Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-27
NONkN Suffrage.
An Opponents Views Ihrreop.

An Opponents Views Thereon.
EDITOR Posi- -lSTELLICENCKg:
n aEOtLaIOu4 Ld is.COagruous con-
dltlons aLd Il, iIrats fou al working il
the He II Tie f,tDoie oui skirts OF the
country. Ou To. "xt:- IL. ~ester. slope.
OF the continent. L1- since the first been
fruitful source of wond-rment and
Interest. bordering upon amusement, 10
the re .dIng publlc % the United States.
And the literary world generally. 10
The exist, nee OF these elements 90 We
oSe the advent. even. AMI life OF q nex
iteration ana the v-ry tvi-teuce Of 4
certain dF,.tnct order at humanity
made mp al curIon~ly or2auiz-i .. aud the
irregular alu erratIc elements OF human
uature. gives weIrQnrss and outisnd-
ish hayor - tae Iteration from the
writer's % the Pacific Cast. These
fpqnd their best represent .tlOn in Bret
II rt-
This p-caliar ph 4se Of life first found
Its resting place II. California; : but ths.
advancing years. and the progress at
teudant upon tae common levrllfng in
iiuences of the civilized world. has
brought that State into line with the
other states of the Union. Ihe day for
the holding up Of California life a. a
SfhA t'sFtt bIt 4Ci SIF ThlA~fiAtul vi lu'f
literary world has gone by, and the most
dlli2ent curiosity inonger would ind it
quite Il barren field.
The adjoining Territories. however,
are rlch store houses in this respect.
The peculiar iusti ation" Is the roll
ing power IN D,,r, aud the woman suf-
frAge' element finds It's fultiIinent III
HTss OF them.
Right at home here In our Own Terri
tory We mad broken down political
hacks of every shade of politics, wend-
my their way from the fein0test tamlet,
dragging themselves, IN some cases,
through great aeptha Of mud to get
themselves ''on the right side " of this
new political element. Men who have
grown gray and worn with ioug and
anxious waiting and serving As political
machines. now see the burst, As of the
noon day sun. of q nev era of prosper
Ity for themselves III the incoming, To
within the range of our politics of this
new body of sutfragIstS. III its fresh,
plastic state.
Those who make their capital out of.
or from ignorance. credulItv and super
5tltlou of the common race. will be
quick to petccIve the advantage To
themselves of this additional element To
iIrJre-pD pDnsIble gnvernmen
We protest. however, aud submit that
the priuclpll Is wrong IN the first place
that delivers the keeping Of our lives,
liberty aud property to an impulslve,
iiliterate and irresponsible mass, who
may be. both by nature and education,
pntitta d for the task We submit, that
to whom is committed such responsible
ity should have ability. at least To DIS
tiu2uIsh between the simple elenents of
right and wrong. We further submit.
that a very large class TO whom this
right " of suffrage had already been
extended. have not ths knowledge.
TINS Is exemplitiei in the principle of
" protection" so popular as a political
measure, which places an additional
sum or tax, added 10 the cost of the
purchaser of manufactured product.
with the avowed purpose of placing the
same into (anotherl the workIngman's
pocket.
The protest against this constitutional
change that will make this lrrespousl-
bic governing element at least tw fold
larger than 1t now Is. Beyond all queS-
tlon. We think the work of reform
should 20 to lessen this evil not to IN
crease it..
tended this privilege of suffrage Is par
tlcularly open 10 this objection, viz,
that 1t IL faction. cOntirued by the evI-
dcnce of the experience of All ages. that
the weaker sex arc the first 10 fall AN
easy prev to the lulln-nce and cupidity
of designing aud ,ut~res ed individuals,
and To bee .ue thr seryile followers of
systems, toclesi4sIi al or otherwise, that
are built up ANA established upon the
imagination and emotional element of
the human nature, and the superstition
yet largely Ia ent even In the best or
ganized of the race. This large body
corporate would then become n danger
and menace t. the commonwealth.
There i another point of dagger con
nected with this matter of female sur
frace. There Is always a proportion OF
the voting population wlo fall To exer
cise that privilege because of a certain
fine regard for purity and sensitive
abhorrtuce of corruption III every form.
These refuse to have part or lot or be
associated i'll any way with the two
great parties who rule the country, or
have responsibility attach To them In
any M mtnuer tor the measures used To
obtain selfish ends COR the sp)ils). 10
sue an extent was the fact oi this evil
recognized III the Parliament of the
Domli ion of Canada that the foremost
stateman of that country. the Hon.
| Edward Blake, time after time endeav-
orei To Obtain the passage ut oa enact
ment by that body compelling the vO-
tors to exercise that right under pen
! altv II resusiag 50 to do. Under the
| ballot system, however, any such law
would be, of course, Imperative and
worthless. The class who, from con
soiouSness and pare motives. would no
doubt more largely obtain among the
eentler element # the weaker sex.
If il is upheld that it, the suffrage. is
the in alien able right OF every man II
would be. bv the same form of reason
! ing the right OF every woman also.
And ID NAV be difficult To see why the
claims Of eyery creetufe for the exercise
of the same right of regulating their
own affairs, regardless of ahility 80 To
do, or otherwise. should be denied 1t by
the powers that be. The following ont
by every creature of ais own will. free
from the jnlicious restraining inah-
ence of others, IL the assumption of the
right which might may give. But II
void be- more difficult to understand
tn them as B, class. or 10 the economy OF
the wnol. oraat. .on. ar commonwealth oi
all creatures from the exercise of suct
ciA,m. Ile whole question Resolves It
self In u one of advantage, and not on
of right at all.
To do right Is the inalienable riRat OF
each. and that only. }. 1.
SEATTLE. W. T., Nov. y, ls>3.
IHg ABANDONED RAILRoAp PASS. -
Reliable inform alton cone- u rs irou
the East to the effect that klckine
Horse has certainly been abandonst
for the Canadian Pacific Railway line
and psriles are nov out searching 10
, a nov pass. The trouble lies not II
hlekiug Horse, bat Ia the Rogers pes
in the Nelkirk range, whlcn Is pro
: uouuc.d impr 4cticahie by the com