he question was taken and there were--yeas 115, nays 84, not
voting 93; so the resolution was carried.[83]

Mr. REED moved to reconsider the vote by which the resolution was
adopted; and also moved that the motion to reconsider be laid on
the table. The latter motion was agreed to.

On Monday, March 13, 1882, the Chair announced the appointment of
the following gentlemen as the Select Committee on Woman Suffrage
authorized by the House: Mr. Camp of New York, Mr. White of
Kentucky, Mr. Sherwin of Illinois, Mr. Stone of Massachusetts,
Mr. Hepburn of Iowa, Mr. Springer of Illinois, Mr. Vance of North
Carolina, Mr. Muldrow of Mississippi and Mr. Stockslager of
Indiana.

The Annual Washington Convention was held in Lincoln Hall as usual,
January 18, 19, 20, 1882. The afternoon before the convention, at
an executive session held at the Riggs House, forty delegates were
present from fourteen different States.[84] Among these were five
from Massachusetts, and for the first time that State was
represented on the platform of the National Association. Mrs.
Stanton gave the opening address, and made some amusing criticisms
on a recent debate on Senator Hoar's proposition for a special
committee on the rights and disabilities of women. Such a committee
had been under debate for several years and it was during this
convention that the bill passed the Senate.

Invitations to attend the convention were sent to all the members
of congress, and many were present during the various sessions.
Miss Ellen H. Sheldon, secretary, read the minutes of the last
convention, and, instead of the usual dry skeleton of facts, she
gave a glowing description of that eventful occasion. Clara B.
Colby gave an interesting narration of the progress of woman
suffrage in Nebraska, and of the efforts being made to carry the
proposition pending before the people, to strike the word "male"
from the constitution in the coming November election.

Rev. Frederick A. Hinckley of Providence, R. I., spoke upon "Our
Demand in the Light of Evolution." He said:

It is about a century since our forefathers declared that
"governments derive their just powers from the consent of the
governed," and about a half century since woman began to see that
she ought to be included in this declaration. At present the
expressions of the Declaration of Independence are a "glittering
generality,"