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Show Ii SUITS TO WOMEN. , , A lackguarcl Rebuked by the New York Assembly for His Speech on the . Women Suffrage Bill. EXPUNGED FROM THE RECORDS. Every Sentence of the IMrty Speech Contained Con-tained an Amtiigacus Meaning of a Questionable Character The Bill Passed. Albany, N. Y. April 16. A sensation was created in the assembly yesterday by the address ad-dress of Phil Wissing of the Eighth New York assembly district. He spoke on the Yetineu woman suffrage bill, and every sentence sen-tence contained an ambiguous meaning of a questionable character. Women had crowded into the chamber to hear the debate on the bill, and not only the floor but the galleries were thronged with them. Colonel Webster Web-ster sprang to his feet in a towering tower-ing rage and demanded that Wissing be called to order, aud that his language be expunged from the records. A dozen members mem-bers seconded the demand, aud the motion to expunge was carried in thundering tones. Mrs. Margaret J. Hoey, representing the women's labor organizations in the state, said that she would bring the matter to the attention of every labor organization in the state, and see that Wissing does not come back to the legislature to again insult modest mod-est women who fought indecency. The most extraordinary part of the proceedings pro-ceedings is the fact that Wissing's own wife sat within a few feet of where he stood. The bid passed by a vote of 00 to 34, but wiil not pass the senate. |