, 1889-08-15

a big black ian to Ii er machinery for ex-
pressing her emotions This was merely
matter of keeping faith as he under
stood 1t, with the people, who elected
this convention and who meant to have
TINS question settled quickly. Female
Moore explained the action of the com.
mittee and thought the method pro-
posed was right, that tho people should
vote ON this in 1890. If the project was
defeated, then In every subsequent elec.
ton as the question of constitutional
amendments Iarose, these people can
whenever they are strong enough, get
ther views put into laws.
sullivan of Tacoma endorsed tho yiews
81 Judge Turner, and further explained
the views OF the committee Of which he
was chairman. Female was reasonably
tranquil while he was on his feet.
warner wanted TO ask question.
-, Inc Chair--Does the gentleman from
lioche (5uliiyan) yield The floor TO the
gentlemanf lWarner.)
suiliyaR-l yield the floor for the pur-
pose OF the question.
The Chaiy-You can't do that; you
must yield generally or not al all.
suhivan-Then,c certainly don't yield
generally.
go Warner sat down.
Sullivan proceeded with his argument
m favor OF the submission of the ques-
tion next year TO the people.
STILES said IL We were going to give the
legislature power to fix the qualiflca-
lions to the elective franchise lin one in
stance, then, to be consistent, we should
amend the section so as to leave all
quaiihcations TO be fixed by the legisl lat
ufe. The handkerchief went UP again
accompanied by an expression OF agita-
ton, but y didn't seem 10 hit Stile any.
where On this particular matter OF
election, he would be
| ENTIRELY SATISFIED
If at this proposed election OF at any
other, the people by an overw helmin Z
majority should vote in favor oil
woman suffrage. That is, oil he wanted
was that the wishes oil the people should
Griftitts offered substitute as fol.
lows: THE Legislature may provide for
the extension OF suffrage to other per-
tion."
Commenting OH this remark of bis
honorable colleague from Spokane:
Where the stock in trade politically for
years had been anti-woman suffrage, ("
that more than two to one of the peopls
susse sss territory were oBg9ssd to woman
such doctrine and characterised the
statement as unfair and an improper
effort to make an argument resting only
on MS personal state ment, and the only
way 20 answer II Is to contradict il, and
80 II deny every word he said" I'm
msnse hilarty on the countenance and a
regular ssar-spangled banner flourish Of
the Handkerchief Of the excitable To-
male As to the peoples desires, his
tory for the hast few years would see n
to declare that they were largely In favor
OF woman suffrage, and he believed they
were in favor OF submitting the question,
at their next election.
Prosser was woman suffregist, out
and out, and he proposed 90 settle the
question in the only way that IL could
ever be settled, and that was by referring
y 70 the people. He was not surprised
that the friends of woman sutiraes
wanted TO take this question out of the
confusion Of the election this fall and
postpone 1t ono year, and he could sec
no objection to such action. He ad.
niitted that he was elected ON q tacit un.
derstandirg that woman suffrage shonld
be
sKPARATELY SUBMITTED,
out there was no understanding as to
the time when females lips working
violently, but nothing audible---expres.
sion, disgust. Cosgrove did not favor
pose TO announce whether he was or was
not female suftrsgist. Neither had
ne criticised the motives of any member
OF the supreme court, although the gen.
tieinan from Spokane (Turner) had
sentimentally brought a deceased MEM
per OF that court into this de-
Pate pate All he proposed 10 say ON
lieve that the decision was law,
though possibly this result was due to
the weak presentation of the woman
suhragist side of the question.
Dyer was opposed to'ehe amendment
and stood by the report ofthe committee.
Goldman thought this amendment WAS
very far reaching; thar it allowed the
Legislature. 10 extend the franchise TO
minors, aliens or Indians, and that was
too far. lie did not wish 10 leave this
question unsettled or as shuttle cock
to be bettied back and forth between
successive legislatures, So without de-
cllrlng himself on the woman suffrage
question, he opposed this particular
pro position.
Moore moved the previous question,
but the chair ruled that the convention
was proceeding as committee of the
whole, and tha + motion was out of
order.
Stiles said that this proposition was
IN effect, to strike out all the
QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTERS
expressed In this article and leaye It
wholly with the legislature.
warner said he came to do all he
could 10 get this question submitted
this fall, and as II seemed that he could
not do that, he should vote to leave IL to
the legislature.
Sturdevant wanted TO give the people a
rest on the question over which they
had been agitated these many years
and he should vote to give the people q
chance on that question Just a. early as
possible. So he opposed all that amend
ment.
Eshelman favored all the amendments
or any other amendment that pointed
to so NOBLE an act as the enfranchise-
ment OF the women of this territory.
Female and handkerchief fiuttered In
exuberant glee.
Lillis wanted these amendments dc
feated and said that the report of the
committee should stand. The people in
his section Of the state were divided on
this question, and the only way to settle
IL was to let the people vote.
The char modified his previous ruling
and informed Moore that he couid move
the previous question.
Moore didn't care to- and Turner
moved recess until O. o'clock. Carried.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
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