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quite severely criticized, by a member of the christian temperance union, because in quoting the opinions of some great men, favorable to woman suffrage, she made no mention of Jesus. Why should she have done so, since he never expressed any opinion on the question, as Republics did not exist in his day.
It would be quite as sensible to complain that Tyndall, Huxley & Spencer make no reference in their lectures to Jesus, seeing that he never
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expressed his views on the natural sciences.
The mission of the great Nazarine was not to build up governments, nor collect statistics, in material phenomena, but to give the world a spiritual gospel, & illustrate the purest moral principles in his life as well as teachings.
Sincerely yours, Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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Clara Bewick Colby, Editor and Publisher. Sara Winthrop Smith Assistant.
Established in 1883.
The Woman's Tribune Weekly, $1.00 a Year.
Beatrice Nebraska July 14 1890
To the President of the United States-
Honored Sir:-
As the appropriation bill for the District of Columbia "call for the apportionment of a Superintendent of Charities said appointee not to be a resident of the District, I beg to call to your attention the fact that this is a work for which women have shown themselves especially adapted and it would be a great satisfaction to women, since their have such slight
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recognition in official patronage yet pay their fair share of taxes for the support of the government to have a woman appointed for this position
I will take the liberty of suggesting names for your consideration: Mrs. Eliza Hendricks (widow of the late vice president) of your own city has shown such excellent executive ability in the management of the Woman's Prison of Indianapolis, that if she would accept the appointment she would certainly perform the duties satisfactorily
