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344 & ••••••••• 154 • Remarks by SBA to the Political Equality Club of Rochester Editorial note: The Political Equality Club of Rochester held its annual meeting on 3 May 1900 at the Reynolds Library.Jean Greenleaf read Ida Harper’s column “The Cause of Woman,”subtitled “The Treatment of Women under the New Law for Hawaii,” written from Washington on 28 April,to launch discussion of the new Organic Act.Harper reminded her readers of the fruitless eighteen months of work put in by SBA and others to excise the word “male”from the bill.Here SBA adds a personal dimension to the conversation. (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 4 May 1900, not in Film; New York Sun, 29 April 1900.) [3 May 1900] Susan B. Anthony was present, and she spoke her mind about interference with the cause of women by men. She singled out Henry B. Blackwell , one of the editors of the Woman’s Journal of Boston, as the object of her attack. Miss Anthony said that when the question of a constitution for the Hawaiian islands arose Senator Warren of Wyoming arranged for amendments to be offered in both houses of Congress providing that the word “male” be stricken from the constitution for the Pacific islanders. 1 Continuing, she said: “When Mr. Blackwell heard of the amendment he interviewed Senators Hoar,Warren and other pro-suffrage statesmen,with the result that another amendment was offered. According to its terms the Hawaiian Legislature is given permission to submit an amendment providing for woman’s suffrage to the people of Hawaii in 1903. Of course Congress was willing to grant the permission. We women suffragists desire Congress to discuss the proposition for the benefit of the moral effect it might have. “We had doubts as to its passage under any circumstances, but our friends in Congress thought Mr. Blackwell was authorized to speak for us and because they did think so our efforts were futile. At the Republican national convention at St. Louis four years ago Mr. Blackwell also interfered with our plans. 2 I had arranged with Senator Teller of Colorado to have a woman suffrage plank submitted to the convention. It provided for a pro-suffrage amendment to the constitution. 3 may 1900 ^ 345 3 may 1900 “Owing to the activity of Mr. Blackwell in our behalf a resolution was passed urging woman suffrage because populism was a menace to the welfare of the country and the aid of the fair sex was desired. Thus we were placed in a ridiculous light. Woman suffragists had no desire to interfere with populism or any other ‘ism.’ We simply desired woman suffrage. We were not anxious to aid the Republican or any other party except as it aided our efforts to secure our rights. Although Mr. Blackwell is an ardent sympathizer with our contentions and is as good as any man can be under the circumstances, he should not presume to represent our society.” Y Rochester Union and Advertiser, 4 May 1900. 1. The president signed the Organic Act for the Territory of Hawaii on 30 April 1900. Senator Francis Warren’s amendment to the Senate bill disappeared during negotiations between the Senate and the House over differences in their bills. 2. See above at 11 August 1896. ••••••••• 155 • Remarks by SBA to the New England Woman Suffrage Association Editorial note: After participating in the daytime business meeting of the New England Woman Suffrage Association, SBA joined several local women on the platform at the Park Street Church vestry for the public portion of the meeting. No report of the occasion explains what sparked SBA’s defense of her generation. [28 May 1900] Miss Anthony referred to a remark made by a previous speaker, that suffragists had now learned to use wiser methods than in the past. She said: “The women of to-day ought to be wiser and more persuasive than those of the past,—or what is the advantage of the higher education?—but as a matter of fact they are not. When the pioneers were pelted, it was not because of any lack in them. There is no sweeter or more dignified woman to-day than Lucretia Mott. There is none more winning than Lucy Stone. We have never had a woman in our whole fifty years of this movement who could go before an audience and melt the heart of every one in it like that woman. She stood alone. Mrs. Stanton was about as early as...

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