When they told him they should go to the meeting and present their credentials, he expressed great satisfaction and said that was just the decision he had hoped they would make.

They quietly entered the hall and took seats with other ladies at one side of the platform.

Immediately Rev.
Mandeville, of Albany, turned his chair around with back to the audience and, facing them, attempted to stare them out of countenance.
William H.Burleigh, secretary, read the annual report, which closed, "We hail the formation of the Woman's State Temperance Society as a valuable auxiliary." This precipitated the discussion.

Rev.Mandeville sprung to his feet and moved to strike out the last sentence.

His speech was filled with such venom and vulgarity as the foulest-mouthed politician would hesitate to utter.