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them, and seeking to pass away the time. I knew this, and made allowance accordingly; but I still wished that they could understand the gravity of such an assembly, and show so much respect to it as to repay the privilege of admission by striving to excite as little attention as possible, and by having the patience to sit still when they happened not to be amused, till some interruption gave them the opportunity to depart quietly. If they had done this, Judge Porter would not have moved that they should be appointed seats in the gallery instead of below; and they would have been guiltless of furnishing a plea for the exclusion of women, who would probably make a better use of the privilege, from the galleries of other Houses of Parliament." 1

For a long time the rule against the admission of ladies to the floor was often suspended.

Miss Martineau had another complaint to make. "When I was at Washington," she said, "albums were the fashion and the plague of the day. I scarcely ever came home but I found an album on my table or requests for autographs; but some ladies. went much farther than petitioning a foreigner who might be supposed to have leisure. I have actually seen them stand at the door of the Senate Chamber, and send the doorkeeper with an album, and a request to write in it, to Mr. Webster and other eminent members. I have seen them do worse; stand at the door of the Supreme Court, and send in their albums to ChiefJustice Marshall while he was on the bench hearing pleadings. The poor President [Jackson] was terribly persecuted; and to him it was a real nuisance, as he had no poetical resource but Watts's hymns. I have seen verses and stanzas of a most ominous purport from Watts, in the President's very conspicuous handwriting, standing in the midst of the crowquill compliments and translucent charades which are the staple of albums. Nothing was done to repress this atrocious impertinence of the ladies. I always declined writing more than name and date; but Senators, judges, and statesmen submitted to write gallant nonsense at the request of any woman who would stoop to desire it." 2

The New York Senate, as far as I have observed, is the only branch of a State Legislature that directly provides in its rules for the admission of ladies to the floor. The rules of the Kansas

1 Retrospect of Western Travel, 1, 180.

a Ibid., 1, 154.

House, but not the Senate, specify "the wives and families of members. The Missouri Senate by rule provides seats in the rear and at the side of the chamber for wives and families. Doubtless in various other assemblies they are admitted by custom. It is not a wise practice from any point of view.

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INDEX

Abbott, Joseph C., and votes for in- | Alberta, women chosen in, 213.

eligible candidates, 295.

Absence, 616.

Aldermen, meaning of, 43.
Alexander, De A. S., quoted, 649.

Adams, Henry, explains Randolph's Alien and Naturalization bills, 216; and
peculiarities, 644.

Adams, John, on single chamber, 25, 32:
favors property as basis for represen-
tation, 78; and frequent elections,
109, 110, 111; misfortunes brought
to by special sessions, 137; term of
shortened, 178; citizenship qualifica-
tion helps to defeat, 217; quoted,
303; criticizes Congress of the Con-
federation, 304; and the influence of
lawyers, 332; on rotation, 348; on
salaries, 527.
Adams, John Quincy, and the "Broad
Seal" election case, 202; and resi-
dence qualification, 224; on the
power of expelling, 285; accused of
corruption, 412, 446, 644; as to ap-
pointment of members to office, 444,
445; on the lawyer's duty, 455; ob-
jects to the wearing of crape, 601.
Adams, Samuel, costume of, 594; and
mourning, 601.
Adjournment, fixing day for, 158;
effect of on pending business, 164;
meaning of, 181. See also Periods.
Administrative legislation, unicameral
treatment for, 42, 169.
Admission to the floor, 653.
Age qualification, 207.

Agger, E. E., on State activities, 131.
Aiken, Rev. Solomon, excluded because
appointed a chaplain, 269.
Alabama, continuity of Senate in, 62;
frequency of elections in, 113; terms
of Senators in, 120; frequency of ses-
sions in, 124, 125; business at special
sessions in, 136; session limits in, 142;
forbids passage of revenue bills in
closing days of session, 160; no prop-
erty qualification in, 234; religious
tests in, 244; clergymen in, 249; di-
rects disqualification for dueling,
262; lobbying in, 370; solicitation by
employees in, 390; witnesses in, 509;
patronage in, 580, 581; absence in,
624; admission to the floor in, 655.

the Sedition law, 484.

Allds, Jonathan P., resigns to avoid
expulsion, 429.

Allen, Charles A., and disorderly epi-
sode in Ill., 650.
Allen, Ethan, 172.
Allison, William Boyd, and oppor-
tunities for gain, 466.

Alsop, George, on rustic law-makers in
provincial Maryland, 338.
Alteration of bills, 459.

Alvord, Sir Edward, and writing in the
House, 635.

American Bar Assn., advocates change
of date of assemblage of Congress,
179; Storey's address to, quoted, 389.
Ames, Fisher, defends biennial elec-
tions, 112; criticizes First Congress,
303; a stockholder, 410; as to cor-
ruption, 411; and punctuality, 626.
Ames, Oakes, and the Crédit Mobilier
affair, 286, 418.

Ammons, Elias Milton, on limiting
sessions, 139, 158.

Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com-
pany, 9.

Anderson, Frank M., and arrests for
violating Alien and Sedition laws,
484.

Anderson, John, and the power to pun-
ish for contempt, 501.
Andrew, John A., opposes residence
qualification, 224; on salaries, 549.
Andrews, John, and costume of Sam
Adams, 595.

Andrews, William, expelled, 278.
Anglin, Speaker, resigns by reason of
business relations with Canadian
government, 256.

Anne, Queen, censorship under, 474.
Annual elections. See Terms.
Annual sessions. See Sessions.
Appointment, of Senators, 68; to office,
436.

Argentina, one chamber in, 33; conti-
nuity of Senate in, 63; terms in, 102,

120; limit on sessions in, 140; pro-

perty qualifications in, 231.
Argument, how to present, 381.

religious ceremonies in, 602. See also
Solon.
Attendance, 616.

Aristides, and the ruin of Solon's Con- Augustus, decrees that Senate shall

stitution, 78.

Aristocracy, and democracy, in early
Mass. Bay, 6, 48, 345.
Aristotle, cited by Webster in defence
of property as basis of representation,
82; but opposes it as qualification for
office, 228; on the characteristics of
democracy, 344.

Arizona, single chamber proposed in,
34; has smallest House, 88; effect of
session limit in, 143; age require-
ment in, 210; imposes educational
test, 213; lobbying in, 384; appoint-
ment to office in, 449; arrest in, 495;
salaries in, 529; odd rule as to refer-
ences in, 646.

Arkansas, single chamber proposed in,
35; continuity of Senate in, 62;
chooses biennial elections, 113; quad-
rennials proposed in, 114, 124; busi-
ness at special sessions in, 136; limit-
ing sessions in, 142, 533; hour of ad-
journment in, 190; contested elec-
tions in, 200; age requirement in, 210;
citizenship qualification in, 218; no
property qualification in, 234; reli-
gious tests in. 244, 245; clergymen in,
249; and dueling, 263; expulsion in,
283; witnesses in, 509; salaries in,
534; perquisites in, 567; hour of
meeting in, 613.

Arnold, Benedict, 309.

Arrest, and privilege, 488, 489.

assemble twice a month, 154; raises
the property qualification, 228.
Austin, James T., opposes property as
basis of representation, 77; com-
ments on Hamilton's views as to ten-
ure of office, 117; opposes religious
tests, 245; on the reading of news-
papers, 633.

Australia, two chambers in, 33; conti-
nuity of Senate in, 63; election of
Senators in, 70; terms in, 102; salaries
in, 546.

Austria, two chambers in, 33; indirect
election in, 66; terms in, 102; pro-
visions for convening in, 177; dis-
solution in, 190; contested elections
in, 205; age qualifications in, 212;
dual office-holding in, 270; substi-
tutes in, 297; arrest in, 492.
Autograph albums, 658.
Aylesbury election case, 193.

Backus, Rev. Isaac, against religious
tests, 243.

Bacon, Lord, cited by Webster in de-
fence of property as basis of repre-
sentation, 82; differentiates proroga-
tion and adjournment, 162; defence
of, 455.

Bailey, William B., alleges Congress to
be misrepresentative, 336.

Baker, Edward B., and appointment of
members to office, 447.

Asgill, John, expelled by reason of a Baldwin, Abraham, thinks second

book, 474.

Ashby, election case of, 193.

Ashfield, Mass., votes for one chamber,
25.

Asquith, Herbert Henry, on carrying
bills over, 163; and attendance, 619.
Assaults, and contempt, 509.

Assembling, 174.

Assembly, the name of, 22.

branch should represent property,
75; challenged to a duel, 260.
Baldwin, Nahum, on farmer members,
337.

Baldwin, Judge Simeon E., opinion of
as to the Connecticut charter and two
chambers, 17; on power of Legis-
lature to convene itself, 175; on sal-
aries, 548.

Assistants, in Mass., 4, 50; in R.I. and Baldwin, Rev. Thomas, on religious

Conn., 51.

Association of the Bar of the City of
New York, and the Socialist mem-
bers, 290.

Astor, Lady, elected to Parliament, 213.
Athens, Senates in, 44; age standards
in, 211; property qualification in,
228; bribery in, 400; oaths in, 433;

tests, 245.

Balfour, Arthur James, objects to long
sessions, 152.

Baltimore, Lord, receives complaint of
frequent elections in Md., 108.
Bancroft, George, quoted, 30.
Bank officers, disqualified, 254.
Bankrupts, excluded, 257.

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