itories, where they have all the
suffrage that the territorial legislatures see proper to give
them. I therefore shall oppose the resolution.

Mr. BAYARD: I move the that Senate proceed to the consideration
of executive business. [The motion was agreed to.]

JANUARY 9, 1882.

Mr. HOAR: I now ask for the consideration of the resolution
relating to a select committee on woman suffrage.

The PRESIDENT _pro tempore_: There being ten minutes left of the
morning hour, the senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Hoar] asks for
the consideration of the resolution relating to woman suffrage.
The pending question is on the motion of the senator from
Delaware [Mr. Bayard] to refer the subject-matter to the
Committee on the Judiciary, on which the yeas and nays have been
ordered.

The principal legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.

Mr. BUTLER (when Mr. Pugh's name was called): I was requested by
the senator from Alabama [Mr. Pugh] to announce his pair with the
senator from New York [Mr. Miller].

The roll-call was concluded.

Mr. TELLER: On this question I am paired with the senator from
Alabama [Mr. Morgan]. If the senator from Alabama were present, I
should vote "nay."

Mr. MCPHERSON (after having voted in the affirmative): I rise to
ask the privilege of withdrawing my vote. I am paired with my
colleague [Mr. Sewell] on all political questions, and this seems
to have taken a political shape.

The PRESIDENT _pro tempore_: The senator from New Jersey
withdraws his vote.

The result was announced--yeas 27, nays 31. So the motion was not
agreed to.

The PRESIDENT _pro tempore_: The question recurs on the adoption
of the resolution.

Mr. EDMUNDS: Let it be read for information. The secretary read
the resolution.

Mr. EDMUNDS: "Shall" ought to be stricken out and "may" inserted,
because the Senate ought always to have the power to refer any
particular measure as it pleases.

Mr. HOAR: I have no objection to that modification.

The PRESIDENT _pro tempore_: The senator from Massachusetts
accepts the suggestion of the senator from Vermont, and the word
"may" will be substituted for "shall."

Mr. HILL of Georgia: I wish to say that I have opposed all
resoluti