Dayton Debating Club

Mr. Editor: We send you a few items from this town. The young men of Dayton organized on last Friday evening a Debating Club, by electing Lyman Eustice Chairman, and James Ford Secretary. The question – Will a man do more for money than for honot? was eloquently discussed by Mr. John H. Druitt, on the affirmative, and William Sheehan, on the negative, before a large and respectable audience, at the school house in District No. 6. After a fine contest the negative gained the question. After brilliant speeches on both sides, the meeting adjourned, to meet again on next Friday evening, when the question of universal suffrage will be discussed.¹

It’s nice to know that the question of women voting, though still a debatable question at the time, was at least considered to have two sides. I wonder which side won.

1. The Ottawa Republican, 26 Jul 1866, p. 2, col. 4.