WHEREAS, Nearly one-third of the Senators voted for the
amendment; therefore,

_Resolved_, That we rejoice in this evidence that our demand is
forcing itself upon the attention and action of Congress, and
that when a new Congress shall have assembled, with new men and
new ideas, we may hope to change this minority into a majority.

WHEREAS, The Anti-Polygamy bill passed by both Houses of Congress
provides for the disfranchisement of the non-polygamous women of
Utah; and

WHEREAS, The women thus sought to be disfranchised have been for
years in the peaceable exercise of the ballot, and no charge is
made against them of any crime by reason of which they should
lose their vested rights; therefore,

_Resolved_, That this association recognizes in these measures a
disregard of individual rights which is dangerous to the
liberties of all; since to establish the precedent that the
ballot may be taken away is to threaten the permanency of our
republican form of government.

_Resolved_, That we call the attention of the working women of
the country to the fact that a disfranchised class is always an
oppressed class and that only through the protection of the
ballot can they secure equal pay for equal work.

_Resolved_, That we recognize as hopeful signs of the times the
indorsement of woman suffrage by the Knights of Labor in national
assembly, and by the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union,
and that we congratulate these organizations upon their
recognition of the fact that the ballot in the hands of woman is
necessary for their success.

_Resolved_, That we extend our sympathy to our beloved president,
in the recent death of her husband, Henry B. Stanton; and we
recall with gratitude the fact that he was one of the earliest
and most consistent advocates of human liberty.

Thanks were extended to the United States Senators who voted for a
Sixteenth Amendment. A committee was appointed, Mrs. Blake, chairman,
to wait upon President Grover Cleveland and protest against the
threatened disfranchising of the women of Washington Territory; also
to secure a hearing before the proper congressional committee in
reference to the Edmunds-Tucker Bill, which proposed to disfranchise
both the Gentile and Mormon women of Utah. The usual large number of
letters were receiv