Chapter XVI Testing the Fourteenth Amendment
288 Ray Strachey, Struggle (New York, 1930), pp. 113-116.
289 The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the decision of a lower court that without specific legislation by Congress, the 14th Amendment could not overrule the law of the District of Columbia which limited suffrage to male citizens over 21. History of Woman Suffrage, II, pp. 587-601.
290 Harper, Anthony, I, p. 423.
291 Nov. 5, 1872, Ida Husted Harper Collection, Henry E. Huntington Library. Miss Anthony had assured the election inspectors that she would pay the cost of any suit which might be brought against them for accepting women’s votes.
292 Harper, Anthony, I, p. 426. The Anthony home was then numbered 7 Madison Street.
293 An Account of the Proceedings of the Trial of Susan B. Anthony on the Charge of Illegal Voting (Rochester, New York, 1874), p. 16.
294 Harper, Anthony, I, p. 428.
295 Ibid., p. 433.
296 Trial, pp. 2-3.
297 N.d., Susan B. Anthony Papers, New York Public Library.
298 Trial, pp. 151, 153. Judge Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, Sec. 456: “The importance of examining the preamble for the purpose of expounding the language of a statute has long been felt and universally conceded in all juridical discussion.” History of Woman Suffrage, II, p. 477.
299 Harper, Anthony, II, pp. 978, 986-987.
300 Ms., Diary, May 10, June 7, 1873.
301 Suffrage clubs in New York, Buffalo, Chicago, and Milwaukee sent $50 and $100 contributions. Susan’s cousin, Anson Lapham, cancelled notes for $4000 which she had signed while struggling to finance The Revolution. The women of Rochester rallied behind her, forming a Taxpayers’ Association to protest taxation without representation.
302 Harper, Anthony, II, pp. 994-995.
303 Ibid., I, p. 429.