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lamtiun oi Independence, bearing in
ih,ir hands the olive branch IT peace,
aud in their hearts the bcnisnns uf n
prosperity that l. To follow in the wake
oi your mngnanimity. They cume MS
Your mothers, your, wives. your daugh-
tcrs, your lricuols. They viii Ito you
good md not evil; aud Tor every meas
IRE of justice you mrlc, you need not fear
but HAT IL will be- measured tO YOU
again. They come, tn", with an abiding
faith that you will grant their plea.
They "ome relying on your native sense
OF honor, of justice, of right, at liberty;
and they commission me to join in their
earnest entfeaiy that tile
GREAT STATE or WASHINGTON,
the youngest born of the immortal gal.
axy may bc wheeled into its proper orbit,
with the cnmplaints of its hitherto uu-
represented citizens turned inie p,Ans Of
rejoicing. Then shall the melody % its
song of triumph, awaken the echoes of
gladness from Maine to farthest Oregon.
Grant to womnn her righ,ful place he
side you in The new constitution oi the
new state. which you are to christcn
Washington, and forthwith your new
commonwealth shall became star of the
first magnitude HrJunn whose blazing
central sun ofliberty sI.all gather PEI =
pie by myrinds, whose glad acclaim shall
swell The mighty anthem Of reioic ng to
which allthe world shall listen anal in
which uIti- mately NIL the world shall
join.
Mr.. President, VIC are making history.
Do your duty, and other states. cmuat
ing your example, will catch the fire Of
your patriotism, and while following
your precedent, will honor Washington
as the first in the mighty confederation
that lus dared to march boldly and
proudly onward to the free music of the
new century.
ENFRANCHIsE YOUR WOMEN,
and Washington shall be the Massnchus :
etts of the Pacific empire, and W"la
Walla shall bc her boodless Bunker Hill
NY constituents pray that you will not
miss this opportunity to render your
names immortal. Other states are
watching yea with jelous eyes Oregon,
whose bill of equal rights passed one
house at its last Legislative session, and
came within two votes ot going through
the other, is to renew her contest in
October. She expects to lead the van
Your silenced citizens beseech you to
wrest the palm of leadership from her
Colorado, whose women were only de-
trauded of their inalienable rights 10y the
Greaser votes at he- late election. is again
TO renew the conflict, feeling certain Of
success. Michigan, who has already
given forty thousand votes for woman's
equality before the law in all things. an
nonnces her determination to renew the
contest and quadruple the vote; Iowa is
boosting that she will wave the first ban
ncr for woman's victory; and Wyoming
Territory whose women vote and hold
office, and whose best and truest mer
including her governor and supreme
Judge hive testified to the success of
their experiment. Wyoming is already
planning state constitution, wherein
all her people are to be free indeed.
THIS then, is Washingtons supreme
hour. And NV constituents further pray
that their bill ofrights may be ingraitcd
into the body of your constitution-not
as a separate clause, to be accepted or
rejected, as the prvudices Of man may
decide, but as an integral portion of the
body polite, even as women are an inte-
gral portion Of the human family. The
women Of Washington are watching the.
result of your lGllbcntion from their
lonely iurm. houses, where the track oI
the wild Indi"n is feared. They are
watching yOT from tie laughing head
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