, 1882-11-18
The Woman Cause.

A paper i1blished on the Sound has
the appended:
Encouraged by the -nore rapid progress
in Greg g,n, the inends of female snitrage
IA Washington Territory are g!rdinS them
selves fra contest wlrh the question
hn act has been drawn for passage oy the
next legislature a. follows
An act to remove the political dIsa-
blj'Ir, of woman citizens.
Be it enacted by the Legislative As
sru.blv # Washington Territory.
So. |. Tnat the right Of Suffrage shall
roJ Ice deGIed to citizens Of Washington
Territory on account IT sex.
SIC. > This act TO take eif CT and be IN
force from and after It's passage.
Theu follows petition: To the Hon
ar,fl. /. gl-Iatiye Ass, nibly Of the IerIl-
tory of Washington We, the underslgn-
"a l.....n- + Washington Territory mCst
rs.rac;ful,y ask that the right Of suffrage
sh. not be denied to citizens oi Wash
!ugf III Territory on account OF sex.
T.ap.glan will be circulated through
out the territory. Il Is hoped by the
friends u !his movement that very
cr-a; maigriry OF the voters ol Washing
ton Territory Nili sign the petition.
About two months ago we had teie-
gram from Omaha, stating that the plscs
was afflicted with two Woman Suffrage
Associations. and the cherub VIII" flashes
The eI. elUcal current, added They DO
not speak 10 each other. There are n'i
enough sai,ra .is,s 10 ill the Offices IN any
goods zeI city, but enough u quarrel!
/, IS one IF the strange things, that 40
men. who are IN favor oi aFproPr!a,iug
that b.iurcl-ri outer garment associated
with ucn dominion. should pick 4 qua--
rel wIth other women IN favor Of tie same
thug, anI thus attempt to gam by battle,
wha'. ii won 4. all, must be one oi the
victories Of peace. And now comes the
fair but ira.lJ5le su,iragIsts ut TINS tern.
rl,ory. or rather Of Oregon and Washing
tn, who propose to invest Olympia at the
g.tAeriue of the next Legislature, and
perform Il play called Tyranny, or
Taxation without Representation. The
play Is founded on the Stamp Act
which the mother country provided for
the. colonies. and which made Pat Henry,
e1c!aim I'VE must fight :" That IS what
ts,S. irrepressible suiiragists ntenG to d..
They propose 10 20 up there with several
miles Of petition coiled round Mrs Dun
niway table-lees, unro,l and read to the
distracted legislators. They did the
same thing several times at the capital Of
the nation We have forgotten Just how
many women there are in cur population
Of ~. 600. 900, but there are several, and
We find that less than 5000 in thirty odd
States signed fnr 10th amendment.
Something like 1900 male woman signed
the petition, making an aggregate of about
II, 600 persons disqualified by the Crea-
tor-thc one physically and the other
mentally. VII" ask e. lee qualified One
would naturally suppose that 81 small
result. after several years hard labor,
would tcnG to discourage the leaders, bu.
no, they hub up-Serenely. Nothing stag
gers the epieene old maid IN tie suffrage
clique or the mGn-woman IN the married
State. Th.r,y-tive years ago. Sister Lucy
Stone raised the banner ii rebellion
AGAINST tyrant man, and announced her
intention of bringing HIM 10 terms. Small
progress has been made. When the spasm
struck Lucy. it Vas an era OF the most
generous aspirations. but it failed then Is
/; Aas failed ever since, leaving the con
clus.on that It is not to be IN any period
" liza reach Of human foresight
Whr.hrr al women would vote If they
had the night, and whether their vote
would Mt simply augment the grand to-
tai withru, changing the character Of the
ballot, are questions open 10 argument.
|, may be true that hundreds Of women
Of intelligence and exper:ence IN HE, ma
irons With gray hairs and mothers of ex-
omp,ary ianil.es; women whose cLarac-
ter Is above r,proach and wh-sc discre
ton is evident to al, desire to
vote. but We have doubts Of it.
Ii they do, and viii cut loose from
the female bosses" the ranter who trots
about tie country shuekinS to tie sister
hood and claiming free warren IN tie do
man OF man, It Is Rot in the nature Of
map IL this country, 70 deny whatever of
right IS demanded These ranting, mas
cuiine fcmsIes have already wrought more
evil in these latte: days than can be set
straight IN whole generation, and the
public viii be glad to hear that Congress
and legislatures refuse TO listen even, to
their aITc, ami nonsense, peddlei ont by
tbs. fTsfrIrh h4rS ~ rha rlI5llr psICs