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1 VOL7 NO 47 lOMIS CASE IN EQUITY Gracefully and Forcefully Presented by Mrs Mary Church Terrell Before the Brainiest In America The of Equal Suffragists Premier Representative of our Womanhood Kates the Hit of the Convention have come an suffragists The equal aone Those who followed their pro oeedinga and digested their argument will all agree that the cause they advocate earneatneBS and in much cate with bo telligenca today better understood than ever before and bss been made to eommand a more and more strious de Woman suffrage gree of consideration once a subject for ridicule has ceased to be a joke It is one of the grave prob lems of the hour The wonderful advancement of the feminine Bex in buBi ncap in the profeEBions in the indue trie3 and in the world of flnanoe if living her an importance in the affairs of life Which the sensible man muei recognize and subscribe to a change oi laws and customs to accord with the hiRher conditions that have come about in consequence of womans broadening itflutnee All of the weeks sessions were in slructive and interesting Well in formed and witty women thoroughly alive to everything not only where the advancement of women is concerned but in all things and events whch are undtr discussion throughout the whole wtrd addressed the meetings when they were thrown open for that purpose and delivered their opinions with great force of logic and intelligence There is nothing about the woman suffragist today to remind one of the agi tator ot a quarter of a century ago The mamiishly attired Bhoit skirted short haired womanwho for so many year was the butt of the Batirht and the car toonist haB been shoved off of the Board and in her lace stands the cultured womanly oman of the twentieth cen tury In her dresB she keeps pace with iashion She is in many Instances a mother and Bhe boasts ol it and the home which she ennobles Many of the nations brightest women took part in the gathering headed by the veteran Susan Anthony but no one mde a better impression for wis dom Lapuinets of expression and powti of oratory than did our own Mrs Mary Church Terrell president of the National Association of Colored Wo tteo As was noted in a former issue WASHINGTON SATURDAY FEBRUARY 1 7 1900 MRS MARY CHURCH TERRELL President of the National A saociation of Colored Women Her Address on Woman Suffrage the Hit of the Recent Gathering of Americas Brainiest Women of this paper Mrs Terrell was an nounced to speak on The Justice of Woman Suffrage the piece ae re sistance of the whole convention We said Mrs Terrell would meet the highest expectations in handling this trying topic and she more than did so Her effort was a masterpiece of argument scholarly and logically put and was delivered with that ease and grace of bearing that ineffable charm and magnetism of mannerand dignity and force that are characteristic of all Mrs Terrell does or says She wa3 herself at her best thats all and to state that her presentation was Ier rellesme will convey a perfectly clear idea of its excellence to all who know the leader of Afro American womanhood The race may well feel proud of such a splendid representation By Mrs Terrells appearance at this con vention Doth the cause of women in general and the Negro in particular has been incalculably benefi ed We cannot give the entire address but Mrs Terrell said pari Continued on Fourth page A Banquet In Honor ot Abraham Llncolna Birthday Baltimore Md Special On last Monday night at the McKinley Club on Druid Hill avenue a banquet was tendered in honor of Abraham Lincolns birthday After a very flue dinner wa served the table being laden with all the delicaees of theseasoniHon Warner McGuinn ws made toaatmaater thfi evening The Catherine was I largely attended by many of the promi nent citizens 01 me cuy Dr Marcus Cargill responded to the toast Abraham Lincoln Mr Webb The Political Outlook of the Negro Hon George Mills Organization Henry Bay ton The Field of Journalism Mr Lewis TunBeli The Hustler Samuel Brown The Qualities of a Man and Mr Alex McDaniel The Gcod Work of Abraham Lincoln The evening was one of groat interest many flue speeches were made The annual ban quet committee was appointed aB fol lows Dr Cargill Messrs Geo Mills Webb and McGuinn The inclemency of the weather did noi at all prevent a goodly numbar being present and all seemed to have enjoyed the celebration of the noted and worthy chieftains birthday in the personation of Abraham Lincoln PRICE FIVE CENTS POLITICS IN CONNECTICUT ThePatriarehie Meeting in June Death of a Prominet Woman Social Horoscopa News Notes New Haven Conn Special All colored men who are Interested in the political welfare of the race in New Havea should be up and doing There should be more interest along that line now than ever There ia something in store for the colored man if he will only get out and huBtle for himself We have a greet many men who will blow around and say what ought to be done but are never ready to assist There is also a class of men who go into politics looking only for their own interest and when they find they cannot win out they will try to kill the progress of every otter colored iran This spirit must die before the Negro can prosper in New England The Negro must learn to talk his business with his friends and keep it from the white man the white man is looking for himself everytime and when he asks any favors of the Negro the return is always made with a promise But ab the Negro of today has seen the folly and has decided to demand such rights as belong to the Negro eimply byoaetingan honest ballot next spring The Gcff street branch of the 0- A is the only colored A in New England today and it is yery painful to say that there are nearly six thousand Negroes in this city and this association has euch small attendance The young men in New Haven should feel it a duty to support this organization The annual Field day and Convention ot the New England and Mw York Patriarohle Union which was to convene in New Haven on the first day of June 1900 All Patriarchte under the Jurisdiction of this Union will govern themselves accordingly Fcr further information addreeo A Lee Epps No 78 Webster street Naw Haven Conn Mw Joeephine Mitchell of Milford afcr returning from churcq Suiday evening February 4 met with a very sad death Early Monday morning Bhe was found in the well by her husband It proved to be an accidental death from the verdict rendered by the coroners inquest Mrs Mitchell was born in Norfolk Va 50 years ago and has lived North for 25 yeais or more Continued on Fifth Page fo HM WWm 1 Smi fS CB.