New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-14
the Chairman Of th.i Committee Mr. Marsh, receseed key

ously That Won aid not receive women" and shoad
have in family t The Hall Mis- Brown returned TO her
seat and surprised me by stating that she bad been recev
cd expressed my great JOY and advised her to put the
matter beyond doubt by avaling hersef Of some quiet
thank the Convention, and we would then re
turn meetings. She went back 10 the pa'iorn
forth purpose On her rising you announced her a. IN
possession Of the floor Your announcemen Mt was receiver
with loud apflause Some Kisses were drowned N 20
cond outbreak Of applause. Several members rose 70
order but you proclaimed again that Miss brown wa gu
titled TO the floor. II any one beside MI haran o. -
cisy responsible for the scenes which followed,
self Since he'd you denied her night 10 SPEAK anu nea
the Convention acauieseed should mmediatey nave
left your Hall 20 unanimous however aPPeheo Als
feeling Of the body Of the N heI lsVIl a
dared 10 rlsk an appeal from a. The question nah taken
them unawares There had been no tine for concert or
cobinatiop and the unbiased wishes OF the Convention
sbone forth Miss Brown had however uttered bat few
words when your friends, the officers OF the meetih7
drowned her voice by cries OF order ,name' lrlvo
ous notion and disordery conduct Amid these ireqneh
cries Of order watched in vain for that word from your
lips in rebuke Of those who standing on each side Of you
perIeualy insulting the member whom you han us'
welcomed the platform and whose right to speak there
you were constantly proclaming- After while MISS
Brown left the Hall.
You viii see that the matter stood thus; We had
been decoyed into entering your meeting by the ooa Of
your members that women would be received inese
boasts found afterward had even better foundation
tban first supposed. Mr.. Oliver, the Chairman OF your
Committee Of Arrangements, himself informed me that
when yoBT Cal Nren and issued, hat Commune Se-
hated ne POINT pkether Women should be admitted and de-
their Cal 20 Hndersood that he told the Editor OF ne
TJvnl this and asked him 10 prcRt the oer CoHren''0H
icing hel3 asked Mr. Oliver why he did not insert one
line IN his Call that all delegates male and female woud
be admitted equal terms assuring him that uch uns
quyoce words would have themselves prevented our hVu
ing separate Convention He made me no repay eoh
yicton t. that some Of Mr. divers Committee praccei
the same policy that your Convention did that 49, inteh
tionaly used equivOca language, meaning II no women
GENE, to claim afewad that they would nave Deen re
oeved had they asked and then publish the private ohr
TO Dir Greeley a. evidence Of thi This plot resulted in
the crisis where found ourselves Mise Brown was de
ooyed into entering the Convention by the boasts oi Us
members that Women we're admissible. Your Chairman
Credentials received her you proclaimed her right 70
the floor the Convention again and again appanded your
decision Though thus received and sustained, she was
mobbod down by the other officers Of Your meeting lou
know well tina; we yield TO inobs whether they
stand platforms elsewhere. After leaving the nan
expressed my regret gentlemen that nu1 no.
be- a member of the Convention, Miss Brown had
neither found gentleman in the Chair to protect her from
insult nor an efficient officer sustain his decisions
and such should have been glad 10 ala
the majority in defending themseyes against few unscru
pulOus and overbearng men on the platform lhese gen
temen New Workers and old, active, and devoted ren
OF TeCtOtnism rt0m any request from me, formed 80
coiy and credentials delegates 20 me ald two ON
eTs-Mr Cleveland Associate Editor Of TIE Tribune, and
James s. Gibbons Cashier Of one OF the New York banks
I entered your meetings on Wednesday morning. Your
perpetual decisions that was out of order should a'trb
ute entirely to ignorance il had not happened that IN
the morning you ruled the same point one way 10
put Inc down and directly the contrary way when neees
sary TO give your friends the floor This was 50 papabe
that even Mr. Hoar who will not be suspected OF paay
90 acknowledged il to me- and at my request maze an
effort that morning To- bring il TO your notice. HIS
remarks lost in the confusion But will not waste
time the rulings Of an officer who decided that when
member has the floor il speaking in order ana refuses
TO give way another member may rise and move an al
joummcnl Such motions you allowed and put to the
house many times in spite of oil remonsfrence lha' me
rulings Of such officer beneath criticism even You
will allow when you read the e0O section of Judge Cush
ng's Treatise on Parliamentary Law
On Wednesday morning, Miss Brown again rose to
Won hort tho
interviewed since her frst appearance. Your platform
friends had got time for concert and intrigue Relying on
their arrangements they rsked now an appeal from your
decision, taken by Mr.. Camp The Convention sustained
you by an immense majority, and again you gave
Miss Brown the floor Before she could utter word,
another appeal taken amid loud uproar and universal
confusion On Tuesday YOU had ruled, very correctly,
when il necessary to cut of that point OF order
decided by the House appeal from the Chair could
not be raised again, Yet now you allowed second ap
peal precisely the order raised by Mr. Camp O.
that the Convention had excluded women. Bat again,
the Convention decided that Woman might speak. Miss
Brown about open her ps when some one doubted
he vote You then ordered the Hall to be vacated by
members and spectators alike. that the vote might be
,ounted The Convention had consented be governed
by the usual Parliamentary rules You decided when
raised the question that this language meant the rules
usual in this country Now sir ask where do you find
in any American Delberative Assembly precedent for
urning the members out Of their Hall in order to take
he Yeas and Naysl' They have such custom in the
Engish House of Commons, where they use no check
itts But the course wholly unprecedented here. After
protest obeyed most and Illegal order
Suspeng however some trick the part ofthe mobocras
Of the platform informed that expected to be kept
out till the very last and relied you, as the presiding
officer protect my rights till was readmitted You as
sented The police stationed hemse Ives at the door All
but the officers of the Convention who occupied the plat
FORM left the hall After hour, among the very last
readmitted. found that you had quilted The CHAR
and the hail. DO not think in this way to avoid responsi
bity for what took place will not enlarge on the ine
Of presiding officer except in case of severe III
quitting the chair in the midst of the count of DIS
puted vote and one involving so much confusion But
The widest charity cannot believe that You lett the
chair without well knowing what was TO be done, that
another of less conscience and nerve than your
self uggle the Convention out OF crisis which you
had not the courage to face found also that rhIic
third of The meiors locked ont blythe police the r1g
ment Of the Convention inside like Cromwells Rnmp
Parliamentl without waiting for that count for which
tenshly had been excluded from the hall had under
TO lay the whole the table and passed on 10 other
matters. When demonstrated was told to at down as
out of order This is indeed new and convenient mode
to enable the minority to govern Lock enough OF the
majority out of doors to insure vote, and then set
lie matters 10 suit yourselves In any less Ignorant BODY
Il would be impossible Whether was owing 10 the Goa
fusion orr want OF familiarity with deberave meetings
| cannO say hut never saw in any assembly 50 many
men utterly ignorant alike of rules Of order and rules OF
justice But my deliberate conviction that majority
of the Convention would have at all times sustained yon IN
your decision that Miss Brown had the right % speak,
could they have been permitted to vote on II stu was
easy for the platform leaders to confuse and msead them
by collateral issues and camor down all at mpis 20 get
vote the main question IL Is singular fact that in
Convention which had, by SPECIAL r0 excluded all BAT
its officers from the PLATFORM all the confusion or Il
mated from the occupants Of the platform, ard tn greater
share If the noise made by them Ii Is thought shsme
ul 10 strike man whose hands are bound But what shall
be said OF men refusing let woman, rA0 IS enti 20
The floor open her lips while they walk round her. pointing
at her and uttoIng all sorts Of insulting and dsordey
marks In regard 20 her The Reporter for TAe Tri5zae
Sept says the officers OF The meeting were heard urging
each other raise points Of order and give reasons for
them. TO prevent Miss Browns speaking As Gen Cary.
who in the Chair would not allow me to protest ain
this shameful trick If locking out nothing was le ir
me- a. told Won hut 10 object the next morning % tho
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