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THE OMAHA T)A1T.jV BEE: SUNDAY", EB1UTAEY 2o, 1000.
NEW SPRING GOODS NOW
G WITH A RUSH
Moat of our buyera have returned from tho East ho tomorrow wo bIiow and placo on sale for tho ttrat timo in Omaha a mot magnificent lino of Ladies' Suits, Skirts,
Waists and Spring Novelties in
Silks, Dress Goods, Wash Goods, Linens, Draperies, Etc.
not only greatest in quality, but in variety finest in value most beautiful in color newest in design, of any solivtio'i ever soon in the town
and what is equally as important
The Prices are Very tfinh Below the Actual Value of the Goods Especially Tomorrow
$1.00 SILK MOUSSELINE tie SQIE for 29c Yd. 1
This is the grandest lot of goods we have ever placed on,
i mi , . .
our cuumurs. xuuy come in mo very noweai designs ana
mo imwi ncuuuiui puuerns anil siyics ovrr shown. Tocy Include plain colors, ns
well us hsindsomo corded, printed nml laco htrlpc effecti In every color nnit tint A I
though they enrao In len gths from 2 to 10 yards, there ire- enough
of each pattern to matoh to make a complete dress or waist. The
nrc goods that would sell In tho regular way ut 75c mid M-00 yJ.
Tomorrow only thoy go on sale, for tho first time, on front bargain
square at
color nnd tint Al-
29c
75c NEW FANCY and PLAIN SILKS al 25c
A big lot of all kinds of plain and fancy silks, blnck bro
cades, 2-1-inch barege grenadines, L'4-inch figu red ff&iB
black grenadines, printed foulards and 22-inch M i-ftP
striped talfota, worth up to 7fc, all go in one lot at Wm&h
$K00NEW IMPORTED SILKSTaT 39c
Over 2.C00 yards black nnd colored silks, satins and Foulards, nil new und stylish
niiKH, lunsisuuK 01 ,winrn piain anu pruned i-omarus and Japanese
Kllk, ItustllnR Taffeta for llnlngH and waists, now corded Wash Sllka
with wttln stripes, fancy two-toned Taffetas und a hlg lot of very fine,
black brocades and satins, worth $1.00.
All In ono lot
At
JLBRANDEISaSONS.
$1.00 Dress Goods for 25c and 35e Yd.
In Monday's offering wo Include 200 pieces new Sprlns IAibrlcs, Silk nnd Wool Nov
elty Suitings, all wool l'rcnch do Helge, two-toned Kngllsh Granite clothe, Silk nnd
Wool Homan Plaids, extra heavy Scotch inlxturct), whipcords, serges, henrlettas; iiIfo
a lino of fit-Inch Twilled Homespuns, the most popular fabric for sklrtn and Jackets,
In stylish gray and brown, nnd muny other now weaves that havo been bIkiivu u;i
to $1.00 yd. will go In two lots on bargain square, 25c nnd 35c.
two an )$fiP Bargain
lots feiWo llVb Squares
200 pieces Bilk shot Hengnllno Novelty Suitings, extra wide skirting plaids, new
Oxfords and Cambridge cheviots, all wool
EJEW habit cloth, new Tartun plaids, Mnrm
nDCCC serges, l'ngllsh coverts, Mohair brllllnn
UlXfcClS tines, rierinnii Henriettas nnd French fierce.
CJOODS n" ,low co'ors, new styles. (!o on special
aionuay, at
salo
49c
$1.50 Bress Goods for 75c Yd.
$1.50 IMPORTED SILKS and SATINS at 69c Yd.
Over 3,000 yards hlgli grodo Imported bilk and satins, nil silk rich, two-toned I
biocuuos, all silk zz-incn ljuchesse, IM-Itich Petticoat TafTeta,
very heavy quality In fancy stripes, 3(!-lnch blnck China 611k,
Mack and colored Ilciigallncs, new Poplins nnd bclf-corded Taffetas,
In all tho latest shades.
Worth up to $1.&0
(iO lit
A special purchase of new Spring Weaves. Including 45-Inch coatunio
18-Inch Trench pebble granites, 18-Inch Imported Armurea, GO-lnch
Herrlngbono cheviots. fiO-lnrh extra heavy sntln Berbers, CO-lnch
l'ngllsh Vigoreaux nnd a complete lino of new plnld back golf
cloth. Thoso goods are nil tho new 1000 weaves nnd colors,
and nro being sold elsewhero at $1.50 yd.
Monday they go on special sale at
cloth,
75c
$2.00 Slack Dress Goods at 93c
3UU
$1.50 DRESS and WAIST SILKS at 93c
roiorcii dress anu waist siiks lor street una evening wear, cx
trrmo novelties In the very latest styles, fancy I'IIhio Taffetas and
Satins, satin stripe I'orslan effects, satin Moussellno, poult do
sole, crepo finish and satin finish, crepe de chine, Including black
and white. Worth $1.50.
On sale at j.,'
$2.00 Hi 'PORTED BLACK DRESS SILKS at SI 00
Slxty-llvo pieces all Imported black drew silks po on special sale Monday at about
half-price. Tbcy Includo 27-Inch Satin Solid, 34-Inch all silk
Satin de Lyon, 24-lnch Cyarlno Satin, 24-Inch blnck Peau do
Sole, 27-Inch Faille Krancalse, 21-lnch Poult Mervelllo, 22-lnch
Sole do Doull, 22-Inch blnck Drocho Taffetas. Those sllka aro
positively all from Itonnit & Co., Lyons, Prance, nnd every
yard guaranteed. Not a yard worth less than $1.50 nnd $2.00.
All nt ono price Monday, yd
100 pieces Imported black Dress Goods, newest woavcn, exclusive designs In Mo
hair, cropons. silk and wool Ottoman fancy Mohairs, Jacquards, extra wide sponged
I cheviots, French prunella cloth, Kngllsh cravanettu, broadcloth, double-warp Ma-
IMF milr Sicilians. Tin ho goods are usu-
1 CB Xrf"! ally 60,11 'or J2-0 yi1' As a" e!ttril apo
, dL.CEY clal bargain tho cntlro lot will bo placed
JDP'Si on special salo In Black Dress Goods
555, rt-O department
UU"U?LSd At
Grand Special Linen Sale
Never before
hold linen.
have we offered such bargains in houst
Tho regular f0e grade of
line oil color turkey
red table damask, M
25c yd
The 50c grade all linen,
linish, half bleached
table damask, G2-in.
wide, Monday, yd. .
Extra Sp3cial in Silk Departmsnt
125 ploces new Poulards, all 24 Inches wide, In the now blues, heliotropes, grays
nnd pastel Khades. Wo aro Bhowlng the Uncut collection of hlgh-grado printed satin
Foulards, Liberty Foulards, Twilled Foulards, Plain Foulards. Cheney Bros, high
m. grauu I'ouiaiMS. 1 no enure 101 go on special saio .Monuay at
WWc 75c 85c 98c $l25 SI3S
G5c all pure linen cream
half bleached table ffr
damask, OS inches lff
wide, go at ;55o yd . . . w'
$1.00 grade 2-yard wide, ;
linen, silver bleached If"
table damask, j
50o yd tf
2. iO satin damask,
bleached, all
linen napkins',
09c dozen
50 doy.en 25c knotted
fringe towels,
go at 10c each
All the balance of the
lunch cloths from the
Detroit wholesale
stock go at -PJc each.
81.00 hemmed table
cloths, S-S size,
on salo at 75c
Grand Special Sale
Spring Draperies
500 pairs line Derby satin por
tieres, lull size and $
new assortment of col
ors, worth $3.75 pair,atl
in ;ui'
198
!150 pairs,- a mixed lot of high
grade, full size portieres, very
handsome goods, SfftQQ
none worth less JkUO
than $5, all go at. , . .
' yi.oo,
49
400 pairs very lino Kep por
tieres in all the very latest do-
signs and colors, some ot
them worth $S. 50 $j
nair. all in omt mo
ld at SH.08 nair V
198
575 very line
tains. Those
Irish point
would be a
cur-bai-
$1.25 grade satin damask, full
bleached, line Irish
goods, for this sale
only S5c yd
9 I
I 5,000 yds. plaid art
i toweling worth 10c,
at 2 Ac yd
75
I
mm I A I
. fca2 I
gain at $! pair. Your
choice tomorrow
at $1.30 ,
39
$1.00 grade silver bleached
all linen, full
size napkins,
75c dozen
75
One lot of turkish
and buck towels,
2ic each
1,000 yards 15c
buck toweling,
SAc yd
if
750 very elegant Nottingham
ace curtains. J hose are the
biggest bargain we havo ever
shown, they includo Sffl CQ
goods wort h 3. 50, 1 W O
all go at $1.98 ES
4 25 in one grand lot, includ
ing the finest lish net, notting-
ham and imitation brussels
I curtains, actual
! value up to $, all
, go at $2.98 pair. . .
Ill IIRSU1U
298
SPECIAL OPENING SALE OF NEW WASH FABRICS
MOST COMPLETE LINE OF WASH COODS IN OMAHA..
Full lino of tho now fonlnrdines,
look just llko silk, In tho now
bluo and whlto oolorlnps, ut, yd,
I5c
Coinploto lino of domestic una import
ed dimltict", rnnifliitf in iirlco from lOo
to 2jo yd. till now rnd dainty pattorna.
l)auplilnlo cords In tho now f
Fronoli otTcot:), mostdninty wash ISjf:
fabric of tho season yard W
Full lino of corded piques, i I?
all tho now nhndos, I51C
yard, at ww
All tlm now plain colored IA
organdies Ro at IMC
yard iww
A full lino of llnon HutUto, AP
worth up to'oOo and UOc for f Si I
thls opoulnK: sulo, yard, at
Black dotted
Batiste, 32, 30 and
48 inches wide,
from, yard,
ISc to 59c
.Whlto Batiste,
a full lino,
ranging in prico
from, yard,
25c to 60s
Black dotted mulls,
at, yard.
25c
Whlto chitTons,
tho only complete
asHortmont In
Omaha, from, yd.
40c to 70c
Black organdy,
our own
importation, (IS
inches wide, yard, at
50c and 75c
PoValnn' lawns,
a comploto rango
of prices from,
yard,
I9c to 50c
Moubsolinos,
our own
importation,
from, yard,
I9c to 60c
A full lino of India llnon, manufac
tured especially for us,go at, yard,
IOc,J2ic, 15c, 19c, 25c, 35c
Our own brands of long cloth at,
85c, $1.00, $1.35 and $1.80
for a bolt of 12 yards.
Th now fabric, whlto foulardino, at
25c, 35c and 50c Yard
Whlto dotted swiss. yard, ut
19c, 25c, 29c, 35c and 40c
15c to 50c
50c to $1.50
Plain whlto swlss
yard, at
I'uro whlto liand-Kori-lilof
llnon
Iroin.yaril
Grand Special Bargains for Monday Only
10,000 yards of short
lengths of shirting
prints at, yd
18,000 yards dress prints
in long mill rem- Q m
nants, yd w2u
36-inch fancy drapery
swiss, worth 40c,
go at, yd
5c
10,000 yds. plaid toweling,
worth 10c, go at f) n
yd Z2U
1,000 yds. best
plain black lawns
and percales, worth
20c, go at, yd
grade
-a
10,000 yds. fancy
inch wide percales
worth 20c, on bulo
at, yd
30-
Ono big lot drapery den
ims, tickings, etc. f
worth up to GOo, go at n P
yard Ll3
Great Sale Lace and Embroideries
Lnrgo bargnln squnre with
many thousand yards of
Vnlcncli'iinrs Lice nnd In
scrtlon to match, nlco Rood
quality, worth up lo Ihc, go
In this nalo at
Ic, 2c 3c
All tho Torchon Lai-o and
MiFurtloii, from tho Detroit
stck. in nil widths, especi
ally lino quality, to be closed
out on barKiilu square ut
Ic, 3c, 5c
All the skirt binding from the Detroit
stock, including velveteen and brush
binding, regular price 10c, go a I, yd..
All tho medium nnd
ldo widths of embroid
ery nnd Insertion In Swiss,
nainsook und cambric,
worth up to r.Oc, ko In
lots at
81fi, I2SC, 185
3
5c
Iinmcnio bargain In -liMnch plain
India linen and lawns at yd
7k 10c, I2ic anil 15c
Handkerchiefs
1,000 dozen extra line handkerchiefs,
nlain white hemstitched, fancy bor
der hemstitch'-d, imported swlss and laco and J Q "l
embtoidory edged handkerchiefs, regular prico If JtH 2?H1 JjK
upto2.K'. all goonMiloat. ;ach ,w5 MIBli WW
Whlto dltnltius, 11 ODin
nhitu nssortiiiciit riinR
liu; In prico front, yard
Ue to 25s; 1
And liuiidrcils uf otlur hurgains in the Itasoiucnt for Mmul.iy only
One large bargain stpiaro with ladies'
and men's lut.iiory In fast black and tan, made full
siuinli'!N i 1 1 1 'ilotib'e ioks and spilcotl hcols,
oxtra lino gauge, regular prico up to 2(Jc)alr, at
7k
$1.60
Your Choice Tomorrow of 6,000 Pairs
Ladies' Fine Shoes on Bargain Sauares
All tho shoes made to retail for up to
Three Dollars a Pair go at $1.69
All the shoes made to retail for up to
Six Dollars a Pair go at SI, 98
wmmm
RULING SPIRIT OF THE AGE
Progrcst iu Years Past and What tho Future
Yet Promises.
FIFTY YEARS OF WORK FOR WOMEN
StiMiin II. Anthony ltivlt' Prourcnx
uf lliv Mm emciit (or Ill-tier-iuit
Hie t'timllllnii uf
Her hex.
"I do not lllto to look backward," writes
Susan II,- Anthony in tho New York Inde
pendent. "I am only SO and havo not yet
reached tho nK where ono should dwell In
tho past. 1 lovo the present with Its splen
did opportunities for worA, nnd when I havo
a moment for reverlo I prefer to dream of
tho future with its glorious posslhlllMes. All
tho advancement mad a lu tho century Jutit
rlosliiK Is but Infinitesimal compared to that
which cut i not fall to bo ntado In the. ono now
opening out before us. I'roKress Is tho rul
ing spirit uf tho iiKC, and lmpelle.l by Its own
momentum, It will Inevitably carry us for
ward to achievements which, with our pres
ent limited vision, we cannot even Imagine.
"Hut tho Independent has asked for rent
lnlscencc, und I appreciate, that by compar
ing tho present with tho past wo get most
accurately tho proportions of tho advance,
which has been made. At tho beginning of
my public work, llfty years ago. llko other
women, I wns Interested In a variety of ro
forms which I confidently believed we Should
soon be nblo to accomplish. With tlio sreat
cst zeal I planned Into tlio temperanco move
ment. At tnat time tho only organizations
of womon tor any purpose wero n few of
what wero called Moral, Iteform societies,
nnd, in Now York, Ilostou, Philadelphia and
jicrhups a few othor cities, anti-slavery so
cieties, a sort of auucx to the men's associa
tion. Tho temperanco work was nlmost
whojly lue llun,,s of men, but women wero
beginning to org-nnlzo small bands culled
"Daughters' unions." Theso wero violently
antagonized by tho masses ot women them
selves, who considered them wholly outsldo
woman's sphere. They wero actively sup
ported In this belief by men, who Insisted
that It would take women out of tho homo
and disrupt 'jostle "fo. This wns espe
cially truo of iho clergy, who. In addition,
declared It to he In direct violation of the
will of Hod nnd tlio commands of St Paul.
"Hut n fow women believed that this work
for tho protection of tho liumo was strictly
within their proper sphere, and that they
had a perfect right to organize and break
tho sllenco so" long Imposed upon them.
Hut what was their amazement, "when, hav
luj? accepted nn invitation to tho men's
ti'inpcrance conventions they wero told thnt
they 'wore Invited there to listen and
learn, not to speak.' Although armed with
eiodeutials fruit their own roulettes, they
wero refused recognition as delegates, shut
out from nil committees nnd, when they
tried to plead their own cause, literally
howled down with cries of 'Shame, shame!'
This happened not only once, hut many
times, tho men engaged In It occupying tho
highest positions In tho church nnd state.
1 N'o adranced step takm by women has been
'so bitterly contested ns that of speaking
j In public. For nuthlng which they havo
' attempted, not oven to securo tho suffrngo,
havo they been so abused, condemned and
antagonized. In this they wero defying not
, only tho prejudice of tho ages, but also
, what tho world had been taught was a
'Ulvlno command. This was not becauso
they advocated unpopulnr doctrines, but It
extended even to conventions of school
teachers and to prayer meetings themselves.
'I suffer not a woman to speak In public'
This was tho law and tho gospel enforced
by man.
SiieitUlntC in I'ulilie.
' "Tho battle of woman for this right lias
long slnco been won. tihn Is welcomed on
J eva-y platform tho length nud breadth of
tho land, nnd thero Is not a question which
sho Is barred from discussing. Indeed, tho
assertion may nlmost bo Justified that tho
neoplo find moro enjoyment lu listening to
a woman than to a man. Tho temperance
question has been virtually handed over to
woman. Tho emancipation of tho slave,
for which sho pleaded so eloquently nnd
sacrificed so much, was accomplished
nearly forty years ago. Tho number of
women la organizations approximates tlio
number of mm ami they nro working with
Just as much frith, courage nml m
orgy to accomplish their various ob
jects. Hut-they are strMng with ono anu In
a sling. They nro working without tools,
they nro lighting without, weapons, and, as
tho Inevitable consequence, the results must
lie Inferior to those accomplished by men,
full armored nnd equipped.
"When I began reform work,, llko nil
women who undcrtako It, I expected Im
mediate and complete success. I had not tho
least realization of tho disadvantages under
which women worked. My first lesson was
tho denial of my right to speak. Tho second
came when I wont beforo tho New York
legislature with a petition signed by 2S.O00
women asking for a 'Malno law,' Klght
--months of weary tramping up and down tho
stato had been spent to secure theso names
1 nnd when It wns under discussion In tho
I nssembly ono of tho members hald, con
temptuously, 'Who nro the signers of this
'petition? Nobody but women and children!'
lit theu camo upon mo with great forco that
If women's votes had contributed to his elec
tion, nnd If they could defeat him when again
a candidate, he would not hnvo treated their
I signatures with sneering disrespect. I saw
, In a Hash tho secret of woman's powerless-
ness, and I resolved then and thorn that my
work heucefortb should bo to mnko her
nanio worth ns much ns a man's on a peti
tion to a legislative body.
"With thl one object In view ) cave la
bored for nearly llfty years, nlmost without
giving tho weight of my name my voice or
my ien for any other purpose. I never
have wavered for ono Instant In my belief
that In tho ballot lies tho supremo source
of power. Its possession brings self-respect
to tho Individual nnd commands the reaped
of others. Hev. O. II. Frotbiughnm said:
" 'Tho' a man mny ponaep all the world
deems most doslrahlc, and havo not the bal
lot, ho Is nuro of nothing, becauso ho lias
not tho power to protect that which ho has.
On tho other hand, If a man havo nothing
and yet possess tho ballot, he has nil things,
for he holds tho key with which he may un
lock every door.'
"It was often said by tho founders of our
Kcvcrnment, 'Tho right to vote Ih tho right
protective of nil rights.' Can wo over for
get that speech of Sumner's on equal rights
to nil, In which he declared:
" 'To him who lina the ballot all other
things Hhall bo given. Tho ballot Is llko
tho horn of abundance, out uf which (low
rights of every kind. Or, hotter still, It Is
llko tho hand ot tho body, without which
man, who Is now only a little lower than
the angels, must havo continued only a lit
tlo nbovo tho brutes. As tho hand lu civil
ization, so Is tho ballol In government,
(ilvo mo tho ballot and I can rule tho
world.
"Quotations might bo mado Indefinitely
from tho master minds of tho past and
tho present on tho value of tho franchise.
Although theso magnificent declarations all
havo been made In behalf of man, thoy
npply with equal force lo 'woman. This
knowledge took possession of me, It became
tho very fiber of my being, nnd my wlulo
soul was absorbed In tho question, 'How
can women bo aroused to demand this
right of HtitTrago for themselvoB; how can
men bo persuaded to the Justlco of granting
It to them?' Hut where wns I to nuke
a beginning? My llfo had been spent In
tho school room. I had almost no acquain
tance among prominent persons, and I did
not know a dozen men and women In tho
wholo stato of New York who shnred my
views on this subject. This much, how
over, I realized, that somehow this gospel
must bo carried to tho people.
"So, with my Quaker father to map out
tho route, nnd with $."0 which Wendell Phil
lips lent mo mitt never allowed me to ro
pay, I Btartetl out nlono on Christmas clay,
185!, to canvass the stato of Now York,
county by county. I carried with mo two
potltUns, ono for tho franchise, and onn
asking for women the right to their wages
nnd equal guardianship of their children.
I tool: nlso u little pamphlet containing
speeches of Phllllrs. Hlgglnsim, Theodore
Pnrkcr, Clarlnda Howard Nichols anil Mrs.
John Stuurt Mill, on woman's rights, which
sold for a 'York shilling.' 12'i cents. With
tho salo of tin so and collections I hoped
to pay my expenses. I opened In tho court
hoiiho st Mayville. N. Y., purchasing HO
cents worth of candles to light It. 1 lin
Islad tho eimvass at Hlverhead, 1ong Is
land. Mny 1, having1 spoken In fifty-four
of tho sixty counties, stopping tnly long
enough to carry tho petitions to tho legis
lature. It wns ono of tho coldest and
snowiest ot winters ami clinch of tho' Jour
ney was inudo In a sleigh. My first effort
In each placo was to get tho court houso.
If this was refuted I tried for a church.
When this wns not possible I look n siiool
house, und If all wero denied 1 spoke In
tho dining room of the hotel. My placards
wero put up lu tho postoltlro, und people
came out of curiosity, ns thoy never had
heard a woman speak. The audiences wero
respectful, although wry told, with a half
supprissed sneer, nnd sn ulr of expecting
something lo call out tlulr ildlculo or dis
approval, but, at tho close, a few would
como up, sign tho petitions nnd speak a
friendly word of sympathy. I nonictlmis
formed a little society and nl ways secured
tho names of a fow pet,plo who stood (inn
through all tho stress and storm whU:i
followed.
"I continued this canvass for six years,
assisted at Intervals by I'rncstliio 1,. Itn'o,
Antoinette Drown lllack well, Matilda Jus
lyu Ciugo and a few otlurs whoso uamts
aro not so well known. I had also the iou.i
sel nud help of llcv. Samuel J. May, Judge
William Hay und Hev William II Chnn
nlng. And tbcu, of course, I always could
depend upui Hllznbeih f'ady Stanton for a
grand argument bifore the legiahituro, nml
j for those petitions, leullotti, memorials and
I other stnto documents which only her gifted
pen could write. In 1SCU tho New York
I legislature patted tho married woman's
j properly act, maiding the wife lo collect
I her wages, have equal guardianship of ehil-
dren, nnd ut the death of tho husband
without a will to have entire control of
tho property nnd tho children.
( ."nr Untie,
"The women felt amply repaid for ull their
tlmo nnd labor, their hardships and social
ostracism, which were fur beyond what I
, shall attempt to describe. The great civil
wnr breaking' out soon afterward, thoy eon
.secrated their efforts to tho duties which
ill brought. In Im;:. while they were on
guai (I, the IcklHl.itiiro repealed practically
all of theso dearly bought laws! Until Ihrt
closo of tlio war I put asldo till else and
gavo my servL-es, freely and willingly, to
help secure the emancipation of the klave.
When this was accomplished nnd tho war
wa ended, we tunic 1 our attention oni-e
moro to tho obtaining of freedom for our
selves.
"In the reconstruction of the government
tho futirlceiilli nud fifteenth amend' new,
.protecting the negro In his right to vote,
I overshadowed nil olso In public Interest. The
I proposition to count out the negroes from
'tlio basin of lepresoutatlon tf a state unless
'tlio men were pe. milted to vote, uioiuod the
Indignation uf tho Kttlfrngo advocates, be
eniiio for tho first time li mado tlio federal
cnnmltiillon n-ngul7 tho right of a stale In
'disfranchise Its women. We demanded that
the word 'male' should bo utrurk out of the
fourteenth amendment before It was sub
mitted to tho states. We demanded also thnt
the woul 'sex' bo added i 'race, color or
previous condition of set vltude.' In the fif
teenth. This battle was waged for five
I year1, ami. nt the end of th! time, Mrs.
Stanton and myself were left almost ulonc
In our persistent demand wilt li we never
abated, that when tho door lo enfranchise
ment win opened to negroes It also should
' admit women.
j I'ollllviil I M in 1 1 lit Ion.
I "Wo were defeated, and In 1S70 had tho
bitter humiliation of seeing every class of
I men In tho United States, native-born or
1 naturalized, created our political superiors,
while we were relegated to tho piano of
Idljtfl. lunatics nml criminals, li was only
a short time until Hie plantation negroes
.vere looking us lu the fine and telling us
thai women did not know enough to vote;
Just ns the Huns and I'olis, tho Itullnu
I Mages' nud the miiunillzed nuns of Russlu
havo been doing ever since. ,
'"very iin tiding decade has beheld a
I larger nnd larger ratio of women Joining tlio
! ranks of the educated, tho Wealthy jind lh
lolstire classes, and has seen them utllUIng
I till" education, tills wealth, this lelHtire, nil
I their plrtulid powers, in the Improvement
I of social conditions anil the uplifting of hu
i inanity. During every one of these years
! the women of every state haw petitioned
tin lr legislatures to confer upon them tho
franchise, which would Infinitely facilitate
i their wcrk. And all these slate have peti
tioned every emigre!,, during this time, to
ladd a sixteenth amemlmoiit to the federal
constitution, which shall enable women to
excrclso their right to vote. Within llieso
j three decades tho full surfrnge litis been
'granted In four states, but in thirteen differ
ent elections li has bean voted down. In
nine of theso campaigns I personally can
vassed tho states and gave from two to ten
: months of the most exacting labor,
i "In looking back over tho last llfty years
1 sco many gains which havo como to women
(-Indeed, a complete revolution lu tlirlr
mutus and condition. Hut in looking for
ward I nsk myself this question: 'How long
must tho grontfrit bruins, tho most com-
mamllng ability of the women of this couu
r continue to bo ubsorbed In this strugglo
it- st -nro their own freedom, tho power to
do their work which tho nation needs and
, which walls for them.' "
