The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-10-14
womnn,s Suffrage in Wyoming Ter
fifOFy.

Mr.. EDlroR: The elections in
Wyoming are just over, and we
ask the careful and candid consid,
Grafton of the following fresh testi-
mony in favor of its. results.
The experiment has been tried
these five years and with the most
gratifying success, more even than
it's most sang,,ine friends could
have hoped. The objections urged
against this movement are answered
in the most practical manner:
NJ f. T.
The Larime City Sentinel. in
leading editorial, gives the follow
ing testimony to the value of
Woman Suffrage in Wyoming.
At the approaching November
election the question of the adopta-
ton Of Woman's Suffrage is to be
submitted to the people of Mich
igan. The State Of Michigan has
always been considerably in adj
vance of the rest of the Union in
progress and general intelligence,
and we think, quite probably she
will be the first to enfranchise her
| women.
With us here in Wyoming the
question is settled. We have giy>
en- IL a toIefarIy iss.I Uri.I, ond
certainly subjected it to the most
severe test it can ever he called
upon to undergo in any civilized
country, and it has proved a success
In every position in which we have
placed Woman, in office, in the jury
box, at the polls, she has discha, ged
these new and arduous duties
With credit to herself and useful
ness to the community.
The innovation had to encounter
here. in the start, fully as violent
opposition as it can ever meet
anywhere. Three years ago a par
tisan effort was made to repeal it.
and it would have been done but
for Governor Campbe'l's veto.
Those who. in the Legislature, were
engaged in this scheme, have spent
good deal of their time since in
trying to clear their political char
acter from the stigma this act
brought upon them, and at the last
Legislature, not q member of either
House could be found who would
disgrace himself by introducing a
bill for the repeal of Woman SUI
frage.
Not one of the evil results which
were predicted has ever followed
the eBfranchiselnent of women.
Those who were i'll the first place
most bitterly hostile to the measure,
now smile at their own former
fears, and generally heartily en-
dorse the results IF there is now
any considerable hostility to Wo-
mans Suffrage it will be forund only
in the ranks of men engaged in
] those pursuits and occupations
which are always regarde as de-
noraliEing and detrimental to
community, and who fear their
craft is endangered by this new
excl else Of Won.an's power and
influence.
With us the whole subject is
assuming an entirely new phase.
We no longer talk of woman S
Rights it is question of Man S
Needs We are appalled, at the
corruption Of the political element
and it's shocking degeneracy under
the exclusive ma .agement of men,
and we feel our own inability to
purify it. And We want Woman's
natural purity, her natural hatred
of wrong. her intuitive love Of
right. to help us out
We don't believe there is calm
thinking man in Wyoming who
does not feel that Womans pres
ence at the ballot box has worked
for us; in the matter of elections
alone, the greatest reform of the
| age Our elections used to be q
general public row and riot which
would pu. to shame a Donnybrook
fair Now they are as quiet, order
ly and peaceahle as any other assem-
blage, no matter how heated and
excited may be the campaign.
| We believe the Divine assertion
that lit is not good for man to be
alone" applies to all the relations
and to the discharge of all the
duties of life, to the government OF
the nation as we'll as to the gov
eminent of the family And We
are led to this belief from having
carefully and impartially watched
the practical results of Woman's
influence in the political elements
of Wyoming Territory. And what
we advocated in the first place
merely for it's novelty and for the
attention it would attract to on,
new Td0titory, we now most heart
lily endorse for its beneicent infiu
ence, and the ilnmeasureable ben
efts it has conferred upon oul
community.
Sound Doctrine.