ator Nye, who presided at the evening session, said, "He had not
given much thought to the question of Woman Suffrage, but it was his
opinion that in proportion as we elevated the mothers of voters, so
were the voters themselves elevated." The audiences during this
convention were large, and the press not only respectful but highly
complimentary.

It was just before this enthusiastic convention that Victoria Woodhull
presented her memorial to Congress and secured a hearing[140] before
the Judiciary Committee of the House, which called out the able
Minority Report, by William Loughridge, of Iowa, and Benjamin F.
Butler, of Massachusetts. The following is from the Congressional
_Globe_ of Dec. 21, 1870.

In the Senate: Mr. HARRIS presented the memorial of Victoria C.
Woodhull, praying for the passage of such laws as may be
necessary and proper for carrying into execution the right vested
by the Constitution in the citizens of the United States to vote
without regard to sex; which was referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary, and ordered to be printed.

In the House: Mr. JULIAN--I ask unanimous consent to present at
this time and have printed in the _Globe_ the memorial of
Victoria C. Woodhull, claiming the right of suffrage under the
XIV. and XV. Articles of Amendments to the Constitution of the
United States, and asking for the enactment of the necessary and
appropriate legislation to guarantee the exercise of that right
to the women of the United States. I also ask that the petition
be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

No objection was made, and it was ordered accordingly.

THE MEMORIAL OF VICTORIA C. WOODHULL.

_To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States in Congress assembled, respectfully showeth:_

That she was born in the State of Ohio, and is above the age of
twenty-one years; that she has resided in the State of New York
during the past three years; that she is still a resident
thereof, and that she is a citizen of the United States, as
declared by the XIV. Article of the Amendments to the
Constitution of the United States.

That since the adoption of the XV. Article of the Amendments to
the Constitution, neither the State of New York nor any other
State, nor any Territory, has passed any law to abridge the right
of a