| Show woman ass MOINES la jan 29 special the concluding conc ludine af pf tha national comans womans suffrage convention were held today tha opening hour wa diven up to the report of y lla ll 9 work Df the anad declared afa aar ani plan of campaign must continue in strength and vigor until all the objects of the association had been attained the national treasurer mra harriet upton of warren 0 followed with a vigorous address bhe said that the association expected to exist and would exist until all the women 0 this great republic were real citizens woman had a right to say who should mahe the laws under which she libeg ahat was their fundamental principle and the one to which they all adhered As individuals they have their individual beliefs but their one aim was to obtain political enfranchisement for all women and to keep all other questions at bay the speaker pointed out some of the strong characteristics of the leaders of the movement and characterized it aa that with all this strength of character the world should continue to look at the movement and the workers in t through wrong eves the world ehe said believed that the husbands of suffragists were as a rule men inferior in many bics tics that suffragists as a rule were poor housekeepers that the leaders of the organization were irreligious to anese suggestions she entered an emphatic protest and supported her position by numerous illustrations in conclusion she said Is it not strange that every law civil or was in the time of our forefather mada for the benefit of man what we as an association and hope to do is to make all laws for dpn and women so that every person in thia grand union of states can develop himself or herteli as he or she may wish tc do there was an animated debate on the question that the apropo bando of the comans womans sofi rage idea demands a nonpartisan non partisan attitude on the part of individual workers the principal speakers were laura clay of kentucky heary B blackwell of massachusetts baugn mccullouch of lUiu ois the latter said among other things toe statement so frequently made by opponents of equal suffrage that the alws now existing relating to marriage divorce care of children liability for family debts and other such matter are more favorable to women than to men are not verified by the facts where apparently favorable laws exist there is another side to the matter in their practical application statutes of illinois for example appear fair on their faces but under thorn great injustice to women is ac such actual cases ol 01 bit ter wrone shows comans womans wo mans need of the ballot and that effi has not had all the rights she wants toe closing session of the convention ta will ba aeu ap to a areat celebration of the enfranchisement of women in idaho the speakers will include miss carler assistant attorney general of montana melt 0 woods of idaho and representatives of and colorado |
