deas
that it was sought to give form and reality to in this State, as
the final testing hour neared, gradually withdrew their aid and
counsel; and in a manner sympathiless and emotionless as marble
statuary, from their calm Eastern retreats watched the unequal
contest. When Stephen A. Douglas said he "didn't care a d----n
whether slavery was voted up or voted down in Kansas," he but
expressed in a forcible and emphatic manner the feelings of many
of the Eastern "friends" of woman suffrage in the recent
campaign. We repeat then, when we consider the many obstacles
thrown in the way of the advocates of this measure, of the
indifference with which the masses look upon anything new in
government, and their indisposition to change, that the degree of
success of these advocates is not only remarkable, but one in
which they have a just right to feel proud and triumphant.

And to these two ladies, to their indomitable wills and courage,
to their eloquence and energies, is due much of the merit of the
work performed in the State. We would not rob others of their
glories, or their triumphs. Yet these two came to us as pioneers.
Through the highways and byways of all the long years of their
past lives we find the tracings of their deep earnestness and
devotion to the principles which first found ways and means of
development in Kansas. We find them giving utterance to these
thoughts in the days of their first inception, and in words of
burning eloquence closing the campaign which gave them over for
decision and arbitrament to the great jury and final arbiter, the
people. But in the recent election, as is well known, these
ladies were not successful to the full extent of their wishes.
They have the proud consciousness of knowing, however, that their
work has been commensurate with the combined efforts of party
organizations. Congressmen, Senators, presses, ministers, etc.,
and that the people of Kansas are not more averse to giving the
franchise to woman than to the negro. With this evidence of the
result of their efforts they can afford to wait, and, in the
spirit of a Lowell, found their faith in the future, as when he
says:--

But humanity sweeps onward! where to-day the martyr stands,
On the morrow crouches Judas with the silver in hi