Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-02
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sba Amsriean Unisn. In our nsiGhbor-
inc f3ssts OF Oregon the contest b warm
That State viii elect . LsRisistoss next
Tuesday which viii choose - re nsxt
.ession 4 suceessor 70 Senator Slater.
That State will also ehooss three rrss'-
deutisl electors. The best, the aDisss
orators Of both parties have for weeks
besn addressing the people in advocacy
~ the nominees Of their respective
r~rties. Every influential speaker OF
both parties hiss been called upon % uss
bis intellect, inHasncs and eisqusnce
i behsif Of tbs party and Gauss WIN
which be 10 allied. 30 far - we are
svsre. however, Oregon has dspsnded
in this canvass solely upon home faient.
There Is . very important contest
being waged in Washington Territory.
Il i essentially non-pciitioal. or rather
the uuestion 81 issue here is usn-parn-
san. Il IL purely economic. It's con
te~t betwesn the people and railroad
CORPORATION over question that vitality
Affects sbs interests Of both. IL h Q
battle. the result of which will declare
20 Congress the wishes Of the majority
of this people upon the subject Of the
Northern Paeifc's uneasned land grant.
Upon every other matter Of public OF
Of locei importance 70 the citizens OF
washington Territory both parties have
made declarations identical In spirit II
not In language.
Mrs. Abigail Scott Doniwsy 10 3 resi-
dsns Of Oregon. She 10 a Republican,
and advocates the success Of that party.
She IL . leader In the cause OF woman
suffrage, and its strong and able cham
pion. Woman Suffrage In this Territory
d an accomplished fact. There lisa Law
upon our statute books which covers the
whole matter. That Law will stand. In
opposition 10 repeal thereof both
parties are committed. The women Of
this Territory have and viii exercise
tbs power 10 send men TO the LeCisla-
sure pledged TO sustain that Law. Wo-
man suffrage II not imperilled In this
slsction. No attack has been made or
will be made upon 1t. The women Of
this Territory know their power, and
ere assured Of the impreRnabilisy Of
their position. They have able speakers
and oresnissrs, both men and women,
a. abls, We may add. in all due courtesy.
a. Mrs. Duniwsy. There has been
heard from them no Macedonian CRY
addressed TO her In this campaign. No
hslp from Oregon has been or Is nov
needed.
Whence, then, came the call to this
talented lady from Oregon for aid In
our campaign 7 Why was she sent for
and commissioned 10 urge the people of
this Territory, TO influence, II possible,
she womsn Of this Territory TO vote for
the Republican nominee for Delegae 10
Congress ? IL there dearth Of talent
In the railroad ranks ? Is the question
Of woman suffrage at all at issue in the
selection Of Congressional Delegate ?
Under what possible contingency can
his vote, voice or influence affect mat.
ter purely and wholly subject Of local
legislation ? We declare the question
Of woman suffrage in this Territory not
at issue In the choice OF Delegate.
That matter " wholly within the juris-
diction Of our Legislature. The women
of this Territory are fully competent to
attend 10 that. Let M be honest. Mrs.
puniway came over here, leaving her
home In Oregon In the closing weeks Of
q most important campaign, In the In
terest and at the solicitation Of the rail-
road company, voiced through the Re
publican Territorial Central COMMITTEES,
TO influence her sex to vote for Arm.
strong. IL Is the railroad cause that IL
imperilled, not woman suffrage. II IL
the bogus Republican platform that
needs advocacy, not the cause of equal
rights and privileges TO men and
women.
To our minds eve the spectacle IL not
pleasing. The success OF tho Republic
can party in Oregon is q success for
which We hope. triumph to achieve
which all Republicans In that State, in
cludina Mrs. Duniway, should labor.
In that State the contest has National
sienihcanoe-hers ID il purely local.
There u is partisan, here il 10 not. II
seems TO us that the visit of this lady
at this particular juncture, in view OF
the character Of the contest in this Ter
ritory, was nalaprepos that Il reflects
not merely upon her saRaoity, but upon
the intelligence and capacity Of she
women OF this Territory AZ electors !;
because IL implies that they need es-
pecial guidance and advice. We do not
eoncede this to be true. No ,aaa has
been imported into this Territory from
Oregon or elsewhere 10 teach male Re
publicans their duty. For these. home
talent has becn deemed sufficient.
Why. then, has ID been thought neces-
sary to appeal 10 the women of this
Territory by seeking aid from Oregon ?
It's not COMPLIMENTARY viii net be
effective. There 10 among the ladies of
this Territory ample talent to discuss
ell questions before them as electors,
and ample intelligence 10 decide there
on.
One thought more occurs to ss. Is II
not strange that in Territory, Repuhli
can by fully 5000 votes, 1. has been
found necessary 10 thus make special
appeal, IN an endeavor TO avert defeat ?
Something wrong somewhere" That
wrong Is briefly this: The Republican
platform aud Republican nominee for
Delegate neither express nor advocate
the true principles OF the Republican
psrty upon matter OF transcendeu,
Importance TO its membership. This
cannot be CLOSED over. II canno, be
rubbed eus.