The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-06-27

JUNCTION CRY, KAN, June Is, ".
The mooted question Of suffrage, has
been recently agi!ating the minds of the
people in this State, in no small degree,
which we presume is likewise the case
in your own State.
LUCY STONE
has been Perambulating through here
discussing on her lavOri!o theme-fe'
male suTrage-drawing houses equal to
the BLACK Crook'-"admitlance one
dollar, children under ten years hall
price" Lucy is trump, and evidently
has her eyes open TO "bz." She rides
her hobby rearlessIy, and the way she
wades into aye lords Of creation" is a
caution to "snaix." She has made some
converts, however, and the fruits of her
labor are seen in the organization Of so.
cieties, springing up over the State, hav-
ing for their sole object the elcoation of
the sec, For our part, being an earnest
and original advocate Of impartial suf-
lrage, We have no serous objections to
their being enfranchised when we can be-
convinced that the majority really and
sincerely desire it. Then, as natu-
raj consequence following their enfrnn'
Chisomont, they will be expected to per-
form a share OF the duty now incumbent
upon the slerner sex-lo work the roads,
get eight" on election days, and do
their own fighting. Our imagination
might carry US still further, but in de-
ference to the gox-the more sensible
Of whom are content with the ConsliIu'
ton as Il is, we desist.
The immediate enrranohisemont Of the
ICONS OF HAM"
fnd also many warm advocates here,
and from all that we can learn, Kansas
will not be tardy in submitting this
question to the people, In tho city Of
Loavonwotth, lew days ago, Judge
McFarlond on the bench decided that
according to tho present constitution of
Kansas, colorel men with less than one
half negro blood, were entitled to all
the rights and immunities of white male
citizens.
AS the prejudice against this persocu.
ted race seems to be diminishing, We
venture the prediction, that if the Rad.
cab look not we'll 10 their interest in this
quarter, this mighty clement, which be-
fore the lapse Of three years will hold
the balancing power, will be controlled
by the Democratic -ConservoIivo party
who are even now, with craitinesS that
out Hcrois Hcrod, and policy that
savors much OF "son.soap," striving tc
curry favor with them, as witness the
contest in Tennessee for the Governor.
ship between Etheridge and BrOwnlow.
EXCURSION PARTIES
seems to be the order Of the day. Our
city has recently been honored by two,
tho first headed by the Hon. Simon
Cameron of PennsylvOnia and the sec.
ond by the Hon, Ben, Wade, OF Ohio
On looking over the register we noticed
the names of Messrs. Hubbard, Kitchen
and Schley, of West Virginia, and the
Hon, John Coyode, Of Pennsylvania, and
George Francis Train, Of "AmCriCa,"
with the latter. They seemed much de-
lighted with the appearance Of the coun-
try, and the hustle and activity Of ouT
frontier city. From here tho first party
went farther West to the terminus Of the
road. Since we have been in Kansas
forty-Gve miles Of this Road (lhc Union
Pacifo) has been completed and villa
ges have sprung up as by magic along
its route. Two months ago, Ellsworth
the present terminus Of The road could
lay claim to but two houses, now i
numbers upwards Of iorly and in anoth-