The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1886-04-17

ing.p Thirteen Senators did not want
to admit Washington Territory into the
Union as a State until woman suffrage is
abolished out.there.
But it was noticed that those who
were oppose to the dear creatures" vot-
ing, were careful to announce that the
more we have of them tn e better we are
off. The tribute Of Senator Morgan to
the virtue of the sex was its own excuse
for the Alabama Senator's opposition to
female suffrage. The banner of Christi
anity, he said, was upheld by the wom-
en-; if it were to depend on the men we
would retrograde three centuries in three
weeks. He would not put on women
the burden that should be borne by
men. He would keep her out of politics
and out of associations with dirty pot
house politicians. One bad woman
could undo the good that many good
women could do, and the ballot in the
hands of a corrupt woman was the most
dangerous fundamentally for evil that
| the world mas 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 oppos-
ed to female suffrage per Sc, but regarded
it in this instance as matter for the
people of Washington to settle for them
selves. He thought the time was COM
ing, too, when the question of woman
suffrage would have to be faced squarely
and intelligently. Burke had said that
craftsmanship was the science of circum-
stances, and might hereafter arise when
it would not be merely policy but states
manship to give women the ballot. He
did not think the time ripe yet.
For all that, Washington Territory
was accepted as State by the Senate,
together with her enfranchised women,
and the advocates of woman suffrage
count this as a great victory for them.
Congress covered itself with glory dur
ing the week. There was an unusually
large amount of legislation, with an I'M
naturally small amount of talk and small
number of speeches. Besides voting to
admit Washington Territory the Senate
passed bill to erect 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 a number of other bills,
which it passed, was that to pension all
: that is left of the Mexican veterans.
t As soon as the vote had been announc-
9 ed in the Senate on the Library bill,
q Senator Morrill, of Vermont crossed the
floor shook hands with Voorhees, of In
diana. These two gentlemen have lab
'' ored long and earnestly in support of the
: measure. Indeed it has been pet with
: many Of the Senators, and when it came
|. through without a single opposing vote
{ smiles were exchanged all around the
Senate Chamber The President will
give to it the formality of his signature
to make it a law, and then work on the
structure will Immediately begin, and
5 when you come to Washington, the Nat
VI ional Library will be another sight &c
o see.
n OF entertainments in the name of char
a ity there is apparently to be no end in
i, this week. One is for the benefit of the
Garfield hospital, and is to take place Al
/ the Chinese Legation. The wife Of Sen
u ator Logan is one of the leaders in THU
'e enterprise. She is said to have received
{ a letter warning her that if she goes un
l. der the roof of the Chinese Minister i
IN will be an indication that she sympathiz
es with Chinese immigration, and tn,
laboring men will, in consequence, boy
u colt her husband in his political aspiria
lie tons.
id The way in which Lent is being keep
d. here is shown by the butchers lament
Of Lent" said he, sis very hard on us
- Our sales have dropped off terribly. An,
~ l never knew it to be worse than it
this year, The rich and poor alike ar
b keeping Lent" l asked him if h
- thought the people were getting NOR
Us religious mo" he replied, cts til
t. change of administration" "Change G
=, Administration ?" YES" "Why, ho'
u can that effect Lenten Sales Do Den
of ocrats eat less meat ?' at amt til
Democrats nor religion. Folks are ga,
ing. The clerks have been cutting dow
on meat ever since the new administri
,e- ton came in, and in Lent they are cut
of ting still lower. Whenever folks wal
Vi TO economic, they start on meat. Whe
We they have spent too much money du
ing the social season they try to max
up for it on meat"