public assemblies.
Their court-room was a model of neatness and good order. Plants
were in the windows and handsome carpets graced the floor. During
my stay, the daughter of a Mormon, the then advocate-general of
the territory, was admitted to the bar by Chief-Justice McKean of
the United States Court, who, in fitting and beautiful language,
welcomed her to the profession as a woman whose knowledge of the
law fitted her to be the peer of any man in his court. She told
me that she detested polygamy, but felt that she could render
greater service to the emancipation of her sex inside of Utah
than out. At midnight I wandered, with one of my own sex, about
the streets to test the assertion that it was as safe for women
then as at mid-day. No bacchanalian shout rent the air; no man
was seen reeling in maudlin imbecility to his home. No guardians
put in an appearance, save the stars above our heads; no sound
awoke the stillness but the purling of the mountain brooks which
washed the streets in cleanliness and beauty. What other city on
this continent can present such a showing? With murder for man
and rapine for woman where man alone is maker and guardian of the
laws, it behooves him to pause ere he launches invectives at the
one result of woman's votes.

Mrs. Gougar, on our Washington platform for the first time,
delighted the audience with her readiness and wit. She has a good
voice, fine presence, and speaks fluently, without notes.

She spoke of the reformatory prison for women in her State, and
said that the statistics showed that eighty-two per cent. of the
women confined there were sent out reformed. Speaking of the
gallantry of men, she cited a case of a man who came to an
Indiana lawyer and desired him to make a will. The following
conversation ensued: "I want you to make this will so that my
wife will have $400 a year; that's enough for any woman." "Is she
the only wife you ever had?" "Yes." "How long have you been
married?" "Forty-two years." "How many children have you had?"
"Eleven." "Did you have all your property before marriage?" "No;
didn't have a cent; I've earned it all." "Has your wife helped
you in any way to earn it?" "Why, yes, I suppose she has; but
then I want to fix my will so she can only have $400 a year; it's
enough." "Well, si