, 1879-03-24
Tho Woman BufffnE1ats,
IA thA Eydit.1r M 1.hs Y,rfht,nA

BLOOMINGTON, ILL.,, Alarct 23.-It seems q
stranCe proceeding t!iat the 1ndtcs who stand At
The Send Of lim tempctut,ce movement should
nrDtnr beiOrc our lawmakers and ask them to
lcgtslate 10 Us to violate tho Stata Constitution;
ar,l that tie cllr0ntry might bo Us plain as pos
sfblc, they import legal wisdom from sister
State tn sfow men learned Il, law wtlat tue law
is,-to oxnound to them tho Interpretation Of
our C0ust(tutlot!.
To stili carry on tll!s farce tlIoy Will iask the
statc Senators on tho I'd OF April to pass laws
which arc In open violation OF tho Constitution.
Whether .htsr ladies willtmport n,osu legal wis.
DUN for lle OCCASION docs mt yet uppcar.
Now, In a!l rasldort stluula not ulrse wornan-
sutlraglsta prcscnt their unlawful douanlls to
1he senators un tlc d't ot April. in order tn
hayc thu cn,tEe programme i Keeping With tlytr
ialnly round out anu give force tn tic sccuc.
To think our acllaturs, aoIne Of whom nre re-.
noWnctl constitutional lawyers, muRt needs be
told what the Inv u Illinois Is bv legal mtMl
from another Stats! In the language ol Ctcoru:
q fe,a{ard, q moral
fltstnry rrconls hut other scena which bears
resemblance to tho ono to be enacted Oil tie "a
Ut AnrlI.
ln January, 1878, Tho wo,na1,-suiyrartsts d.
semhlrd at Washington, D. c., un.l Then uet1lal,i.
cd litAt ltu United States Senators should wi
eate tho Senate Chamucr .lat Tho wun,en might
hold therein q ConventIon. t)F cnuree tic scn.
atOrs rc!usel. rllcn theru wHnt I'm II shout Ut
ni'gcr frntn tl'u female snl1raEsts, mud lnalcc.
tt0l!s wGro eallal lowl! upon tic leads ot thcsc
Senaturs, sontu Ot whom lad grown gray III tho
service ri their country.
Rut this spirit of anarchy perva1cs the lcltb-
erati1nS VI ~ these gynocrn,s. 1t wus mum.
fcsted wllcn sflss bus4n Il. Anthony ,lepusityl
her ballot In New York right In tbs iure OF law
nIld order. It cropped out wlcn Mrs. Liver.
moro kaurHc'l at Ills runrs Of uaryar1 College
nMi was rulMsed a.lInittancc; utd then she
'wcnt fors !" tllr s'a,lps Ut Itunkur It'll, atut
there prayed 0Ml size might dc." Au.l why
'l!!l hle wsnt tn .cl lsera4ae sllu waa not per-
nI.tca to break over lie laws OF t.lts sulEcee.
It Is socn agAin En tl1c actiuns Of those wut,,r,
WHO Eclasg 70 t,ay ttrsr taxes. It fs seen IN te
tnadne.s of tlle wonlul. Vi tl.e Paris Commune
IN l61l, ,wlien they, with tllels own han.ls,
poured oil On tn tilu .,ragin4 ruHtlagratinn 10
Hner,l tiIr .estrlcttoaoi lr City Of Paris II is
always scou when "all'aH gocs bcyonl hcr
province md ntC!tcts duty.
II scstHa to n'a ttint these ia!ces shoAl.l bo
stopped. II unr faW.Innkera do not kuuw
enough to lcgsln.c for tho pounle, for tho sake
u !t!a regulation Ut thu yrent state Of illinois,
n,a lor tl'e sakr Of Tic rlsing crnceatiot, ulcct
men who 10 know enough 10 .nala |aws without
being toll what 10 teIr luty by ianutlrs. lobby.
ista. at hangtrb-tln Ill ucauyli INDEED, las it
colne to this. sl!a, legal lure must 10 Imported
to Instruct Uur tc.lslaiprxf
!n ln;tlana thu %"'na,l- 'iraglsts demanded
thu ballot Ir.sM ttetF l.eglsluturt. Tlitu lilo
soluns itassetl n SIT Ut resolutions Wherein
thvY rrso1yctl awar nil ths unaMlioul they ltati
ctt AuA tt4ntAH VI tIICHaktlfEh III Nut
lileY tay Ia thu resolutions IL 'rue}, unl ought
to b. si,Ht up wllcrc they can do no luoro Injury
to women antl children.
While do unt expect that these woman.
yet wish 10 refer them to the glorious worlss
Ut Mrs. Hayes, whose rxaulp.us hayu tloup uloru
TO speed tho calihu Of temperance than nil thu
female petitioners IN thristcudbm. At her
tls presence OF her husband, yes In tllu taye pf
European aristncrary md Royalty, she ban.
tshcd VIM from her tabiV, aud stat.ds to.tl4y
". greatest temperance teforMer In tho worll,
'l.Ats atop required liGrDism on her part uupur.
allcEed Ia tha aurals uf history. But to carry
petition to the Legislature IL not hrro[snl-
anything but that. It IL ttpu uf fatality. d
yearnlng attar notoriclY. u. II. PlNoREf,