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. THE END INDEX Abbott, Joseph C., and votes for in- | Alberta, women chosen in, 213. eligible candidates, 295. Absence, 616. Aldermen, meaning of, 43. Adams, Henry, explains Randolph's Alien and Naturalization bills, 216; and Adams, John, on single chamber, 25, 32: Agger, E. E., on State activities, 131. the Sedition law, 484. Allds, Jonathan P., resigns to avoid Allen, Charles A., and disorderly epi- Alsop, George, on rustic law-makers in Alvord, Sir Edward, and writing in the American Bar Assn., advocates change Ammons, Elias Milton, on limiting Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com- Anderson, Frank M., and arrests for Anderson, John, and the power to pun- Andrews, William, expelled, 278. Anne, Queen, censorship under, 474. Argentina, one chamber in, 33; conti- 120; limit on sessions in, 140; pro- perty qualifications in, 231. religious ceremonies in, 602. See also Aristides, and the ruin of Solon's Con- Augustus, decrees that Senate shall stitution, 78. Aristocracy, and democracy, in early Arizona, single chamber proposed in, Arkansas, single chamber proposed in, Arnold, Benedict, 309. Arrest, and privilege, 488, 489. assemble twice a month, 154; raises Australia, two chambers in, 33; conti- Austria, two chambers in, 33; indirect Backus, Rev. Isaac, against religious Bacon, Lord, cited by Webster in de- Bailey, William B., alleges Congress to Baker, Edward B., and appointment of Asgill, John, expelled by reason of a Baldwin, Abraham, thinks second book, 474. Ashby, election case of, 193. Ashfield, Mass., votes for one chamber, Asquith, Herbert Henry, on carrying Assembling, 174. Assembly, the name of, 22. branch should represent property, Baldwin, Judge Simeon E., opinion of Assistants, in Mass., 4, 50; in R.I. and Baldwin, Rev. Thomas, on religious Conn., 51. Association of the Bar of the City of Astor, Lady, elected to Parliament, 213. tests, 245. Balfour, Arthur James, objects to long Baltimore, Lord, receives complaint of |