Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-07

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taa6fnw thaa pfiriIefe 81 fdn&aEncn
lel leHl4lazi0n. ns lhis bil pFovideA
reEar1l4Ga oE aAea. aaElomaillys cllk
EeaEhip. coaoE, o. pTeEioas eea1ltso
There are lnlel gent uoEaens leutY
of them. n Ma11achusett1 II Kea-
fnekF. in every Etsle. I'd WnAhiag
z0n Territory. who are - weA %
helfeE Qnnli1od - Eote. Il yoa qleAse.
thar many uf TIE maIe So occury
/ ing similar posiions. eut Congfsss
ean not allow The most lnlcIl gent
woman Ia any elnse 6f he Ualon %
vote wilAnnt allowing he mesE ig1o-
fznf negro womnn h Any ElAto h
The 6c1th % Eule That settles he
onasglan wllh me WhIle ne are
cnnanndfnR. an1 confend ding properly
ihaa inEolsigeacs shoald eoulFul q
lhe bailot hok. we require ihe most
inteliigent fl,reiEn Sorn white nan .
live hese I've years bef1Tc he can
Eo1n Eongreas. bY eona,ituli0nef
au dna81ls and ieglalalion, uadeF
begonet RUS. fofced suffrage upon
the regr0 men. We are struggling
with that problem no9. seeking %
add 10 their inielllrence and make
them voters Who can ect Intelligent
y il regard 70 great public affairs.
While involved h great diiHcultiee
u that regard nov. fer us 70 throw
II the great mass Of The negr0 wom-
en- Of the South at the sane tine 81
ouly doubling, Yea, auadfcnlinN. fhs
oIniculty and danger ct The problem.
We an know thak the negro women
are very much more iRnof4nt than
the negro men. That = 4 Set known
% every man who has ever lived
am0ng them. The negro chAra0seF
Is veil understood by iAa gEsat mass
of the people. Male negroes hare
associated with white boya from
lheiF childhood, they hare been bar.
beFs. hostlsrs, domestic servants;
they have gone about egefyWheFe,
and By their ready pewer of imila,
ton they catch and appFopglafe very
quickly the ideas Of the boys and the
men they associate With. But the
great mass of the negro women Of
The South. especially il The extreme
8eutheTn States, never had any Of
those privileges Or advantages. They
are at the washtub, they ar6 IL the
kitchen and the fields, they aFe de-
prived Of many opportunities lhat
the colOfed men have To add two
or three million voters of that class
who ara absolutely Ignorant Is not
slaseananaAi9; Il 4 nos wise; lt can |
nof b done safely. certainly not IN.
I'll We have at least made the coiored |
race, men and women. more intelli. |
gent than they are now.
As / said before, We can not con. |
fer the right OF salfrags on the most |
intelligent woman 10 America with /
cat c0nferring it upon the most igno- /
rant colored woman within the linn /
iis Of the Unlted States. II intelli- |
gence IL 70 govern at the polls. and /
Il we as Statesmen are 70 try and |
take eare that ignOrance does not
control our suffaee, We have 3 prob
lem large enough and difilenlt enough /
for the next ten years ct least, 10
bring ap the intelligenee Of the COZ /
Ord men 70 whom suffrage has been |
given. without taking upon our
shoulders the responsibility of con
ferring that high privilege upon all
the colored women Is well. This
bill Is the entering wedge to unlvsF-
sal female suffrage for white ana
black. refined and ignorant, there Is
10 Disgusting that fast snd gentlemen
can not shat their eyes 10 Ii / en-
ter my protest against this bin en
thai account more thaa on any other.
L seems 10 me 70 be great folly 70
open up the question Of w0man saf. /
frage By Territorial act In dis
guised form under the authority oi
Congress. / Ic0nfess that while I de-
sire 10 see Washington become
State, and while believe, ns said
before, that IL viii become . great
State, and l am not prepared 10 say
e this monet that shall not vote
for the admission OF the Territory IS
q State no matter whether the amend
meat Of the Senator from Louitlana
Is adopted er not, In my Judgment it
viii BE far betisr 70 declarH that the
constitution shall Be framed b ia.
teiligent male citizens Of the Unlied
States than 70 allow Il 20 be done by
merely six mouths roaidenls who may
neref become citizens, or by women
who ara allowed thai privilege by act
Of Congress anywhere. and thus e.
tablish q prineipls which win return
10 plague as, because ] am unable %
sse bow Congress can deny the Rppll.
catiou of TIE principle Of female
snhrage eVeFyukere u & estabiishes
it Ia this case. over which d has abso-
inte and unQuesGionsd power to do
e. Il pleases.
II sfter Washingion TerTifory BE-
comes : Sfaie, hagtng had 4 consfitu-
tion framed by iHielligeuf citzsns of
the Uniied states, iE should ses nt % /
adopt other rules and regulations "a
70 Suffrage, ] have ncthlng 70 say; o.
II any State nov organised passes
laws permlssing female su4rage.
have nothing 70 say; bat ] do
maintain that Il would Be wise for
Congress Ia the framinK Of the fnnda.
mental iaW 70 limit 4 % maia citixana. Il
ns has been cone everywhere else,
and 10 limit the power to organiEe
the esate 70 eigiMens of aha unlled
States, as ought alWays 70 have been
done. though ! do net beliese Il has
always been done.
] have hean ever the Western
States enoueh 10 knew that they are
allied sp sith people who 10 order 10
get the right % vote declare their 10.
teafien % become cilizans before
tkey either kn0W uF cnre anything
about ciglEenship; they can abandon
thas iugsnkion after imposing q c0n-
slilulioa On q neW 6eAte They have
rieht 20 Do i ths next day. Theg
ase under 20 obligatton - becoma
citizens heeanee they once intended
10 do 80; they may have bad the h.
lension ~ the time they made an.
daxis that tkey did % Ialead There
may be 10 special reason why Coo
gfeEs shonld iatericfe with thoss peo-
pie whon sheY we're merely carrying Il
On their local Affairs feE themselves.
ard Il theT wished % add 10 their