de by women at that time have been printed in pamphlet
form, and extensively circulated throughout the nation. Within a
few days after this hearing, a petition, containing 35,000 names,
was presented to the House by the Hon. Benjamin F. Butler. During
his remarks upon this occasion his coadjutors left their seats
and pressed around him, so anxious were they to hear, until, in
order to give all an equal chance, the Speaker was forced to call
to order.

The Hon. Matt. Carpenter made an elaborate argument before the
Supreme Court, in the Myra Bradwell case. Mrs. Bradwell, as is
well known, is the editor of a paper, entitled the _Legal News_,
which is ably conducted, and accepted as authority by the
profession. Mrs. Bradwell, upon applying for admission to the bar
in Illinois, found her husband a "legal disability," and carried
her case up to the Supreme Court. This argument was also
published and circulated in pamphlet form.

The Hon. Mr. Munroe, member from Indiana, presented a petition
from the women of that State, praying for the removal of
political disabilities; and in the Senate Mr. Wilson introduced a
bill to allow women to hold office in the Territories.

In February an argument was made before the Senate Military
Committee in behalf of women who served in the army. Mrs. Admiral
Dahlgren argued in person before a Congressional committee, in
reference to moneys due her deceased husband.

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Mrs. Lockwood and Mrs. Spencer both gave interesting statements in
regard to women voting in the District of Columbia, and ably argued
their right to do so under the National Constitution. Mrs. Lockwood
introduced the following resolution:

_To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives, in
Congress assembled:_

We, the undersigned, citizens of the United States, being
deprived of some of the privileges and immunities of citizens,
among which is the right to vote, beg leave to submit the
following resolution:

_Resolved_, That we, the officers and members of the
National Woman Suffrage Association, in convention
assembled, respectfully ask Congress to enact appropriate
legislation, during its present session, to protect women
citizens in the several States of this Union in their righ