Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-05
A NEW DEAL
Three Views OF the Woman Suffrage Ques-
tIon from the Wild and Wooily West.

Three Views OF the Woman Suffrage Ques-
tlon from the wild and wooily West.
81 remember" said an old railroad
man as he sat in a crimson velvet easy
chair in the Laramie Boomerang Office.
and rested his feet on the FURNISHED
fender, chow in so. when / was in the
Wyoming Legislature, the woman suf-
frage bill came up for action. and was
referred to u committee of three |
was selected as one, and an old miner
and cattle man made up the balance
1t was an act to grant to the women OF
Wyoming Territory the right OF SUI
frage and to hold Office. 1t was, OF
course, a new deal, and we didn't know
exactly what the effect would be on tho
Territory. AS chairman OF the COM
mittee, | said TO tho other two men,
bcrs. when we had tackled the measure:
Gentlemen, this is a pretty important
move. 1t is kind of wild train on a
single track, and we've got to keep our
eye peeled or we'll get in the ditch. It's
n new conductor making his first run.
He don't know the stations hardly, and
he feels as if there was spotter on ev-
cry coach beside. Female suffrage
changes the management, and it may
put tho whole outfit in the hands OF a
receiver in year. We can't tell when
Wyoming Territory will be side
tracked, with a lot of female conductors
running the train. and female MASTER
mechanic, and a female division SUPER
intendent, and a lot Of glddy girls at
the brakes. / tell you, we want to con-
slider this thing pretty thoroughly. OF
course, we get our time-check when
the session closes. and we don't care
much; but il Wyoming gets hot-box
hereafter, or telescopes some other
Territory, folks will point us out and
say there's where the difficulty is. We
sent choice aggregation of railroad
men. miners and cattle-men down here
to Cheyenne, thinking we had car.
load Of statesmen to work up this thing
for us; and here we are without any
law or any gospel in the whole domain,
I'm in favor of the move. and il the res,
of you couple on with me, we'll hand
in our report and get our orders
"The stockman didn't have much tC
say. He just said: Mr.. Chairman.
don't talk very much. I'm poorly cal
culated to paralyze the throng with ma
tive eloquence. tell you talk is in.
expensive, anyhow. agree with the
chair that we want to be famil ar with
the range before we go wild like 10
OF Texas cattle just eff the trail. travel
ing one hundred miles day and filling
ourselves up with poison weed ant
other peculiar vegetables We wan
TO consider what we're about. and &C
with some judgment. When we turf
J this maverick over to the Governo
, to be branded, we want to know
: that we're corraling the correct an
/ imal. You can't lariat bronch,
J mule with clothes-line sometimes. an,
after we've run this bill in and got
} in the shute. we might want to pa,
four or five good men to help us let &c
: However. / shall vote for it as 1t is, an
, take chances on the roundup Passin
: a Lill is like buying brand on tn
: range, anyhow You may tally ahead
= and you may get everlastingly left wit
: little withered bunch OF Texas frame
a that there is no more hope OF fattin
l than there would be OF fatting veloc
pede.'
n THE member from the mining di.
a trict said: Mr.. Chairman, / don
: know what kind OF fist the woms
e will make Of politics. but I'm prepare
TO invest with the surface Indication
:: 1t may be true fissure move. and
s may be doggon slide. We can't te
r till we go down on it All we can
o Is to prospect around and see that "
. comply with the United States law ar
tas law Of the distriet seou. lOestiea