Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1884-05-24
WOMAN SUFFRAGE DEFEATED.
The Nassaehn.etss Hou~e Opposed to 1t
A Majority OF 81.


The Massachusetts, House Of Repre-
sentatives disposed Of, for the session, tie
proposition tha. in the conduct OF mu.
nlc,pai affairs women shall have all the
political rights aud privileges tina: nov
belong TO men This action grew ont Of
an adverse report, for which favorable.
bib was offered. 1t was the most deci
sive u.at has eser been had on this sub
iect, the vote standing % yeas, la
nays, and II pairs. Last year the vote
was 60 yeas and l27 nays, aud % pairs.
1t vii! be seen that this year with total
recorded vote and expressed opinion of
II less than those OF last year, the ma
jority against the measure was increased
by IT, and the minority for it was less
ened 10, showing total loss of 81. The
Journal says that, so far.as the records
show, woman suffrage in any form was
first presented to the General Court of
1867. when the House, by vote of "A to
G7, refused to indorse it. From that
time to the present. except in the years
1874 and 1875, this subject, in some
shape, has been acted upon by the
House, which has, without exception, re-
jected it by vote that has varied mate
rally. Last year the vote for municipal
woman suffrage was proportionately
smaller than it had ever been, and now
it is proportionately much less than it
was then. The average vote for the fif-
teen years Of which there is record has
been II in the affirmative and 11S in the
negative. Yet with these figures and,
their growth staring them in the face,
there is no reason to suppose that the
advocates of woman suffrage will cease
to urge their claims upon the next
Legislature and upon many more that
will follow it.
It was expected that the measure
would he defeated, but the vote against
! it was surprisingly large. 1t was thus
made up: Yeas-25 Republicans, %
| Democrats, 2 Greenbackers. Nays Sc
Republicans, 5G Democrats, Inde-
pendent, Independent Democrat. OF
those who ~aire.e-s Republicans. 8
Democrats, Independent, and In de-
pendent Democrat, favored this exten-
sion OF suffrage, and Republicans, 3
Democrats and l Independent opposed
A Woman Sol-ier's Pension Claim.
A singular story is commenced with
two bills offered in the House by Repre-
| sentative Cutcheon, of Michigan. One
provides for the removal Of the charge OF
desertion from the record Of Franklin
Thompson, of Michigan regiment, and
the other grants pension to Sarah
Emma e. Seelye, alias Franklin Thomp-
son, of the same regiment. at the out
break of the war Miss Seelye, as she saw
regiment after regiment hurrying South
ward, had growing desire to go to the
front herself. She wanted to go as q
nurse, but, after thinking it over, came
to the conclusion that it would be better
/ to put on mans uniform and 60 to the
war as private in Detroit regiment.
SO she did She went with the rcgi-
ment to Washington. She went into
camp with it. She went to Bull Run
with it, carrying her musket and her
accoutrements like man. After the
battle OF Bull Run she found herself
| separated from her regiment, between
the Federal and Confederate lines.
/ Through the night she trndged toward
| Washington, where she arrived twenty.
four hours behind her friends: She
then went with them 10 Fredericksburg,
and afterwayd through the Penlr-u Ma
campaign. Everywhere she marched
and fought and lived ike nan. /. be-
gan to tell upon her health, however. sc
she had herself transferred 10 one Of the
Western armies. Here, after time
she became mail carrier, first fox ths
regiment, then for the brigade. and tEcz
for the division. While performing ths
duties she fell Ill, and was ordered 10 the
hospital. There she fel. sure her Sc,
would be discovered Accordingly sh.
determined no. 10 go 10 the hospital
Tie only way ont VAS TO desert. After
ward, in her own clothes and unde, he
own name, ste returned 20 the army 8
a nurse aud cared &c. her !a.e comrades
10 the end q The var. Now she is usY
: red. and lives IN Iowa Oh cou.se. III
charge Of dese-t.oa st.l s;and. agaius
her. She wants Il removed, and the;
= she wants q pension for physical d.
allitiea, which ale says she iaeusss! il
tie Amy.
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.ion tie discove-. a ''ce-t:;o co-s' Z
cou:. 4 PEASANT Who was n,fn.d :
lis Ted b. sharp attack v.s sung b.
bee, and almost Immediately lie se!
better ard next dav be was well.
shcs. ,i1aa after aaotsse, patient though
! M wcali Try the ssrae remedy. And
having induced b<e 10 sting him O
/. the part eEec.e<.. be Also v-ss cured