ier
(N. Y.) spoke briefly, saying that for eleven years her parlor had
been opened each month for suffrage meetings, and that "this question
is the foundation of Christianity; for Christians can look up and
truly say 'Our Father' only when they can treat each other as brothers
and sisters." Mrs. Mary Seymour Howell (N. Y.) gave an eloquent
address on The Outlook, answering the four stock questions: Why do not
more women ask for the ballot? Will not voting destroy the womanly
instincts? Will not women be contaminated by going to the polls? Will
they not take away employment from men?

At the opening of the evening session Miss Anthony read a letter from
Mrs. Millicent Garrett Fawcett of England, and an extract from a
recent speech by her husband, Henry Fawcett, member of Parliament and
Postmaster General, strongly advocating the removal of all political
disabilities of women. Mrs. Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (Ills.) spoke on
The Statesmanship of Women, citing illustrious examples in all parts
of the world. Mrs. Lillie Devereux Blake (N. Y.) gave a trenchant and
humorous speech on The Unknown Quantity in Politics, showing the
indirect influence of women which unfortunately is not accompanied
with responsibility. She took up leading candidates and their records,
criticising or commending; illustrated how in every department women
are neglected and forgotten, and closed as follows:

It is better to have the power of self-protection than to depend
on any man, whether he be the Governor in his chair of State, or
the hunted outlaw wandering through the night, hungry and cold
and with murder in his heart. We are tired of the pretense that
we have special privileges and the reality that we have none; of
the fiction that we are queens, and the fact that we are
subjects; of the symbolism which exalts our sex but is only a
meaningless mockery. We demand that these shadows shall take
substance. The coat of arms of the State of New York represents
Liberty and Justice supporting a shield on which is seen the sun
rising over the hills that guard the Hudson. How are justice and
liberty depicted? As a police judge and an independent voter? Oh,
no; as two noble and lovely women! What an absurdity in a State
where there is neither liberty nor justice for any woman! We ask
that this symbolism shall assume reality, for a redeemed and
enfranchised womanhood will b