l homes by thus throwing the apple of discord into
families. So in Pennsylvania women now hold property absolutely,
and can sell without the consent of the husband. But actually no
woman is free. As in the days of slavery the master owned the
services, not the body of his slaves, so it is with the wife. The
husband owns the services and all that can be earned by his wife.
It is quite possible, as things now stand, to legislate a woman
out of her home, and yet she cooks, and bakes, and works, and
saves, but it all belongs to the man, and if she dies the second
wife gets it all, for she always manages him. The extravagance of
dress is due alone to-day to the fact that from what woman saves
in her own expenses and those of her house she gets no benefit at
all, nor do her children, for it goes to the second wife, who,
perhaps, turns the children out of doors.

The resolutions called out a prolonged discussion, especially the
one on compulsory education, and that finally passed with a few
dissenting voices:

WHEREAS one-half of the citizens of the republic being
disfranchised are everywhere subjects of legislative caprice, and
may be anywhere robbed of their most sacred rights; therefore,

_Resolved_, That it is the duty of the Congress of the United
States to submit a proposition for a sixteenth amendment to the
national constitution prohibiting the several States from
disfranchising citizens on account of sex.

WHEREAS a monarchial government lives only through the ignorance
of the masses, and a republican government can live only through
the intelligence of the people; therefore,

_Resolved_, That it is the duty of Congress to submit to the
State legislatures propositions to so amend the Constitution of
the United States as to make education compulsory, and to make
intelligence a qualification for citizenship and suffrage in the
United States; said amendments to take effect January 1, 1880,
when all citizens of legal age, without distinction of sex, who
can read and write the English language, may be admitted to
citizenship.

WHEREAS a century of experience has proven that the safety and
stability of free institutions and the protection of all United
States citizens in the exercise of their inalienable rights and
the proper expression of the w