woman in the right to vote,
as directly opposed to the supreme law of the land, as pointed
out in the XIV. and XV. Amendments to the Federal Constitution,
which he showed to be consonant with both the letter and spirit
of that instrument. He also suggested that the immediate action
of woman, as a citizen, might be found the most speedy method of
triumph. The result of this hearing, in the printed reports of
Judge Bingham and the majority, and of Judge Loughridge and Hon.
B. F. Butler, the minority of the Judiciary Committee, is already
before the country, and marks well the beginning of the end.

It was now clearly seen by the leaders of the movement that the
agitation of woman's wrongs and oppressions was no longer a
necessary part of the discussion. That in the statute books, and
above all, in the heart of God, a record of this was made, and
that henceforth woman's citizenship and full enfranchisement must
be declared. That under the supreme law of the land her right to
person, property, children, and full and equal citizenship must
be pronounced and admitted; and, finally, her duty to vote, and
through her highest capabilities, to assume a share of the
responsibility of the State, as she has already of the home, are
hereafter to be the legitimate theme of discussion till woman is
emancipated. These events and this decision indicated an
immediate want of a National Woman Suffrage and Educational
Committee, to carry forward measures for the speedy execution of
the work, and upon consultation with the experienced and wise men
and women of the Convention, and with the approval of all
well-wishers who were present, a committee, consisting of Mrs. I.
B. Hooker (Chairwoman), J. S. Griffing (Secretary), Mrs. M. B.
Bowen (Treasurer), Susan B. Anthony, Paulina Wright Davis, and
Ruth Carr Dennison, was organized in the City of Washington, D.
C., and the machinery set in operation to accomplish what is now
known as the work of that committee. For the temporary use of
this committee a part of the House of Education and Labor
Committee-room, through the marked kindness of Hon. Mr. Arnell,
Chairman of the Committee, was granted; afterward, the beautiful,
artistic House Agriculture Committee-room, also used for the
Committee on Manufactures, was generousl