Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-28


tend an ebse9ion where women exercised
the night u Suffrage. AZ IL vas
4 c0zEL1sT zETwExz GzxzzEs AND
NozN0zs.
TIE oontsss gAs Q warm ems. Every
body IN the togu constituted seh-
appointed COMMITTEES Of one 70 80 that
everybody else szs property registered.
ard to see that every vonasn, man o.
boy old enough 70 cast bsliOs got %
the polls. One voUan who had not
been rssistered cried when told thas On
that eceoans she could not exercise her
night, and did not sse why that should
make any diffsrezce- Everything was
quiet and orderly, and there Was 9
nofahle absence OF whiskey and
tobacco jules, and some little
aftea,gt ~ decoration IN honor
OF the fair SEX. for these Western men
are chixaIr0us in q high degree, and
value calico more highly than do the
Eastern men. perhaps became the mar
kst IL NOS oser-stoeked. The ladies'
passed IN and out ~ quietly and free
from moiestsfinn Is when gong -
shufch, and stood patiently IN line and
gaitsd their turn. There vas no
ticket '-sfr sIRht-s No mater hev odsn
~lse = candidate might be 10 Gensile.
be would not give Mormon the adSan
taRt by going oyer o the enemy. saw
woman eho held tgo babies 10 her
rms (Hfmons OF esars-.l while the
husband cared for tws sthsrs not much
larger, ghil- she voted. One man VA
sfldIy essticalnfing sbost the bead OF
p0sr, frightened LOOKING little 40
n4p, wnen y voice from tbs erswd
called out, '.Oa, Bill, let tbs WON u.
alone TO vote - she plesses-" ] did
nos sacsrtaiH WHISTLER BIZ f0iiowtd
the advice 81 freely offered OF Dot- A.
though the MosmoDs son, As it vas ex-
pecisd they would. the contest vas such
ciass one, and such an Improvement
"a former years, thai they were tho
o. bly, recessed. ! saw many OF old
b isnam's descendants &C the polls, VITO
.rs not all in sympathy with the Nor
uaon church. II the Geufiles would
ante thriF forces, and realized the lm-
poriaBce Of oFganiz tfion es do tn
saints. the latter would no longer be
-ueh q power in the land. bat would be
driven 20 more oongenial eiimes. Il
has grown too hot here already for the
hieh priests OF the church who shAve
sonRht q land flowing with less milk
and honey than their beiuved Salt
Lake, for the milk has soured, and the
han~v of old has changed 70 vormwood
and gall.
THE EDMunDs AcT.
While Il has done a uch good in dis
franchising poiyeamiAt-, Thereby sfrlk
a. - Al
them from holding ONCE, and 30 en-
eouraQes she young mea not TO foiiew Id
the footsteps Of their ill1stfious prede-
cessors; and although Il has iegitima-
tized all children born 10 polygamy up
% January !. 1883, It has utterly failed
70 make provisiob for the surplus wives.
Even an old horse is cared for for the
good be has done; bat these wives,
many of them now aged and infirm.
brought to this esnatry ignorant OF
plural marriages, nov, when among
strangers, exiled, hrlpless and nnpro
tected, ind this trap sprnnR On them.
Yet, through religious Zeal and self
sbnagation, more often by spirit
Of coercion. they are forced 70
submit TO this .law Of God
10 plural m trriaQe is denominated, and
nos only have they been self Sustaining
but more often snstaing both the hus-
band eRd his prsgeuy, and assisting all
these years in the accumulation Of the
property. According 20
the laws OF Utah, they are not entitled
to any portion Of IL in case Of death or
separation, as first sapposed the. first
and only wife Was entitled 20 her thifde
the same as Ia most of the other States,
but shs can Ret nothing unless ID has
previously been wilsed TO her: and the
husbands nearest relatives can take il
from her. This 10 a Territorial ia'E, and
30. Of course, applies 20 the
GENTLE wives as well, most OF
whom are living In ignorance of
the fact, which. under the CIR snm-
stances, is q blissfui state. The Nor
mons have 20 long controlled the Leg
isiature that they have made their Own
laws In their own way, and believe
have anticipated this very time and pre-.
pared for u, 40 they have fer shs fam
Inc which they have pro 9hesied b 10 be
abroad IN the land. All their laws seem
10 be made for man alone. Now Con
gress steps In and drives thess women
from their homes and maks no
provision for them. The nexs thing
gill DO 10 est an appropriation
for establishing poor houses and
old ladies' homes. The right OF
Congress 70 suppress this evil 10 I'M
'ioubted. ID 10 equally plain thai the
dignity and good name OF this Qreslt
among the nations of this
sarth demand snch Congressional action
~ shall sffsctually eliminate tAis ina
be- msds for these heIplyea.
ppr ssed aud down trodden women.
4 reiiaton that Biii make Q mother on
DER own chastity by denying the parent
s1s Of her child. 10 shoekirix 20 the
moral eenee..
DESTRUCTIVE TO THE SOCIAL sxsrEM,
10 even q barbarian. and dis
policaI In he prsutice. And ses this IL
being done IN Salt Lake every day. Ii
The house Of 9snllle lady. by wh0n l
sss hosp;iably entertained IL thai eits.
e servant, q Scotch woman. who vas
sonverted Ia Scotland, and Who was
loid nothing Of the poiyeanous prac-
dos Of the chaxch over there. The mis-
zionaFies csnyenientiy fofRot n that
plank In their platform. Sha had O.
married sister living in Zion who sens
Iar her 10 come 10 this country, and wh i
met her d few miles outof the city, and
her that 40 her husband had a
revelation that be was 10 take an0sAsr
rife abe preferred her sister, and % on
nsr arrival rfe was immedialsig "saaleds
10 him. Talk no more Of ''tao women
q one hsnse, tu osts and one 1onse.m
the man has since died. and they 60
sut 10 service, bat tkey are enesniee and
never speak. / regret that I conid
sot precure the dairy kspt ~ q enl
ured Roston lady, who came - this
,suntry pears ago. and who died Ia
Of bfoksn heart What q
>eart histufy L. muss hold; what d warid
II agony, Of utter heipiassnass and de-
.peif; nnt the dsuxser sfearuresf4t ~ too
lacfe1 fo7 ether eyes than her own,
DE Of the most celshrMted eass,s here d
zME cxkwsex CASE,
me nsn trisd and oonssSssd o. polye.
lay Diuwiddie 10 9 man % large |
seaish. largely interested In the 90 90. |
,Fatise stores. and ewninR large furns-
uFe store 10 Salt Lake, and wA1 has six i
V seven wives Cfaason iu7sid & ciri |
FAMED Sprnesf. Who was poor. 10 BE- % |
ainsd . dscFee of the ehEFcA 10 marry |
Iliss DiDwtddle. who breuelis him !
anal fosfnA SIN mouth. isisf his wife /
sss very N when he informesl ho< shxs /
ie vns about 70 bring home No Z. NJ /