CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS AND REPORTS OF 1884 31-55
Debate in the House on a Special Woman Suffrage Committee --
Extracts from speeches of John H. Reagan on Awful Effects of
Woman Suffrage -- James B. Belford on Woman's Right to a Special
Committee -- J. Warren Keifer on Justice of the Enfranchisement
of Women -- John D. White on Woman's Right to be Heard -- Hearing
before Senate Committee -- Interdependence of Men and Women --
Woman Suffrage a Paramount Question -- A Right does not Depend on
a Majority's Asking for It -- Woman's Ballot for the Good of the
Race -- Preponderance of Foreign Vote -- Miss Anthony on Action
by Congress vs. Action by Legislatures -- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
on Self-Government the Best Means of Self-Development; moral need
of woman's ballot, men as natural protectors, inherent right of
self-representation -- Favorable Senate Report -- Adverse House
Report by William C. Maybury -- Editorial comment -- Luke P.
Poland on Men Should Represent Women -- Strong Report in Favor by
Thomas B. Reed, Ezra B. Taylor, Moses A. McCoid, Thomas M.
Browne.