e person against whom it was
aimed, should cover the perpetrators with lasting shame. We
will state briefly the facts as we have heard them.

The bill giving woman the right to vote came up at 11
o'clock, by a special order of the House. A number of ladies
entered the hall to listen to the proceedings. General
Larimer spoke eloquently and ably in favor of the bill,
making, perhaps, the best speech that could be made on that
side of the question. On the vote being taken, it
stood--ayes 14, nays 11. The bill was then sent to the
Council, where it was referred to the Committee on
Elections. Its passage by the House of Representatives
created a great deal of talk, and several members threatened
to resign. At the evening session J. S. Morton, W. E. Moore,
A. F. Salisbury and L. L. Bowen came into the House and
proposed to present General Larimer with a petticoat, which
did not tend much to allay the excitement. The General, of
course, was justly indignant at such treatment, as were also
the other members. The proposal was characteristic of the
prime mover in it, and we are astonished that the other
gentlemen named should have been willing to associate
themselves with him in offering this indignity to the oldest
and most respected member of the body--a man who was elected
to the station he has so ably filled by the unanimous vote
of the people of Douglas county. General Larimer had a
perfect right to advocate or oppose the bill according to
his own sense of duty, and any man, or set of men, who would
attempt to cast insult or ridicule upon him for so doing, is
worthy only of the contempt of decent people. In saying this
we, of course, express no opinion on the merits of the bill
itself.

The bill was taken up in the Council, read twice, and referred to
the Committee on Elections, whose chairman, Mr. Cowles, reported
it back without amendment, and recommended its passage. This
being the last day of the session, the bill could not come up
again. The _Chronotype_, after the adjournment, commented as
follows:

The bill granting women the right to vote, which had passed
the House, wa