Show LJiRAGE CONVENTION Two Splendid fleetings at the Joint Building I NOTED WOMEN PRESENT LAnGE ATTENDANCE AT BOTH SESSIONS Ii SESSIX5 Governor Weit Presents Miss Snsnn I B Anthony nut Rev Anna Representatives from Colorado Col-orado Present Nnmucr of In ornto iercsting Addresses 3Iadc The I Progrramme for Today I The National Womans Suffrage Association I As-sociation of Utah held a meeting yesterday yes-terday morning and another at 8 p mat m-at the city and county building in the room recently vacated by the framers of the constitution I was a gala day in the lives of Ltahs publicspUited women who ehowed their eagerness to watch the proceedings by taking up the full seating I seat-ing capacity of the hall Among those who occupied the platform plat-form were the following Susan B Antnony and Rev Anna Shaw Mrs E B Wells Mrs Ferry Mrs Electa Block of Provo Mr 1 Isabella Howe Mrs Amelia Young lrs1 Roger of Davis Mrs F S Richards Mrs Vina D PL Young Mrs S 1 Kinl1 Mrs E S Taylor Mrs Bath i Ehfoau Smith Mrs Mary C C BradI i f ird and Mrs L < 1 Stansbury both oe Colorado Mrs C E Allen Mrs Jjhn McVicker and Mrs Dr Ferguson Miss Anthony was introduced by G ivornor West in a neat and well warded speech and the famous woman wo-man suffragist at once assumed the 1an RufraGist assume g nralship of the meeting Her easy and graceful way of handling the con enticn and her always appropriate and apt speeches in introducing the EP ikers showed the hand of one fajailiar with such matters Mrs E tr Wells president of the Utah ass as-s acted as first lieutenant for the occasion and won from one of the spEakers the title of being an impersonation imper-sonation of executive ability The Rev Anna Shaw completely rhrmed the audience by her winning eloquence Her speeches are always faoptious and were full of pungent but goodnatured thrusts at the sterner EX The convention according to Miss Anthony is in the nature of a jollification and it is apparent that the prospect of being able to vote has pat the fair sex in a very good humor The Proceedings The convention was called to order at about 1030 by Mrs E B Wells rresident of the Utah Womans sure sur-e association The Rev Miss Shaw clifered prayer Governor West Speaks Governor West then introduced Miss Anthony to the convention He said lie was glad that this city had been chosen as the Ice of meeting because be-cause the convention that had just closed prompted by the spirit of the people had wisely engrafted in its organic law a provision giving equal rights To women I is therefore meet that they should council together on a subject near the hearts of so many Ji Dble women I is a pleasure and distinguished honor to introduce one whose fame is worldwide and whose work has been devoted in the highest pensVrjc umanity He said that Susan B AjGiotiy was known to the people of TJtjfeh before he had become associ atedwith them Twentyfour years ago Mayor Daniel H Wells presented her to the people She carried away pleasant recollections of her first visit and it was to be sincerely hoped that IIP present sojourn would be even more agreeable She may at all event together with her colaborer have the satisfaction of knowing that the constitution which provides for euJTrage for women will b carried by an overwhelming nftijority Applause Ap-plause Miss Anthony followed In a brief speech which was listened to with close attention The Women Conerratnlateil 1s Anthony said this was the second sec-ond occasion in which a governor had iavored her with an address of intrc ducv Both instances have oc cUed in states which have given the grJarantee of woman suffrage in their organic and primal fan The govern gover-n rs of Pennsylvania and New York c mid not perhaps be induced to play xlu t significant part in a convention of this kind She said that the people of Colorado Colo-rado and Wyoming had granted suffrage suf-frage of women Representatives from b th states waited upon her at Wash ingtin and she in turn introduced them to a large convention Few states have cared for or given any bf N to such conventions in the past will not be until women have the alot in eir hands that > they will be properly ecognized I is a cause o r congratulation that the people oft I of-t ah have recognized women in their I true civil relation Three states have now granted full Immunities to womankind One century cen-tury has passed since the declaration of Independence was signed and i is n fojiange fact thai It has taken one urWd yews for men to learn that the nomefl of the United States have the rIght as taxpayers to representation representa-tion and that women are a part of tie todj politic This justice ha now been accorded and in IwenJt three states school suffrage has been accorded ac-corded to women The subject is now agitated in all species of conventions It is looked upon as the theme of uppermost up-permost Importance Every state legislature < his had the suffrage question ques-tion under consideration and the fight still goes on apace The question ques-tion of enfranchisement for women is atratlng universa attention Miss Anthony congratulated the men of the whole territory for what they had done The rank and ille deserve credit for the adoption of the equal suffrage measure Had they been opposed to it their representatives would never have incorporated the clause In the constitution Representatives cannot gi beyond the demands of the masses The fountain can rise no higher than 4he source that feeds it Airesident surce of the National Wo mans SJfCrage Association Qf the United States she was here to become Unted acquainted with conditions In the prospectie state The delegates from Utah have always been with the National Na-tional Association in moulding the affairs af-fairs connected with w man suffrage is a delight to be here a the choice of ll he states to congratulate Utah becoming a free and sovereign 0 bpo con onwealth and upon Its noble just jus-t < r 5n giving these immunities to omen Governor West then introduced Miss Shaw He said that i is but a matter I of a few years before the great movement move-ment will obtain throughout the Union I has surmounted most of the difficulties difficul-ties that h2e blocked its way and henceforth its road will be easy He said that Miss Shaw whom he had the honor to introduce was one of Miss Anthonys most renowned and successful success-ful coworkers Rev Shmvs Eloquent Speech Miss Shaw said that fortyseven years ago she began to breathe as a sufI suf-I ffragist she had always rebelled at the restrictions upon girls and women and had had the delight of being aTom a-Tom boy Her father had always J had doubts a to her being right because I be-cause he preferred chopping wood to wash dishes When Susan U An thoa id called upon her to come 1Ol la er west she was delighted with the op I portunity and now felt as the Methodists Meth-odists say in prayer meetings when I they come to 2 tight place and can think of nothing else I is good to be here Laughter I God has given women and men alike the rjght of liberty and he knows that no one can be rewarded a moral who is I not free to be moral The dignity of morality consists in having the two roads to follow and choosing the path of virtue Men DlNsntiailciI Men seem to be dissatisfied with the feminine sex because God did not consult J con-sult them when he created women create The story goes that he created woman i when the man was asleep and he never i thought to wake him up and ask his advice Laughter The difficulty is i that men have done all the legislating i al for war The present dress of wo j I i men was not made by God but by an i evil genius a man dressmaker in Paris Laughter > Women should j I have a voice in making the laws under I un-der whnh they are to live When I women become as selfresponsible and i free as men the better it will be for all Xu Ones HiiHijicss I I The question is frequently asked I What will women do with the ballot I i No one an tell how his neighbor will i 1 vote When the time comes for me tme to vote she said emphatically Ill use it as I please and it will be no ones business I can safely be told j I however how the aggregate of the i womens vote will tend I will be for the best interests of the home of society and of the development of individual in-dividual haracter Mens function will continue to be to look after the wool lumber and the pig iron Men I will look 0 the aggregate good of the state while women will look to the I i moral elevation of the home and the I i community natural tendency and this will always be the j Not Gune to Bo Alone The reason that men have been imperfect I im-perfect as legislators and lawmakers j is because God said it was not good forman for-man to do things alone The cooperation coopera-tion is needed L > badly on one side as on the other Mrs Anthonys old spinster home would not be as splendid as a home occupied by Mrs and Mr Anthony An ideal home cannot be made without with-out woman and an ideal state cannot be built without her And Professor Elliot of Harvard univejUv jays the home is the top root of a state He is inconsistent however like most men who inveigh against woman suffrage suf-frage Coin Furnishes an Illustration When she and Miss Anthony had teamed the were coming west they began reading up on Coins Financial j Finan-cial School One illustration contained in the work shows a man with one eye and equipped with only one leg and one arm He is striving to look I squarely with the one eye stand securely se-curely upon one leg and carve a turkey I tur-key with one hand Laughter That is exactly what men have been trying try-ing to do in excluding women from I having part in the government Men who fear the vott bf vnii sTutld I try to work up some laitn in the human race Everyone thinks his neighbor Is on the wrong trail Those who can most trust others can be trusted by others with the greatest propriety i VII Get on the Throne i i Women have been fed upon senti meat and poetry and have been tod that they are the power behind the I throne Like Queen Lil they have I come to think that it is much better than being behind the throne to be i on the throne iLJugnt r and ap pause The interests of humanity demand the best energies of the best men and women and the countrys development will never be complete until all are privileged to do what they want to do 1 and what the world most requires them to do When Utah shall reach her grand destiny by becoming one in the i sisterhood of states no hearts will beat with greater delight than those of Susan Su-san B Alithony and Annie Shaw A Pioneer Speaks 1 Mrs Kimball was Introduced as the honorary vicepresident of the national I association She said that the two visitors will have the best wishes and reverence of the people Their object was to agitate the people knowing that will prove the first step to reform re-form Miss Anthony as Napoleon whenever she sits at the table there is the head of the table Colorado Representatives Mrs Stansberry said that Colorado owed thanks to Utah for what it has done for Colorado I will doubtless be more difficult to secure the ballot than it will be in using i Whatever else the women may do in Colorado silver their votes will be cast unitedly for Mary C C Bradford Mrs Mary C C Bradford of the same state said that it was somewhat some-what confusing to be introduced as a defeate candidate Laughter Women Wo-men will not be officeseekers but such positions as school office will seek them The hope of the people of Utah will prove a prophesy which tells of a magnificent and glorious state Kiua D Young An honorary vicepresident of the i I National Womans association spoke I briefly Days in which womanhood is I recognized are days of promise No nation has ever reached a high place I which has not had as a foundation noble women and noble mothers I Mr William Ferry I I Spoke gloriously of what women were i I achieving in the land I Mrs Bathsheba lanf Smith and Mrs I Melton both prominent local lights strain made brief speeches in the same I Mrs C E len I Said that the old conservative fealins about woman suffrage still prevails I She had hung for a long time to this I orthodox idea but had now come to i believe that the vote of women was I necessary to keep up the moral tone of the home Women cannot take up I arms and bear the brunt of battle but a struggle of a different nature is I before the people in which women I must hold up the banners I Mrs M I Home 1 One of the early pioneers in this valley said that she was full of joy to think that the long struggles of the Utah women were at last to be rewarded I Suffrage was tried many years ago and the older women of Utah know that It was a success Womens love and nobility will only be enhanced by giving giv-ing them the freedom of choice to which they were entitled Much strength of attitude and faith in God were the watchwords of the in women of Utah when they entered upon their new duties in civil life Mr Murdoch Of Beaver said that he had always been in touch with local attempts to gain woman suffrage The woman suffrage suf-frage cause was only launched a com paratively snort time ago ana line every new development has been met with distrust The cause Is a just one however and it is destined to spread in the land Liberality and the interests of good government demand that the fight succeed for womens immunities should Evening Seion A second session of the Womans Suffrage association was held last night The apartment proved entirely inadequate for the accommodation of the large crowd who wished to gain admittance The future sessions will therefore be held In the Assembly hall Sfcake President Angus lI Cannon j offered prayer A choir consisting of I eight ladies furnished admirable music for the convention I A Male Oligarchy Miss Anthony was the first speaker I She asked if it was not strange that when the constitution of the United States was founded upon the universal principle of equality It made possible a white male aristocracy of wealth The first great battle for overcoming this unholy power was in the removal of a property qualification Then came the great battle over the blacks and the great color distinction was abrogated abro-gated From that time a male oligarchy garchy has flourished Wyoming was the first to become free from its clutches and this territory terri-tory has followed closely on its heels After the Utah women had voted for seventeen years the government took away this inestimable right The amendment which says that all people are created equal gives to women the inalienable right of franchise When these rights were abrogated the women filed a tremendous protest and have continued to do so ever since When Wyoming had taken its valiant stand it was felt that the first brick was down that the battle was on the side of women When the constitution goes to Washington Congress will admit Utah as a sovereign statewith equality Co women in its organic law Then twill t-will be beyond the power of Congress to abrogate that right Vainly Iiiin > rtnnlngr Consresa Petitions and memorials have been poured into Congress and every measure has been resQrted to to gain the suffrage for woman kina j very year cjy jutvc ucJi to Congress importuning for an amendment amend-ment to the constitution which would grant complete immunities for women In 1SS7 the matter came to an issue and only sixteen voted in favor of the question Education Campaigns An educational campaign was started in Michigan The result was a final vote of 16000 in favor of the measure and 80000 against i I those who have fought this battle had the power of I the bullet victory long ago would have j been upon their banners I i A hard fought campaign in Colorado I was also ineffective The unmovable I result came at the polls G660 favored I the movement and 12000 were opposed to i In South Dakota the great struggle strug-gle was made but the foreign element I I from Russia voted in solid phalanx lashion against the women in 1S93 Colorado submitted the question once I more to the people In every political I j speech the question was agitated I I Mrs Chapman joined the ranks and j i I after a heroic fight the battle was I won Seventeen thousand more voted I in favor of than against the proposition proposi-tion This was the first success in the I great victory that is to follow The law embedded in the fundamental I funda-mental instrument of Utah will prevail I pre-vail The tide is turning In nearly till the states are schools of suffrage i which are making converts in vast Ii numbers In this rocky rib of the conI tinent justice is at last victorious Mrs Brad fords Eloquent Effort I Mrs 1 C C Bradford said that in Colorado she can vote and she loves I to vote Your Mr Roberts said there i would be no objection to women going i quietly to Uis ballot box but that I primaries and conventions would be I degrading She had stumped the state I twice ana ngurea in many primaries I and did not feel in the least degraded Applause I The immense vote cast last year by Colorado women is somewhat strange I seeing that women do not care to vote cart Spouses Who Differ I was claimed she said that women I will vote with their husbands She had notvoted with her spouse He is a Republican of the diedinthewool I order while she is a Democrat There is something decidedly unique about 1 sitting opposite a life partner at table j I who is diametrically opposed to one j in political faith I is the spice and I variety of life Applause j Tne isiv < Ktiiti I Rev Anna Shaw said that men have J been prone to say that women are i getting out of their sphere and that with suffrage they will become strong 1 minded Since there are only two I classes of people the weak minded and i i strong the women are perfectly satisfied I satis-fied Laughter to be classed with the latter j Women 3ioJrl Vac the Mop I Women are told that politics Is so dirty a pool that they should keep their I hands off I this is so who is there that can handle a mop like a woman Laughter Women never have forsaken for-saken men yet and will not do so now I that they are in the pool Laughter The heaviest weight complaint is that women are getting into mens sphere The question arises Whit 5s Wh-it man never gets out of his sphere The only conclusion to come to is that I men have no sphere to get out of Men as Cooks nUll Dressmakers In earlier days cooking and washing was almost entirely in the hands of women Now men monopolize the trade The only difference between be-tween the woman and man in the former profession is mat tne man is never a cook but a professor of culinary cul-inary art Daughter The dressmaking profession is almost al-most exclusively in the hands of men There is delightful novelty in barIng 1 bar-ing a dress made by a man Recently she paid she had had a gown nrale for her by a masculine artist She j had pockets put in tee gown t the number of three Now who would go I to a woman aressmauer and get no I pockets when she can go to a man and get three pockets Laughter In the future she would get enough pockets to make up for the time when she had no pockets at all Laughter In view of i this monopoly by the Werner sex where are women to find their sphere Their race are not to blame I is a relic of I the slavery in which they were held for many decades And when I women declaim against immunities I and franchise this is but an echo o I the slavery in which women have also been kept for centuries past I Women Want Suffrage Many women bar > Claimed that to give women the suffrage would be thrusting upon them something they do not uant Miss Anthony said she I had brought in petitions signed by thousands of women and still they were met by the < = qmtt fh ° tniit Mr I Dana of the New York Sun said that i a petition were signed oy 100000 ladies la-dies he wpuld be converted and the Sun would be theirs Miss Anthony and I her colleagues got names of New York citizens to the number of hundreds of thousands The next morning Mr Dana came out with an editorial in bold head lines When Will the Women Vote and coming after in heavier type was this As soon as they want to Applause and laughter laugh-ter He had gone back to his wallow I Applause The Rev Shaw then entered Into avery a-very entertaining disquisition on mans inhumanity to woman Her speech was lively with anecdotes and bubbling over with raillery and goodnatured I sarcasm morning The convention meets again this I |