. Letters were read
from William Lloyd Garrison, and J. W. Kingman, of Wyoming. The
Chairman of the Committee on Resolutions reported the following,
which were accepted for separate consideration:
The American Woman Suffrage Association affirms: That
woman's right to vote already exists in theory under a
government based upon the consent of the governed; that her
right to vote implies her right to take part in the
nomination of her representatives in the primary meetings of
the parties, and that this right can be granted at any time,
by the State Convention of any party, without any change of
constitution or laws.
We therefore recommend the suffragists of each State to
address a memorial to every political convention, asking for
the adoption of a resolution. "That hereafter, women who are
identified in principle with the party, and who possess the
qualifications of age and residence required of male voters,
are invited to take part in its primary meetings, with an
equal voice and vote in the nomination of candidates and the
transaction of business."
_Resolved_, That we congratulate the National Prohibitory
Reform party upon its adoption of woman suffrage in its
platform, and upon the similar action recently taken by that
party in several States; also upon the admission of women to
the Prohibitory caucuses of Massachusetts by the unanimous
invitation of its State Convention, and upon the subsequent
nomination of the same candidates by the woman suffragists
of that State.
_Resolved_, That we rejoice at the beneficent results of
woman suffrage in Wyoming, and at its successful
establishment in the Granges, in the Good Templar Lodges,
and in other co-operative organizations.
WHEREAS, The Constitution of Colorado provides that the
question of extending suffrage to women shall be submitted
to the voters; therefore,
_Resolved_, That the American Woman Suffrage Association
will extend to the Association of Colorado all the aid
possible to secure the desired result.
Rev. B. F. BOWLES, of Philadelphia, was opposed to the adoption,
of the first resolution o
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