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WOMAN SUFFRAGE TICKET.For President, Victoria Wood hull Martin; Vice-President, Mrs. Stowe.In the parlors cf the Willard Hotel, alWashington, under the call of April £Cth, aNational Convention of woman suffragistswas held, under the direction of delegatesfrom Victoria Leagues of the different States. Mrs. Anna M. Parker, of St. Louis, Mo., was called to the chair, and Elizabeth Powers, of Providence, R. I., acted as Secretary. Twenty-eight States were represented by fifty delegates.On motion of Mrs. Windisb, of New York City, Mrs. Victoria Woodhull MartiD, of New York and London, was nominated for President of the United States, and Mrs. Mary L. Stowe, of California, was nominated for Vice-President. The platform reads as follows:Whereas, Under the fourteenth amendment no citizen is deprived of the franchise through'law, but by custom and habit; therefore, be itResolved, That we, the representative women of America, ask the officers in charge of the election precincts through the United States in the coming campaign to give us the opportunity to cost our ballots on the first Tuesday in November, 1892, for our candidates.Resolved, That by the united offorts of the women voters of this Nation we will driveanarchy, crime, insanity and drunkenness from our midst by our humanitarian efforts, backed by the ballot.
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Fisherman And Farmer
Edenton, North Carolina, US
Fri, Oct 07, 1892
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