Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-04-23
Femals Su6raye,


/ fragcvilc. male and female. have gone tc
the poll, the females morc generally than
. the males. as feminine suffrage is 4 new
broom and sweeps cleaner than the old he
one. Where the children are large enough
or supposed to be, to leave safely at home
alone. they are so left being most emphati
cally enjoined to g be good children and
take good care Of things till We come
home In cases there are little ones tina,
can't be left safely alone, they are taken to
so,se ne; ghboliny family where there are
larger children and left in their charge
\ few infants at the breast are taken right
along to the voting place, aud contribute
not little to enliven the scene there.
The day is not a pleasant one. 1t is
one of those November days Of mixed
weather Of showers and sunshine. cool and
muddy. Some ride, and somc walk, ac-
cording to circumstances. Mary Of the
females. of necessity have had TO 90 on
foot. On their arrival at the place of lcs-
tination, the she voters look as though
they were - sorry they listed" collapsed,
bcdraggled and sour, with a touch Of sad.
ness in their visagc'. 1t is no depression
from truth to affirm that the she voters.
one and all, appear as though they felt
out Of their proper sphere Of duties, and
4 severe effort had to be made on their
part to overcome their out.ot-place feeling,
and to accommodate themselves to the new
duties asst 2ncd to them. They had q bet
ter relish, judging from appearances, for
the dish washing pan. than the ballot-box.
But they had accepted the boon Of suffrage,
had come to the poll to VOTE and the best
Of the situation then and there must be
made. So they brushed up, made the
very best possible appearance under the
circumstances, aud soon got mixed up with
the masculincs and began to vote. Con-
siderable pairing off (walkng out in pairs
was observable. as though some trading
about votes was going on. and which, no
doubt, was the case. Nothing in the or
der of bowling and scrapins and polite
mancuvcring, could exceed that Of some of
the official candidates. In one case. an
excessively complaisant individual had
bowed and scraped and swung himself up
and down in his polite greetings to the
lady voters SO frequently, that Il long rift
had been made square across the rump part
of his unmentionab!es. and the neither ends
of his under garment had worked out Of
the aperture. giving him a somewhat luli
crou, appearance. 1t is easy to conceive
how very polite and anxious can lilatcs
would display themselves under such ex-
citing c;rcum stances, without my stopping
to relate more OF their $ 1T and sickcnin :
conduct on paper. Suffice it to say, that
the poll and its surroundings in the Sui.
tragcvlle precinct. on the occasion of the
first voting Of the females, presented
sights and scenes never dreamed of in our
philosophical visions Of popular sovcr-
eighty
The first lady voter seen to start off
houieward, was Miss Dorothy Dinvlesby.
Dorothy, probably, had got - miffcd" be-
cause the young gentlemen voters did not
pay due respect aud attention to a young
lady Of her charms AMI distinguished parts,
and so Dorothy wouldn't vote for any Of
them aud switched off of the political
track and switched home ward resolving in
her mind as she hurried along that she
never would attempt again to exercise the
suffrage right. She had seen enough and
was satisfied.
AS the day wore away and the voting
was getting over with, the married portion
of the female voters began to hurry home
ward, feeling an anxiety about the chill
dren and matters in general at home. Al
though by no means pleased with their
experience in participating in political af
fairs at the polls, more unpleasant and re.
voting scenes awaited the return of many
Of them at their several places Of resi-
old adage. Volatile and careless children
will act the child under any and all circum-
stances, and therefore they are not safe to
be left unprotected by older persons, where
there is possibility of their getting into
trouble themselves, or causing difficulty
for others.
Mrs. Tidy, on returning home from the
| poll, found her domicile in sad fight,
everything, nearly turned upside down
A general rummaging of bureaus band
boxes and chests, and rumpling of things
therein, had taken place, and that was not
the worst that had been done. Sal and
10 had been turning summerscts on the
bed, and the thing looked more like pig S
nest than the smooth, clean, plump bed
that Mrs. Tidy left when she went away
to vote. To put cap on the climax OF
their mischief, these two romping, rafting
young ones" had been fighting, and
wound up their quarrel by chasing and
| fh rnwinO wafer nf ench Othor in all porfa
of the dwelling. OF course, Mrs. Tidy
found "a pretty looking house" when she
got home. She declared, right earnestly,
that female suffrage was nothing but a
senseless connection of masculine women
and sap.hcaded men; that it was sheer
nonsense, and if followed up would result
in more injury to the people than ever
came from the worst monarchy that ever
existed. 1t would take her whole week,
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