slowly footed up the result. Two
favorable members were outside; if only one could be reached! The
speaker, who had just voted against the amendment, but was kindly
disposed towards those interested in it, held the announcement
back for a moment which gave Church Howe time to move the
recommitment of the resolution. His motion was seconded all over
the House, but just at this juncture one of the absent friends,
P. O. Heacock, a German member from Richardson county, came in,
and, being told what was going on, called out, "I desire to vote
on this bill." He walked quickly to his place and, in answer to
his name, voted "aye." The speaker asked Mr. Howe if he wished to
withdraw his motion, which he did, and the vote was announced.
The galleries cheered, and the House was in a hubbub, unrebuked
by the speaker, who looked as happy as if he had voted for the
bill. The members gathered around the woman who sat in their
midst, shook hands and extended congratulations, many even who
had voted against the amendment expressing their personal
sympathy with its advocates.

The joint resolution was immediately sent to the Senate, where,
after its second reading, it was referred to the Committee on
Constitutional Amendments, who returned it with two reports:

That of the majority, recommended its passage, while the
minority opposed it on the ground that it would be
inadvisable to introduce opposing measures into the House
and thus create new divisions in politics and a new cause of
excitement; but principally upon the claim that in the
territory where female suffrage had obtained "for a period
of two years" the experiment had been disastrous, the
"interests of the territory damaged in emigration," and the
administration of justice hindered in the courts. This
report was signed by Senators J. C. Myers and S. B. Taylor,
who had persistently refused to listen to argument or
information on the subject. As soon as the report was made,
the senators were informed of their glaring mistake as to
the length of time the women of Wyoming had voted, and
information was laid before them proving that the results in
that territory had been in every way beneficial,[468] but
they refus