The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-12-13


this evcping at her request. An Insult 10
the spcaker would b regarded % an insult
Mr.. Bradley sald that the man who could
insult q woman eould not iusuR him. He
attempted to proceed, but the confusion be-
ing so great he yielded the hoor and took q
seat In the corner.
Mr. J. d. o'Councll-w was invited BY Mn.
-Grifing to address the meeting, but no do
clined the honor. Some one In the rear part
Of the hall cried out "Hurrah for the son Of
Mrs. Colby made her usual address, advo.
eating the claims Of women to positions az
census-takcrs, admitting she would cheer.
fully perform the duties herself for the pay
specified In the bill before Congress.
Mr.. Allen Cofiin spoke at some length Of
the opposition all great measures encountered
In their inclpiency. The women who were
brave enough 10 face such audiences as had
disgraced the hall night after night, could
not be frowncd down by ridiculc or bolster.
business.
Mrs. Grifing said she was highly gratiilcd
that the speakers this evening had been al.
lowed some chance to address the audience.
The silence aud comparative good behavior
must not be attributed to any change OF SEN
timent, but TO the fact that Government
clerks were now on their good behavior,
since the members Of Congress who had
placed them In position were now In WASH
ington, and their proteges would not feel at
liberty to disturb tho meetings as they had
been doing too long. She apologized to Mr..
Bradley for the Interruptions during his re.
| marks, and hoped he would soon have IN
opportunity of expressing his views without
opposition.
Gen. W. ]. Smith, NJ. c. from Tennessee,
was invited by Mrs. Grifflng to address the
meeting, but he declined to respond. A
Mr.. emith-occupying a front seat-dld re-
| -poud, and admInistercda wholesome rebuke
TO the rowdy element. He thought 1t was q
shame and disgrace to the Department
| clerks serving under Republican admins
tration that they should como to the meet
ing for no other purpose but to disturb the
proceedings. He knew the heads Of Depart
Inents would dismiss any clerk known to
participate In the noisy demonstrations by
which the meetings had been interrupted.
He was glad to see present n Government
detective, who had been, no doubt, sent TO
ascertain the names OF such clerks as Joined
In the demonstrations.
1t was question of freedom of debate
free speech-and IL was hardly creditable To
the young men of Washington that they
should delight in trampling on a right which
was the boast Of tho nation. However, TIL
cruclfxion of truth between thieves wa
nothing new. He believed the cause advo
Gated by the members Of the association
would fiually triumph.
Miss O'Conuor offered the following reso.
lutious, which were adopted, and the meet.
ing adjourned:
Resolved, That when when this association
Invites persons to address these meetings, such
persons are entitled TO liberty Of speech aud
safety OF person.
Rssoired, That As Col. Hinton, who addressed
ms ta.al faNa Ian ,t.N. .A u.
tgo, was followed on leaving this hall by Mr.
Bryan, and some ten or more friends OF dr
Bryan, and treated In rude and ungentie-
msnly manner-more nagrsnt from the fact
that Col. Hlnton was accompanied By hts wife
by Mr.. Bryan aud his friends; therefore,
association, and himself, Mr.. Bryan shall
frankly and fully apologize to Col. Hinton at
his Mr.. Brysn's) earliest opportunity.
Re.O,rea' That copy, Of these Is:olStlon. be
the secretary Of this association.
While the audience was leaving the hall
one Of the attaches of the REPUBLICAN
picked up the following ''pome," which was
to have been rected by the man wish the Fe-
MAN necktie, but unfortunately no lost Il
while on his way to the snow at the CiSy
Hall. II Is fall poc,ical sketch Of ono of
the meetings which has already been de-
scribed In prose.
sour Artist" has kindly given Us the as
sistance of his pencil, which, while probably
not evinciug tho skill of Gustave Dors, viii
serve our purpose:
The NATIONAL REPUBLICAN
Had advertised so much Of fun,
For little money, Satday nights
At tho "U. y. A" for "womsn rights"
That somewhat over curious,
And anxious some to see the muIs,
The rich temptations OF the show
O'ercome our soruples-msdeu US go
On Saturday, the "twenty-seventh,"
or months Of 'e0, the eleventh"
We were so much inspired,
And our genius so hred,
By what there transpired,
That some things we'll tell
or what there bsfell
In pure doggsrel.
We passed the "gusr,lisns Of the peace"
Paid bsauteous Miss OConnor fees;
And, ipso Jdefo with our rights,
Invested with the other wights,
Entered the grand arena. There
The gladiatorial sports do wear
Such serio-comio, olownlsh dress,
We fear we justly can't express
In words the state OF fun. full bliss.
But this 10 In parsnthesisi
A stranger there we thought It meet
To locate on far back seat.
A blazing banner to our eye,
Right DER the stage, uplifted high,
Revealed determinations face;
Its spirR aror1-no day Of grace -
QUITE paled our cheek-for IL was run.
Tho motto said:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,