The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-03-01

| legislator who spoke and voted against wo-
| man suffrage in the legislature of 1875. re-
| piled. Then he was against woman suffrage
because he did not think woman had the
clared, 81 have come to the conclusion that
| this Is not a matter Of muscle but OF brains.
| Now, women have just as much brains and
more conscience. l believe there are few
men in this house who, in matters OF morals
and conscience do not rely more upon the
Judgment Of their wives and sisters than
upon their Jwn. am In favor OF the meas
ure and hope Ii will pass"
Representative Hall G. Burleigh Of Vas
salboro, wished to add In favor Of woman
suffrage bit Of his own experience. He
knew certain community where there were
twenty widows who paid tax on about six
ty thousand dollars. There were also in that
community twenty young men who did not
widows did on thousands. Yet each town
meeting day the young men calmly met and
voted away the money Of the windows. He
did not think this was right. The women
should have the opportunity to vote.
ON MT; T. Talbot said he did not propose to ar
Of the judiciary committee he had been in
structed to make the report against the meas
ure. he also was representative of the
people Of the State, the female as well as the
male part And Ia order 10 define his posi-
tion he would have to go back little. Two
years ago he had voted In favor of consti-
tut'onal resolve to give the suffrage to
women. SO had his honored seatmate Mr..
his posoa Needed as le'
Talbot held that the constitution Of
the State was intended TO define care
fully the privileges of the suffrage. And
neither In that instrument nor in the debates
upon it is there trace to show that woman
suffrage was ever thought Of To amend that
constitution, Mr.. Talbot was willing. But
the friends OF woman suffrage had not asked
for that. They had asked the present bill
which did not confer suffrage upon woman,
but only upon some women, such as could
read and write, and even upon that favored
class only limited suffrage. Moreover,
those who appeared before the committee ad
mitted that the majority of women in this
State did not demand the ballot. 1t should
also be remembered that the majority Of
those who appeared before the committee
were residents of other States Then great
influence should be allowed to the remon-
strants, who in great numbers bad protested
against the infiction Of the ballot AS to the
argument that women are taxed and there
fore should be allowed to vote, Mr.. Talbot
said that property was not at the foundation
OF the right OF suffrage Granted that it
was, however, would anything be gained un-
der this principle by allowing the women to
vote? With the suffrage as 1t Is, the man of
property as regards taxes is at the mercy of
a large number of men of no property so far
as taxation is concerned How much worse
would 1t be when the greater proportion of
women without property were admitted to
the suffrage.
Mr. Peakes moved that when the vote be
taken 1t be by yeas and nays, and 1t was so
voted tst
The House then proceeded to vote, the
question being upon the substitution Of the
minority vote, favorable to woman suffrage)
for the majority (unfavorable).
The yeas and nays were as follows:
YEAs-Achorn, Allen of Mercer, Berry Brooks
Burleigh, Clark of Saco, Closson,I Cook. Curtis
Of Perkins, Dickey. Doe, Edgecomb. Eells. Engei,
Frees, Glover. Goodwin, Gordon, Grindle OF Mt.
Desert. Grindell OF Hallowell, Hawkins, Hichborn,
ingalls,, Joy kaler, Lombard, McCabe, Marden,
Sweetzer, Warren Of Castine, Weed Wentworth,
whitten Of Lee, Winter, Woodsum.
NAYs-Adams of Belgrade, Adams OF Limerick,
Allen Of wellington, Andrews. Barker, Bennett,
Bird, Bither, Burnham, CAIN Carson, Chad
bourne, Chaplain. Clason, Cloutier, Cole, Cote
Crosby, Curtis Of Paris Dame Dane, Danforth.
Emerson. Ferguson. Field, Fiske, Fogg, Foster
Fox, Frank, lFrench. Clifford, Gowen, Green,
Hamilton, Hanley, HeaId, Hill Of Augusta,
Hill Of Mars Hill, Hinckley, Hovey, Hutchins,
Jordan OF Webster, Jordan Of Waltham, Keegan.
MMsishgsS Mi,nss Msllss Mansy nne Marshall Maxim
Murch, Nash. Nealley. Newcomb, Newton,
Novel;, 0Brien, Palmer, Pattangall, Peaks PEN
dlet0n Plummer Poor, Pottle, Race, Robinson
Shaw, Sheahan, Smith, Stearns Talbot, TAYLOR
Thomas, Thurlow, Tilton. Turner, Vickery War
rem OF Deer Isle, Wheeler, Whitten OF Portland,
WIlour, Wing, Wiswe.-42 yeas, 80 nays.
Paired-Looney lyes.I