ave been converted by the captivating speeches of
Mrs. Cole, Mrs. Swank and Mrs. Livermore.

In the _Sentinel_ of June 11, 1869, an editorial appeared whose
evident object was to reaessure the public mind and to restore to
peace and confidence any souls that might have been agitated
during the convention by so unusual and novel an exercise as
thought. The nature of the sedative potion thus editorially
administered to an alarmed public may be inferred from this
sample:

No amount of human ingenuity can change the arrangement of
nature. The history of the race furnishes the evidence that
the species of man and woman are opposite. The distinctions
that now exist have existed from the time that the "Lord God
caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam," and said: "Thy
desire shall be to thy husband; he shall rule over thee."
This brief story comprises the history of man and woman, and
defines the relations which shall ever exist between them.
When woman ceases to be womanly, woman's rights associations
become her fitting province.

The editor of the _Journal_ at that time was Colonel W. R.
Holloway, the present very liberal manager of the _Times_. The
editor of the _Sentinel_ was Joseph J. Bingham. The State was
then Republican, and as the organ of that party the _Journal_
probably had the larger number of readers.

The State Woman Suffrage Association convened in Indianapolis,
June 8, 1870, and held a two days' meeting. The _Journal_
contains, as usual, a full report. The _Sentinel's_ tone is quite
different from that which distinguished its utterances the
preceding year. Its reports are full and perfectly respectful.
This convention is memorable as that at which the Indiana Society
became auxiliary to the American Association. The records show
that this union was accomplished by a majority of _one_, the
ballot on the proposition standing 15 for and 14 against. As soon
as the union was thus effected the following was adopted:

_Resolved_, That this association is in favor of the union
of the National and American Associations as soon as
practicable.

On the same day Judge Bradwell of Chicago submitted a resolution
favoring the union of the two national societies, whi