The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-04-16
washington Ec;tcr.
Ctrom our regular corrcspondent1
WASHINGTON. April IL. 1886.

deal Of attention at the hands OF our
Senators. \ few days ago a Congressional
opponent of female suffrage said, woman
will not get the ballot but she will get
attention, and to most of the sex that is
equally, if not more, gratifying. Thir-
teen Senator's did not want to admit
Washington Territory into the Union as a
State until woman suffrage is abolished ont
there.
But it was noticed that those who were
opposed to the dear creature" voting,
were careful to announce that the more
we have of them the better off we are. The
tribute of Senator Morgan to the virtue of
tie sex was it's own excuse for the Ala
bama Senator's opposition to female sui
frage. The banner of Christianity, he said
was upheld by the women; if it were to
depend on the men we would retrogradc
three centuries IN three weeks. He would
not put on women the burdens that should
he borne by men. He would keep her out
of politics. and out of association with
dirty pot-heusc politicians. One bad
woman could undo the good that many
| good women could do, and the ballot in
the hands of Il corrupt woman was the
most dangerous fundamentally for evil
that the world has ever seen.
Senator Eustis WAS fearful that female
Senators would next be knocking at the
door of the Senate with full credentials,
and after they were admitted, there would
be no more secrets in the secret sessions.
| Senator Voorhees, was opposed to female
suffrage per sc, but regarded it in this in
stance as a matter for the people of Wash
ington to settle for themselves. lie
thought the time was coming, too when
the question of woman suffrage would have
to be faced squarely and intcllgenty.
Burke had said that craftsmanship was the
science of circumstances. and circumstances
might hereafter arise when it would not be
merely policy but craftsmanship to give
women the ballot He did not think the
time ripe yet.
For all that, Washington Territory was
accepted as a State by the Senate, together
with her cnfranchscd women, and the
advocates of woman suffrage count this rs
a great victory for them.
Congress covered itself with glory dur
ing the week. There was an unusually
large amount OF legislation, with an nm
naturally small amount Of talk and small
number of speeches. Besides voting to
admit Washington Territory the Senate
passed bill to erect a building for stor-
ing the nations literary treasures, that are
now lying in heaps in various out of the
way corners of the Capitol. The House
also voted for the Congressional Library
building, defeated the Bland plan for the
unlimited coinage OF silver, and among
number of other bills which passed was
that to pension all that is left Of the Mexi-
can veterans.
As soon as the vote had been announced
in the Senate on the Library bill, Senator
Morrill, of Vermont crossed the floor and
shook hands exultantly With Voorhees, Of
Indiana. These two gentlemen have laborcd
long and earnestly in support Of the meas
urc. Indeed it has been Il pet with many
of the Senators, and when it came through
without a single opposing vote, smiles
We're exchanged all around the Senate
Chamber The President will give to it
the lormality of his signature to make it a
law, and then work on the structure will
Immediately begin, and when you come
to Washington the National Library will
be another sight to see
OF entertainments in the name OF char
ity there is apparently to be no end III
Easter week One is for the benefit of the
Garfield hospital and is to take place at
the Chinese Legation. The wife of Soma
tor Logan is one of the leaders in this en-
terprisc She is said to have rccaval
letter warning her that if she goes under
the roof of the Chinese Minister. it will be
an indication that she sympathizes with
| Chinese immigration, and the laboring men
Will, in consequence. boycott her husband
| in his political aspirations.
The way in which Lent is being kept here
is shown by the butcher lament. Lent,
said he, sis very hard on us. Our sales
have dropped on terribly. And | never
knew it to be worse than it is this year,
The rich and poor alike are keeping Lent,
| asked him if he Thought the people were
getting more religious? No" lac re-
| piled, its the change of Administration.
| Change of Administration? Yes. ="
''Why, how can that effect Lentcn sales :?
Do Democrats eat less mcat?'' 1T amt
the Democrats, nor religion. Folks are
saving. The clerks have been cutting
down on meat ever since the new admins
tratiou came in, and in Lent they are cut
ting still lower. Whenever folks want to
cconomzc, they start ON meat When
they lave spent ton mnch money during
the social season, they try to make up for
it on meat.
w ESrON.
The Charter election in Trenton was
completed on Tuesday night. Woover-
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