repeal of arbitrary
restrictions which now debar them from the use of the
ballot; and

WHEREAS, The recent defeat in Nebraska of a constitutional
amendment, giving the women of the State the right to vote,
proves that failure is the natural result of an appeal to
the masses on a question which is best understood and
approved by the more intelligent citizens; therefore,

_Resolved_, That we call upon this congress to pass, without
delay, the sixteenth amendment to the federal constitution
now pending in the Senate.

_Resolved_, That all competitive examinations for places in
the civil service of the United States should be open on
equal terms to citizens of both sexes, and that any
so-called civil service reform that does not correct the
existing unjust discrimination against women employes, and
grade all salaries on merit and not sex, is a dishonest
pretense at reform.

WHEREAS, The Constitution of the United States declares that
no State shall be admitted to the Union unless it have a
republican form of government; and whereas, no true republic
can exist unless all the inhabitants are given equal civil
and political rights; therefore,

_Resolved_, That we earnestly protest against the admission
of Dakota as a State, unless the right of suffrage is
secured on equal terms to all her citizens.

_Resolved_, That the women of these United States have not
deserved the infliction of this punishment of
disfranchisement, and do most earnestly demand that they be
relieved from the cruelties it imposes upon them.

WHEREAS, During the war hundreds of women throughout our
land entered the service of the nation as hospital nurses;
and

WHEREAS, Many of these women were disabled by wounds and by
disease, while many were reduced to permanent invalidism by
the hardships they endured; therefore,

_Resolved_, That these women should be placed on the pension
list and rewarded for their services.

After the reading of the resolutions an animated discussion
followed, Miss Anthony showing in scathing terms the injustice of
the employment of women to