Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-24
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My last gave him in bl1ct the history 81 inc
massage ofthe Woman's Suffrage act in Wyom;,
ing / will now give some OF the practiIc'l
morL;nrs Of woman suffrage and woman Office
hnJ;n% The first action taken under the pro
visions Of this law was the appointment BY the
Secretary, as acting Governor, OF Mrs. Esther
Morris. Of South Pass City, as Justice OF the
Peace, for Swcetwatcr county, Her better
half who was now left in charge of the dones-
tic department of the firm, had previous to his
retirement to the sweets Of domestic lite &C.
casionally taken social glass with his friends.
Taking advantage Of this weakness, some friends
waited upon Mr. Morris one day, and having
made Mr.. Morris drunk, led him into breach
of the peace, then FASTENED to the Es1ulrc's
office and lodged Il complaint with her Honor
against her Honor's ''iogc lord and master,
that used to be, and demanded warrant Tor
his arrest Mrs Justice hesitated moment
ON the banks of this woman's Rubicon, but like
Caesar she was equal to the emergency, anu
promptly crossed into her lord domlulons'
aud her former master was dragged bc1olc her
for trial. ,.
compreLend the situation. He began to assert
his sovereign rights in contempt OF Court, until
suddenly brought up by the officer in obedience
to the Courts order Seeing that things had
changed somewhat, and that Othc!os occupa-
ton had been at least suspended, he began to
eypostulate first with the officer, until inform
ed bv that flnctionary that he had no dlscrc-
tion, but was acting under orders from the
Court
"Who is the Court (hic)?" inquired Mr.
Morris On being informed that the occupant
Of the Bench was the Judge, Mr.. Morris look
cd at the Justice with puzzled air, scratched
his head in an effort to collect his scattered
thoughts, and CALCULATED; "Her-hcr (hlcl l.
she is-that's Esthcr-ny wife ESther--you re
drunk, Orch. don't bother INC (hcj, and ne
started to CO. ,.c
Lock up the prisoner for contempt of
Court, said Mrs. Morris to the officer:
''What have you to say about it, ch z hlurt-
cd out Mr.. Norris staggering ncnaclng!y to-
ward the Judge
You will find have all to say about it
Officer lock him up, replied her honor.
Although badly mixed, Mr. Morris began to
yet glimmcr of the truth, and began parley
Now look here, Mr.. Officer, don't you be
in 4 hurry. l didn't mean anything wrong
! want to just talk with my wife minute
Now, Esther, what's the use Of toolln'; you JlSt
git down out o there, and go home and behave
yourself I'll tend to this little difficulty my
self Now 60 right along the baby wants
nursing. hal to give it Mrs. Winsow $ to
get it to sleep when | came down. He's hun
cry, for he won't use that old bottle, and
don't blame him either. The dishes ain t
washed, nor the beds made neither And
what's more, amt goin to do it any more,
now. You hear that? Now start along.
BY the time Mr.. Morris had delivered him
self of this, his tone had changed as his feel
ings warmed from that Of cxpostulation to that
of command again, and the officer forced him
into the rudely constructed lookup in the rear
Of her Honor's court, and there Mr.. Morris
was left to reflect upon the situation, and gaze
upon tho dividing wall between himself and
wife as the dividing line between mans and
woman's rights under this new dlspensatlon.
On the following morning Mr. Morris was
arraigncd before her Honor, and in the most
sober and subducd manner, and with the deep
est humiliation, pleaded guilty, asked the par
don of the Court for contempt, and then
awaited his sentence with humility AMI rcsig-
nation.
After giving the prisoner Caudlc lecture as
amended by the laws Of Wyoming, her Honor
imposed the usual fine and required the pris-
oncr to give bond to keep the peace, upon
which the Court CALAMITY offered to let him
no and Mr. Morris vanished ''