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WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1895: T?e Cause of the Women. EQUAL BIGHTS-CIVIL, IN DUSTEIAL, POLITICAL. Mrs. Young and Miss Clay Present Their Side to a Large Audience. From Tbe Daily Item, May, 17. The Women Suffragists have every reason to be gratified with the audience ihat was present to bear the addresses of Mrs. Young and Miss Clay last cigbt. It was composed of men aod women, yoong aod old, aod was representatire of the commuoity-every re? ligion, trade aod profession bad representa? tives present. There were not les3 tbao three hnodred persons in attendance, the crowd being about equally divided between the sexes. The speakers, Mrs. Virgioia Durant Young, of Fairfax, S. C., aod Miss Laura Clay, of Kentucky, entered the bali accompanied by Col. John J. Dargan, and took their places on the platform. Col. Dargao called the meeting to order and announced that the ex? ercises would be opened with prayer by Miss Clay. Miss Clay offered a brief prayer. Mrs. Young was then introduced as the first speaker by Col. Dargan. Mrs. Yoong confined herself to manuscript, speaking for about a half hour altogether. Sbe said that io the natural course of the development of the world aod the growth of civilization, old things most pass away aod new things take t?eir place-it is the law of growth. The demand for female suffrage is in obedience to this recognized law. To restrict the functions of government to .JMiS-half the people-the men-is both uDjust \ and unwise. Several thousand years ago might made right, and government was based upon brute force. Women were kept in servile subjection because tbey were un? fitted by the cares of maternity and a weaker physique to contest with the meo oo the plaoe of brute force. Eveo to this day, brote force prevails among some savage tribes, aod the lordly mao goes wooing with a club. Humane aod benevolent progress, th speaker said, is aod has been essentially wo? manly. Wherever the wonieD have obtained the rights to which they are entitled, better conditions have prevailed and civilization bas advanced. She argued that government is like a fam? ily aod io those places where it most nearly approaches tbe'famiiy the government is the best. The womeo-the other half of the people goveroed-should have an equal share in the government aa she has in the family.) Men havebuilded worse than they knew when j they made women poppets, toys or hermit crabs. Taking up the Declaration of Indepen? dence, the speaker discussed the principles there laid down aod applied them to the de? mand for female soffrage. Women shoo Id have all rights accorded men, civil, political and industrial. Placing the ballot io the bands the wemen would be a protection agaiost fraud, and would prove the salvation of the State. It would preserve white so premacy. There is no use for Sooth Carol i oa to wait for a precedent to raise women above the level of idiote, maniacs and crimi? nals. Mrs. Young coocluded by giving a sketch of the progress of the campaign in the inter? est of eqoal rights. Greenville, Spartanborg Colombia, Charleston, Florence, Marion, Latta, Timmoosviile, Georgetown and Dar Hogton. Io all of these places Equal Rights Associations bad been formed, except Spar? tanborg, Georgetown and Darlington. Before taking her seat Mrs. Yooog intro? duced MissLaora Clay of Kentucky. Miss Clay pot the audience ir. a smiling homor, by saying that she felt highly hooored when she was lovited to address audiences of men and womeo ic the grand old State of South Carolina-one of the Original TbirteeD, that made the glori?os stroggle for freedom liberty aod equality. Refetring briefly to the principles of the Declaration of Independence which guaranteed equal rights to all, special privileges to none, she proceeded to discuss the equality of meo aod womeo from a Biblical standpoint. Her argument was ciear and forcible in support of the contention j that mao and women were created co-ordi? nate io power, equal Wfore Ged, and that the sphere of each was limited only by capa? city. Man was not created superior to woman, nor womao superior to man ; nor was one suhordioaTe to the other Woman was the complement of ciao, and man ol woman. The subordination of woman to man was the result of sin, and was a part of tbe penally of the fall of the first man and womao. By the redemption provided io the Christian faith women as well as men have been freed from sin and the effects, therefore they are entitled to all the rights and privi? leges that men demaod for themselves. Re? ferring to the interpretatioo of tbe scriptures Miss Clay said that meo bad misquoted and misinterpreted them so long for the purpose of supporting the common view of the posi? tion and sp here of woman that the errors had come to accepted and believed to be troe. However, the position women have occupied Ju Jbe civil and political systems is oot due 'wholly to the oppression of men-the women are equally to blame. Tbe most forcible part of Miss Clay's | speecb was a review of the industrial coodi tioDS of the country a-balf century ago and now, and the sphere occupied by womeo under the old order, and the sphere that she is cow forced to occupy, or sit in idle? ness, a burden upon her male relatives. She discussed the effect of disfranchisement Ct women OD the character of the women themselves and ultimately upon the character j cf the nanon. The dent ?Dis country owes to women tor the work tbej did when the j land was a wilderness aod people were so j few that there could be no idle hand?, when war time was upon the land and men were horned ?o the front and the women left at borne io provide tood and clothing for the men, when peace and liberty had been wrung from England and freedom assured to all people, and at all times during the cotm-ara tively brief but wonderful history of the United States, was brought out with eic quence aod earnest force. Turning to the political phase of the ques? tion Miss Clav talked l:ke a practical poli- j tician. She spoke of th? negro question j and the necessity of preserving white ? supremacy with all the earnestness of j a South Carolinian. With statistics she ; illustrated her argarnent and proved . that by granting the ballot and p'ovid- j ing an educational qualification that a ! white majority of 25,000 would bc secured in j this Stats. She closed with a plea for South Carolina ; to take the initiative in favor of Woman's j Suffrage in the approaching Constitutional ; Convention, for, said she, "as South Caro- j lina goes So goes the South" after a collec- j tion bad beec taken up, Mrs. Young re quested all who wished *o join an Equa] Rights Association to give in their names., i The meeting was then declared closed. While the crowd was leaving the hall nin? ' persons, several of whom were men, gave j their names to Mrs. Young for enrollment in the Sumter Equal Rights Association. A meeting for the purpose of organization will be held at ao early date. Bicycle Oil, Lanterns, Graphite, Bells, Pants Guards, etc, for sale by 2. G. Osteen & Co's. Hawaiian Unrest. Secretary Gresham Will Protect American Citizens -The Arbi? trary Power Assumed by the Dole Government will Not be Tolerated. SAN FRANCISCO, May 16.-Mail ad? vices from Honolulu AI?y 8th, briug two communications from Secretary Gresham to Minister Willis. The first, dated Washington, February 25, relates to the forcible deportation of J. Cranston and encloses depositions made by Cranstuu, February ll and 12 before the American consular agent, Peterson, at Vanoouyer. This letter continues as follows : "These depositions leave the question of Mr. Cranston's nationality in doubt and Mr. Peterson has been instructed to obtain further statements from him on that subjeet. "Under these circumstances the de? partment does not now instruct you to make any representations to the Ha? waiian government in regard to Mr. Cranstun, but it is proper to express to you, for your own guidance io similar cases, shook' they arise, the views here entertained in regard to the course of action taken io that case. "It appears that after having been kept in jail for nearly a month without any charges having been made against him, he was taken under a heavy guard to a steamer and would, in spite of his request to see you, have been de? ported without having had au oppor? tunity then to do so, had it not been for the accidental but timely interposi? tion of the British commissioner. "You state that when you asked the attorney general for an explanation of the proceedings, he replied that the cabinet had determined to deport the tuen 'in the exercise of the arbitrary power conferred by martial law.' As this was the only explanation he gave, it is assumed that it was all that he bad to offer and he gave it without sug? gesting any question as to Mr. Cran? ston's nationality "if the position thus assumed is sound, the very proclamation of martial law in Hawaii renders all foreigners there residing, including Americans, liable to arrest and deportation without cause and without any reason other than the fact that the excutivc power wills it. They may be taken from their hemes and their business, they may be deprived of their liberty, and banished, they may be denied the ordinary as well as the special treaty rights of residence without offence or misconduct on their part, simply in the exercise of 'arbi? trary power.* "To state such a proposition is, in the opinion of the P esident, to refute it. Your course in protesting against the position assumed by the Attorney Genera! of Hawaii is approved." The other letter from Secretary Gres? ham, which left the Department of State April 5, relates to the case of J. F. Bowler, who broke the oath of allegi? ance to the Hawaiian government, and closes by saying : ''The President directs that ycu in? form Mr. Bowler tht?t he is not eutitled to the protection of the United States " REVOLUTION* INEVITABLE. SAN FRANCISCO, May 16.-Private letter* received from Honolulu by the steamer Australia declare that a change of administration will soon take place there, and that the change is advocated by no less an injportant personage than ex-Minister Thurston, says an evening paper. The information comes from a most reliable source, and cannot be ques? tioned. According to the letters, all that is preserving the present govern? ment is the fact that it possesses the arms necessary to quell another out? break, and is exerting itself in its efforts to prevent the landing of contraband j arms. It it well known that the gov- I ernment forces, numerically, are greatly \ in the minority, and no one bas been j made to realize this fact more than | Minister Thurston. One of the letters says that at a re-1 cent conference between ex-Mini6ter Thurston, President Dole and other members of his cabinet, the former de? clared that thc only bope of permanent peace on the island will be realized in placing Princess Kaiulani in a position which tbe former monarchy proposed j that she should some day have. Mr. i Thurston is reported to have advocated j this step so strongly that President ; Dole and bis cabinet became alarmed, j and have since given tbe matter many ? hours of consideration. There is pro? bably co one who understands Hawaii's j position better-than Mr. Thurston, and it did not take him loog after his arri? val io Honolulu to fully appreciate the dancer that. tl;rea!ens the republic. 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May 14th, 1895 J ALL PERSONS LIABLE TO STREET or Road duty in City of Sumter, are required to perform three (3) days work yearly, upon the public streets and roads of said city, under supervision and direction of the officers of said city-without compensa? tion therefor-or, instead of said three (3) days work, may pay to the Clerk and Treasurer the sum of one dollar end fifty cents as a commutation tax for one year, ending 30th day of April 1896, as required by an Ordinance of City of Sumter, dated August 18tb, 1893. Person Hables to Stree! duty are required to report for enrollment at Clerk and Treasurer's Office without delay. By order of Council. C. M. BUKST, May 15. Clerk and Treasurer. "AN ORDINANCE" "Entitled An Ordinance to call a Special Election, to be held in the City of Sumter, on 27th day of\ June, A.B., 1895, to elect a Local Board of Health for City of Sumter, I and to regulate the registration of\ Voters-Freeholders qualified to vote j at said Election. j WHEREAS, An Act of General Assembly of ? State of South Carolina, entitled "An Act; to establish Local Boards of Health iu the ? Cities and Incorporated Towns of the State. 1 and to define the powers thereof, approved January 5th, A. D., 1895," directs, "That it i shall be the duty of the Mayor or Intendant of every incorporated City, Town of Village in tb* State of South Carolina, within sir months after the passage cf this Act, to call an election by the freeholders of such city or town to elect five persons, not members of such council, in towns of five thousand or! less population, and in cities exceeding five thousand in population, the number may be increased to twenty, as the city council may determine, one or more of whom shall ot reputable physicians of not lees than two years standing in the practice of bis profes? sion, &c, ?fee, fcc/' Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered and ordained by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Sumter in Coaocil assembled aod by the authority of the same : SECTION 1. That, in compliance with the Act of General Assembly of South Carolina, above recited-a Special Election to elect a Local Board of Health for City of Sumter, is hereby ordered, to be held on Thursday, 27th day of Jane, A. D., 1895, between the hours of 8 o'clock a. m. and 5 p. m. at the usual polling place in said city ; aod for the purpose of said election, Books of Registra? tion for the registration of persons (free? holders) qualified to vote at said election, snail be opened at the Office of the Clerk and Treasurer of City of Sumter on Monday, 27th day of May, instant, that said books of registration shall be kept open for the registration of voters (freeholders) during fifteen (15) days thereafter from 9 o'clock a. m. until 2 o'clock p. m., each day, (except Sunday) and sba!I be finally closed on Tues? day, l'tb day of June thereafter, at 5 o'clock p. m., and only such persons as are duly registered io said books of registration shall be entitled to vote at said election. SEC. 2. That each person (freeholder) presentios himself for registration at said Office of Clerk and Treasurer shall give his j name, age, residence, and satisfactory proof i of bis qualification to vote, and snail be en- ? titled to recei re a certificate of registration,! which certificate may be rtquired of any j voter at said election as a condition precedent ! to voting. SEC 3 That at the next meeting of the ' City Council of City ot Sumter, after tbe j cloting of the books of registration, to be held on Tuesday, 18th day of June thereafter ? at 4 o'clock p. m., all complaints and peti-j tions of any person or persons (freeholder or i freeholders) who may have been refused a certificate of registration by reason of any | douht of righ: to register, shall be made to j said City Council, and all persons so refused j and demandii g such certificate of registra lion, are hereby notified to be and appear be? fore said City Council, with evidence neces? sary to establish such right as may be claim? ed, and if so established to ibe satisfaction of CoDticil, such pers-jo or persons, (freeholder or freeholders) shall receive such certificate. SKC. 4. That after a certificate of regis? tration has been issued to any person, and bas been lost or destroyed, such person may apply io the Clerk and Treasurer for a dupli? cate certificate; and the Clerk and Treasurer is hereby authorized to issue a duplicate cer? tific?le upon proof of loss or destruction of ? the original certificate ot registration, and upon payment of twenty-five cents, for use of said City ol' Sumter, for every duplicate cerif?cate sc issued. Done and ratified in City Council assem? bled aud undrr the Corporate Seal of the Citv of Sumter, S. C , this 8th dar of May, A. D . 1895. B. G. PIERSON, C. M. HURST, Mayor. Clerk and Treasurer. Mav 15. THE NEW YORK HERALD, AMERICA'S FOREMOST NEWSPAPER. Daily ?l SMay. A MAGAZINE POS 5 CENTS. 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