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as grateful to you as if you had
sent the papers - for I know how
earnestly you wished to do so. I
do not know whether I shall have the
courage to go to Mr Crocker. I will
see! I'll venture to stay that he has
given scores if not hundreds of
passes to the Republican speakers &
others who can serve his interests
politically. And I know, too, that
if the women could serve his
official interests, he would just
as readily accord you the rights
he takes to himself. It is most
humiliating - but so help us heaven
we'll work to make a woman a power
that command for her all the
courtesies of life - to say nothing of
rights - of this is a denial of your right