will think fight for freedom and truth. I hope that all who are to take part in the discussions will keep in mind not merely our own circle of workers, endeared to each other by many long and weary journeys, but of the wants and capacities of all humanity. Mrs. Adams, of Iowa, discussed English Queens, their influence on British Civilization. Mrs. Ednah D. Cheney, continued the discussion, maintaining that the Salic law forbidding women to occupy the French throne, had exercised an unfavorable influence on that country, whereas the defferent custom had had a good effect in England. The models of womanhood who had been on the throne of England had helped make the throne permanent. Mrs. Walcott read Mrs. Antoinette B. Kinneys paper on The Influence She spoke of Women in Politics. of the results of the granting of suffrage to the women of Utah. Women feel the responsibility of public duties when they are given a chance to perform them. The foundation of law is the moral force of the community, and women help make that force. The men make considerable opposition, fearing that they will be driven from one field and another, until perhaps at last they can do nothing but do some work like steeple painting. In Utah men have not been disfran- chised; we simply believe that women help produce wealth, are interested in the home and the State, and are capable of taking an intelligent interest in public affairs. The result in these Western States has been to elevate public morals, assist in public educa- to-da- y, George L. Nye, 431-4- 33 W. IS. -- Atlas Block. Hodges; DEflTIST Rooms 1 & 4 Commercial Bile., Salt Lake City accordion Pleating. for Fronts Pleating Baffles and a Finea Specialty. Dressmaking and Plain Sewing. Satisfaction guaranteed. Bates reasonable. Room 13, No. 47 H. pipst South St. The Womens Congress. The 25th annual congress of the Society for the Advancement ot Women convened in Springfield, Mass., on Tuesday, Nov. 2. The proceedings began with a business session in the morning, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, the president, in the chair. Reports from the and others were read, showing the condition of the work in the different States. At the afternoon session Mrs. Howe walked on the platform with a firm step, and in her own gracious way and with her rich, clear voice, delivered a brief opening address, introduced the speakers, and took part in the discussions. The last part of the session showed much woman suffrage sentiment. Mrs. Howe said in brief as she struck the desk with her gavel: With this magical tap I declare the 25 congress of this association open. I am glad to meet you all in a place endeared to us all by the memory of the delightful reception extended here last spring on the occasion of the meeting of the State Federation of Womens Clubs. This place is an interesting centre of influence. Here is published the Spring-fiel- d Republican , so well known and so often quoted. We stand here this vice-presiden- ts to-da- y c tion, and to furnish a reserve moral force to stand behind the best endeavors of men. The forward movement of humanity must be rhythmic, which can only be when man and woman march on side by side in training the children and guiding the affairs of the nation. Mrs. Frances Fisher Wood, of New York, told in her deep, strong voice how woman suffrage had been made fashionable in New York. Before the agitation for a suffrage constitutional amendment it had been a very unfashionable cause, tabooed in the clubs, received with a shudder in any assembly. A series of meetings was started in the homes of some of the leading women of New York, addresses given by well-know- n people, till one was not in the swim till she had attended these meetings regular- ly, and the argument against suffrage became so unpopular that men had to be secured to come in and present the other side. Mrs Mary N. Adams referred to the greater interest taken by European women in politics. Mrs. Ellen M. Mitchell, Ph. D., of Syracuse, said women are studying political questions even more deeply than men, and are going to the roots of the whole matter. Rev. Antoinette Brown Blackwell asked why should not women have the ballot? Is not Mrs. Howe capable of understanding Mrs. Wolcott public questions? thought some men fear that they are being crowded out by women, but she did not think there was reason for it, for women like men very well. Mrs. Howe maintained that the experiment of suffrage in Utah was fully justified, and that men ought to be willing to carry these experiments further. In the evening Mrs. Ellen M. Mitchell read a paper on The Social Philosophy of Dante. Mrs. Mabel Loomis Todd followed with a paper on Japanese Women. On Wednesday morning the Association listened to an interesting address on Journalism by Mrs. Eliza R. Whiting. In the afternoon, Mrs. J. Ellen Foster spoke on the work done by the Cuban Relief Association, |