e new
speakers to the committee, in order to disprove the allegation that
"it was always the same old set." The committee listened to them
with undivided attention throughout, and at the conclusion of the
hearing the following resolution, offered by Senator George of
Mississippi, was adopted unanimously:

_Resolved_, That the committee are under obligations to the
representatives of the women of the United States for their
attendance this morning, and for the able and instructive
addresses which have been made, and that the committee
assure them that they will give to the subject of woman
suffrage the careful and impartial consideration which its
grave importance demands.

In describing the occasion for the _Boston Transcript_, Mrs.
Shattuck said:

As we stood in the committee-room and presented our plea for
freedom, we felt that at last we had obtained a fair hearing,
whatever its result might be. And the most encouraging sign of
the impression made by our words was the change in the faces of
some of the members of the committee as the speaking went on. At
first there was a look of indifference and scorn--merely
toleration; this gradually changed to interest mingled with
surprise; finally, as Miss Anthony closed with one of her most
eloquent appeals, all the faces showed a decided and almost eager
interest in what we had to say. Senator George, who certainly
looked more unpropitious than any other one, assured the ladies
that he would give to the subject of woman suffrage that careful
and impartial consideration which its grave importance demands.
This, from one who heralded his entrance by inquiring of Miss
Anthony, in stentorian tones, if she "wanted to go to war," was,
to say the least, a concession. The speakers were closely
questioned by some members of the committee, who afterwards told
us "that they had never heard a speech on the subject before and
were surprised to find so much in the demand, and to see such
ability as was manifested by the women before them."

The committee having expressed a wish to hear others on the
subject, appointed the next morning at 10 o'clock.[86] Mrs.
Stanton, being introduced by the chairman, said:

Gentlemen, when the news of the appointment of this committee was
flashed over the wires, you cannot