The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-02-10
Dmalosolrbille Chief.
The Women in Congress.
From the Washington Patriot, January ?

From the w asInhSuon IatIioo' otiio"lJ ~''J
The woman suffrage party made |
another raid on Congress yesterday |
morning; A few days ago the Senate
Judiciary Committee was the object
i've point, but this time the batteries
were trained on the House Judiciary
Committee. The suffrage force dld
not move with the same unanlmlty
however; nor was as good an az
rangeme1ft made for the Judiciary
Committee to receive them. 1t was
announced in the papers yesterday
morning that the women would APP
near before the committee that an
immense roll of petition, signed by
thirty-five thousand OF the women OF
the land, would be presented, with an
appropriate speech; that Ben Butler
would take up the roll in his stalwart
arms. and bear it with dramatic effect
TO the House, and that he would pre-
sent it with great flourish, where
upon the women would clap their
hands with joy for by this act, they'd
see light dawning for their cause
This was the programme, and Butler
was nothing 10th to perform his part.
Well, the women appeared III force,
under the leadership OF
MR.. DIR. LOCKWOOD
and Mrs. DIR. Lockwood, and carefully
guarded by Mrs. DR.. Mary Z. Walker,
in her Mailman, half-woman attire.
Mr.. DIR. Lockwood brought in the
precious bundle, and deposited it
safely near the door of the Judiciary
Committee, where he seated himself
to carefully watch the bundle. The
hour appointed for the grand presen-
tation was half past eleven, but at
that hour the committee room door
was still locked, and there was no ap-
pearance of a committee man present;
and then it began to leak out that 1t
was not an arrangement with the
committee at all, but it was all the
affair of Ben Butler himself. 1t also
began to be whispered that there was
something of fuss i'll the womans
camp, and that one faction looked
with disapproyal upon the move, and
said it was all Mrs. Lockwood's
scheme and plan, for her own self
glorifeation. But how did Mrs.
Lockwood get possession OF the
THIRTY-FIvE THOUSAND NAMES?
Mrs. Isabelle Beecher Hooker was
present and explained it thus:
Why, you see, Mrs. Josephine 5.
Griing had charge of these petitions
They came in from all parts of the
country, and Mrs. Grifing being sick
gave them to Mrs. Lockwood to paste
together, to make one grand roll OF
, the whole batch. Mrs. Lockwood
having them in possession, asked Gen.
Butler to present them, and appoint
ed this morning to give the roll to
him at the Judiciary Committee room.
In pursuance of this PLAN" continued
Mrs. Hooker, "Mrs. Lockwood noti-
fled us of her purpose, and invited us
to be present; here we are. But
Mrs. Lockwood had no business to do
this
The truth was, there was
JEALOUSY AMONG THE WOMEN,
and all want to claim the credit of be-
ing foremost among the leaders. AS
the hand pointed to the hour of
twelve, Mrs. Hooker chuckled at the
idea that the Lockwood crowd was to
be disappointed, and Mrs. Lockwood
and Mrs. Walker began to fear them
selves, and ran about the Capitol i'll
search of Gen. Butler. In few mo-
ments that gentleman appeared, with
a strong minded female hanging af-
fectionately on his arm, and made his
way to the door of his committee
room, which he found locked. He
SEARCHED ALL HIS PocKTEs
for key, but not key could he find,
and he finally went. upon the floor and
got a key from one of his colleagues
on the committee, whereupon the
whole crowd entered the committee.
room. Mrs. Lockwood with her hus-
band on the left, took prominent
position at one end Of the table, and
Butler moved to- the other end
where he was Immediately button
holed by
MRS. HOOKER,
who intimated to Butler that this rait
was entirely engineered by Mrs
Lockwood, and that the Suffrage As.
ISOLATION conld not stand sponsor TO
anything that might be said or done
Mrs. Hookel's tete-a-tete was inter
rupted by Mrs. DR.. Walker, who in
formed Butler that whether this was
to be feast or funeral, it was Mrs
Lockwood's, and that Mrs. Hooke
had nothing to do with it. Butte
smiled blandly upon both women, TIN
one in brooches and the one in modes
woman's attire, and indicated by
nod that be was prepared to hea
what was to be said.
Mr.. DR.. Lockwood then arose ant
introduced his better halt. who arose
smoothed the ruft1es Of her silk dress
and said:
MRS. I4ockwooDFs SPEECH.
Hon. B. F. Butler-Honored Sir
come to you to-day, in behalf Q
this large delegation of earnest AM
thoughtful women: in behalf of mann