Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1885-02-19
The Dakota Press on Women Suffrage.

~ ""ah Will NC. II Is SIMPLY 10 CIV
women the same legal rights as citizen
that men enjoy. This, and nothing more
The man who would insult " oman at tn,
polls would very soon learn that it was
not the safest thing to do. The opposi
ton to comforting the right of suffrage
upon women comes from tlmid, conserv
atlve but thoroughly intelligent, well
meaning people on the one hand, and tht
ignorant and criminal classes on the
other, and as these are generally in the
majority it is to be presumed that some
time will elapse before this reform will
be effected. Bismarck Tribune.
1t now looks as though women would
be granted the right OF suffrage in Dako.
ta There Is but little opposition to the
bill and 1t seems as though the majority
OF the legislature are In favor of it. On
account of the craLklness of the leaders
OF the woman's rights movement the sub.
ject has always been matter of mirth
rather than serious one. Pracncal ex.
perience has shown, however, that women
d w
we hope to see the measure pass Bad
Lands Cow Boy.
Some day, when Mr.. Pickler returns
from hard day at court, clue, discour-
aged and hungry, and finds his wife and
servant out to caucus, the house all
cold and no signs of any supper, he'll
wish that he had never been statesman
There is difference between a popular
measure at the capital with the button
hole bouquets. etc, and the pangs of hun.
ger under your corset Bro. Plckler.-
Fargo Democrat.
sWoman's suffrage Is being discussed
around the stoves Of every store conserv.
ative men, who if they lived IN the old
world, would be found upholding the d.
vine right of kings, all oppose the idea
that women should have vote. Some
good citizens, who would nowhere up
hold despotism, yet oppose the measure
and heap anathemas upon the head of
our repro sentative who voted for it. 1t
is a question if a mans domestic relations
do not have good deal to do with lnflu.
encing him in his views on this very in
teresting question. -Mandan Pioneer.
The Dakota house has passed the
! women suffrage bill and canvass of the
council leads to the belief that it will pass
that body. 1t will then require only the
signature of the governor to make it q
law, ant the women OF Dakota will be
transformed into ward politicians and
caucus manipulators. Dakota politics
are badly in need of reformatory ele.
rent,- Yankton Press and Dakotaian.
The woman suffrage bill which has
been introduced into the legislature IS re-
ceiving strong support, and the signs of
the times indicate that Dakota women
will be voting before many days. Give
them q chance; they are worthy of it
Sanborn Enterprise.
The opposition to extending 10 women
the right of suffrage that is most noisy,
and at present most potent. comes from
!Rsse tbs snSa Ths saE fS 1e good not The evil in
Why should woman who is the head of
a family, who pays city, school, county
and territorial taxes, be denied the right
to vote when men are taken from the
prisons and paupers from the poorhouses
and marched to the polls and permitted
to cast ballot upon matters affecting
her dearest interests! To grant women
the right of suffrage would be 10 bring a
better and purer element into politics,
! that would go far toward neutralizing
the corruption encountered, most, of
course, in the cities, and the quicker that
new element Is introduced in politics, the
quicker will the laboring men be sus.
tanned IN their rights by the voice of the
people through the ballot box.-Bismarck
! journal.
We hope that the council Will defeat
the measure, and believe that such is not
only the sentiment of the legal voters Of
Dakota territory but the sentiment OF
the thinking women whom 1t seeks to
enfranch,se. No woman wishes 10
be dragged into the cess pools of politics
and trade and dicker in the schemes ard
dishonest methods which are so common
IN all politics. Very few women would
feel flattered 10 know that their votes
were being traued and oartered about In
private political conversation and made
the part OF strength In some combination
but they surely would be. 1t is not the
desire of the intelligent and self-respect'
ing women Of the territory to become
voters. Grand Forks Plaindealer.
In the very first place we want TO know
whether the women of Dakota are desl'
rous of assuming the responsibilities O.
what has been termed "enlarged" citi
zenship, and if they really desire to dor
this garb, why, bless their souls, gran
, them the prlvilege.-Canton Advocate.