Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-07

TO any Law vh'ch has a tyod-nr. q
french upon the right Of the citizen
ine Democratic candidate for Pre.i
Gent has fitiy, briefly and brzveIy ex
pressed the idea I vnuld c.ny-,
when he says: lin q free couusrt
cortaiiment of the abs ,Iats rights of
the Individual should only be such a. is
ESSENTIAL TO the pesce and good order OF
the community. Tue limit bet seen the
proper subjects of government control
ana those which can be more fttinRIy
ie't 70 the moral s.nse. and self ion.
ppsed restraint Of the citizen. should be
carefully kept IN view. Thus Lass IN.
necessarily interfering with the habit-
ana customs o. any o. oar people, which
hrs not Offensive TO the moral ssntlmsn,
OF the civilized world. and which are
consistent With good citizenship and
ths public Welt re, are unwise and y-x
Hfious. As Democrats and good clti.
z-ns, quite a. readily as the X. uobli.
cans. We would encourage eyery Iav
and moral force seeking TO educate the
youth OF the land, aud for that matter
all persons, against the evils resultiuQ
from the excessive and inten perate us-
OF intoxicanis, bnt 9e do think that the
laws already upon the statute books are
quite sufficient for all present necessi
Ties touehlne the regulation OF the IL
qnor tramc-if they are only enforced.
10 our Republican friends, VINO DO alibly
talk about Democratic whisky.we would
say go SLOW until at least YOU have
COURAGE enough TO profuuloate your
views In your platforms, and select lei
rnoicund delegates than some who sat
10 your recent Territorial Convention.
mere 10 one Other question 20 which I
wisn to call your attention. At the re-
cent session of the Legislative Assem-
bly,, Law was enacted by the nearly
equal Affirmative Votes Of Democrats
and Republicans, conferrine upon
women citizens the elective franc hise
You we'll know that believe that Law
to ne just and right. Single women in
this Territory have the same untrarn-
eled right to acquire and hold property
AZ single men. Foreign born women
under the laws IT the Unitsd States,
have the same rights to become natural
led citizsns as foreign born men. Wo-
men ciiizess have the same right to 40
quire homes upon the public dom ain as
men. The naturnliz alton of n 70 eiQn
born citIzsn naiuralizes the wife ri sush
citizen. since 1868. doxsr, the In.
dicia Ut woman's former seryituue has
been abolished. aud all property
acquired after marriage, except
by gift or descent. belongs tqasi
ly to the husband and wife,
one-haif Of which belongs absolutely to
her IN her own right. Nos. IN q free
government no one can safely enjoy
property unless they have q voioo IN
the enactment Of laws for ths preserv4-
ton OF IL. The meaus TO carry on the
government is realized from the TAXA
ton Of prop-rty. Tos,y 10 the women
owners Of property that they shall lave
no voice In its preservation. in It's taxa
,ion, IL TO repudiate q principle dear 10
every AmeFican-that u, that tsxation
without representation il Tyranny.
Again, IL ptrsJns are To be governed by
Law. they naturally deipHnd to be con-
suited when the law il made. To be
governed under the forms Of free con-
stiiutiOn by rulers IN whose SELECTION
they have NO choice IL stu plv the exer
else of power without right, aud IL
tyranny. While for these r-asous
favor the law, yet ] must co.sfe-s that
many of my politio<l associates think
otherwise. They say. aud with ju-t
criticism, too. that tba legislative AZ
which en- acted II we're not elect
sd upon ANY such An issue, and that II
Was not right TO force the IN assure upnn
the people, and particularly uppu the
women themselves. unl.~s it b q been
considered aud d 8 Iussed by
the people. the source of all power. The
recent County Republican Convention,
N n mt "A Y M k.ta m m fh..tF
nominated for the legi slstlve
men fully pledgvu To the con
tinuancs OF the law, whether it works
for good or for Ill. Nov. my advice TO
YOU would be To act wisely ia this mat
ter by giving the law an impartial tri-l.
and IL thefsupon IL shall be made mani
fest that IL works an injury, which |
don't believe, to free government, or
IL, then repeal it. In the meantime
make no pledges against it. Let Us
nominate for the legislative assembly
good men Who are not fanatics on the
subject, aud leave the whole matter in
their hands.
A few words OF warning. The recent
tsinly remarkable gathering. There
WAS EhC 1Chh Anottths Aa
iove.y harmony with the Baxter Hui
faction. 1t wss. Indeed, she minQl,ug
Of OIL and water, and al / looked in
inp To- my thoughts those lines from the
witches scene in NJ scbstn:
"Black spirits and white,
he'd spirits and gray;
Mingle, minele. minale,
You that mtngle may"
Said one faction Give us the Legisla-
tive ticket, the Probate Judge and the
Assessor and you may have tho rest-"
Said the other, "Givs rs the loaves and
the fishes, what care We for the princi-
ples." Thus this shameful trade was
made in the very face of the people. In
open daylight, by men who bad been
kaifing each other fof years. Sad ex-
ample Of the degradation reached by
oace grand party. Said they all. Good
Lord, deliver n, but anything fos ofiice.
Naturally the honest men of the rank
and Ole Of both fact,ons were disap-
pointed. Those who for years bad
fought the bosses" were angered be-
cause bossism IN It's most pernicious
fvrm had triumphed In securing the
nomination. for the best offfcs IN the
county. The anti-sudraglsss and the
anti. forfeiture railroad ring were like
wise Disappointed because sufrsessts
aud anti railroad men I'D been MONT
mated for the Leeislsturr. Tbs anti
suffrasisss and Ihe Northern Pscitis
railroad people immedia'e.y weat 20
aork 70 dicker with the Democratic
party. They say, fuse With a. asd ne
win give Won the L-etslstise tickcs. the
PROBATE Judge and the Assessor No.
said she Democrats, cans yvu give ~
IN addition the candidate for ressursrF
There we touched them IN tender ~
aud the proposition fell, ~ IL should, To
the ground. Tne next proposition from
A mart of the cast-on boss~s Gas, make
mo- pomins ton ~ all and we viii call an
Independent Cow ntson. How this
proposition will b, accepted, you, sny
fsll.v Democrats NUT deterusins ~
dsy, but " yoa sccept u ict me warn y"u
a = faithful freud. THAI sea viii nnd
yourselves swallowed ny the old kspuo-
licnn hoss q. IL IL comes 10 this there
ara n, sny Demecrsts Who viii feei uu-
der no obligation te snrpsFt Democrats
because they hspprn 70 Be On .uco . !.
ticket. There il aiso snos her fsrtiou of
the Republican party making "v,starss
90 a. T., day. II /. simply -awsik into
,av N ,r,or propoSitioa." They are ma