Show OF or COURSE WE WILL JULIA ward howe mary wary A livermore and lucy stone end send a circular letter in the domans journal burnal 1 to the editors of tho the united states requesting them to publish the following summary and resolutions lut ions and thus greatly oblige the friends of woman suffrage ever ready to oblige any woman and any friends of woman or of nv oman woman suffrage frage wo we are forward to com comply with this modest re of julia juiia JU mary and lucy etro vere here hero are the documents SUM marx MARr the american woman suffrage nage rage association held a tery very successful anniversary and annual bie Ife meeting eting in lit new york and brooklyn ocl oct IS 13 and 14 the convention was large the proceedings were spirited and harmonious great enthusiasm p prevailed rC col T wentworth III ili ehg gins geribon presided and made the opening a ad dress drees letters endorsing the movement movements were read from tion lion george wm curtis wm lloyd garrison lydia marls maria child elizabeth stuart phelps louisa 31 alcott and others eighty six delegates were F present resent represent representing hig organized societies in fourteen states and territories the annual report shows that woman suffrage Is established and works weil well in wyoming and utah that it was silon filon last winter in 31 21 state stata legislatures avld aid received a major ltv tote vote in those of maine iowa and michigan written re were read from 17 states julia ward howe was elected president for the ensuing year lucy stone chairman executive committee among the vice presidents erts at large arc are vice president henry wilson tion lion george win curtis curak senator Sara sore cant wm lloyd garrison and col the resolutions adopted arc are as follows resolutions resolved jle Jie solved that the primary alm aim of the american wom woman n suffrage I 1 association Is to seen c the ballot for woman while it includes in lit its general alm aim the establishment of her equality of rights in all directions resolved that one half of the adult population of the united states who arc are legally legally entitled to hold property who are arc assessed for taxes and aid punishable for crime and whose interest la lit the commonwealth is in no respect less than that of the other half should not be deprived of an equal voice in the government resolved that a government of the people must be a government composed equally of men and women inasmuch as the equal operation cooperation co of the sexes Is essential alike to a happy home a refined society a christian church and a republican state resolved that our present political system is not fairly representative even of men being largely controlled in the primary meetings by rings of trading politicians intent on private gain that political reform must enlist a more general interest on the part of the people in the management of c e business and that this would be greatly promoted promote ed by combining the social sympathy sym pym pathy and cooperation of women in the primary meetings at the polls and in the hall of legislation resolved that we advise the friends of woman suffrage in every locality to promote the movement morally and politically ti by organizing local goci epics f for fon 0 tracts and newspapers for public meetings and especially i to elect the friends of suffrage and ind to defeat its enemies resolved that the woman suffrage movement like every other reform of the age rge laments the loss and honors the memory of its most powerful aavo advocate ate john stuart mill |