The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-04-12


man or woman should have the right to be
the equal of each other, if they can.
Women should have more rights before the
law than man, but all we ask is an equal
standing with the other sex. She inveighed
strongly against the habit of women in
spending so much time in frivolity, fash
ions and trashy novels. Speed the day
when woman shall have all her rights, and
knowing, dare maintain.
Mrs. Stanford.
This lady was introduced as the president
of the suffrage association of Ogden. Her
sympathies were with her sisters in this
great movement. Because we say we
| should have right to vote, does not i'm
| ply that we seek political hOnorS; but we
do say that we should have the right TO
select, so far as we can, men to fill public
Offices We are anxious to see those offices
filled by men, but by men who are intelll-
| gent, VirtuOus and GOd-fearing.
Charles W. Penrose.
have been very much pleased at the
proceedings so far. AS Mrs. Stanford has
said, the right to vote and the right to hold
Office are separate and distinct. Yet l be-
lieve that woman is eligible to hold many
Offices and she should be allowed to fill
| them if the voters should select her. Suf-
frage is a privilege conferred by law; it is
not right connected with citizenship, and
| the law making power has the right to put
upon it such qualifications as it may desire.
| l find that the ladies are too apt to confuse
citizenship and suffrage.
SUFFRAGE is NOT A RIGHT,
but a privilege. I will concede that a
woman citizen has Just as much inherent
right to vote as the male has, but the right
to vote is not born with anyone, be it man
or woman. If voting was an inherent right,
one would have a right to vote the moment
he opened his eyes upon this world. He
did not think it was a good policy for
| strong minded woman to get up on the
stand and berate mankind, and then go to
them and ask for privileges. That was not
| the right way to go about it. If the women
of the United States will become alive to
| their rights and seek to obtain them, they
will probably achieve them. 1t is wrong
idea also, this move on the part of the
ladies to obtain an amendment to the Con
| stitution. Suffrage is something that does
not belong to the constitution. | believe
| the majority of the men in Utah are in favor
| of woman suffrage. There was no justice
! in the taking away of the suffrage from the
women of Utah. The day will come when
every woman will obtain all her political
rights. Man is not without the woman,
nor the woman without the man.
Hon. George Q. Cannon.
take great interest in every question
that affects men and women. 1 have al
ways believed that if there should be any
qualifications for suffrage, sex should not
enter Women should have the right to
vote equal with men. have seen very
many ignorant men exercise the right of
suffrage when they knew as little about
| tho pnaCtipnG inUnlVaG q animal and
at the same time intelligent women were
| deprived of that right. | think this is a
great injustice. The question of intemper-
ance, to whom does it appeal most strongly,
who is most deeply interested! The
woman, naturally. 1t has deeper interest
for woman than anyone else. Woman
voice in this and other affairs would doubt
less have most excellent effect. do not
think that because a woman was allowed to
vote she would necessarily be called into
service
IN THE ARMY OR NAVY.
There are those who argue this way, but
I think this is begging the question. l be-
| lieve that there are offices that woman could
| ill, and many that she would not want to
| fill For instance, do not imagine that a
woman would make good constable to ar
rest men, or a sheriff, to hang men. l be-
| lieve the right Of suffrage would broaden
JLlC ulluuS VI INC NOL4CAl VI lLlIo SOu44 u
have never seen any effects in connection
with woman suffrage to deplore. pray
God to bless you in this movement Donot
allow division or jealousy to arise in your
midst, but show to all that you are laboring
for the advancement of a great cause.
Mrs. 7. G. Webber.
At the close of the present meeting an
opportunity will be offered to all ladies who
have not yet joined the Woman's Suffrage
Association Of Utah, to enroll their names
with the secretary. We are anxious to have
all ladies' who are infavor of wOman'S sui
frage ioin. as we expect in a not distant fu-
ture to have restored the franchise which
was so unjustly taken from US few years
since.
The question has repeatedly been asked
why a large enrolment is desirable and
what advantages are to be gained thereby
As briefly as may be | will endeaVor to an
swer.
Our home association is an auxiliary of
the National WOman's Suffrage Association
of the United States. with headquarters at
Washington, who WELD a mighty influence
in the land and we hope, VIII yet WELD
mightier one. Fully believing that
I'm UNION IS STRENGTH"
We have associated ourselves with the
national association, so that we may more
effectively prosecute the aim and end we
have in view. namely, the reimbursement
of women and placing her upon higher
plane politically than she occupies to-day.
To become an auxiliary of the national as
ISOLATION we are required to pay fee OF %
cents each. For the first fifty enrolled
members we are entitled to three delegates,
and for each additional twenty-five mem
bers an additional delegate. Our enroll
ment should be as large as possible, because
we not only want to show to our eastern
sisters that we are in real earnest, and
have the cause of woman'S political adj
vancement at heart, but it gives US greater
influence in the councils of the national as
ISOLATION at the last meeting OF which we
had two delegates to represent US, and am
pleased to say that our cause was most
ably and satisfactorily presented. Our en-
rollment here and the amount OF imitation
fees which our delegates paid for US, emit
tied them to cast nine votes, and although
this NAV seem a small number, still it was
of sufficient Importance to be solicited, and
it helped to decide in our favor
A QUESTION OF VERY GREAT IMPORTANCE.
For the benefit of the associations now
being formed throughout the territory, who
may perchance adopt our present bylaws,
l will say that after having worked under
them for three months, we find that they
need amending. This was under consider
alton at our last executive session, and we
hope soon to complete and publish an
amended and more perfect set.
In placing our initiation fee at % cents
we were laboring under misundeastand-
ing as to the amount per member to be paid
to the national association. Now we learn
that instead of it being % per cent. of our
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