Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-01-07
The Woman Suffragfsfs.
CAUCUS At THE CAPITOL TODAY.

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coin hall tomorrow, convened today i'm the
ladies' reception room. adjoining the Senate
chamber. Mrs. Sara j. Spencer. of this city.
presided and Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker
OF Connecticut acted as Secretary. 4 r0ll-can
OF The delegates developed The fact that every
state III the Union would be represented by
the delegates HOW here and en- route. or by
letter. 1t was decided not 10 hold any mora
ing session tomorrow, but to meet al p. m.
80 as to give the members until that time the
opportunity 10 canvass among Senators and
Representatives To enlist their sympathy and
votes for the proposed sixteenth amendment
TO the constitution. Mrs Spencer said that She
had made request IN the proper quarter that
ladies should he allowed to so in on the itoOr
When the Senate was actually in session and
present their case tn the Senator'S She had
been net With the statement that such q pro
ceedng was
WITHOUT PRE-, EDENT
Mrs. Hooker then suggested that inaSmuch
as there was precedent for such a course IN
the House that the ladies meet to canvass for
votes next Thursday in the House Of Repre-
SemtatEeS.
\ lady delegate reminded Mrs President"
as she termed the presiding officer, that there
was a precedent for their admittance 10 the
senate, naSmuch as Mrs. General Sherman
and Mrs. Admiral Dahigren had gone upon
the floor of the Senate Willie i; was i'm session
an4 GeSougltt votes against woman suffrage.
Mrs. SpenCer.-oh.I am glaGyou remind mr
OF that: we have indeed precedent
Mrs. Hooker suggested that the convention
adjourn OF Wednesday next. to meet in The
dtiPS reception room Oh the senate. and then
ask God 10 direct them what next 10 do. She
said She wanted it understood that the ladies
intended t" take possession of the Capitol next
IhuTSday-by God! This ejaculation moi in
any pTOtane manner, hut with Il Supplicating
gesture directed upwardS.-Rep.l
Mrs. Spencer said that She was glad that the
party now coming into power. which had
rested for sixteen years. was alive Ia the i'm
rortInce 1" the woman question. She pre-
dlclcd that the party which gave woman her
rights would prevail for the next twenty-five
years.
MARRIED WOMEN's PROPERTY RIGHTS.
Mrs. .HOokerSp"ke commencing he message
G1 that good democrat. Governor Hubbard. of
Connecticut. who had asked the legislature to
Tram" bill Ia allow led women TO have
the same rights with respect to properly as
tE"iT husbands. This She said, was now tne
law OF that state and was made 50 through a
Gii! drawn up by her husband. John
Mrs. Spencer informed the delegates that The
senate committee on privileges and elections
Ihurday next.
Tie caucus adjourned at l O'Clock. with the
imposed d4Iy upon each delegate of conSti-
tnlng herself a committee of one to canvass
votes tUr the cause.
THE CONVENTION
T:i VI II Mo;@ "a io!f >e%Ii@ns e. In as fG"WS: TH"SIay
y, M T. ~ - 10 10 10 ~ ~ m m w sGaT MGGaiSSa&T T. t.
bella Breciler Hooker and Elizabeth Cady
stanton Will deliver addresses Matilda .Io"e-
lEh Gage and Elizabeth Avery MerriWether
are at Mrs. b. \. LOckwoodS. 6l9 street
northwest.
TIE RIcIHGs BERNARD TROUPE DIe0R-
A\IIED.-A nd now the Caroline kiCiingS-
Bernard combination is in deaf of trouble
Tie performance a the National Guard hall.
NTginia City. advertised for last "Wednesday
night, did E0t come off. because the Wardr0bn
of the company had been attached and "a
moved from the hall to the Justices court. at
the instance of Harry Gates. the second tenor
OF the troupe. Mr.. Gates, claim amounted 10
Slt0. bat he rcmil,cd 500, because that WAS thu
largest amount which could be brought in thr
JuSiIce court. II appears that with the or
galnIatiun OF the troupe " commonwealth"
was ln>tituted--a sort of cooperative c4nccrn
that is all the receipts were to 60 10 a com
mon purse, and after expenses the remainder
was to b" dlVldei by percentages among the
members. the highest snare going of course
t. Nine. RlChings and her husband. Bernard.
The last named was treasurer. and manipu-
lated the affairs of the commonwealth. q pro
'tct0r. much dS lie pleased. and 10 the Il !ipged
4rirau'tihg OF The lesser lights OF the trouDe.
he troupe has been diSUrganizcd and legal
proceedings in Virginia court, about to com
lEenCe last Thursday will develop to what rN-
tent " Protector Bernard has victimiZed his
comr"ny.-lS6T LSo Her"id, j1tt Uit.
PRESIDENTIAL BET IN COURT.-A dis
Patch rom Liberty, Indiana, January 1.
says: \ rather queer case has come uD in this
term nf court Last fall a year ago, pending
the Presidential election. a bargain wa entered
into between Samuel Leonard. a democrat.
and Lewis Davis, a republican. that if Tilden
should ne elected the latter should pay the for
ntlhS double the usual price of the wagon:
but should Hayes be elected. Davis was 10 lake
the wagon for the sum of -. which was paid
when that bargain was made. Davis had the
wagon removed from LeonardS blacksmith
shop before the question was decided by the
Electoral Tribunal. and placed in the hands of
an umpire, When Hayes received his title
Davis took the wagon. and has since had it in
MS possession. Leonard now claims that Til
den was elected and brings silt for the value
"i The wagon less the $ paid on it, a sum of
There tbu+ ,,,l
Jury may yet have something To say of the
question. The parties are both wealthy and
oid politicians, and the case eXcites much inter
NIFEs TEMPERANCE SUIT.-Mrs Ella
Go0dtelIGW has brought suit against Mrs. Ann
SeNai e. The prOpTIeiTcS of Il liquor saloon at
$50 ltE avenue. Brooklyn. whom she charged
with violation OF section % of chapter CPS
2n act to suppress intemperance and regulate
the sale OF liquor. She had forbidden Mrs. 5
10 sell liquor 10 her husband, but that lady had
continued 10 do So. and she testified that She
Went il the place and took a glass from him
matte caught hold of it. Mrs. $ then put her
out OF the place. Her husband never returned
nome. Counsel for the defence moved to dis
mss the complaint on the ground that it had
not been proven that Mrs. SemaIte had Il
license or that she owned the place, OF had
ever sold compartments husband Iiquor. The
motion was sranted-IN y. Express, 5h.
STRANGE ACCIDENT TO 4 LADY.-The Wor-
StSiti SpJ says mat as Mrs. L. Z. Tracy. of
northampton. Mass, was descending the
stairs at her residence on Friday, ring on
her right hand caught on The gaS-fXture pen
dant i'll the hall by the side of the stair railing
and swung her out into the hall where she
hung for several minutes by one finger
wrenching her quite severely. Her little
daughter heard her cries and finally succeed
ed in lifting Mrs. Tracy 50 that she removed
her finger, which was very much lacerated
A 1eWeler was called in to file OFF the ring and
Mrs. Tracy has not been able to sit up since
the accident
ADyICES FROM MEXICO to December Both
have been received via Havana. Secretary of
state Romero is spoken of as Minister of For
elgn relations on account of his intimate ac-
Quantance with the American people The
friends OF Nlllarte; however, oppose him on
this very ground President Daz apparently
counts on close alliance with the United
STATES. Railroads are TO be constructed from
The City OF Mexico to Morelia, from Cetaya to
faimliiaS, and from OmetuscO to Packuca
THREATENED WAR IN THE WEST INDIEs-A
Cuban has been sentenced to death for setting
hre TO the International Hotel at Port an
Prince. The Spanish Consul and the cOmmau-
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