Litchfield enquirer., 1876-07-06
The Women of 1876!

SA-0 O~~~~S-~ bill which passed our House of Represen- tatives, the Hartford Courant says:
 John Bright has recently and publicly as possible renounced his advocacy of wo- mans suffrage; and in this country inter- est in "the cause" has not for years been at 0 lower ebb than now, the great con- servative sober majority of the people not having yet forgotten the disgraceful Woodruff alliance and the melancholy mixture of "cause" and scandal in the past two years.
 It is one of those questions which should not be rushed through without long and careful consideration. The sense of the people upon it ought to be known, before this joke of a few ago, and re- proach of a few years later, is allowed to become an established reality.
 Let it be soberly considered and not hurriedly forced upon the public. The poteptialities of Q social revolution are wrapt up in it, and, in the name of the state, we protest against this sudden pre- cipitation upon us of what may be one of the greatest and least desired of all possi- ble changes.
 John Bright has always, at least of late years, been a pronounced opponent of woman suffrage. It is his brother Jacob Bright who is the pronounced supporter of the measure. The idea that the meas ure is at it's lowest ebb ill this country is also mistake. This year, both national conventions have given it respectful con- sideration"-a decided advance as far as the Democracy are concerned. Massachu- setts Republican conventions have repeat edly declared in favor of the measure, and some of the ablest and most promi- nent Republicans in that State openly ad- vocate it. Last winter txo or three more votes in the Iowa Senate would have sub- mitted woman suffrage constitutional amendment to the people. Moreover those who take any interest in the subject cannot fail to have noticed great and favorable change in popular feeling re- garding it. Politicians are no longer afraid to announce opinions favorable to it. The heavy vote in the House of rep resentatives, this year. is simply an indi cation of the growing favor with which il is viewed. That the question is no longer "reproach" is sufficiently proved by the fact that even the sleepy Senate was will ing to hear Mrs. Rockers argument ir favor of this melancholy mixture oi cause and scandal" .- -.-
 Certainly, here in Litchfeld county, we find no reason of complaint. Our ables, and most influential members of the House favored the measure Of the sev en papers in this county, three are openly in it's favor and we do not now recollec, that any of them have opposed it.
 We cannot but be amused with the contrast between the attitude of the Cour ants editor-in-chief at Cincinnati-al smiles, congratulations, and what look very like promises-and that of his lieu. tenant at Hartford, in Mysteries because g Democratic legislature proposed to lei women vote for constables, grand jurors. fence viewers, &c., as we'll as about laying the taxes they are obliged to pay. And 1 moreover is it not trifie ludicrous, after four years term of respectful consider ation"by the Republican party at large, after repeated legislatures of this state have raised special committee on the sub. ject, and after the notorious injustice done the Misses Smith Tn the seizure of theil property for illegal taxes. to shriei against ''this sudden precipitation npor us of what may be one of the greatest and least desired of all possible changes ?'
 We notice that the bills calling a stats constitutional convention were dropped by the legislature very summarily Wha do House full of rotten borough mem bers. and Senate apportion on the cen sus of 1880, want of constitutional con vention
 Among other features of the genera ''jail delivery" which takes place ever, year when the legislature meets was tha of the release of man convicted of arson It does not strike us that the '.fire bug is fit subject for Legislative clemency,