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XJL.UME T.-NO. 6.
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THE TENTH" ANNUAL CONVENTION OP THE ORE-
; - (JON STATE WOMAN SfFFBAOK-
ASSOCIATION. '.
largely attended
sTvn
productive oFlhe
mxiTM 'f'F tjiet FIhst Axr sEcoxn pay the ritVst-
rF.NT'i AJ'DREH REPORT Of THE VlCK-.-
raEMtIK5T-AT I.AKE. 1 --
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The O rcgon S t ate Wohvan S u 11 rage ' A ssoda t Ion
Bfiinbleir i a teii th annual, Convention ou Tues
day morning,' October IKth, In Y. M. C. A. Hall.
., The attendance, Was limited, owing no doubt-to-
the rain," which fjoured down In torrenU and con
tinue! nearfy all Uie forenoon.
' FIRST rlAV MORNING SESSION.
President Heroy called the Convention to order
at 10:30 o'clock. , ' ., . "
The Secretary, 'MUs Maggie Foster, of Albany,
falling to arrive, Mrs. M. C. Cllne was appointed
.Secretary ;ro tan. . -.'--
i "After amusieal selection on the organ had been
rendered and prayer offered, the. President ap
pointed the following committees: " ' .
.X)n Programme Mr. M.' A. Ialton,Mr. A. E. Torreyr
jnr. mi a. r-iiiiiuiin.
On Finn nee-Mm. M, C. Cllne, Mm. Sue-R. Keenan, Mrs
C7J. Curt In. - ,T4- -.J..
On Resolution' Mm. Ci A. Coburn, Mr. J. F. D'AreyJ
Hon, W. F. Benjamin. -, "'" -
PreaidentJIeroy then-delivered his annual ac
dress, as follows : '
THE fREIDEXTS ADDRESS. , , V''
FWlow Offlcrrtntui Member ttf the Oregon State Womnn
A Suffrage 'AorintioH ; I need not remind you that the occa
sion that convene u I one of no ordinary Interest. The.
hist Legislature, through-It action In passing a resolution
for f "amending the State Constitution that women clt-
"len may bo entitled lo theclectlve franchise;;- ha tri
umphantly carried your claim beyond the pale of ridicule,
and entitled It to the respectful consideration of all honor-
. jiblemcru. ' '
' HInce our last meeting, but Ilttleof Importance ha trans-
plred I ij. con ncctlon wit hour movement for rue to note,ex"
cept the gratifying evidence on every hand of ltn healthy,
vigorous and steady growth. We-rnrcty hear objection
, urged against equal riglit of late ; and the few exceptional
" argmtjepts of the-oppmltlow are generally from person no
lacking In comparative Intelligence and moral that their
u objection awaken no urprlse, and would occasion no con
i. cern but for the fiu-.t that, every Ignorant and unprincipled
man a voteiyaud then-fore a frtctor that will be counted
' an one agalnHt u In the final reckoning that munt, be made
- up at the poll. - , .-. ; . ,.
V'' (, Our principal oVJec4 In holding thcue meeting I aglta-
tlon. -'F.rmr dreads dlnciiMlon and flee from If. Truth
eek tn iigni or invcHiiKuiioii ana tmk In It, OurcaiiHc
) truth, and "llie tVtHli hall make u free.!
Before anotlierannuitl meet) ng.or till Aoclatlon nhall
convene It detegnte In council, the next elon of the
-lieghrtatttre, upon which the fnte-of our ttiotci
will have met and taken final action upon, the Woman
- AiiflrivKO resolution now pending. I would recommend a
can ful dUtributibn of our work among the varlou county
organlxatlon, to ecure, uch agitation before the different
. political aocatlo'n a nhall result In electing known ad
-vocaU'W-cqi4-lKtocat4ithtJM)noratle Wly. - it
r'l p"i I ipU(flA-thnf a-r nipcf gnil .tT..r f'llltHll and dl
convention wan
happlcHt reult. . . ' -r r" r?
tirtrwttt"tlinfrtyette and gave two.lcctnre, and froiy
thence, after a iliort ean icnt at home, toC orvaliu,
where I held several nteTI"nKWT'nd--onitnlel the Benton i
County Woman riiifTraKC AiMM-lutlun. , . ......
I next held a erle of mectlnj: In I'olk cwinty, and or
ganized, t he Con nty Woman Sutrrn:e Aodritlon lit nallHN,
and an auxiliary club In Independence.' On my -way to'
Portland, I toppd over and gave lecturv at AniJIy In
Yamhill, and alxo at HlllitlKm in Wanhlngton county, .
Then-e I went bv-WnKco county, and gave a course of lec
tures In The Ititllea and at t'nix r CiiKcaden. an'd. nithrnlng.
hK'rtinzliTie'Wnvo ConnTyWomnn uflTnsr-AMefrlwr.-
My next public work wn In Northern 'Mu'hoTwhcro I '
went In June and Meld meeting In Ixwlnton, Mt. Idaho,
rirnngevflle and .Mohcow'. Then I went to Wahlngt'on
Terrltory and organUod Whltma'n-County-AiWia-
tlon at Colfax ahd a Rpokan Count A"oclatlon at
Cheney. Ikidde lecturing at thene county town, I alm
held a aerie or public meeting In Puloune, Kpokan I-all
and A In worth. ,'. 7
I reTiifnetl to rortland In July, and after a brief replte
from platform labor, repaired to Astoria, where I held
meeting at upper and lower town, and Uo at Ilwaeoand
Oytdervllle In Washington Territory, and toped over at
Knappa and gavetwo lecture on my return to Portland.
In September, after" a , Trlef respite at home, I went to
Hout hern Oregon and held-lubllcmeetlngln JackionvUIe,
Ashland andriuenlx; but the approaching Convention of
the Wate Association and my,own Indisposition prevented
any attempt at organlxan.tn Jackaon county, though I
found the people quite ready for It and the caue popular.
V HI nee lat February I have traveled seven hundred miles
by rail, eight hundred by steamer, and five hundred by
stage and buekboard; made fifty-two Woman HufTrage ad
dresses and Fourth of July oration at Cheney, Washing
ton Territory'; addressed the JMoneer Society of Jackson
county, Oregon ; and organised five County Woman Kuf-
swopliHofiW"ftfi' oti'flni 5iti4aFy pownl-y luir 1 " ' "
I have enjoyed thecourtey of press passes on most of the
principal rute of Travel and free entertainment In many
private famllle.nd al6 In the parker House, Astoria.
Besides, I have expended for hotel bill, hall rent-, hack
hire and Ineldentalnjnseparahly connected with almost
constant traveling the sum of f l . from my private fund
abdve all contribution' to the fifty-two lecture aliove
named: This sum I have raised aa I nettled It from the
sale of book and from subscriptions to the Journal In
w.hlch I am Interested. The lectures have in every Instance
beii largely attended by the leading cHlsen of each coin
munlty. The mrtst respectable and IntelllicentcUsses have
Joined the association Jn all cases, rhe officer frequently
lclng Jiinong the foremost' fudges, lawyers, clergymen,
farmer, editor and school teachers In the county, who
are really to assist their mothers, wives, sister and daugh
tet In their endeavor to secure equal right for men and
women. ; .OccaslonaTly.-l hiive met with very contemptible
oDDosltlon fnm sdf-tyled "protectom of women," but
their numbem are so few of late, and their attempt to re
tard the work so futile, that they only provoke a passing
comment., after which they relapse .Jnto oblivion. Vgfy
rarely I find women who are opposed to their own enfr..n
chlsemeht ; but they are alway among those who lake all
the rights In the matrimonial catalogne.antl their Iron role
only r 1 lends over oimvtrr In hmisehtild, so we have not
milch to fear from their tneager number and contracted
Influence. . The 'most gratifying progress"! "note Is. among
the youhg people, and ht the sclfDols and colleges, where
.tie caueLTa oecome immensely pofiunir.-
cussjind pus tlxem.aqd make speeches, sing song and
" read essay. There I a work to do In every county after
r ga .benet -"ork ;hk.Lisesjer UU IxJmportanUand
which must necessarily devolve upon few chosen per
sons, clothed with proper discretionary power.' This work,
In my Judgment, should consist In grent part of wrltlng'let
tern (o or commpnlcatliig personally with all known can
didates' for legislative honors, or those liable to become
candidates, and securing from them, If posslble,an expres-
slon of oplnlon upon the question at Issue. After.the noin
lnJc toave een chosen, If any are doubtful, they should be
again addressed and respectfully requested to favor the raf
Wcatlo'n of the Woman Huffriige nsolntjon with an affirm
auve voie. . irue represemaiive m. me people will have
oo-Uelre to thwart the expressed wishes of hi constituent
In his capacity of law-maker, and' no man can conslsteiHly
do so after he has been properly Instructed.
I nm confident that your deliberation will lie marked by
the eourtesy.'fiilr dcall ng and TiftrmoriyihsraveTiaraV
terlzed those of former convention jf this Association
You are working "for the rtffht, and working to win
1K not permit this week's unusual outside. Attraction
In the city to swerve you from your duty here
-Yt see working foe liberty, JuM4ct morality, tern pcmnrT
religion, homes, happiness and country I Tiie eyes of the
world are upon Oregon. Nebraska will reach' vote; upon
Woman HufTrage before pur State can reach ft, because her
j organic law require no ratification of any legislative act
y by a subsequent assembly to make it constitutional. . But I
believe Nebraska will lose powr because of her spetndlly
Approaching vote, and we know that the cause In Oregon Is
gaining dally because of delay. Popular as I the rause lo
many State of the I'olon.ahd rapidly a It haa progressed
In Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Vlrglrrta; Tennes
see, Kentucky, Louisiana, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan,
--Illinois, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Kansas and California, Ure-
gon lead tltein all, and will, I doubt not, be thelanner
State of the future. This Association has only to adhere to
Its present policy, while IM workers continue to maintain
- the harmonious unlty.of actloj throOgTioTTt"that ha char-
: ftcienxed it thus far, and in due lime its tnumpn win be
.. complete. - '
Th Vicrfwideut-at-Irge, frsA.Wt
cway, submitted the following report, which was
unanimously accented : - '
REPORT Or TB VICITlKIDBlfT-AT-I.AROr,
. M r. ftnitlmt, Gentlemen, and Untie th Vico-Presldent-
tLarge of this Association, I ha ve, since my election to
tb office, endeavored a bent I could to perform tht dutle
Will P"w r.m.r n urier tynopsl.
an invitation from the well-organised ana influential
Woman Suffrage Association of Yamhill County to attend
a convention at McMlnnvllle, In connection with our able
and Indefatigable co-worker, Mrs, IL A. Loughary. This
Tioufd "not-le dcnlwl to' any'1 person of,gQtind mhi'if and
Lgood moral chartu'ter.' . . , "'"r ' -
Mrs. I)r, Thorn pwiirTn siipiort of the reaolu-
tion, n'nfd that with woman's ooriscioiis responsl
bllitiesvlll come her conncientious discharge of
tlietnt and the women are Ue coiiHclence of the
nation. She did 'riot-Ml eve the stateuient that
there M"cre,ns many, degraded. women) as there
were depraved men. Tliere were ten men-Incar
cerated In Jails, to one woman. Tlioxe men were
mul many of them - still are .voters. omen
liave ju-t the sama, opiWtunity
lareeny and arson as men-have, but they are .en-,
rgaged in far fewer crimes. As' Ignorance Is the
parent of ylce, and as eyery.woman, In the aver
age, is more moral man moivinere is no vaiiti
reason why they shouhU, pot have the ballot. If
women had the power, rum-holes would not be
allowed to exist, and men w ho keep these places
would be put where they would, have to work (for
an honest living. The- ballot as a educator will
rnake women free women, and then we' will have
free men also, for free men were rever born of serf
mother. r" .- ' .
judge Itolmes objecte! to the form of - the reso
lution, as It con veyedjthfi. Impression that uni
versal suffrage should e granted, of which, In the
present condition of mankind, he did not approve.
;Mrs. Puniwny askeJtri le permlttel to with
draw the resolution, as It had accomplisheil the
object Intended, namely, that of provoking dis
cussion. In reply to a remark of Judge Holmes,
i The Convention adjourned until 2 o'clock p. m.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
A greater number was1 in attendance thart atlhe
morn ! n session
After the minutes of tiie previous meeting had
been, read ami -.approved, an opportunity was
affordfd'those-desirtnff "to"pay dues to come for
ward and tio so,
The Heconling-Secretary, Miss Maggie Foster,
then read letters fromfllon. M. O. fleorge" itiiid
lion J. V' "lo1ib."nf Portlillicl ! Hon '. Tl.nmns H
Brents, of Walla Wallitev,-TJbuQaJ
Eugene; Hev. I. Dillon, ofNAIbany; Mrs. J, II.
, Eaton, of Union county; Mrs. E. W. Andrews, of
Salem; and Philip lUtz, of Ititzvllle. letters
were also received from Judge Ilumett, of Corval-
l(s, and DK Mary O. BrownrPTesldentof tle Wash
Ington Territory Woman HufTrage Association.
Th -general-tuojufthcseJ titters. M:asthe Jiope
that the cause might be further! arid strength
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eneu . in every jK)siure .way, anu aiso-regretting
the Inability of the writers to attend
JRev. Dr. West was lntrolucel and dellveredta
brief Taddress, advocating that the elective fran
chise be extended to women.
Mr. West was foIloweI by Miss Julia Hhelton,
of Olyrnpla, who express! her views on the sub
ject In a few remarks. -Judge
I Holmes announced himself In full ac
cohl with the woman movemeut.He said, among
other" things, that there wsjl no good, sound,
cogent reason why woman should be deprived of
the ballotsWhen it Is taken into consideration
that the moral restraint which woman, now exer
cises could be equally exercised at the polls, there
Is absolutely no reasoa why this privilege should
not be accorded. After much observation and In
vestigation, It had been demonstrated by sol
intUtstttmimliklual rfnyflAUonllty
whose brain did not average 85 cubic Inches was
capable of self-government. That there were but
three or four nations on this earth who collect
ively are able to govern Ahem selves'; that the
women of those. countries were on a par In Intelll
gence with the male sex, amLchould be granted I piause.-
Judge Holmes resumed his seat, and Mrs. pun
Iway offered the following: ' '
Jtttolvtd, That the ballot Is an educator, and a such
(hat women were purer and better thamen, she
said that she could not believe It ; neither did she
MIeve that when woman should be enfranchised
the millennium would have come; that were
women, to. attempt to close tire rum-shops they
would! have a thousand hostile forces against
tliem, and one of the most hostile .part of their op
ponents would he composed of women; that the
women of this country demand the ballot because
It Is thelr rlght ; because theyare tfrVttof being
rvnn without wnsres. . Woman' KufTraira has
never been universal in any placo save In thjs
Territory of .Wyoming ; - Its Influence therejhas
Wen forgomI and for good only ; yet it has
brought no millennium to Wyoming. , Jf the men
have grown-no Mter, the women have certainly
grown no worse. JSometlme, when our votes are
counted- as factors TVtfry great publlo p!elgeor
Issue, thenjnea will appreciate our merits.
After she had roneludedjllie constitution of the
-Assoclatloti was .read, ntid upon motion the Vnu
venttou adjourneti 1111111 7:.hi OMpiocK.
1 .'KW.NIXtl'BKIt'N.'.' v ' 'A-
TThe hall was well filial with a very Intelligent
audience, who manifested their appreciation later
In the evening in a substantial manner. "
"The meetlngwas calknl to onler by the I'resl
dent at 7:30 o'clock promptly.
' t i S . . A f
Thfi.meetingwascalledtoord
was Introduced by the President. She- respondetl
brlelly TiTa few happy allusions to the growth of
the movement, and closed by reading. a telegram
just received from Dr. Hall, of Halem, stating that
lie "couldn't come till morning." This she said
necessitated a change of programme' for titer first
part of the evening,' but she saw many friends of
the movementjn, the hall, among' them Hon. W,
F. Ik-njatnln, of Uoseburg, whom she beggel leave
to invite to the platform. . )
After a beautiful solo by Mrs. Woolner, entitled
"Htar-af my Night,". with, piano accompaniment
by her daughter, folloivwl by "Jlanbury Cross" as
an encore and an equally happy response, Mr." Ilen
Jamlncame"forwarl,and lna tnasterljrmaitner
explained thetlse and progress of wOmau's claim
toeiual rights. He said that-men everywhere are
coming to the front- In ailvncaey of her vefy just
demand, -HiHl pre4llUHl , that it would not be-long
till vletoryN perched upon the banners of liberty
and everyUxly recognlzel the .principle of ejual
rights.
Mrs. Dunlway then called for Mrs. A. M. Mar
tin, of Lafayette, wlio came forward an) made a
brief s'peecli, foil of telling points, Illustrative of
her faith In the Justice of her cause.
Mrs. Dunlway asked leavs to supplement this
sJ'Mirltlrr"Ta'tement, anl crvated no little
merriment by explaining thai this lady, whe
wantol to vote, was the liappy mother of thirteen
children, and she-was proud of her -as a llvlnsr
refutation tjf the charge that women would neglect
the Important duties or motherhooi when en frail
chlsed. - ' , " V ,
excused himself for the evening.
Mrs. H. A. Ixughary, of McMInnvIlle, was then
callelfo. and proceeded for the next half-hour to
hold the audience spell-bound with a logical ad
dress, which was, received with enthusiastic ap-
for signatures.
On motion, the Convention adjourned untillOO
o'clock Wednesday rooming.
8E flXD HAY SlORNfNO SESSIONT' ;
Convention called toorder lythe Vlco-Prisi-f;
lent,. Mr. Durtl way. . J.
Minirtes of previous sesion read and approved.
Mr. (VJ.-cWtis-wlshed to know If it was MrsF
Curtis or himself who was to act on the KfiTancf
Committee. IT the latter, he would like hi title
abbreviated. Correction ordered. ,
The reiHirt that Judge Holmes had said Women
were better than men w-aicorrceted. This remark
had been iualo byMr8..Thonipson and dlt-pute l .
by; Mrs," Itontway; rr
Iieiorts from -difTerent counties were -next in
order."
Mrs. H. A. I)ugliary reixirte! much progress in
Yamhill. Tire cause was steadily growing among
the voters. YamhJll will give a rousing vote-fo-
Woman SufTVage.' - ..
7" fr. Martin, f I,afayette, spoke encouragingly
f the progress of the cause among the men In
Yamhill county. ...'"' """ """" .
Mrs. Cor win, of Clatsop." said the New NoitTH-
wit was-largely circulated in her county, and
the cause was popular."-
Dr. C. II. Hall, of Marion, said he had given the
cause a good deal of careful study of-late, and hail .
talked it over with many prominent men,, Every
thinker was an advocate. ,
Mr. crj.iCurttro Multnomah, retried that
the leading retf .ofhis county were. outspoken,
friends of the cause, and the head speakers, irre
iptlraijiayjespu ldadrecteJLlntho
canvass,.si . .
Mrs. Thompson said there were two hundred
and twenty-live women tax-payers In Portland,
one hundred and twenty of whom had voted at
the last school election. It was nonsense to say '
women wouldn't vote If they could. They were
all getting ready to vote.
, AKTEHNOON REHMION. .
Tlte afternoon meeting openetl with the Vice-;
President In the chair.
A reixirt from the-Committee on Ilesolullons
was calletLor, but not being ready, an essay was
read by Mrs. ATM. Martin from the pen of Mr
H. A. McKune, of Amity.
" Mrs. Johnson, of East Portland, was called upon
and made a brief and pointed speech. '
A poem was then read by Mr. Dr. Tliompaon In
a spirited mannerr ' . . J
Home extracts followetl, which were read by the '
Vice-President from the "History of the Woman
H u lira g6 " A g 1 1 aTtoil." TtlcWfTTXtracts IllasfruTeiT"
the barbaric laws of the past half century, of. which
our present modified system Is an outgrowth. -
Ke. J. A. jUray was calleil ujon, but excused
himself fronj speaking till he had time to gather
inspiration from' the spirit of the meeting.
Judge-Holmes arose and said that from the
tenor of the press reKrts. yesterday It might be
After -spirited eongregatlonal si ngl trgf-Usirf tnferredhat hrf orced himself -trporr the Crrrfycn-
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niKl WBB lllllltu f ejf-ni. 1
Dr. Hall said ho agreed with Mnr.Thomson
that women were better than men. The question
of comparative goodness Mween the sexes was
an anatomical one. The degree of Intelligence, or
rather the capacity for Intelligence, depend to a
greater. kt -lesir, degree upon the convolutions
of the brain and the amount of gray
tnslter ln that organ. AI9 continued in this direc
tion for some time. J '
After Dr. Hall resumed his seat, the chair called
on Hev. Tm Eliot, who responded In a few brief
words and assured the members of iU earnest
sympathy with the movemenl.
"A short Interval idapsedw'hlle the dncsTif some
mernber 'were collected. .
On motion, the meeting adjournel until 1(V
o'clocll; to-tlsy.
rttoci B am m r roir ; tow ia nr. f-r-
" The programme for this (Tliu'rsday).:eyenlng -
will consist In part of an address by Mr. C.J. Cur-j
tls; muslo; address by Dr. CL II. Hall, of Halem ;'
solo by Miss Crandall,-tf Hie Dalles; address' by
J. F. D'Arcy, and closing speech by Mrs. Thomp
son. M , "
Mr.. Hcovllle, attorney for Gulteau, describes
the. assassin as a "handsome, winning matt,"
of gentlemanly and polite deportment, who could
borrow money from a stranger after half an hour's
acquaintance, secure accommodations at a hotel
w I Uiout hagg'age M otherjecuri ty Fand force hlxn-L.
self forward any wherewith the grace and tact of
the elegant loafer. These staUroeats are efTered
Colonel Ta ylol-of-AstrIarwatvcallelL for, but to prove-4 ha tt he-mats moral sensl b41U4es-ai
brunteorTind tasirowlbaV nls Insane. Tt
gonlan makes this comment : "After reading his
brother-in-law's account of him, one must be con
vinced that the assassin is as mild-mannered a
roan as ever 'beat' a hotel-keeper, swindled a cas
ualacqualntancg, hunted office wlthjhenstlnct,
tf sfdismtjql t.p p'Ttjcrvt jSj Pfy'dflj? t i ' InTi rinn
Ity' Is, of course, the substratum of such a charac
iiec JheiiJnsane jnen re the very, ones who
ought.to be hangeu.sJ' l
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