The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1886-02-26
and Mrs. Cougar, of Indiana.


The latter probably made the most
striking remarks. She asked the Com
mittee to let the question go to the
State Legislatures, sa!ing that they
principle. She said she was not for
suffrage, but for the salvation of society
and of he country. Re Government
was ruloi by the cities and the cities
were raled by the slums. She wanted
to put the intellig nj woman's vote as
an offset for this ignorance and crime.
Woman did not want suffrage. suffrage
needed woman. Womans vote
should he the reserve force
upon which the intelligent
men of the country would have to cali
to preserve them from degradation
and c ime. She pointed out the elect
ion trouble in Chicago and Ohio to
show that for the want OF more iDtelli-
ge t voters the Government was being
run by the criminal asses at these
elections "Gentlemtn" said she YOU
are kind. you are gallant. We ask you
to he just"
The Committee, of which Randolph
Tucker, of Virginia, is chairman, list
ened to tie la,lies with spectful at
tenti0n. Wien the last speech had
been made, Sasan b. Anthony, who
is mistress of ceremony at all the suf-
frage conventions, presented the COM
mittee with history of all the suffage
from its beginning up to the
pre- sent time. Il will continue 10 make
history out of your actions on this
question" said she, until we get sixt-
eenth amendment to the tonstitution."
Since every Congress givcs week or
two to the + tz John Porter business,
now that the General has been di-p -poseI
of by the House for this winter, it is
hoped that body will get down to real
work All of the ietEorgals and six.
teen Republican members voted to re
store General Porter to his position in
the army and retire him with pay.
The bill will now go 20 the Senate,
whore its frie d. think it will have
four majority. althouhg the tepubli-
cans ha G control OF the upper House.
Th Senate has the Blair lI!ucation-
al bill still under treatment SEN
ato~ Evarts defended the me sure,
leading IFS bitter st opponent. senator
Morgan. to say he was sorry that one
o! the greatest of American lawyers
should have declared INNS If in favor
OF ahsoluti>m of Congress. Mr.. Morg-
ans references to the Constitution
gave Mr., ingalls, another opportunity
to he sarcastic. The Constitutions
said he is made for tie people. and not
the people for the constitution. Gov
ernnent is thing of to-day and not Of
yesterday. He said he had listened
with rapture to disquisitions Of the
pol tica archno 'ogists who have made
subtle explorations into thu subtcrran-
an recesses of the constitution, and
All this had indescribable delight for
those who are inquiring what should
be done to day. But the Senator from
Kansas thought it was like turning
from Pennsylvania Aveoue to the bur-
ried streets of Herculaeum and P0mpeii
to ascertain what were the opinions of
the politicians in Rome in regard to
the coinage of the silver dollar and the
refirm of the Civil Service.
In political circ'es the arrangement
of the Administrat On's policy regard
ing official changes submitted Icy SEN
ator Edmunds is the chief topic of CONF
ment. Some of the Republican Sena-
tors show lukewarmness in follow
ing Mr.. Edmunds' lead which may
initiate against vely stubborn con-
troversary. The battle is to tegin about
next Monday; Whether it will be fol-
lowed by a very bloody war remains to