Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-04-16
TIE WOMEN IN WASHINGTON.
They are after the kentucky Colonel and
want Congress TO Consider Hia oualihca-
tions for Membsrship in that BOdy.

WASHINGTON, d. C., April l5.-Hard-
" had the verdict 10 the case ben rem
dered when a meeting OF prominent
Washington women was culled 70 take
action regardire the case OF Colonel
Breckinridge. Representatives OF sew
eral female organizations met at Will
lard's Hotel Saturday night and after an
interesting conference adopted resolu-
tions calling upon Congress 10 consider
the qualifications or Representative
Breckinridge for membership in shat
body. Some Of the organizations whose
representatives took part in the meet
ing were the Womsn's Suffrage Asso-
citation, the Woman's Christian Tem-
perance Union, and the Pro Ra
Nata. Mrs. Sarah La Fretrs,
the President OF the local w. c. T. o.,
and Mrs. Ellen 5. Mussey, the widow
OF the late General Mussey, who is her
self practicing lawyer, and is promi-
nent In movements for the advance
meut OF women, are among the lead
iog spirits Of the meeting. The rese-
lutions adopted were:
WASHINGTON, D. c., April IA, 1894.
To the House Of Representatives, Wash
iHgtOB, ID. c.:
We, representatives Of the Women Of
Washington, aiming toward the estao-
lishment Of a higher code Of morals, and
against
THE ATROCIOUS DOUBLE STANDARD
which has cursed society so long:
Declare, that we do not believe mas
culinity 10 be a license for uncleanness,
but that, holding the same high sta nd
ard for wOmanhood which men demand,
one equally high shall DO required OF
manhood, therefore,
Resolred, that We must have charity
for chastity under one rule Of right,
bearing as rigldly in its application
upon one sex as upon the other.
From this standpoint We ask Con-
gress TO consider the case Of W. c. P.
Breckenridge OF Kentucky, regarding
his conduct as being unbecoming a
legislator. Be it further
ReS0lUCd, The we, daughters, wives
and mothers Of the commonwealth ex-
press our belief that those of the high
est manhood are 10 be found iG Con-
gress; therefore we ask in full conf
dence that the House Of Representa-
tives shall join in the sentiment now
presented by US, and take some definite
action TO Insure the high character Of
our cOuntry's administration, and help
the future national councils to present
a clean and unchallenged body OF leg
iSlatorS.
This meeting was the last OF series
which prominent women OF Washing
ton have been holding since Good Fri
day and which crystallized into the for
nation of an organization called
THE woMEN's PROTECTIVE LEAGUE.
The object OF the league will be to
combat the enforcement Of that text
uttered on the witness stand by Colonel
Breckinridge that social sins injure q
man and destroy a woman. The league
will eudeavor 20 secure equal rights for
both sexes and to aid women who have
been -wronged. 1t is of course
an outgrowth of the Pollard
Breckinridge trial. The ladies have in
vited Judge Jere Wilson TO become the
General Counsel OF the League, but the
attorney has not yet responded TO the
invitation These meetings have been
carried on very quietly and the ladies
were anxious 10 keep their organization
a secret until their plans were perfect
ed. Thirty ladies' attended the FIRST
meeting, and one Of their first acts was
20 send Mrs. Governor Blackburn a
communication expressing their appre-
citation of the stand taken by her in the
trial. TO which Mrs Blackburn responded
suitably. The delegation which called on
Judge Bradley early in the trial, asking
that women be admitted as well as men
was from this Orga and IL was
a result OF their visit thai the Judge
requested the newspaper men to omit
as far as possible the improper details
from their reports. The resolutions
given out tonight have been sent TO
the House Committee on Judiciary for
action. The women say it is not right
that Colonel Breckinridge should retain
his seat in Congress while Miss Pollard
is Ostracized, as she undoubtedly will
be, from society.
One of the most interesting stories
connected with the suit hinges upon
the
lE> AAMONA 1 Ot MISS LNAAch Low EAaAst
which was important 20 the plaintiffs
case. Much has been said about the
Capitol typewriter in q humorous way
since Miss Lowell testified, and il has
even been asserted that her note book,
which played a part so important in her
testimony, was full Of entries which
might be used TO blackmail Con-
gressmen. Miss Lowell declares
that Colonel Breckinridge is the
only member who ever called
upon her TO write love letters, and the
circumstance was so unusual that IL
made an indelible Impression upon her
memory. Every woman has cOn6den-
tial friend 70 whom she eon6des her Sc
crets. When Miss Lowell acted as
amanuensis for the Kentucky Congress
man she told the story 70 her intimate
LADY friend. That was eight years ago,
and the matter bad not been spoken Of
between them until the time OF
this trial. The friend remem-
bered Nit. however, as women do,
and thinking the matter over. concluded
TConfn,,,ed on Fourth Pdqc.