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LATURE MEETS
IN YEAR 1881
INTERESTING SESSION is HELD
AT LANSING WHEN WOMEN
HAVE THE CONTROL.

nor Is IL 10 lnSlnuate JnaJ tney VIII
not conduct the affairs of state as
well as do the men at the present
time has written up meeting OF the
Michigan Legislature of 1931-twelve
years from now, by which time it is
supposed the ladies will have secured
complete control and be running
things with high hand and have
male legislators practically backed
off the map.
1t is of course to be expected that
the legislative body of women will be
composed of all classes when they get
thoroughly interested in politics, just
as such bodies are now composed OF
men ranging from the ward heller of
the slums to the aristocrats of the
silk stocking districts.
Women are commonly supposed
to be very laxative, and prone, when
crossed by their sisters, to say nasty
things rejecting on each others char
acter. 1t is not beyond the range of
possibility that someiqthings which
seem trivial to men, will occupy po-
sition OF exaggerate Importance to
women. Though perhaps the scene
which follows may be slightly over
drawn, it is not entirely beyond the
realms of possibility.
Scene in the House of Represent
atives of the Michigan state legisla-
ture, June 1881. Membership, 80 wo-
men and one lone man. After sess-
ion has been called to order and OPEN
ing exercises held.
Madame Speaker-We will now re-
sumo consideration of House Bill No.
23,458, being a bin to prohibit the use
of the plumage of birds for any pur-
pose whatever. Same being the un-
finished business of yesterday.
Chorus-From twelve 10 fifs zen
Speaker! Madame Speaker Mad
anne Speaker" (All clamoring for
recognition.)
After pounding the table with her
gavel fer five minutes the Speaker
announces that the lady from Wayne
has the floor
Lady from Bay Very Sore)-
''She has had the floor most of the
time for two weeks"
Lady from Clare-"Why does Mad
anne Speaker always show favors to
the lady from Wayne? Is she afraid
CT herr"
belong to the same set"
Madame Speaker-"All those re-
marks are entirely uncalled for.
Whatever may be my relations with
the Lady from Wayne, / consider my
self far above some of you who make
these nasty remarks. 1t is indeed un-
fortunate that political career in
wolves association with women like
some of you are y L
Lady from sKaiamazoo---"While 1t
is true that my name does not appear
in the society columns of the metro
politan paper each week | can say
that was never mentioned as a CO.
respondent in divorce case"
Lady Spcaker-"And / can assure
the lady from Kalamazoo that / new
err turned my old father out in the
streets to beg because was ashamed
of him. The lady from Wayne has
the floor, and will now proceed with
out interruption. 49,
The lady from Wayne-"As Presi-
dent of the Audubon society Of the
! city of Detroit stand sponsor of this
billsi And as l was saying when the
hour. of adjournment came yesterday.
The last time Mrs. Asterbilt was at
my summer home at Lakeside she
] said"
The lady from CassA'You have
Dragged about Mrs. Asterbilt visiting
you every day for the last two weeks
and"
The Lady from Wayne-Ignoring
the interruption "she said you have
accomplished wonders on your estate
not only propagating the little dar-
ling songsters and by protecting them
| but
The lady from what
does a lady from the slums of a great
city like Detroit know about wild
birds? / represent district where
there are millions of acres of virgin
forests in which"
The lady from Wayne-"And / will
give the lady from Crawford-where-
ever that God-forsaken country may
bel presume it is way up in the
uncivilized north among the Indians)
to understand that I do not represent
the slums of Detroit ron the con-
trary | reside on the boulevard right
across the street from Mrs. -"
II The lady from Arenac-"I move
an amendment exempting crows from
the provisions of the bill. i repre-
sent an agricultural community and
it is well known the crows are not
only destructive but"
| The lady from Muskegon--'T sup
port the amendment"
The lady from Emmett arise to
point of order"
The lady from Calhoun (Colored)
-"You all stuck me way back in this
corner but / aims to be heard. You
put me way back in this heah
corner amongst the poorest white
trash in the Mrs. Flanningan from
Kent, who sits in the next seat to the
colored lady" I'll let yez all know
no dirty nagur can call me trash.
I'm as good as any of yes and think
a little better. Says Mike TO me
only last Sunday morning. Sure,
Nora. what do yez care about feath-
ers in your hat. Sure, and your ould
sun bonnet is more becoming to yez
than all the high falutin things the