Note 99 — Chapter XX
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Geo. Francis Train before the Constitutional Convention at Albany.—The Constitutional Convention at Albany has not had many variations from its customary slate of topics, but it is a noteworthy fact that no New York paper mentioned that Geo. Francis Train addressed the Convention for two hours on the subject of woman voting and the financial policy of the nation. Mr. Train having been the only man to volunteer his services in Kansas and before the Convention, it is worthy of note, when the argument advanced by our chivalrous press is a sneer, a sarcasm, or an insult, that Mr. Train's defense of women voting was received by the Convention by loud and repeated applause. The following was the resolution, passed unanimously, offering the hall:
State of New York, in Constitutional Convention, } Albany, December 4, 1867. }
On motion of Mr. Ballard:
Resolved, That the use of the Assembly Chamber be granted to Geo. Francis Train, Esq., at 4 p.m. this day.
Luther Caldwell, Secretary.
By order.