will not arouse the opposition of the most bigoted clergyman. All
this discussion only shows that the old superstitions have got to
be banished.

MRS. SNOW (Me.): Mrs. Stanton wishes to convert the clergy.

MRS. DUNBAR (Md.): I don't want the resolution referred back to
the committee, out of respect to Mrs. Stanton and the manner in
which she has been treated by the clergy. I do not want to lose
the wording of the original resolution, and therefore move that
it be taken up here.

MRS. GOUGAR: I think it is quite enough to undertake to change
the National Constitution without undertaking to change the
Bible. I heartily agree with Mrs. Stanton in her idea of sending
delegates to church councils and convocations, but I do not
sanction this resolution which starts out--"The greatest barrier
to woman's emancipation is found in the superstitions of the
church." That is enough in itself to turn the entire church,
Catholic and Protestant, against us.

MRS. NELSON (Minn.): The resolution is directed against the
superstitions of the church and not against the church, but I
think it would be taken as against the church.

MISS ANTHONY (N. Y.): As the resolution contains the essence of
the letter, I move that the whole subject go to the Plan of Work
Committee.

The meeting adjourned without action, and on Friday morning the
same subject was resumed. A motion to table Mrs. Stanton's
resolution was lost. Miss Anthony then moved that both letter and
resolution be placed in her hands, as the representative of the
president of the association, to be read in open convention
without indorsement. "I do not want any one to say that we young
folks strangle Mrs. Stanton's thought."

THE REV. DR. MCMURDY (D. C.): I do not intend to oppose or favor
the motion, but as a clergyman and a High Church Episcopalian, I
can not see any particular objections to Mrs. Stanton's letter.
The Scriptures must be interpreted naturally. Whenever Paul's
remarks are brought up I explain them in the light of this
nineteenth century as contrasted with the first.

It was finally voted that the letter be read without the
resolution.

The resolution was brought up later in open convention and the final
vote resulted in 32 ayes and 24 noes. This was not at that time a
d