men to vote, while the Democratic
paper denounced these proceedings and warned all inspectors that if
they received the names of women they would be liable to prosecution
under the 19th section of the enforcement act.

That if at any election for representative or delegate in the
Congress of the United States, any person shall knowingly
personate and vote, or attempt to vote, in the name of any other
person, whether living, dead, or fictitious; or vote more than
once at the same election for any candidate for the same office;
or vote at a place where he may not be lawfully entitled to vote;
or vote without having a lawful right to vote; or do any unlawful
act to secure a right to vote, or an opportunity to vote, for
himself or any other person; or by force, threats, menace,
intimidation, bribery, reward or offer, or promise thereof, or
otherwise unlawfully prevent any qualified voter of any State of
the United States of America, or of any Territory thereof, from
freely exercising the right of suffrage; or by any such means
induce any voter to refuse to exercise such right; or compel or
induce, by any such means or otherwise, any officer on any
election in any such State or Territory to receive a vote from a
person not legally qualified or entitled to vote or interfere in
any manner with any officer of said elections in the discharge of
his duties, shall be deemed guilty of a crime and shall for such
crime be liable to prosecution in any court of the United States,
and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding $500 or imprisonment for not exceeding three years or
both at the discretion of the court.

Upon reading this article Miss Anthony hastened back to the
registration office and assured the young men that she would be
personally responsible for all costs growing out of any suit that
might be instituted against them for having registered women. As an
outgrowth of all this discussion about fifty women registered in the
city, fourteen of them in Miss Anthony's own ward. As a whole, the
tone of the press was so adverse that all the inspectors except those
of the 8th ward were intimidated and refused to receive the votes of
women on election day.

Bright and early on the morning of November 5th, Miss Anthony and six
of the women presented themselves at the polling booth. The ladies
w