Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-05-09

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etY What ne cons.itUiioh Of ia
nsale 81 Waahingloa Is 70 BE- Il i
not 9 subject thas he Senate of tie
United states ean debate. becarsl
Ne have not TIE scratch 1f 8 pen q
show What theE eonslitulfon may BE-
We ara ncsing entirely on TIE falGh
Of TIE idea thas Il wiz Be Repnhlicnn
II form and that It vii; contaip three
o. four proFisions which We require
IN this nct thai 4 shall contain.
M President. there Is anosher
dimcuily h this cass. Women are
allowed 50 wsts by express provisions
of the statutes Of WashinRlon Terri.
tory. A woman twenty-0ne years of
age, married o. unmarried, Is en-.
titled 70 The right of suffrage IL fhns
Territory, and YET when you come 70
fook at the naturalinaflon iaWsof he
United States Is q nog necessary that
8 woman should b. nasliralized 70
give heF all TIE rights Of eiiisenship
uBdeF the acts 0f Congress es ex.
pounded IN Wallace, 10 tho caae of
Kelly W. pohAn. a woman who is
an allen, a. Irish woanan who mar.
Fies = naturalized krishman u Wash-
ingl0n Territory. o. who nAEries q
Bative ciklzen 0f Washington Terri
tory, becomes Ii virtue Of that act 3
DaturaIlxed citixen 81 the United
States without the necessity Of TAX
ing any oath whatsoever 70 support
the Constitution.
] win suppose 90 election ls about
% be held "a Washington Territory
under this bill 10 elect delegates 70
the constitutional couvenglon. The
election Is % be held tomorrow. To
day lady who never before was In
Washington Territory comes from
abroad. comes from Ireland, and she
msFfies q native citizen Of the United
States. Thereupon she becomes en-
titled % vote because she b g woman.
Her husband & entitled % vote be-
cause be d Z native born American.
II her husband was 50 Irishmain
who had been natuFalized or who
had fled his papers declaring his In
tenlien 70 become naturalized, be
would be entitled 10 vote on the per-
formance OF those conditions, one
Of which that be was naturalized,
and The otheF that be hed Sled his
papers Of intention; and here is the
wife entitled to vote because she Is q
woman and il naluralized By reason
Of The fact that she marries man
who n q native citizen, though she
may not have been in The Territory
three days before the time for veting
arrives.
Tharc b s great deal of uncertain-
" about this. would rather the
question had not been raised. 90 sar
as / am concerned. for ! am extreme
IL anxious that Washington Terri
tory should be admitted into the
Gnion, but / suggest, as / remarked
when tlrst took the floor on this
bill, that Il is hasty and unwiea leg
ialaaion 70 have this State brought
into the brotherhood Of States IN
I'll Congress shall have had al oppor.
tnnity OF passing upon the Constitu-
lion and giving 70 Il It's appreciation.
and Il Is extremely unsafe 70 take
any other course.
Mr.. Morgan-No amendment OF
this bill even will be 10 order. After
we have committed this power into
the hands Of the Territorial eonven-
lion and Of the President, the whole
subject is closed; the State is formed.
When this bill is passed and signed
by the President Of the United States.
he Territory Of Washington comes
into the union without any further
act OF consiaeration 90 the part Of
Congress. Her constitution may be
his way OF that way; Il might be IN
he Judgment Of the Congress og the
United States wholly unrepuhlican,
but II n the indgMont Of an inter
asted President itmight Be Repubh.
ian to his satisfaction, that e enough,
and the State comes in BY , proclA-
nation.
Ny friend on this side today in
speaking Of the American people
spoke Of them e. soveFcigns Well
hey ere sovcreigns in slafge and
broad and deep and strong sense;
bat how many Of them are sovefeignst
Twelve million out OF sixty million.
The other four-ffths have no more
voice In this Government than II they
we're citizens Of Russia. except their
moral influence.
Why have we In vesting the soy
ereignty Of this country adopted The
old English rule almost universally,
that the powers Of electors shall Be
confded 70 men and that the men
shall be twenty one years OF ages
Because the ages are wiser than any
generation OF mea; and We DO not
dare 20 depart from the teaching Of
ages which has brought our race into
such wonderful mastery throughout
the world. We do not dare % de-
part from Il until We have made =
fair and good survey Of the ground
IN every direction % see whether He
are not giving up more than We ex-
pocf TO gain. The women were ex-
cluded from suffrage iR this country
net because they were not iutelligena
for as rule they Arn as tntelligent
~ the men; not because hey were
disposed 10 evil, cor a. rule they
are very Ear better than The mess ana
II the cause OF Christianity which
has accomplished such wonderful
tri0mpha over the country hah % -
upheld Only by The men, We should
20 back, yes. three centuries 10 three
weeks: the cause of Christianity
would be ahanaoned 10 the country
virtually, II Il were not tor The sup
port the women give % Il
One honorable Senator spoke Of
his mother aad of the influence that
she hnd exerte1 over him, snd evt
dently he tclt Il 10 his heart as = sea
at0r on the floor Of thia great asseua-
blage today. But. sir be would noa
vote 10 pot her here By bic side. de
would SAY. ''behosd 10 ne tha exam
pie of yoar work. Of yuur training,
af your ddellty, of your elIor.s,
y0uF talents. year tas1es. yo1r skili,
and al that, and JET me step forward
and held thls rugged point q power,
this controversial polnts and e. aa
once holder holding In trust Ne in
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