The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-13
Opening the Doors of the Supreme Court.

SP0HiuS tAt D0OrS OF the SupIeUs Uopft.
/ 1t will be remembered that when,
lew weeks ago, we referred to the pas
sage of tie bill admitting women to
practice before the Supreme Court in
the District of Columbia under head of
Two to One" we ventured the predie-
ton that Grover voted against the bill,
II being Of course well known that
Mitchell would favor it. We subioin
the yeas and nays en- the bill, RepubIi-
cans In Roman and Democrats in ItaIie.
We are pleased to note that Voorhees,.
successor TO Senator Morton voted"aye.fI
Conkling and Thurman absented them
selves purposely.
Yeas Allison, Anthony, BdrnuDi.
Beck, Blaine, Booth, Burnside. Cam
eron. Pennsylvania; Cameron, Wiseon-
sin; Dawes, Dorsey, Ferry, Garland.
Gordon, Hamlin, Hoar, Howe, Ingalls,.
Jones, Florida; Jones, Nevada; Kellogg
kirkwood, McCreery, McPherson Ne.
/ Donald, Mcmillan, Mathews, Mitchell
Oglesby, Ransom, Rollins, Sargent.
Teller, Voorhees,, Wadleigh, Window.
Withers. Nays Bailey, ChafTee, Coke.
Ddris, Illinois; Dagis, West Virginia;
Eaton, Edmunds, Eutis, Grouer, Har-
RS, Hereford, HiH, Kernan, MareU.
AeTriman, Morgan, Randolph, Sauis-
bury, Wallace White.
! We find a very interesting account of
the opinions of different Senators upou
the subject, as expressed to Mrs. Lock-
wood in the american Home, which we
subjoiu:
Senator Edmunds, / only ask YOU 10
/ permit me TO earn my bread through
the same noble profession that you once
earned yours. / expect you 10 vote
against the bill, but have the fairness
not TO oppose its consideration. Allow
I IL 10 come up on its merits" al shall
I oppose taking up the bill, aud | shall
I vote against il when IL comes up.u said
the great lawyer.
Senator Thurman was incorrigible
aud ungraciOus. The gallant old bach
elor Senator from Kentucky assured
I Mrs. Lockwood that he would oppose
and vote against the bill but at the
last moment relented and voted for il.
Senator Chatiee was gruff and impo-
llte. u don't believe in women, any
| now" was the logic with which he
answered Mrs. LOckwOOd's rhetoric.
/ Was not your mother a woman. and
I your wife, aud daughters >" This Seua-
| tor Chaftee was unable to deny sauarelv,
and he got out of the taugle by saving
that they were not lawyers.
Senator Saunders, OF Nebraska. IA
vored the bill because he seems 20 have
coniounded IL with wOman's rights.
lie said that IN his neighbOr Wyoming,
where women voted, they had achieved
a governmental Utopia, and were whoop-
ing up the millennium faster even than
10 New England.
Senator Johnson, Of Virginia, said:
Madam, IL Is contrary TO all our ideas
Of women ia Virginia.
Senator Beck, Of Kentucky, after lis
tening patiently 10 Mrs Lockwood for
half an hour, replied: MADAM, I have
heard you through. / will reflect on
what you have said" Exit Mrs. Lock
wood. Senator Beck, s0Ius, bringing
his fist down upon his desk: "D-d. If
she amt a smart woman. I'll vote for
her"
Senator Davis, Of Illinois, said: "Print
your ideas, madam, priut."
Senator Lamar, Of Mississippi: ooh.
madam, you shall have my support. |
am in favor Of woman doing ANYTHING
she cam
The till came. Taking up big roll
OF memorial, and slowly exposing an
immense surface OF bad chirographv.
turning IL round until il broadsidei the
whole Senate, and was not without its
ELECT upon the galleries, Here" said
Senator Mcdonald, are the names of
over two hundred able and distinguished
lawyers who have practiced with NIrs.
Lockwood in the District Court, mem
orializtng the Senate for the passage Of
this bill And here" arming himself
with another document, as formidable
and as illegible, and turning il square
upon Senator Conkling, ''are the names
OF prominent lawyers Of the New York
bar" When Senator COnkling's name
was called on the final vote, there was
silence; no response came from his va
cant throne.
Ihat Mrs. Hayes is not iuimical to the
measure may he inferred from her send
lug Mrs. lockwood six bouquets. Nor
was Mrs. Lockwood sparing Of flowers.
~ must not be supposed that the habit of
ner Dry and dusty profession has COM
pletely sapped and shriveled the fra
grant and aesthetic instincts of her sex.
Next morning every Senator " no had
actively favored the bill found upon his
desk a large bouquet, aud every Senator
who had voted for it had small nose
gay sent him.