Because it results in a draw.

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[Illustration: A RASH PROCEEDING.

WAITING FOR A LIGHT.]

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HIRAM GREEN AND FEMALE SUFFRAGE.

His Experience with the Advocates of the 10th Amendment.

On the last eleckshun day, I was servin as Inspecter of Eleckshun, when
a passil of wimmen, drest partly in men's habiliments, walkt up to the
ballit box.

They was headed by old SARY YOOMANS, who has been an old made for more'n
1/2 Sentury.

Steppin up close to the railin where votes is put in, Miss YOOMANS thus
to me did say:--

"Square GREEN, wee've come to cast the soffrige of a down-trodden race:
Will you receive our votes?"

"Not exzactly I wont, my hi toned Greshun benders," was my reply.

"Do you know who we air, sir?" cride a long, leen, lank,