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Show - sotongiaddi.igenUy it-- the.. '. Go.SIe.l. ' :md i ul and many ui ici t! meeting with tj,,, Hi :siMt: 1 mi j.rospyrit yjogcth e r , a 1 1 1 js,p . . 1, r.n., 'M. UHlll.Ul j U4u a fniure. ' tlie pure mctd .a- vi ry in.; hl.-e- . coniatulaiiuiKs to t!;e,ievlv - 0m .Godspeed s treat nation... - -- ' Thuooosia G.' Ammons, Sec. - ....... COXFKHHXCK N. A. .. v CONFKRKNCIvOF . , HFI I) eiTv. iTAii, MA y, I3.AND " '- - Continued. ' - . much. ' ' - "." The .lix.i'ONKN'ivexteuds concrratulations . , Ladies a fid Gentlemen: T assure you it -- - ldslwtf- a ' brother 'and Sister i. in14,.; inujv. rcn.i uiuiiY. uinin eiaiie: aim reiinious of friendi and an eternity of uu- alloyed happiness in the hereafter. Steveti-;oT- i 7TT- . : - . ' i w'.i t i,;V Jr-- T?T"71r: a RTeat" i'uany years ago. We who. have Uen heie a number of. years, realizethat "we had the. ballot for 17. years, and I would, like to ask the question what home has been injured, what, family, has: been who became masculine? It has neglected, not taken, away any of our motherly, feelings. Has it unsexed us? We' went to. the polls, the. gentlemen opened the way for us, we passed in our vote and I would' be glad if we could induce all the men and women to believe in equal sufTiage for both sexes.. God created us equal, we stood side by side when mankind wascreated and man has no right to say "I am the master." God gave our first parents the freedom of the earth, he told them to go forth xmd inhabit the earth, but even the freedom which he gave to man is taken away from us," but the time is coming when women will stand' .t .1,1. hiue oy siue witir. man, tuat tliey may. woTk together. - It would be much better i if they cojild work ra union and ' homes would be happier. I don't feel that it would be wise for me to coutinue my re-- , marks but as Miss Anthony said, to think that we crossed these dreary plains with ox teams in '47, when this valley was desert country, and all that we possessed was an ox team and one year's provisions, which we had to bring with us before we knew whetlier the country would produce it, and as Miss Shaw said yesterday it took a good deal of moral courage and faith in God" to live through those circumstances. When our grain was grovn muli of it had to be pulled up by the roots. We were eating our last sack of Hour and 'the crickets eating our fields op grain,- and star- Nation stared us in the. face to that extent that we did not know but that we would all die of starvation: but the Lord sent the gulls and they devouredthe crickets and uisgorgedrthem and devoured them agarL ' . 1 . 1 . I - a,-dr- yeryuriejectoLi0 -- -- . '. nratttrripleilie us in settling "this ."valley." -- . I have talked to address you this morning and particularly I hope that we shall sucafter tlie eloquent addresses which you ha ve long enough and '' fr in ceed cause. our great heard from tliose ladies, our visitors. I Mrs, Wells: Ladies and Gentlemen-- . have been a great 'worker in this Territory and a great believer in Suffrage as long as I- This is Mrs. E. II. Parsons. can remember; in fact Idon't remember the" REMARKS BY MRS. K. II. PARSONS. time when i didn't think it 'was wrong to odict&nd- Gtntkine)t Sonrhuch has show so much difference bet ween meiiaiui 1 was wtmrernalways advocating - wo been said by those who preceded me that man s rights and woman s elevation from there is nothing left for me to say except, my earliest recollection.. I have, not had that I;am very glad to have the privilege of working in the suffrage to welcome these noble ladies who have cause particularly of late years as I would done so much for the cause, and who for so "like, as I have, had so many other things many years have had to undergo discouragements and rebuffs. It is now time to think pressing upon me and claiming my attenIt is 20 tion; but I am heart and soul imbued with of the other half of .humanity the cause and I rejoice most exceedingly in minutes past 12 and I have duties to call the remarks .which ha v been made before me at half past 12. (Applause.) Miss Anthony: I have the pleasure to us this morning and I hope every one. has to you the Hon: J. R. Murdock of enjoyed them as much as I have,. They present have sunk deep into my heart, and lap-prov- e this Territory, wrho was in the legislature of the principle which those noble of 1S69 and 1870 w:hen suffrage was first . r to the women ' or this rerntory: women tnave set oeiore you sj cieany ana extended v; member of the so iutelligentlyandL.seems-almost-like-nh- e T44V Constitutional Convention and' is an ardent . rt WaSLlIli:o lline iLO llinic uic w ,iuca. tuio .1 suffrage-questio- n. morniriir after 'hearing what has been said believer in the . . T REMARKS BY IIONV J. by our late visitors, 1 am nearc ana soui should be feel that also we. and with yau Jfiss Preside?ity Ladies and Gentleme?i: congratulated, as tney uaye congraiuiaieu 1 fully appreciate this distinguished honor state with 11c vipw. of our beomiuir-been extended to ine, on this ocequal suffrage iu the Constitution and look which has , - KUGKXH FIHLI).' - Kvgknk Fikld the' ljeIov,ed po'et and warning, .Nov. 4th,. at day break; the news made not only Chicago sad but thousands throughout the country will' mourn the loss brightest geniuses of the nineteenth century. The newspapers and magazines of the month contain touching tributes to theanemory of this man of brilliant genius, from Aih friends and companions, all of tliem,'men who are the famous in literature. the-opportun- of one of the . -' " es ra-selv- COLORADO WOMAN'S GRKETIXG; fine women of Colorado who eieofthey-wompn of TTtali . - steak7-send- "f l0 tile Cf. vununcmsec . kiiow f iendlvreeti 1 1 r : under the Constitution of the nev state. We heartily respond to this vuuaj expression of their appreciationof our the and trust . . . citizeiisbip, Inl, 41. LIiat oiiias the women of the three free -- full-fledge- 1U1V d j 4 stateS; WyomiiKr, her may be "as ' 1 Colorado and .Utah to-- g strong as the chain that -- 1 - ! j 1 . T ' ity 1 1 : 1 A 1 1 I ' ..ui. WJiii -- till all -rprviv'f. . w ,.4- Unna ii v iiiciw xva iiwA. tint - gicai right. thnt y -- . REMARKS BY M. ISABKLtA HQRXK. : Young. v MKKICAN Mrs. "Wells: ' This is' Mrs. M. Isabella Home who came into the Valley in 1847, audi venture to say has done as much work in this part of the country, and perhaps more than almo'st any other" woman. Miss Anthony: Mrs. Home came here in '47.. Just think of it two years before gold was discovered in California and one year before Klizabeth Cady wStantou wrote the 'resolution that enfranchisement was the underlying right- which women must demand in order to secure liberty and equality for women one year before the Woman's Suftrage Convention was held at Seneca Falls this woman crossed the plains", think of it. ... She' don't look as if she ever did a i . ASSOCIATION 14.IS05 e V. S. A. THK NATIONAL WOMAN SU1T-KAGSALT hAKi: Among those present; besides tliose mentioned, who 'may be counted as veterans in the. Church, were Bishop R. T. Burton and wne, J Icier Ezra .1 ... Clark and wife;, i of : Farmington, Patriarch' Tosenh H we must also mention Bishop George wife, II. Taylor and .wife, his Counselor T. K." Taylor and wife, Sisters jane B. Taylor, Elizabeth Webb, Mary Alice Lambert, II. Cannon, Hannah C. Wells,-.MariV. Wilcox, Lucy W. Kimball.Mary --Ann Taylor, Mary K. Carter; and many' others. Tlie regret of the evening was the unavoidable absence. ,of Presidents Wood- "ruff and Canuon, and Sister Zina D. II ii'.. the -- Very cordially yours, : listen tosomeof Church' -- but as the hour was growing late Patriarch Joseph Home was1 asked, to pronounce the benediction and the party broke . id pUr Sl:i?a-- e the women f Colorado wish you workers, and as citizens of this J -- tu 9 t-- . - lip. 2. J the women rn;hlnrKraminrf c""nsP manifold and beneficialever flo'thPlhf lfY ma' ur 'nner thhUn 1 to us enfr.mchistd vvotjitn oi Tiah - 1 - i l,alFufeAsociatioTi in.ex. JNeu,b,r 9. 195, in.irurtecJ Sv'Sr" writ - hENVKKyCoLO.-Nv- Jnvf'na,, ' ;' 'Avii these' ever- - 11 : ! brother Stevenson occupied a short' time,' ypeaking "fliis earlier life, an V.his sirijktr experienecs, rejoiced 'that he had the Lord in s nian'y ways, ex. passed his regard and appreciation of the KiJJunesbanu - gouu wtsnes oi ms.jnen'ds, and alluded in an interesting way to Ins recent ..out ney East. brother Stevenson is a tiavelin- niis- sionary as indeed are all the sevrti Prt-s-i dents of Seventies, the quorum of which he is a member; he has collected many .clunee photographs a nd.picttires of historical value; with which he illustrates. Ins public lectiiTes. 'and they are also very entertain- aim oi ine ji "' """''v.v-iivv.- j waste places ol Zion. Theie were a number,' of people present whom it .would have been " very edifying lo - ..it. ' ; . :llix:mr--vcteransHirth- vr -- ' lii.-jiui- 77 There have been many "things said' about .t H - 1 1 Uniting manner oi the 'past, present and " i - r' ..frVKh'jnV ol hanmnrs cars w J Vvi(J in the ini . - casion. I certainly have beepgratified to be present here to listen to the noble words . |