y find a place for the sole of the foot, Mrs. Bloomer
arose, amid cheers. We watched her closely, and saw that she
was perfectly self-possessed--not a nerve seemed to be moved
by excitement, and the voice did not tremble. She arose in
the dignity of a true woman, as if the importance of her
mission so absorbed her thoughts that timidity or
bashfulness were too mean to entangle the mental powers. She
delivered her lecture in a pleasing, able, and I may say,
eloquent manner that enchained the attention of her audience
for an hour and a half. A _man_ could not have beaten it.

In mingling with the people next day, we found that her
argument had met with much favor. As far as property rights
are concerned, all seemed to agree with the lady that the
laws of our country are wrong, and that woman should receive
the same protection as man. All we have time to say now is,
that Mrs. Bloomer's arguments on woman's rights are
unanswerable. We may doubt it is policy for women to vote,
but who can draw the line and say that naturally she has not
a right to do so? Mrs. Bloomer, though a little body, is
among the great women of the United States; and her keen,
intellectual eye seems to flash fire from a fountain that
will consume the stubble of old theories until woman is
placed in her true position in the enjoyment of equal rights
and privileges. Her only danger is in asking too much.

ONEIDA.

Eight days after Mrs. Bloomer's address, Hon. Jerome Hoover,
member for the counties of Nemaha and Richardson, introduced in
the House a bill to confer suffrage equally upon women. The bill
was put upon its third reading, January 25, and was earnestly
championed by General William Larimer of Douglas county, formerly
of Pittsburgh, Pa. It passed by a vote of 14 to 11.[458] The
result of the passage of the bill by the House was graphically
described by the _Chronotype_ of January 30:

On Friday afternoon and evening quite an excitement took
place, which resulted in offering an insult to one of the
ablest members of the legislature, but which, while it
reflected no dishonor upon th