The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1881-12-29
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ma Ioneer NO dlaalnod ard exalted body
our fnhefs male " inl has fallen ~ vi
leyd win thc toilouae galbcri1F Of rI
mlhdpd canvass wiiers Ward polilniaus
are most In ihelf glory. 70
make tufiilca speeches, aeason timber
for political campaigns and lay pli"s' Tor
future political prcfcrnient seems 10 be the
daily task Of Chc average conpessInaps
each ono, no matter IF Of different poAllcol
faitl. lielping llle other. The body has
become 50 uhwoldy 81 numberer both.
Houses considered, that there must needs
Be committeeman committcesio give every
,membera place and an opportunity for some
sort of patronage as lever with which
, 10 return again to play statesman and draw
The peoplc's money--for what2 Aye,
there's The rub.' Among the committees
/, Of Jali Ioua,s is that on Revolutionary
sjtylaips. Ii has been about a century since
+, thci revolutionary war ended-lndeeo, tile
'nbnflie OF erS;own centennial was cele-
'lBrllel dnlva ley months ago and that bat
tie cm,cd the war, so where is the use
Z for Cyiauittee. on Revolutionary Claimsf
; The committee costs some money anu be-
ing useless, why waste money so nonset-s
sically? Some ten days or more ago Sen
! ator Hoar, of Massachusetts, offered q reese
luton that select Committee of seven
3 Senators disappointed bs the chair to Goa :
! silcr ofall petitions, resolutions. etc, that
might BIS presented concerning the, exter-
/. .sio,, Of suffrage to women. Senator NestS
!, OF Missouri, opposed, and from the follow
! ing excerpt from his remarks, acorreet,
and comprehensive idea can be formed OF
/, the Importance OF the Committee on Reyo--
/ lutionaW Claims, Scnator-N Vest said The
d Senator from Massachusetts, was pleased to
say that the COMMITTEES On the Judiciary
I had so many important questions pending;
before it, that the subject Of wpluan- suf-S
safragc should not be added to them. TlieG
Commit &c on Territ ,ries is, opeA TO any
= complaint, or suggestion by the ladies who
advocate woman suffrage, il. regard to this
lisubject in the Territories; and tho Commit
tee on Privileges and Elections to which.
this subject should 60 most appropriately
I as affecting tho suffrage, has not now beiore
I it, ash am informed, one single bill, rsscla-
tion or proposition OF any sort
whatever That committee is also
! open to inquiry upon this sub
ject. But, Mr.. President, out Of,
4 all committees without business, and
ihabitually without business inthis body,I
there is one that beyond any question couldI
!, take Jurisdiction of this matter and do it
ample justice. refer to. that most respecta-
( BE and antique institution, the Committee
on Revolutionary Claims. For thirty years
( it has beeii without business. For thirty
E long years the placid surface of that parlia.
gmentary sea has been without one single,
ripple If the Senator from Massachusetts
desires a tribunal for calm, judicial cquilib-
ruin and examination, q tribunal far from
the sma,ldipg crowds ignoble strife q tri5
bunal eminently respectable, dignified and
unique, why not send this question to the
Committee on Revolutionary Claims Z,
When i pame, the personnel of that com J
fAitteeit will be evident that any considers.
Il ts5ii on Any subject touching the femalei
sex would receive not only deliberate butl
immediate attention, for the second member
!. upon that committee is my distinguished
friend from Florida mfr. Jonesl and who.
can doubt that he would give his undivided
attention ito the subject? [Laughtcr.l II
lis eniinently proper that this subject should
90 to that committee, because, II there is
any evolutionary claim in this country 1T
, is that Of woman suffrage, [Laughterl 1T
Arevolutionizes society; it revolutionizes re-
ligiom; it revolutionizes the Constitutions
and laws and it reyolutionizes the opinions
!, Of those SO oll-fashioned among us as tol
believe that the legitimate and proper
sphere of woman is the family circle asl
wife and mother. and not as politician and
voter--those Of us who are proud to believe
that
s." "A woman's noblest station Is retreat z
Her fairest virtues ily from public sight
e Domestic worih--that shuns too strong aEghth
~, 81, por,lnt,ona, 4
DE-, ''ss ~ a. ,nost rava,,;,;o,,
AIRY OF. all claims receive immediate and
ample attention. More than Chat, as said
I before, u there is any tribunal that could
, giveundivided time and digniiied attention.
.iisvt not this committee? Ii there is one
peaceful haven of rest, never disturbed by
any pfofane bill or resolution Of any SORT
It Is the Ccmmittee on Revolutionary
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oseribed by that ecstatic verse In Watts