Show washington NOTES bishop cannon delegate delegato from utah was before the house committee on teri terl morning in n opposition to tile the bill introduced in the hou houe by mr mckee providing for sweeping reforms in the judicial system of that territory washington star aan rait fan 9 in the house houe of representatives jan 9 mr air mellish N Y presented the memorial of the no new w york womans comans suffrage association asking that in tl tile le enactment of any laws for the territory of utah 3 nothing shall bo construed w as s dearl depriving ath tile the women of that territory of the right of suffrage referred to judiciary committee the washington correspond correspondent ent ont of the cincinnati commercial says c the sergeant at arms of the house is entitled by law to a mes ines benger at an annual salary of 1650 for some years ordway has had his sons name carried on the rolls as holding the position and has drawn the salary for him with cheerful and healthy regularity durin during duding all the time however tile the boy has been attending college in new Un england gland giand 21 today to day is what is known as c buncombe day in the house of representatives and there were rio not t over fifty members present at the session according to usage c or parliamentary law buncombe day is a perio period 4 of time specially set apart to an opportunity to modest members who do not care to encounter the din of a full house to read a batch of manuscript and have it printed in the official record of debate and then done tip up in pamphlet form for distribution among the their ir cons constituents constitute titue ants th the c usual di dignity guity of a parlia parila parliamentary mentar bodrig set as aside de on this day an and members stretch their legs upon the vacant chars of their side partners and smoke fragrant havanas or probably some brand bland not half so good washington stae star jan ran 10 washington jan 9 A memorial was hied filed in it the tile house today by mr the indianapolis suffrage association in ill opposition to the repeal by congress of the right of female suffrage in the tile territories they appo oppose so such a measure because it contemplates a step backward in the progress I 1 which this nation has for nearly a century been making toward the ideal of a just government whose powers aro are derived from the consent of the governed as forell foreshadowed shadowed fore r dowed in ill the declaw deelan declaration it on of independence because it will be an act of gross injury to nearly one halfon half of the plo pio pioneers of or civilization who wiio have braved the tile hardships and dangers of frontier life aud and who justly aly claim a voice in the government which may dispose of their lives their liberty and property and because such a repeal pro poses a return to the barbarous usages of the dark ages a step wholly unworthy the intelligence and refinement of the nineteenth century the memorial was referred to the judiciary committee JV Y herald ferald I washington january 12 at a meeting of the house bouse committee on territories this morning cannon of utah continued his argument against anti polygamy mckee cil cli airman chairman stated that J H wilcox delegate from the new york womans homans suffrage society was present and would like a hearing on that pait part of the bill which abolishes womans comans suffrage ameco rial ola oril this subject from that society was presented by mellish and read to the house carey district attorney of utah stated that he be would be against woman suffrage in utah the committee decided to bialt civo ve each gentleman a hearing for halt half an hour on wednesday mckee stated that therill the bill to unite certain parts of wyoming with colorado had been assailed by the woman suffragists on the ground that it designed to disfranchise the women of wyoming but butt that in fact it had not occurred to him that the bill which was intended to ie duce expenses would have that effect wilcox explained that this point could be adjusted by providing that nothing in that bill should operate to deprive any person verson of t tho the ac right of suffrage this suggestion met with concurrence S F chronicle |