feet. Nothing
could be more unnatural than that a good woman should shirk her
duty to the State.

If you marvel that so few women work vigorously for political
enfranchisement, let me remind you that woman's success in almost
everything depends upon what men think of her. Why the majority
of men oppose woman suffrage is clear even to the dullest
understanding. In all great reforms it is only the few brave
souls who have the courage of their convictions and who are
willing to fight until victory is wrested from the very jaws of
fate.

In treating of Women in the Ministry, the Rev. Ida C. Hultin (Mass.)
considered what is known as "the woman movement" from a broad and
philosophical standpoint, which carried conviction and disarmed
opposition.

At the opening of the Saturday evening meeting a telegram was read
from the Executive Committee of the National Anti-Trust Conference, in
session at Chicago: "Hearty congratulations to the distinguished
president of the Woman Suffrage Association, and hopes that Miss
Anthony may enjoy many years of added happiness and honor. This
cordial salutation includes Elizabeth Cady Stanton and all of the
noble souls who have wrought so great a work in the liberation and
advancement of the women of this country." A letter was read also from
Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, with
the following resolution, which was passed by the convention held in
Detroit, Mich., the previous December:

WHEREAS, Disfranchised labor, like that of the enslaved, degrades
all free and enfranchised labor; therefore,

_Resolved_, That the American Federation of Labor earnestly
appeals to Congress to pass a resolution submitting to the
Legislatures of the several States a proposition for a Sixteenth
Amendment to the Federal Constitution that shall prohibit the
States from disfranchising United States citizens on account of
sex.

Miss Anthony expressed her satisfaction that equal suffrage was
endorsed by "the hard-working, wage-earning men of the country, each
of them with a good solid ballot in his hand."

Mrs. Clara Bewick Colby (D. C.) gave a historical sketch of Our Great
Leaders, replete with beauty and pathos. Miss Kate M. Gordon spoke
entertainingly on the possibilities of A Scrap of Suffrage.[121] In
presenting her Miss Anthony said: "The right of taxpaying women in
Louisiana to vot