Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-01-15


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iimited 81 nct Of congress. Ib8 do.
mand for farther legislation ID the
same dlre1tion 4 imperatisp, and can
at b. iiRezsfded. The sophis1iea.
ton u the rx'i7ss srHKage bg ths TN
restrained zdmi.sIan 70 eiiizs1Hhip Of
assisted paupeEs, fuRitige feiong. and
ths asoWed enemies Of the social con.
tract, mast cease. Oar capaeity for -.
slmiiztion Is exhausted. More thau
ems million skilled and unskilled H.
b9Fefs ara nos nnempioTed, OF en-
pioyed 81 wages iaadeQuste for the sup.
poFt Of themselves aud their families.
Trade aud Industry are menac6d By m,
lawful combinations that resort to The
destruction Of life and property 70 40
e0mf liah their desigua, and tae boar II
approaching when tbe active coalition
Of the conservative forces Of tbs coDu'
sEy will Be necessary 30 prevent destFa )
tise organs changes In our social and
political system. Tue constant tnfusaon
OF fresh blood IL essential - national
health. bni there Is no blood poison g
fatal as adulteFstion Of race. We sFe
10 longer Homogeneous. Unity Of p1f-
posa and interest doss nos exisk. Tbs
hofdss OF socialism and anafchy are
openly osRanizsc under the red hAg,
drilled ard armed, famed By ineen-
diary appeais, deEouncing property az
robbery, and openly declaring Qal
against all social Institutions. The
atroeious murder Of p0lieemen in Chi
eag0 found tts apologists. and 30 feeble
vas the foros OF public opinion that 81
the next moniciVsl election Il required
the 90 operation Of both political par
ties 70 pFsvent the capture Of the city
government By these execgable male
factors, whose ineoient challenge should
have been met b. the baycAet and the
ealiows. Aud 50 stKong is the sympa.
thy among she hitherto unsupported
CLASSES that Il Il doubtful whether the
feions who we're convicted By 00ur-
eeeous Jury do not escape the penalty
Of thEiF toasted crimes, through fhe in
tfigues Of pasillanimaus politicians, OF
the inevitable conservatism Of an cleo.
tive Judiciary.
To these portsntons perils the EdvO-
Gates Of the sixteenth ameOdmeRl
woald add She unknown element Of an
restricted female Suffrage. with the Ger
tain, bat unknowu, elements Of igno.
FaBcas degradation, inexpsrience. and
compatibility that would accompany
tbs experiment. The reply 10 this srR.
qestion Is that The vote Of women would
purify politics aud o0nstitats safe.
R7ard against the evils which all admit
/ and deploFe.
Bat this theory that all women, or 4
majority Of them, would always v0tl
for tue paFihostion Of politics and So
ciety. has been practically tested Ia
Utah. The iegisistuEe of that teFritorI
, gave women the ballot. The Efforts Of
congress to elevate women By the extiF
, patton Of che crime Of p0lyRamy havS
been ssFenao1s,y resisted BY the Nor
mons. The revolving practice destroy.
Cd the purity, Aelioacy, asd refinement
% oman, the sacreaness OF sex, the
sane ions q society. For the family il
substituted the he; for the home Il
substituted the sly. II 70, IL ever, val
tbs plaos and the time for the instincts
Of WOMAN 10 exhibit their hiehes, snc
n0hlesf activity. Bat either from choics
o. by eompniaioa, instead Of co-opeFa-
tirg With the Law they thwaFted aBc
banned II bY their votes az every cleo
tioB. TIE women Of Utah became tks
strong towsr OF defease OF poiyQamy al
ths polls. Trey voted for theiF contir
ued Degradation ard for the corruption
Of socieiy. 50 ttat congress vas oom
PEELED "a its last session. By the TWEEN
tieth ssetion Of the anii-posigany set. &
disfFanchise them absolutely, and g
, snnui the Terri oFisl enacfnlsnts pFovid
ipg Tar the registration aud voting q
females.
The silen e Of the ehanplons sf III
J sixteenth amendmeng Concerning tbs
Get Of congressional tyranny Is like ths
. Stiffness Of the sepulohre. Possibly II
} has escaped thsir atteption. Bas II v0t
NJ be 9 natural right, then tie uomsE
81 Utah have suffered rsGoubied ipjas
, tics, fer they have been deprived b,
, national authoFity Of a pFefogativs
conferred both By nature and By Law
J II Just g0vsrnmtnt rests upon the con
. sent q fhe g9varned. then the Ed
mucGs statute - t1e Qufuteeeence
OF . lneentFated dsst otisn, II wOmSn
sadrses De the panAcea that Il
10 coss She Ills Of socisty aud puEify
poiliies. shs Intervention OF congress
, was snpeghnous, and polygarhy should
! have parish 10 the house Of its friends
, TIE truth Il, that good women are bet
. ~ lhAa he best men, aud bad woseE
are Rofsa than tbs wrist maa. but IL
politics ste virtues Of women eoaid d
mere Earm haa theiF vices. be strong
. e; evidence Of tteif c1pao ~ for SUI,
q age r. tha ad sitiei fact that tasy q
. n8l Sant if. No one doubts thAt wasr,
ever W5men desise 10 vote the ballot vii
DO given 10 thsn TIE tnsuFmouniahis
hsssele - u sixteenth amendmsni
sill BE- found, nos "a the hostility 81
alen. hai "a the indtH rs3es aud aver,
sios OF women There ~ not state
c1anty. naE tswnship 10 the Unitee
states ~ which tne proqo ttion, IL sab
mittsd 90 the deeiai@n cf the wives
mothers ard dAo2hfeFs resident therein
~oald not b. rejected b. an unmisssks
be msi5Fiiy.
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entury Acc ths French mstaphysieias
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