The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1886-09-03
SUFFRAGE IN
An Election In Which Women Were
the Candtdates-A Husband Who
Eiuded His Wife's Vigilance
and Voted Against Her.

the OGuNl NhAlGS-EA
Eiuded His Wife's Vigilance
and Voted Against Her.
belong to a woman's rights club,
writes a correspondent of The Detroit
Free Press, and last spring we decided
that it would be a good idea to send
one of our members to Wyoming terri
tory to see the practical workings OF
woman suffrage. We hoped that a
great deal would be done for our cause
in our state by the new Legislature
which was to be elected, and SO wanted
all the information we could obtain. l
have a cousin living in Wyoming, and
at the request Of the sisters | agreed to
go l must say / was surprised at the
methods used to obtain votes. My
cousin Theodore seemed to be a meek
sort of aman, different from the other
members of the Hopkins family. Day
after day he staid Quietly at home,
taking care of the children, while
Elmina, his wife, was electioneering,
for she was a candidate for IN office.
This Just suited me, for it gave me a
capital chance to get the desired facts
rs / accompanied her in her our among
the voters. One day she drove the
shaggy little pony up to a settlers
shanty, before going in she SAID; Il
do hate to 60 among such people, but
one must, you know, for every vote
counts" So she smiled sweetly on the
slovenly woman who met us at the
door and said; Mrs. Higgins, my
duties are many and my leisure mo-
ments few, which must be my excuse
for not coming sooner. just then a
hungry-looking pig trotted in as il
thoroughly at home. | knew Elmina
was shocked to the very depths Of her
soul. but she was equal to the occasion,
and said: 'Oh, what a cunning pet
piggie you have; so tame and docile,
too
Then taking up the baby, who was
eating bread and molasses, and whose
face and dress we're both far from clean,
she exclaimed: s.And what a dear,
cute baby you have; how old is it. and
how many toothies has it get, and
what is its nameP"
Mrs. Higgins replied:
Eyes, mum, we think he's a right
peart young 'un. His name is Abra-
ham. He hez four teeth, and kin say
pap and mann rale plain when he's
mind to"
Then Elmina said:
Next Tuesday, you know, is cleo
ton day, and as | know you have no
way of getting out, / will be glad to
send my pony and buggy after you, and
do bring the sweet baby, too, for he will
be taken care of. =
sWal, wal!' said Mrs. Higgins, ''ef
that don't beat all creation. I'm git
tin poplar. / must say, for Miss BEN
nett was jist over yesterday and prom
.ised to sen her kerridge out to tote
me in, and / promised to be ready.
Too bad mum! I'm ralc sorry, I am,
indeed, an her run'in' agin ye as she
is makes it seem wusser.
Another woman on whom we called
said:
mo, mann, I'm not . votin'
woman, not BY no means, but take off
yer bunnits and set to and take a bit
with us, fur dinner is jest ready, and
my sister in Missouri sent me a lot o.
dried apples which I've cooked up inter
as good sass as you ever see
We declined, however. We were
treated kindly at most places, but one
woman, when she found on who Ell
NINA was, said:
II don't want nothin' to do with nc
woman rights palayerin' around me
/ ANT voted yit and never expect ten
vote. My man does all that kind o
blzness fur his ranch and / don't low
that he's agowin' to gote fur no woman,
not eff / knows myself he anti"
st last the eventful day arrived
Elmina was not so well known as bel
two opponents, II being . man, tthh'
other a woman, for three candidates
were in the field for nearly all tn,
Offices. She hired . large hall, Dor
rowed rocking chairs and cradles from
her constituents. and then the ~tireless
pony went to and fro, bringing in ole
women and invalids, some Of whom
had not left their homes for years Be
fore. they were duly installed III th'
easy chairs. Some were knitting. som,
were piecing quilts, and for those wbs
smoked there we're plenty o. pipes ans
f0banco MANY az them ronke3 4 cra.