The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-08-06
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The death Of Ulysses 5. Grast re
calls the heroic days 81 the Repubii-
eau party, the war Of the UniOu, the
emancipation of the slaves, the en-
franchisemeut Of the male freedmen,
and the pledge, not yet fulfilled, %!
the ballot for women. OF the hOnOrs
paid the ID striOus soldier, the high
est Of all ~ scarcely noted. de was
the first, and 30 far, the only Presi-
dent Of the United States ever nOm-
mated and elected on a woman SUI
fraEe platform. "Gmnt, Wilson and
Woman Suffrage" was the motto 81
the suffragists 10 1872. And the basis
Of their action was the fourteenth
clause Of the National platform, viz
1.-THE Republican party Is mindful
OF its many obligations 10 the loyal
women Of America for their noble de-
votiOn 10 the cause Of freedom their
admission to wider fields Of useful
ness d viewed with satisfaction, and
the honest demands OF any class Of
citizens for additional rights should
be treated with respectful considera-
ton"
IL the party and its leaders had been
true to that principle, II the thor
nughly true and sincere character Of
General Grant had not been hamper
ed by intellectual Limitations which
prevented him from eOmprehending
the Significance Of those brave words,
10 his great influence had been given
for the equal suffrage Of women, how
different would have been the recent
history and the present position Of
the Republican parry Lacy Stone.
All parties in Massachusetts are
committed 10 Woman Suffrage. In
the platform of each party II an un-
mistEksble equal suffrage plank. No
Massachusetts man can be a cOnsis-
tent Republican, Democrat, Prohibit
Iionist or Greenbacker to-day who il
not in favor Of Woman Suffrage.
These parties have committed them
selves tO nominate men In favor Of
equal suffrage for representative, Sen
atOr and Governor.
New Workers have lately been
electrified 10y the discovery 10y
Mr.. Hamilton Wilcox -that there il
no law ia New York which prevents
women from voting. Consequently
women la New York to-day are ell
Titled 90 vote on the same terms n
their brothers Inspectors Of election
are being called upon to receive wO-
mems votes. Women are being in
stTucted in the law, and there are Of
fers Of parties Of men 10 protect wo-
men in their first attempt Ia deposit
their ballots under the law 30 lately
brought 20 light. II il believed upon
good authority, however. that no pro-
lection will be found necessary, be-
cause by election day the matter will
be Sd we'll understood that the OppO-
siti0n will see that the women are
protected 10y IdIr.
Lawyers Of the State are astonished
at the discovery that women can vote,
but the truth cannot be denied. Sue
cess always commands friends and
followers. Il Is reported that many
New Workers not heretofore known a.
suffragists are now rejoiced To learn
thAt New York women may vote. and
declare themselves ready 20 Join the
procession TO the polls. Mrs. Luella
4. Smith, Of Rochester. was one Of
the women who voted in Rochester
thirteen years ago, and has often
wondered, ~ have others, why they
were not punished for illegal voting
under the State Law The reason Is
apparent: There was no State law
under which woman could be pun
Ished for voting. The lawyers who
ascerlAIned this fact were evidently
not anxious to herald their discovery
Go the world.
The New York workers have moth |
ing now to do but to enlighten the
women in regard To the law p; and this
work they have already well In hand. |
There are many who declare that |
women have not time 10 vote. l |
would like 10 direct the attention OF |
these 10 the crazy quilts, and other
quilts not called crazy but certainly |
mo- more sane, on exhibition at every |
fair aud ia many homes. Young wo-
men vie with each other Ia making |
this elaborate bed-eOver, and an
nOunce in the papers the number Of
thousands Of pieces they have cut out
with exnctness aud seWed together |
aller sOme mysterious and Illegal pat
tern. IL the making Of the quilt has
consumed the spare time Of years, 10
much the better. 10 l. considered a
sure sign that tile Aforesaid young
women were doing nothing worse Ia
their leisure hours; hut how much
more prOfiably they might invest
their labor. Women have 80 long
been taught that Il Is "wnmanly" to
frltter away time aud energy on
things that do not cnnnt, and are Ia
no adequate purpose, that many
young women think they are fulfill
ing the purpose 81 their creation
when they ART working hard at these
oh, .'womanlineSs, what
crimes against woman have been COM
mitied la thy name