Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-01-03
To CcrrespoptIenfs.
The Western Experiment of yOm an
SUFFRAGE.

q Ut uuc5tlON OI Ile success OF failure or the
experiment OF woman suffrage in Wyoming Is
still matter OF dispute. on the one hand it
has been asserted that, speaking generally,
only the lower classes of women now vote and
that the effect of the privilege OF voting has
proved demOraliZing to those women. who have
constantly exercised the privilege. These state
mentS have had the more weight from the fact
that no contradiction of them has been gener-
ally published. But the Cheyenne Dai!y Lsrder
has recently taken up the cudgels In behalf of
the electoral provision OF the territory. pro-
nounces the printed unfavOrable reports To be
false, and bears testimony to its benefcent
effect. The first governor Of the territory under
The law permitting women to vote, Governor
Campbell, said i'm his report at the end OF his
second term: Two years more of observation
OF the practical working Of the system have
only served to deepen my conviction that
what we. In this territory, have done
has been well done, and that our system of
impartial suffrage is an unqualified Success"
Governor Thayer, who succeeded him, gave an
yOpinon after the sixth year OF the experiment
that Its results have been beneficial and its
influence favorable to the best interests of the
community. Ills successor, Governor hovt in
recent report 10 the Secretary OF the Interior.
speaking of the participation of women in the
elections, says" Their influence at the polls
Is admirable, as can testify after careful OBJ
SerVat1On during the recent general election
(wBen there was unusual activity, and it is
urged by leading men, in position to know that
1t proves also effective and beneficial upon all
legislation In aid of good order and public mo-
rality. Woman suffrage in Wyoming NAV.
therefore, be considered an established success
In 50 far as the general interests of the people
are affected thereby" The governors of the
territory have access, naturally, to the best
or for,
their legislature. have for seven or eight years
apparently pronounced the experiment a sue
cess by refraining from attempts to repeal the
law authorizing the practice. Ia fact Wyo-
ming, through governor, legislature, press and
pulpit, has declared the falsty of the state
meAtS rejecting upon the character of her
: female voting population, and calling woman
suffrage In the territory an utter failure.
Washington weather. which has been at a
premium for long time, fell - points and
stood at par at s:35 a IN. to-day, the thernom-
etef indicating zero It was Just as cold ar
Philadelphia, a degree warmer In Baltimore.
live degrees warmer in Boston two degrees
colder in New York, thirteen degrees colder in |
Chicago and coolest OF all in DeS MOines. Iowa.
ana Omaha, Nebraska, where the thermometer
stood at minus twenty degrees. II appears from
The weather bulletin that il IS not comfortably
warm IN any quarter of the country.
Opinions vary somewhat in regard TO the
merits Of fen Sheridan'S supplementary re- |
port" in answer to Secretary Schurz's demand
that he should substantiate his charges against |
the Indian Bureau management. The " y
Times says 'iGen. Sheridan, it must be admit |
ted, does not shine in controversy" that his |
reply is "a rambling and inconcluslye docu- |
ment:" and that he cannot escape the impl- |
tatiOn OF having been indiScreet and reckless |
in his charges that he cannot make good" The |
Tribune, which nurses a grudge against Schuz, |
thinks the Secretary OF the Interior Will feel |
that mighty as is Gen. Sheridan'5 sword, his |
= pen is mightier. The most OF the papers. how
ever, seem to agree with the Times that it Is !
"A very lame document and by no means Su5-
tains the sweeping charges in his original report
that the Indian border troubles we're due to q |
want OF sufficient appropriations, CT TO 1.-THE !
wretched mismanagement' OF the Indian de-
paTtment.