ould have a voice
in their education. We have allowed women to hold certain offices
in connection with schools, but we have never given them a voice
in the control of the money expended upon them. The mothers take
ten times more interest in the education of the young than the
fathers do, and should have an equal voice in the affairs of the
school districts. This is a matter of right and justice.

Mr. SINCLAIR of Bethlehem said: There ought not to be any
objection to this bill. If there is any class that ought to have
a voice in the education of children, it is the mothers.
[Applause.] Some of the best school committees in the State are
women. If they can be elected to that office, is it proper to say
they shall have no voice in the elections?

Mr. WHICHER of Strafford thought they would get a little mixed in
carrying out the provisions of this bill, in the face of the
statutes relating to school-district meetings. He would move to
indefinitely postpone the bill.

Mr. MOSHER of Dover said: There ought to be a new motion gotten
up; to "indefinitely postpone" is getting to be stereotyped. This
bill needs no further championing. Its justice is apparent.

Mr. HOBBS of Ossippee said: If women are capable of holding
office they are also capable of saying who shall hold it.
[Applause.]

Mr. PATTEN of Manchester favored the bill and hoped the motion of
Mr. Whicher would be voted down.

The SPEAKER [Mr. WOOLSON of Lisbon] said: The bill had passed the
Senate unanimously, been reported unanimously by the committee,
and he hoped it would be passed promptly by the House.
[Applause.]

Mr. PATTERSON of Hanover said he would congratulate the gentleman
from Bethlehem on being orthodox on this question.

Mr. SINCLAIR congratulated his friend from Hanover on his display
of courage in waiting until the ice was broken all round before
making a forward step.

Mr. Whicher withdrew his motion to postpone and then moved to lay
the bill upon the table. This being lost, the bill was passed,
August 8, 1878. Mrs. White, the president of the State association,
in a letter to a friend, wrote as follows:

To our surprise and delight the bill allowing women to vote at
school-district meetings passed the House yesterday amid much
cheering and clapping of hands, th