Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-23
CONGRESSIONAL.
Conclusion Of Yesterdays P~ooselt
woMAN's RIGHTS IN THE SENATE.

W0MAN's RIGHTS IN THE SENATE.
SENAIE-After our report closed
~; Mhen House bill to relieve the legal disabil
iIies OF women was reached, Mr.. Sargent sub
united the following as an amendment i'm the
nature OF . substitute: mo person shall be
e ei from practicing as attorney and
States on account of sex" The House bill
pIoSiues lnat any woman who shall have been
am ,nenoer OF the bar OF the highest court of
OF the District of Columbia for the space of
three years, and shall have maintained a good
Standing before such court and who shah be
person OF good moral character shall on
motion and the production of such record, he
ADMITTED TO practice before she Supreme Court
of the United States. In support OF his amend
by S5 lawyers of the District Of Columbia, IA
yollng Inc passage OF the bal, and spoke in
favor OF the amendment.
The till and amendment were then recon-
mi ted to the committee on the judiciary.
The Senate then, on motion of Mr. Sargent.
went into executive session. and when the
doors were reOpened, at 20, adjourned.
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL
HOoSE.-After our report closed
MI. Reagan moved to suspend the rules
and pass the river and harbOr appropriation
Several points of order were made against
rushing the bin through. and considerable
confusion enSued, after which the motion to
suspend the rules and pass the bill was
passed.
1t appropriates $500, 900, the following being
among the items:-For Baltimore RarbOr.
$500; James river. Va, $4,000: Appomattox
river. Va: $4,000; Great Kanawha river, W
N Na fSTE2oooi Cape Fear river, n: c., $500;
Dor, 5000; the Ohio river (from Pittsburg to
mouth, 10000; Monongahela river wv. va.
and "a: $500; the NeuSe river, y. c., $1,000;
Currituck Sound, n. c., $4,000; Washington
and Georgetown harborS, $4,000,
Inc Dill leaves lt discretionary with the Sec
re1ary OF War whether he shall have the work
zone by contract act or by hired labor. 1t also
rivers and harbors designated in the bill
On the announcement of the vote, Mr.. Cox
IN. 1.l rose to privileged question for the
purpose, as he said, OF presenting a protest
against the passage of the BILL signed by
mem berS of the House.
MIR; Beagan raised the point of order that
Mi: Cox had stated that his object was to pro
test against the passage of the bill, and that
now he could not insist on its being priv.
legged question, but the Speaker ruled that
n,oS I4A haa tne rlght, rising to privileged
question, to have that paper read as part of
Mr.; Reagan appealed from the decision of
the Chair, and Mr.. Carlisle moved to Law the
appeal on the table. Whereupon Mr.. BitIer
moved to adjourn.
Tellers being ordered, the Speaker appointed
MeSSrs. Butler and Cox TO act i'm that capacity.
which was the signal for general laugh over
lhe house. The vote annOunced-yeaS l19
nays l0l; SO the House, at LAO, adjourned.
Inc protest is signed by S. s. Cox and TWEEN
mat the appropriation is of such large amount
that the rules of the House should not be sus
pended to facilitate Its passage; that the rules
guarded against vote i'm gross OH such apprO-
pflatlonS, and require separate votes on each
item under certain considerations: protests
against the 1nfractiOn of SO Salutarya rule and
declares that the right of the House of Repre-
Sentat1veS to consider appropriations i'm com
mlttee of the whole House, or at least i'm the
House itself, should be sacredly protected.
DIR. RowLANb's DISAPPOINTMENT IN LOVE-
AT Hale'S Corners, a village on the overland
route between GAINESVILLE, Wis., and MIWau
kee, is post office. The postmaster. Mr..
Slegel, is also a respectable merchant OF ali
wares. His daughter having fallen despe-
rately IN love with the man of all work about
the place, the latter was discharged, and not
long atterWard, through her parents perSua-
SlOns, the daughter was engaged to be married
to Fred. L. Rowland, M. D., who dwells near
youngstown. Wednesday was set down for the
wedding day. The guests came, the bride
groom was on hand, but the bride elect had
ned, leaving note reading: Dear Doctor /
VIII see you later" The guests were politely
informed that slight misunderstanding had
occurred In the family, and the ceremony
day word came from Cream Civ that Miss
Slegel and the ex hired man had been married.
On Friday the Doctor was seen to enter a boat
and shove OF quickly into the mill pond near
West Tray Near the center he Sprang over
board: Help from shore rescued him After
he had been taken TO the shore he drew from
his pocket book a roll of greenbackS and
tearing them to small strips, threw them
broadcast.