Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-12-10

ne Democrat states that a fight
will be made this winter to give the
right of suffrage to the women of Ida
no. Mrs. Dunniway will be at the
capital in person, it is said, to work
to that end. Such law ought to be
enacted. Taxation without represen-
tatIon is injustice. Some fools argue
thao women are not endowed suffi.
GENTLY with the kind of Intelligence
that is required to grapple with tan
gled political questions. Probably this
erroneous notion was based on the
fact that they are not imbibers of
braln-expanding tangle-foot, that flo
ures SO prominently in campaigns and
flows SO freely as political inAuen
Ger and inspiratioHal agent. The
kind OF cattle that brilliantly argue
that women are not, by nature, com
potent to vote intelllgently are most
all akin to the kind that are voted
like swine, or the class that are
bought like cattle, but a good deal
cheaper, generally. Each one of this
class, and its numbers are frequently
quite numerous, is handed a ballot
privately marked, and he exercises
the high. priceless(?) privilege of a
free man(0 by depositing ballot he
has not read and for which he is some
times paid the high price of dollar
and six bits. Then there is another
class-worse, if any difference, than
the last mentioned-for they have no
price, save that of sufficient quanti-
ty OF Supplying, "dizzifying" stom-
ach corroding, fiery stagger water of
the cheapest and most effective kind
to put each individual of the priceless
class in condition to be an exceed
ingly felicitous, bright, Independent,
free-thinking and highly intelligent
sort of an ani-mule and altogether
quite competent to exercise the priv
ileges of free man, when it comes
to voting-with the aid of an accom-
modating ballot fxer and a pair of
hurley, kind-h hearted, awfully honest
and ''free-vot and fair count" Amer
lean citizens of the kind who fire.
quently yell "fraud! fraud.!" and yell
it loud and earnestly-with the aid
of this pair, to gently pack HIM to the
polls, or lead or drag him if necessa-
ry-and the aid, in addition, of few
scads, previously given, to brace him
up and get him in proper condition
TO be turned over to the ballot fxer
with all this necessary assistance
he deposits the will of free man
not entirely free, but nearly so-near
enough to be called such, for he was
bought for only a very few paltry
scads-almost given away, so, prac-
tioally speaking, without being ex-
actly, and strictly correct theoretical
| ly, he is free man. The spectacle
of two strong, stalwart, and high
born American citizens dragging his
limbered manly form to the polls, as
the final act in exercising the great
and priceless privilege for him, for
they have previous to this kindly
placed ballot in his manly right
hand land in his loose-legged condi-
ton the intelligent son of Liberty
probably knows that he is expected
to poke that piece of paper through
a hole in a window, or some other
opening, without knowing its con-
tents, and probably he doesn't, but
any way he knows his kind guardi-
ans do know, and will instruct him at
the proper time)-we say such a
touching and pathetic spectacle OF
the free and highly intellectual eXer-