The Red Cloud chief., 1882-09-01

perty, sad the right 20 transact busiaos.
similar 20 tho~s sdoytsd IN View York. have
ben enacted In many, ~ no; In most, Of
the states, And may nos - REGARDED ~ the
settled policy Of American Legislation on
the subject
After the snActmen, Of the Ira las 10
New York, as before stated, and IN The
month Of Jaiy is&s. the foi eonrer;icn
demanding suffrage for women. was ed
Ia Scneca Fslls, in .aid state. The sars
penons Who hsd been excluded from the
Worlds Convention in London, we're
prominen, and instrumental in call;ng the
meeting and framing the decIara;ioa Of
sentiments adopted tr IL, which, after re-
citing the unjust Limitations and wrongs
70 which women are subjected, closed 10
these words:
Nov, In view OF this entire disfran-
chisenent Of one-half % the people II
this country, and their social aud religious
degradation in view Of the unju,; laws
above mentioned, and because women do
feel themselves aggrievei, oppressed. and
fraudulen,ly drprived Of their most sacred
rights, We insist that they have mnedi
Ate admission 10 ali the rights and priv
leges which belong 10 them a. citizens Of
the United States.
In entering upon the grea; work before
Us, we anticipate no small amount o! mis-
conception, misrepresentation, and ridi-
Guile; but ~ shall use every instrumental
ity within our power, to effect our object.
We shall employ agents, circulate tracts,
petition the State and National legisls-
lures, and endeavor 10 enlist the pulpit
and the pen in our behalf We hope this
convention will be followed bv q series %
conventions embracing every part Of the
country
The meeting also adopted q series Of
resolutions, one Of which Was in the fol-
lowing words:
'Re.oirei, Tha, il is the duty Of the
women Of this country TO secure 10 them
selves their sacred right 10 the elective
franchise"
From the movement thus ~inauguratcd,
conventions have been held from that time
10 the present, in the principal village,
cities and capitals Of the various states, a.
well a. the capital of the Nation. .
La 1857, Hon. Salmon Z. Chase, Chief
Justice Of the Supreme Court Of the
s"N"N@'f NhNA A'f't ~ " OHsANf -
commended TO the legislature n constitu-
tional amendment on the subject.
During the same year . favorable report
Wa made in the Legislature Of Wisconsin,
from which we quote the following
I've believe that political equality will,
by leading the thoughts and purposes of
the sexes to q just degree, into the same
channel, more completely carry out the
designs OF nature. Women will be pos
sessed Of . positive power, and hollow
compliments will be exchanged for we'll
grounded respect, when We see her nobly
~discharging her part in the great intellect
ual and moral struggles Of the age that
wait their solution BY q direc; appeal u
the ballot-box. Woman's power At pres
ent is poetical and unsubstantisl let il be
practical and real. There is no reality in
any power that cannot be coined into
votes"
The effect Of these discussions and eff
forts has been the gradual advancement Of
public sentiment towards conceding the
right of suffrage without distinction Of
sex. In the Territories Of Wyoming and
Utah, full suffrage has already been given.
In regard to the exercise Of the right in
the Territory of Wyoming, the present
governor Of that territory Hon. John w.
Hoytl, In an address delivered in Phils.
delphis, on the Sd of April, of the presen:
year, in answer IA q question n to the ops
GRAFTON Of the law, said:
The experience Of Wyoming has
shown that the only actual trial Of woman
suffrage hitherto made-a trial made in q
new country where the conditions would
not happen to have been exceptionally IA
vorsble-has produced zone but the most
desirable results. And, surely, nom will
deny that in such n matter q single ounce
Of experience IL worth . ton Of c~onjec-
ture."
A criticism has been made upon the ex.
ercise Of this right by the women of Utah
that the plural wives in that territory are
under the control of their polygamous
husbands. Be that as it NAV, il is an I'M
doubted fact that there is no city of equal
size on this continent where there is less
disturbance Of the peace, or where the
citizen is any more secure in his person or
property, either by day or night, than in
the city Of Salt Lake. A qualified right
Of suffrage has also been given To women
in Oregon, Colorado, Minnesota, Nebras-
ka, Kansas, Vermont, New Hampshire,
Massachusetts, Michigan, Kentucky, and
New York. Of the operation OF the law
in the last named state, the governor Of
the state, in . message to the legislature
on the 18th Of May last, said:
The recent law making women eligi-
fle rs school trustees has produced admir-
able results, not only in securing the cleo
lion Of NAM Of them Is trustees Of
schools, but especially in elevs,ing the
qualifications of men proposed as candi-
dates for school boards, and also in stimu-
lating greater interest in the management
Of schools generally. The effect of these
new experiences, is to widen the influence
and usefulness Of women.
So well satisfied are the represen.
tatives in the legislature Of tina,
state with these results, that the
assembly, by q large majority, recently
passed to q third reading, an act giving the
full right of suffrage to woman, the pas
sage Of which has been arrested in the
senate by the opinion of the attorney
general thas . constitutional amendment
is necessary to accomplish the object.
In England women are allowed to vote
At all municipal elections and hold the
ONCE OF guardian Of the poor. In four
states, Nebraska, Indiana, Oregon, and
Iowa, propositions have passed their lecis-