Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1871-09-28
Fable Reception 70 Mrs. Tracy Gut
Ter. President Of the American We
man S1GraEo AssocfnIiOn.

Pubiic Reception 60 nIrs. Tracy Cut
Ter, Preaidcns Of the American We.
man Suffrage Association.
From the Chicago Tribune, September adj
A public reception, under the au-
spices of the Northwestern, Illinois
and Cook County Woman Suffrage
Associations, was given on yesterday
afternoon, at the rooms In Pope'a
Block, to Mrs. H. NJ. Tracy Cutler,
President Of the American Woman
Suffrage Association, who has just re-
turned from IN extended tour Of OBJ
~seryation across the continent. The
parlors were crowded with ladies and
gentlemen. among them a party of
suffragists from Southern Illinois, who
CHANGED to be In the city.
After o few minutes passed In des-
ultory conversation, the Mistress Of
Ceremonies, Mrs. C. v. Waite, called
upon Mrs. Cutler to give an account OF
the result of her journeyings through
the West to California.
Mrs. Cutler said that she knew that
the question of giving women the
right of suffrage was SO little UNDER
stood as to be generally misrepresented
and therefore ridiculed. Woman
wanted no separate and distinct right;
abe only asked to shale In the rights
accorded to man. The speaker men-
toned several instances where the
laws of various States bore hardly upon
the woman, this being true In States
where it was claimed that their statutes
were especially liberal i'll their appli-
cation to the female sex. The right OF
suffrage was requisite as a guarantee
for equal rights in all respects. In re-
gard to the case of Mrs. Fair, many
Thought that a woman should have the
right to be insane. The possibility Of
insanity ought to pertain to q nervous,
delicate woman, rs we'll as to a strong
and vigorous man. In Iowa tho ques-
ton of suffrage was to be submitted to
the Legislature next Winter. In Ne
braska the project had been defeated,
together with the entire new constitu-
ton. She had taken pains while In
Wyoming to notice the effect Of the
exercise Of the right Of suffrage by the
women, She found that the election
had passed OF more quietly than ever
before. The disreputable women vert
very slightly represented at the polls,
| for the reason that they always con-
cealed the name by whichtheir parents
or relatives could trace them out, and
gave the names of the young men who
| shared their favors. The young men,
being unwilling to have their names
represented at the polls In this nan
ner, in the hearing Of their respectable
lady acquaintance, made 1t IN object
for the trail sisters to stay away and
not vote, and numerous elegant dres-
ses and outfits were brought to bear,
not to secure, but to keep away votes.
The speaker had asked many questions
In Wyoming concerning the success of
women on iurles. One Of the first
cases was that Of q man on trial for
murder. When the jury, composed
equally of mon and women, retired to
make up q verdict, they occupied diff
ferent rooms, between which was the
room In which sat the Judge OF the
Court, who overheard the men drink
ing beer and having a good time, while
the women were earnestly canvasslng
the points Of the case, and at last the
minister's wife led IN prayer before
they reached a conclusion. The judge
said he could then see how the Courts
were to be elevated. A certain crimi-
nal lawyer said that he didn't like to
try a case before women, for they gave
too much justice and couldn't be hood
wlnked a particle. In Laramie there
were eleven women OH the Grand
Jury, and in two days twenty-eight
dram shops had been closed up, al
though the male juries had utterly
failed to successfully handle the liquor
question. So much was due to the
fact that women had tho right Of suf-
frage In Laramie.
In Utah she had found that the Nor
non women, contrary to her expecta-
tation, were not controlled In their
votes by the Church d~ignitaries, but
that they went to the polls and scratch
ed their tickets to suit themselves. She
had thought that this little seed of In
dependent thought would ultimately
result In the breaking up Of systems
which could not be otherwise reached.
The women of Utah valued the right
Of suffrage, and the best men Of the
Territory conceded that 1t had worked
splendid results. She expected that
the dominant party of the land would
soon appreciate the actual value Of
woman's influence In politics, and that
the struggle would be, not which party
should withhold suffrage, but who
should extend it. When this state Of
things came about 1t would be neces-
sary for the women to exercise great
caution In preserving their political
integrity.
Mrs. Cutler Is the lady who deliv-
cred a course of lectures In Gold Hill,
a few weeks ago. She lisa good wo-
man, talented aud persevering. If
more like her would venture out into
this far-off wilderness and talk to the
people on temperance, phrenology,
physiology, and woman suffrage, much
good would result therefrom.-ED.