Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1885-1890, 1886-02-27
which it may be said, it combines
beauty, durability and cheapness.
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From our Regular Corfespopdent.
WASHINGTON, Feb 5, 1856,
F. W. ANDERSON

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havoc with neutrality-suspicious. of late.
Three times within the last month the
social program of the Administration
circle has been thwarted, invitations
recalled, and entertainments post
poncd in consequence of heath. The
Secretary of War had issued cards
for areceptionssto the officers of the
army, navy and marine corps for the
evening that Gen. Hancock's death
was announced.
The house of, Representatives ad-
journed when notified of the Gener-
abs death, while the Senate very com-
mendably proceeded as usual with
business. Ut must be conceded, there
is.no sense or appropriateness i'll shut
ing down on such circumstances. 1t
is a meaningless, .pernicious custom
for Congress to adjourn in conse
quence of any death, and a change Of
rules in this respect will be welcomed
by the whole--country. No real re-
spect is shown for the deceasedin this
way. Congressman enjoy each ad-
tournament of this kind as any other
holiday, while the time is wasted and
public affairs neglected.
The. Senate has continued the silver
debate during the week and has bis
cussed public edudation besides.
Then there has been open debate
on the vital question of the President
ial prerogative. While Senator Ed
munds was detained at home with a
sore throat, President pro tenn. Sher-
man walked down from the Chair, and
quito unexpectedly opened an attack
upon the White House, pleading alb
solute power of the Senate w all in
formation as to the character of
| appointees. There have also been,
during the. week, some important Sc
cret sessions of the Senate in which
certain combinations were opposed
by Republican Senators.
The Woman %Sufragists are. marsh
alling their forces preparatory to
swooping down on Washington again
next1Wednesday for the eighteenth
annual time. Miss. Susan B. Anthony
has been here for some weeks perfect
ing arrangements for this convention,
which Will be attended by distinguish
ed advocates offemale suffrage from
all parts Of the country. Miss. Antho-
ny is as energetic as ever in her work,
and is as sanguine of the final success
| Of the cause as when she first began
to struggle for it nifty years ago.
The principal object Of this associa-
ton from its organization has been to
| secure to the women Of the several
states and territories, national protect
ion in the citizens right to vote,
through a sixteenth amendment to
the Constitution. They say they do
not expect to get the amendment this
| Congress, but they will get the matter
discussed, and in a few years they ex-
pect to get what they want.
"What we are after now said Miss
Anthony sis simply q discussion of
the subject, The more it is discussed,
the more popular it will become. We
know" continued she, who III enc
mics in Congress are and how many.
We do not expect to convert them,
but as they drop out they will be re-
Iced by men of more advanced views
on all the great issues of the age, in
Gliding woman suffrage"
She agrees with the opinion recently
expressed by Senator Edmunds that
the majority of the women of the q.
S. do not want to vote. She accounts
for this on the ground that it is some
thing new, and that many women OF
conventional ideas are opposed to any
thing new until they have studied the
question.
The advocates of woman suffrage
claim to have made great progress in
Senatorial favor. They hold that
twenty-six Senators are in favor OF
giving women the ballot. They cite
instances to prove that this number
have declared themselves openly as
their supporters, while they say they
cannot tell how many silent friends
they may have in the upper House.
A Senator asked Miss. Anthony how
the women expected to do anything
with Congress until they had carried
the school districts. She told him
they could not reach the school dis
tricts except through the speeches
made in the Senate. "What we want
said she, " is to get a vote in the Sen
ate, and to send the speeches all over
the country" She thinks the speech
made in favor of female enfranchis-
ment last Congress by Senator Palm
er of Mich, is called the philosophical
millionaire. He utters epigrams on
life. He lives in one of the most ele-