Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-14
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EnzToa P0sr-lnTn1zaoNNcz:
u thsss days og wisdom. and wise
men. and sectional iurlasa this b most
Important question, and ene o. which !
lhouRht there could BE- 10 differences OF
apinion.
Thsy have beon exercising These rights
q ne polls and "a ear courts, and even
cur Supreme Couft has adiad0ed that
thes may 60 &c Grand Jurofs. OF late,
however, We have hsd q Good u new
light On the question: and Il tndga
IAnqford's lats ruling 10 The law, We
havs baon iabofiug under > delusiou.
From whence did cur women derive
these FiRhts5
undeF tha provisions Of our organic
Lac Ne power y given cur Legislative
Assembly, undef certain limitations, 70
declare Who shall exercise the right %
suffrage within this Territory.
Ia the coda Of 1881, a. revised and
published, a eeeticn $3.50. the right Of
Suffrage 4 conferred only upon males.
and By the provisions % section 207e
qualified DEBTORS only are competent iu-
rors. This vas she condition OF affairs
until Nov. I'd, 1883, 81 which time the
Legislative Assembly Of or Territory
paszod An noi 10 anaend section $3.50.
chapter &l8 Of tie code Of Washington
/ Territory The aet + foand 81 page
81, laws Of 1883 BY this amendmeui
lhe word mais was stricken from ssstion
$3.50 Of eur code Of 1891, and undcr The
/ provisions Of this act the women depoa-
tied their ballots and toak their seata in
10 Jury box, that this law vas IN any
wise detective was a. no tine claimed
b any one Ia % far 81 u conferred upon
women the right 20 vote; Some question,
hsuegeF, VAS made a. 20 their right q
act e. jurors.
TIE organic act Of The Territory Do
ciarea that every law shall embrace bul
one object, and that shall Be embraced
IN the iiile.
The Legislature 81 ils late sessions en-,
acted q Law 10 amend section 50 d
chapter 4 Of the code Of Washington
Territory asamsnded and approved Nov
-, i1d8n
4 Justiea I,angfosd has decided 10 sub
stance shat the number Of the section
d 20 part Of the code of 1881; " u Il
merely pfen1od By person having nc
legislative eathsrity,H and that suct
reference b nothing, wherefore be hold
that en- nmaudment % sections % she
Gods By references oRly % she number d
void.
There are thirteen saoh statutes il
ne session laws Of 1893. Including TIE
act comforting suffrage on the women ol
the TsrritoFy, n0ns Of which hays beer
approved By Congress The oniy stat
uias Of fes3 which were approved b
ConaFess are what il known A. tho ON
nibus hill and few other minor ones
II Justice Landlords deoision Be- cor.
rost. cur Judges II the Distriot Courts
have mistaken the Law IN permitting
women 20 sit &c iusors, cur Supreme
Court erred in holding that they arr
qualified aa aaah, end eur woman have
ben exercising The right 70 vote q de.
lssion.
Under saoh ruling NOT only she Get Of
1888, above ellsd, eoufsrrina on women
tho Fighs II Suffrage. Is void, bat She acl
% 1855, PAGE ia amending gueh act, 4
also void; IN addition there are 10 aot1
% 1885 Tor like reasons void.
Il y perhaps not proper % discuss
thcae important questions IL Z neWapa.
pes article. hai rather 30 argue iho nat
Ter before the eoarla. simply wish a
call he stlaatiun Of tha voters and 10.
ross q ths Territory 70 tks Importance
Of the Questions Involved.
/ ! hAse 10 doubt m7aelf as 20 ths "
ltdlty u she laws namsd. and am sAtis-
led that eur women mas iAufully vote
and act a. jurors IN the future aa 10 ths
past; bus the iudeas rather than ths
oitimane must decide these questions.
Judge Cooley, h hia work on oonsliia-
tlonal Limitations, a pAga 2ls. says
this
When courts are called upon 10 pro-
ncunoe Ne insaliaity az an acf Of LEXIS
latioa paRaed with al ths forms and
eefemonte9 Feq1islta % GIVE 4 tks fotoe
q law, thsy will appfoaeA TIE qaaeiion
With Greas eaatio1, examine Il IL every
posslhla aapest, and ponder npon Il e.
lona - dsllherntion and patient atisn-
ton can threw any nsw lighf upoa tie
tahieat and saver declare 4 stainto voiii
anlsaa tAe nallity and iuvahdity az tha
aei are pisced n thoif iadgmani bsvoad
Faasonahas eouh4.~
II Ne iiEht q The abaye wholesome
rule e waaid seem quite easy, Ia the ah-
ssncs % technieal qaibhles,n 10 reach
tn oencinsian that tha fogeaoinn lAwa
are valid. and thai II Washingloa Ter
ritofY Wuman have she tiahi 30 vsta and
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