The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-08-24
WOMEN vOIING On THEPaCIEIC COAST
How they v~re Divided ~ Prohibition
lssue-.jury Duty DistxstefGi.
yrDD the Chi,d1D Trtbuus,

AISSwoRTH. W. T., Aug. 4.--The feinale-
s m sS% o tn II nhnsss
Ia the first place 1t has fair field for working
itself forward into rermanency Women have
wsro given the franchise by the Mormon Church
authorities in order that their ballots might
IN elections. Women have also voted in
Wyoming for = long time. but IN that
the ssa ssSSn S i IS Ss . asa
deed. the suffrage was bestowed upon women
IN that Territory rather In spirit OF gallantry
than from any expectation that they would
exert any Inoticeable influence upon public
different This is = stable community largely
engaged in agriculture. where society Is based
Where .se women ocs"ny no pse,,iiar rositi"n.
| either BY reason Of their scarcity or their re-
manner mn, no. r as in Nebraska or Dakota. Female
suffrage here may therefore ne supposed to he
in Iowa or Illinois. and in this view OF the mat
ter the experiment becomes peculiarly instruc-
tiya to reople in older communities
Tho Femnle suffrage act WAS passed by the
not smhmi'tod u tho people. but went into i'm.
Tms,sd soon afterward in the form Of u consti-
tutiunal amendment. but WAS conditioned upon
ratification At the polls. The women wore no:
allowed to vnt. ON its adoption or rejection.
however. and the men defeated It by u heavy
tons held few weeks ago All that tho female
suirra.ists had claimed for the influence Of
"sr il u. c" on" was borne out By these
elections. The haloting proceeded everywhere
! Tho l,dins were treated a. CONSIDERABLY as
though thoy had been at church. For their
% st IN ss nw ,sk thsy u xna y anH
| generally: In others only II small fraction of
thnin appenre,l ut the polls.
would vote rs their husbands wished proved
rrrone"us. and most r. notably SO II Seattle. the
istSrs. tho ,Hmu"rance aaitators. and a few
politicians started u movement TO secure the
election OF officials wl. would more strictly on
q good morals. and pretty much the whole
body Of women voters Joined i with enthusi-
act figures at hand but OF about $50 resisterod
law.and- order ticket against ticket pro-
Ic " to REPRESENT business nj! n Interests
cnnvass. and not II few men made the discov
cry that they were possessed OF stubborn
wives. on whom argument was thrown away.
| The affair wns instructive. showing that tho
| tendency Of women to act together where they
shown show in politics whenever they have the right
| to vote. Just tho same rs in religious or social
matters. II some towns In sastSrp Washing,
| liquor sellers was NJ issue. the women were
equally solid, but in lok9ma City they divided:
| "
thirty-six temnerance ticket.
The voting oil women nj o ections did not ar.
pear. however. to disturb the harmony OF
things IA much ~ the sumlnonng OF women
to sit upon juries. Apparently the advocates
OF female suffrage had not looked forward to
| this disaerecablo accessory OF the franchise.
| Voting was easy enough. butlury duty speedily
becune Il terror to them. In most counties
the Sh"riffs put tho names OF women into
the jury box; in some where they NEGLECTED
10 do so. the Judges had the error rectifled.
The women had voted, now they must
fAEa hair
| not shirk the burdens OF citizenship. The
irage law urged hnroism upon the victims oil
the panel but most Of them r,leaded TO bn cx;
cusrd from serving, Two Of tho Territorial
Judges were quite l"ntent. and arcnpted any
| kind OF an excuse: but tho third. Judge Green.
| insisted on the women serving unless they had
| tho strongest REASONS for staying NJ home. In
women haiibs"n drawn. no set aside the entire
Panel had tho names OF female cit izens put into
| u box by themselves. aud required the Sheriii
to draw every alternate name from mat box.
! The difficulties II mixed Juries OF tho two
sexes hncams pai nfuily APPARENT when cases
came to bs tried OF certain classes not uhcom-
Tor ladies ears. !: was even worsn ~ ths Grand
Jury rooms. There tho women showed the
usual feminine tendency to jump to conrltl-
siUns and trust tn intui ton rather than owl
dnnce. Thoy wanted To ndict people on gem
oral principles. Especially was this the case
whore liu,ior selling or the social evil was in
yoiv.d.' f,hey could have had thelrway unhin.
dsred they would have hustled hunareis oi
people "d TO Jai without law or testimony
This lawyers became alarmed mt this new n'o'
ment In the Jury room thnt sought 70 reform
3 society by tho app ication OF tho higher mora
law " thout regard TO any nnrt OF tho statutes
save the penalty clauses. They don't want tC
are not Intelligent and conscientious, hut he
cause they seem Incapable OF weighing evil
dence without prejudice
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