Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-11-27
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the State Capitol the last few days has
brought to light the interesting fact.
In view of the State convention of
woman suffragists held at Williams
port last week. that the Legislature of
Pennsylvania had q woman suffrage
resolution before it away back in the
session of 1881. Throughout legis-
lattve journals there are constant refer
ences to woman's rights, woman suf-
frage and other terms under which
the ballot for woman has appeared,
and according to authentic information
here the first woman's rights conven-
tion In pennsylvania was held at West
! Chester on June 2, 1852. The mem-
bers composing 1t were, according to
the records, people who had been act
i've. and enthusiastic workers in the
antislavery and temperance questions.
The pages of the Legislative Record
Tor the session of 1883 shows that Cap-
tain John w. Morrison, the former
state treasurer and present Deputy
Commissioner of Banking, who repre-
sented In part the Fifth Legislative
uistrlct of Allegheny county, offered
the following resolution in the Houses:
RESOLVED by the House of Repre-
sentatlves Cthe Senate concurring).,
That our senator's and representatives
IN congress be requested to urge the
passage of the joint resolution now
pending in both houses, proposing an
amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, declaring that the right
OF suffrage should not be denied to
citizens by any state on account of
SEX"
The proceedings do not disclose anv
debate on the resolution and on it's
passage the yeas and nays were re-
quired by John III. lands. who was a
lancaster county representative and
later superintendent of the United
States mint at Philadelphia, and Cap
tain Morrison and resulted in q ma
1orlty of two in its favor, the vote be-
ing rs to 76.
A sort of banquet hall deserted
atmosphere surrounds the mem mbership
or that House during the session of
1883. Less than fifty survive. among
them being Captain Morrison, Isaac
r.. Brown, later Secretary of Internal
Affairs; Colonel Theodore BurchfieId,
of the State Library; Lewis Emery. Jr..
senator and later candidate for gov
ernor: A. ID. Glenn, Deputy Superin-
tendent of Public instruction; General
Willis j. Hulings, Spanish War soldier
and senator and congressman; John II.
Lands. j. w. Nesbit, of Allegheny
county, and Theodore B. Klein, later
Deputy Secretary of Internal Affairs
and then member from Lebanon
county.
Captain Morrison has letter sent
him at the time by Miss Julia T. Fos-
ter, a daughter of Heron Foster.
founder of the Pittsburg Dispatch, in
which she wrote:
Il was delighted to read this A. M.
that you had been able to introduce
the resolution which 1 sent you and
that it had carried amid applause and
Kisses. Accept thanks for your kind
ness; but what comes next, for it
should be sent to Congress before they
adjourn? Having been born in Allie
gheny county. I am glad to have q
representative from that county have
the honor of presenting the resolution.
The Philadelphia Inquirer of to-day
gives the names of all voting on the
resolution. which will do for future
. reference"
Miss Foster was chairman of the
committee on legislation of the Citi-
zens Suffrage Association.
Dauphin county contributed several
to the list of accidents occurring at
crossings of railroads noted in the
summary of railroad and railway
casualties prepared for the Public
Service Commission by John p
, Dohoney, chief of the division of acct
dent investigation. In fact, the acci-
dents have happened at places close
to the States capital, and which. If a.
policy is adopted whereby State
county and municipal divisions could
. unite in abolishing such crossings, the
entrances to Harrisburg could be
made safer. The average city is SO
, busy getting rid of grade crossings in
side that it does not consider what is
at its gates on the most travelled high
ways.
A high school for Lemoyne, Worm
; leysburg and Camp Hill is now being
discussed in educational circles OF
these towns. Directors in these dis
tricts will hold a joint meeting next
week and decide definitely what stand
to take. One director said the other
day: That If these three districts do
not proceed they will be adding to
their present quarters. If this is done
they will not need any room for five
or ten years to come. Even If they
do enlarge they will not have better
course. Should they enlarge school
facilities, these sections will be run
ming in a back number method for
years to come and the joint school will
be question for the next generation"
Your true lover of Harrisburg and
it's scenic surroundings is not deferred
by the weather, as was evidenced yes
terday, when a number of persons
climbed Reservoir Parks highest knob.
They were rewarded with q splendid
view of the Susquehanna valley from
the water gan on down past High
Cumberland. Perry and the York hills
that belts our own county.
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