n. Therefore I cannot accept the
suggestion of the senator from New York to make this a special
committee.

Mr. DAVIS of West Virginia: I think it a bad idea to raise an
extra committee. I move that the resolution be referred to the
Committee on Rules, I think it ought to go there. That is where
the rules generally require all such resolutions to be referred.

The VICE-PRESIDENT: The question is on the motion of the senator
from Virginia, that the resolution be referred to the Committee
on Rules.

Which was agreed to by a vote of 26 yeas to 23 nays.[77]

Amid all the pleasure of political excitement the social amenities
were not forgotten. A brilliant reception[78] and supper were given
to the delegates by Mrs. Spofford at the Riggs House. During the
evening Mrs. Stanton presented the beautiful life-size photograph
of Lucretia Mott which had adorned the platform at the convention,
to Howard University, and read the following letter from Edward M.
Davis:

Mrs. ELIZABETH CADY STANTON--_Dear Madam_: As an expression of my
gratitude to the colored people of the District for their
beautiful floral tribute to the memory of my dear mother, I
desire in the name of her children to present to Howard
University the photograph of Lucretia Mott which adorned the
platform during the convention. It is a fitting gift to an
institution that so well illustrates her principles in opening
its doors to all youth without regard to sex or color. With
sincere regret that I cannot be present this evening at the
reception, I am gratefully yours,

EDWARD M. DAVIS.

In receiving the beautiful gift, Dr. Patton, president of the
institution, made a graceful response.

In the spring of 1881, the National Association held a series of
conventions through New England, beginning with the May anniversary
in Boston, of which we give the following description from the
_Hartford Courant_:

Among the many anniversaries in Boston the last week in May, one
of the most enthusiastic was that of the National Woman Suffrage
Association, held in Tremont Temple. The weather was cool and
fair and the audience fine throughout, and never was there a
better array of speakers at one time on any platform. The number
of thoughtful, cultured young women appearing in these
conventions,