New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-22


presence of the ladies they had introduced unless thcV
yielded the floor; this accordingly DONE wheh INC
Marhals men demanded that tho vote shoud DO D! Va"
lot as the vote by acclamatlon was not caIrou'
Tie Char decided that it had been carried hero
speakers on both sides sprang TO the floor IN
the most excited manner, the Marshals men
swearing they would fight before they would
submit to gag low Finally the demand was aeceded 10.
On ballot the Judges candidates were e % and
their presence prevented free light which gs Che
knows too WE'LL would have been no boys play. Wheh
the announced the Judge appeared upon the
stage and thanked the members, ond especlaS he
ladies' first vote he had the honor TO rs no
the first candidate for Gace VINO ever , ni Tor
pleasure OF acknowledging Indebtedness 10 tie ~"
their support Only after the adjournment qua th Hu's
accent The Invitation refreshments Ontbe DAY
OF election the ladies all went to the polls anu raou
their former action The Judge was elected, anu
holds scat In Congress as first Representative OF
female constituency. With one eXcepuOh 80 i't Ia,
husbands Consequently the Judge has no occasion 20
fatter himself that he was above al otncS t1 J 70
tho ladies' On the other hand many laues refused ~
WOMEN AT THE POLLS
On election day the poll formed the center or attTac
ton for the curious and idle No disturbances occurred
during the entire day. few shrewd politicians at
tempted to fois the wrong ticket some Of the ladies
as they passed between the long lines of men to deposit
their virgin ballots but they failed In TINS game so
successfully upon drunken men. The ladies' heads were
clear and they were not TO he caoIod or cheated Inc
roughs, even, respectful. Whenever lady DIS
mounted from her carriage the crowd gave way FORMING
wall either side, of men, eagerly peeriS each over
voted and how she looked voting. Sensible men were
standing around the polls all day. with no 0ther ap
ladies passed the trying ordeal however and vindicated
their equality among and before the lords OF
Many voted either for the uOvetys sake or at the solicit
taion OF their husbands or iends, who were interested
in the result
one ward as an offset, when the contest close be-
tween a temperance and whisky candidate, for which
whisky defeated by the ladies' votes. From
this time until the impaneing OF the jurors for the
he lad1p nj WQr III.
lowed the retirement of private life. The names OF those
aspiring to sit on jury OF their countrymen were
Monday morning and the futer caused by the sprink
ling Of ladies in the Courtroom was apparent on tnS
windows Of the Courtroom to get glimpse OF ne SurSTS
and Mrs C. were seated inside the bar these only Of the
married ladies in town being at that TINE me
roll the ladies' ladies' answered 70 their names
and hushcd. Tho docket called. and murder case
nouverng. challenging and passing jurors for cause
jury finally completed with three OF these ladies IN
the Counsel too gallant to challenge the ladies'
from jury; and their gallanry has SINCE become court
| etiquette in w oming.
WOMEN AS JURORS.
Three days occupied in taking testimony and the
evidence was nearly in when Mrs. H. was taken i'll, and
pronounced by her family physician too unweH to sit
longer the jury Nature would assert ITSELF and Mrs
II. had to he excused, and another Juror drawn In
her stead The testimony was all TetaSen for the benen
been occupied in hearing this one case at an expense to
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fears were entertained that he would die the jurys
hands rather than wait the verdict 1t is stu an open
question whether these jurors are not liable to ndic
ment for INJECTING upon felow-being "cruc and un-
usual punishment contrary to the statute IN such case
verdict Of guilty in the first degree 1t then for the
first time discovered that Of these jurors was not
citizen OF the United States In their mOdesty the conn
sci the prosecution did not presume To ask such an
impairment question. The only course now was for the
offered plead guilty to murder in the second degree
and accept sentence OF imprisonment for life rather
pu1u AZ
Court, and Eoyes went to prison for life,
TO the husbands aud children of these ambitious jurors,
their truly heart-rending During the entire
week they, could neither speak nor communicate with
cOu troou were crowded with dscOnsOlate husbands
and mothers the Sheriff brought the jury into court.
At night they would nger to gaze at The retiring forms
they were marched of by the Sheriff TO to
night pD together. One husband becaine uncon,
rolable and asked the judge to permit bis wife to go
But the Judge was MEMORABLE and the poor hus
band returned alone to his desoated tresde to ndct
Rights which appeared evening paper the follow
| ing day His argument based upon the domestic
announce ment that It is not good for man to be alone.
During the entire week the ladies and gentlemen OF
the jury ate, drank and slept under the guard Of the
Sheriff; the ladies all in one room and the gentlemen In
another communicating The day on which the Court
the afflicted. But home had lost s charms for their
fattery of counsel, and their heads filled with vain am
bitions The following week was spent by these cxen-
plary upon the streets and in public places,
telling what happened in the jury and what they knew
about criminal law and the rules OF evidence. IAey
reminded Of sch0OlbOy, with his first pair OF rcd
topped boots Young America with his frst cigar -
Ono only of woman running for an elective office
has occurred In the Territory The office was that OF
County Clerk and the lady was poor but respected
widow OF all early and esmable citizen OF Cheyenne
and women OF Cheyenne proved themselves
neither gallant ercifu nor just Several ladies' wives
well TODD business used their utmost eXertions
10 secure the nomination her head III female eau
at which she nominated Fooled in this by Their
SEX they helped elect man put up against her by
men the party which her husband had belonged.
The incidents above cited have been selected from
large number those best illustrating the workings or
the system in its different branches. They present u
practical view OF womans suffrage. 1t is lett 10 the
| reader to ask himself-has II proved successf