The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-12
THE LADIES SPEAK.
An Interesting Suffrage Meeting
in the Assembly Hall.
SUFFRAGE AND CITIZENSHIP.
Some Spirited Speeches From Prominent Men,
bers of the Association, Bishop Whitney, c.
W. PenrOse and Hon. George Q. Cannon.

There was a very good attendance at the
assembly hall yesterday, on the occasion of
the meeting of the Utah Women's Suffrage
association. There were the usual opening
preliminaries. Mrs. Lydia d. Alder pre-
sided.
The action of the executive committee
concerning some amendments to the by
laws was ratified and concurred in.
Mrs. Zina D. H. Young.
We have enjoyed the right of franchise,
and have not abused it, and yet it has been
taken from US. Was there any justice in
this! Have not the mothers of the United
States always been found side by side with
the men in their battles for independence,
Justice and right! Who implanted
within the breast of her children the
desire for a great and free govern
ment! The mother. We look for the great
government of the United States to again
confer upon US the GOd-giVen right of suf-
frage, because by and with it, we will be
enabled to do vast good to the world. For
this we expect to struggle; we expect to
reach out our hands to the women of
America, and say we are one with you in
this grand struggle.
Mrs. Ida Gibbs.
have always beeu an advocate of woman
suffrage, which l consider a God given
right. Taxation and representation should
always go together. The rights of women
are entertainly paramount with those of
men. heard young lady not long ago
say she would attend our meetings if
they were not so dry and unin-
teresting. She is a poor woman who
viii villify her own sex. She re
faopnl IN "a and CrlOy Ia,
bOrs of the leading sutfragists of
America. At one time in the worlds his
tory, women were merely slaves, but grad
ually they are gaining their way, and each
year sees an increased number espouse the
cause of suffrage. which ere long shall tl,-
umph. They talk about the patience of
men. Why, one days experience of the
average man with the duties of wife with
a growing family, would drive him
INTO LUNATIC ASYLUM.
The more we do for ourselves, the more
will the opposite sex respect US. l have
heard it said that woman was too good and
pure to enter politics; that she would
rapidly be besmeared. l do not think So
Politics can not degrade woman, but
woman can elevate and purify politics.
There is everything to gain and nothing to
lose in the cause in which we are engaged.
/ do not believe that it is necessary for
woman to neglect Iher household because
she believes in woman suffrage. The ques-
ton of woman suffrage does not hinge npon
the query as to whether the majority of
women want it or not. The question sim
ply is, whether the right to vote is useful
or beneficial, If it is so to man, itcertainly
should be to women.
Bishop o. F. Whitney.
have consented to appear here to-day,
with considerable reluctance 1t was not
because 1 was unwilling to add my mite to
a worthy cause, but because felt llinly
myineficiency to speak in such cause. 1t
is one to which / have given but little
thought and attention. If l am thankful
for one thing, it is that | was born with
heart to a great extent free from bigotry,
and I never could see why one portion of
the human race should be denied the right
of suffrage; / never could see those
differences which some claim should debar
woman from those rights-the rights which
she Justly claims. Woman IS the other half
of man. He is not complete without her,
and they should go hand in hand in every
effOrt-every rightful cause. | have never
recognized any differences between them.
And because l recognized the WOEen's
claim was a just one, did not feel called
upon to champion her cause.
WOMAN IS THE GATEWAY
by which we enter this world, the same as
is Christ our redeemer to the world beyond.
We cannot afford to ignore her, who is the
symbol of the earth and the church of God:
and as we believe in the triumph Of the
church of God we must believe in the
triumph of won IN. She always has and
does now the typ f. the work and power
of God. The wOman's movement mas come
to STAY ] do not believe in the advance
ment of man and the aggregation of woman.
We cannot separate man and woman. She
is not to be idOiZed as a deity. 1t would
seem at times as though men in this age
were endeavOring to make amends for the
shortcomings of their ancestors. If man is
a king, woman is d queen. To idolize her
as some do, however, is but the
other extreme of the treatment
received by her in days past
Why is it that we cannot feel that such
rights as we desire should be extended to
others. The Puritans rebelled against
despotism and fought for their own rights
in Britain, and yet they came here and
ESTABLISHED A RELIGIOUS DEsPOTIsM
l marvel to-day that the women of this
nation cannot see that their sisters here in
Utah have the same rights. Their poets
sing of the liberation of the negro even.
And yet these great champions of liberty
seem to be unable to Sc ebeyond the bounda-
ries of their own state, fail to notice the
outrages that have been perpetrated in
Utah. Women whose names are written
nlg0 on the scroll OF lame, WHO nave sung
for the rights of the black man, have came
here and yet gone away and slandered the
women and the men of Utah.
Mrs. Emily S. Richards.
Many people suppose that the idea of
woman suffrage was inaugurated by few
strong minded women who were anxious
to vote. This is wrong. Behind it all, is
the elevation of woman, the obtaining of
the political and other rights which to her
belong We believe that its influence will
be all important; we believe that it is due
to women that she secure to herself all her
social rights and privileges. Mrs Richards
quoted quite extensively from works on
woman suffrage, showing the objects that
animated the first movers in the matter.
The women of to-day can hardly realize the
changes that have been made within few
wears. Women are capable Of filling all
such light callings as printers, reporters,
editors. photographers, musicians, etc.
During the last campaign women reporters
DID BRIGHTER AND BETTER WORK
tlan the men, and this without any resort
to strong drink TO keep them going. The
advancement that has been made IN the
condition of women during the past few
wears has been the result of the faithful
and arduous labors of a few noble members
of our sex who were not afraid to face OBJ
stacles that would have probably deferred
many from attempting to dc what they
have accomplished. Then, again, woman
has big work in the temperance cause,
and in this she can do greater and better