Fortunately they were rescued.

On reaching Lincoln I was escorted to the home of the Governor, where I spread the documents in the sunshine, and they were soon ready to be distributed among the members of the constitutional convention.
After I had addressed the convention, some of the members called on me to discuss the points of my speech.

All the gentlemen were serious and respectful with one exception.

A man with an unusually small head, diminutive form, and crooked legs tried, at my expense, to be witty and facetious.

During a brief pause in the conversation he brought his chair directly before me and said, in a mocking tone, "Don't you think that the best thing a woman can do is to perform well her part in the role of wife and mother?
My wife has presented me with eight beautiful children; is not this a better life-work than that of exercising the right of suffrage ?" I had had my eye on this man during the whole interview, and saw that the other members were annoyed at his behavior.