Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-10-17
That Interminable Controversy.

To MARY SARroEIs:
In reply to yours of Sept. 26tn, |
respectfully decline to follow you in
your tine-spun prenatal theory, that
YOU advocate in your letter Of the
above date. If you viii come down
from that ethereal sphere, in which
your are floating, and talk common
sense, upon matters OF political III
terest to the people CT TINS Teirl;o-
ry, / will respond.
Will you please give your views
upon the following named issues:
LIST. The construction of the So
called division of the y. p. II. Il.
if the time has come, and if 80, by
whom. and up on wha: terms, should
the same he constructed?
I'd. The advancement of this Ter
ritOry to Statehood and the shortest
avenue by which that fact can be
cOnsummated?
81. An available disposition of
the liquor traffic, your best remedy
for the treatment OF That EXISTING
evI?
BY renderin. L plac.i,al solution
of the aforesaid n,tle problem, 1t
will give you good stat upon the
political ladder, which | doubt not
you have aspiration to Climb.
Dear Many, allow me right hele to
give you kind AMI sister.y Warning.
Look at poor deluded Belva Lock.
wood, accredited as she is as being
an astute lawyer, practicing at the
bar OF the Supreme Court, aud with.
al SO vain and imprudent as to ac-
cept the empty honor, of the nomi.
nation for President, of these United
States. Her deluslon is only great
er by being more conspicuous, than
that, which will befall the foreign
born woman of this Territory when
they propose to vote at the ensuing
election and have failed to file their
intentions to become naturalized cit
liens, the same being required of
them as of foreign born men. 1t SO
reads in the general laws of this
Territory, of 1888, entitled can act
to amend section 1850, Chapter 43S,
of the Code of Washington" which
debars any foreigner from voting
who has not complied with the re-
quirements Of aforesaid statute.
Upon close scrutiny of the two
platforms find that the one most
favorable to our interest, is the one
emenatins from the Democratic con
ventiOn as drafted 1T Walla Walla.
combining consideration and consist
ency, and without doubt the one
that every woman should and will
support.
what we women expect to do, we
must do now, for you may feel as
sured that the acme of women in
politics is at its zenith. Please note
what | say: No woman throughout
tue Territory has received u higher
nomination than that of School ST.
perlntendant hence no advance in
the way of official trust, notwith-
standing the boosted franchise that
was committed to our care by the
late gallant legislature.
How courteous are the candidates
OF all parties towards the women
voters well knowing that we, at the
present stage of the play, hold the
balance of power i'll the political
scale and how DESTROYS of securing
our ballots on tbs fourth day of No
vember next.
Were l a member of the Pierce
County committee of ladies', whose
duty 1t Is to interrogate the several
candidates for legislative honors
upon their views and intentions with
regard to woman suffrage, at the i'll
coming legislature, l would further
drive them to the wall by exac;ius
from them pledge, to the enact
ment of revolutionary measures
that would forever put the quietus
on whisky.
1t you will cease to write over a
nom de plume, or send ME your adj
dress, will give you all the aid
that my abilities permit, or nv
household duties will admit of. in
answering the three questions pro-
pounded. BETSY BAKER.
Chehalis, Lewis County, W. L.