| Show ANOTHER organization the fair sex of go in woman suffrage Theja dies of assembled for the purpose of organizing aW omans suffrage association on thursday december at the meeting hoube in that place president S A dover called the attention of alie assembly and stated the object of alie meeting in the following address in compliance with the usual custom on such occasions I 1 appear before you to address you briefly on the question of woman suffrage a subject in my opinion worthy of more energy of purpose and perseverance per than most women give it yet I 1 do not think it is from a lack of inclination as much as from a realizing sense of what is needed of them when women as well aa men resolve upon doing a thing by that resolution they often scale barriera and secure its achieve ments I 1 think if woman continues to agitate this question and qualifies herself to understand under her true position her voice will yet be heard and the subject will yet receive more recognition than it has aa yet alie world is looking on at americas experiment of self government and I 1 believe that tho women of this nation must take a universal interest in aliis direction or this experiment w ill prove a failure I 1 believe this is thelast the last great struggle that the race is to make for freedom herbert spencer when visiting ame bica while giving full t acknowledgment of its wonderful material resources foretold disaster to alie nation unless some new clement should bo injected into its life I 1 would ask if ever there was a time when womans comans moral and refining influence was more needed if politics are too dirty for women to mingle iu as some objector have asserted it is time that women came to the rescue and cleared things up work for which she is adept if politics are not fit for my girls they are not fit for my boys webster defines democracy as a government of alie people ours isa government of only half the people so long as woman has no voice in it if the voice of the people is the voice of god liow can the voice of god be heard while comans womans voice is silent let ms exhort you to a of duty in this matter and though we may not enjoy the fruits of our labors like galileo when he declared the earth revolved instead of the sun he was scorned and ridiculed it was for future generations to immortalize chiq name so will it be with woman miss lillie boyer was elected secretary and the meeting opened with alie aang oh ye mountains high after prayer the secretary read the constitution and bylaws by laws of the national wom ans suffrage association the articles were adopted W H kelsey stated that after fifty years of reflection aliis was the first time that he bad had the opportunity to express himself on such an important subject as comans womans suffrage he I 1 wished the association every buc cess as he was a firm believer in comans womans suffrage he knew it would be a benefit in alie pre ent questions of government if women possessed the franchise he referred to the downfall of kome and of her salvation by women also to th liberation of the brazilian slaves through alie influence of the daughter of dom pedro mrs hannah straw wished to help the women of utah in their struggle to regain the franchise that the ladies might use their vote in promoting the present difficulties in our territory while women cannot shoulder the musket on the battle field she can nurse the wounded and dying and std in all places where gentleness and refinement are required B T blanchard said that his experience had taught him that when women had been granted a voice in political questions it had always been a 3 he knew that women would use their influence for good on alie prohibition question because wives and mothers feel alie need of reform here more than men and would work harder to have this evil eradicated miss lillie and mrs lulu B alexander rendered a duet which was followed by a vary able essay on wo mans influence by mrs E M boyer jas holley referred to the women alio biad stepped forward to advocate their rights and who have been branded as unfeminine but to their honor noble women are knocking at alie doors of congress that they may be heard in tins great nation he made a prophecy that in five years comans womans franchise would be restored it S home felt to elevate all honorable women in their rights and in all spheres of virtue and goodness he had noted alie respect and quiet a comans womans influence produced upon rough and uncouth men mrs sarali II 11 houtz was libart and soul in these movements and would do all in power for its advancement mrs elizabeth wright thou glit that the ladies were equal with men and eliat if they were given a cliance the saloons and dens of vice donld not flourish as aliey do now P H boyer stated that the suf ferage movement was like an avalanche When once started it would sweep everything before it the meeting adjourned till liia first week in january |
