Show Demanding Equal 3uflji Ee for Woman in tho Territories y WASHINGTON March 10The House committee on Territories gave a public hearing today on the petition of the American Womana Suffrage Association Associa-tion for a law to give females equal suffrage in the Territories Letters were read from Geo William Curtis i John C Whittier and Lucy Stone I Addresses were delivered by Rev Annie H Shaw of Michigan Mrs Mary Hunt Henry B Blackwell of Massachusetts Judge Caroyo 1V ming m-ing and Joan D Long The room was crowded with ladies and members The recent veto of the Woman Suffrage bill in Dakota by Governor Pierce and the proposed disfranchisement of 15 000 Utah women were cited as reasons why Congress should guarantee equal suffrage suf-frage to the women in the Territories |