is one of the hopeful features for the success of
this movement. The selection of speakers for this occasion had
been made at the Washington convention in January, and different
topics assigned to each that the same phases of the question
might not be treated over and over again.

[Illustration: Jane H. Spofford]

Mrs. Harriet Hansom Robinson (wife of "Warrington," so long the
able correspondent of the _Springfield Republican_), who with her
daughter made the arrangements for our reception, gave the
address of welcome, to which the president, Mrs. Stanton,
replied. Rev. Frederic Hinckley of Providence, spoke on "Unity of
Principle in Variety of Method," and showed that while differing
on minor points the various woman suffrage associations were all
working to one grand end. Anna Garlin Spencer made a few remarks
on "The Character of Reformers." Rev. Olympia Brown gave an
exceptionally brilliant speech a full hour in length on
"Universal Suffrage"; Harriette Robinson Shattuck's theme was
"Believing and Doing"; Lillie Devereux Blake's, "Demand for
Liberty"; Matilda Joslyn Gage's, "Centralization"; Belva A.
Lockwood's, "Woman and the Law". Mary F. Eastman followed showing
that woman's path was blocked at every turn, in the professions
as well as the trades and the whole world of work; Isabella
Beecher Hooker gave an able argument on the "Constitutional Right
of Women to Vote"; Martha McLellan Brown spoke equally well on
the "Ethics of Sex"; Mrs. Elizabeth Avery Meriwether of
Tennessee, gave a most amusing commentary on the spirit of the
old common law, cuffing Blackstone and Coke with merciless
sarcasm. Mrs. Elizabeth L. Saxon of Louisiana spoke with great
effect on "Woman's Intellectual Powers as Developed by the
Ballot." These two Southern ladies are alike able, witty and
pathetic in their appeals for justice to woman. Mrs. May Wright
Sewall's essay on "Domestic Legislation," showing how large a
share of the bills passed every year directly effect home life,
was very suggestive to those who in answer to our demand for
political power, say "Woman's sphere is home," as if the home
were beyond the control and influence of the State. Beside all
these thoroughly prepared addresses, Susan B Anthony, Dr.
Clemence Lozier, Dr. Caroline Winslow, ex