before, I do not expect that public opinion will be so correct at
this time that my vote will be effective; but nevertheless it
would be no excuse for me that I did not do my part toward
effecting a reform that I think the community requires, because I
did not see that the whole world was going with me. I do not wait
for that. I am frequently in minorities. I would as lief be there
as anywhere else, provided I see that I am right; and I do not
wait for the majority to go with me when I think a proposition is
right. Therefore I shall vote for this amendment if nobody else
votes for it, trusting that if I am right the world will finally
see it and come up to the mark where I am; if I am wrong, on
further investigation and further thought I shall be left in the
lurch. Believing that I am right, and believing that the world
will come up to this standard finally, I am ambitious to make my
mark upon it right here.

Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN: Mr. President, the Senator from Maryland has
made an inquiry as to the law of New Jersey in reference to women
voting. There was a period in New Jersey when, in reference to
some local matters, and those only, women voted; but that period
has long since passed away; and I think I am authorized in saying
that the women of New Jersey to-day do not desire to vote. Sir, I
confess a little surprise at the remark which has been so
frequently made in the Senate, that there is no difference
between granting suffrage to colored citizens and extending it to
the women of America. The difference, to my mind, is as wide as
the earth. As I understand it, we legislate for classes, and the
women of America as a class do vote now, though there are
exceptions from the peculiar circumstances of individuals. Do not
the American people vote in this Senate to-day on this question?
Do they not vote in the House of Representatives? So the women of
America vote by their faithful and true representatives, their
husbands, their brothers, their sons; and no true man will go to
the polls and deposit his ballot without remembering that true
and loving constituency that he has at home. More than that, sir,
ninety-nine out of a hundred, I believe nine hundred and
ninety-nine out of a thousand, of the women in America do not
want the privilege o