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.