The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-13
STATE ELECTIONS.
This Article Now Ready for
the Constitution.
SPEECH ON WoMsS SrsFRssE
The Article ON Siaes and Mfsiue
nsssresss and state Medicine
Alec Adopted.
SPEECH ox woxsx srsrRAex


Aytasse tsn elections and elective right
1ne article was read - . v hoas. add Ihr,
she preamble and tIfsf secrien wexe sSke,
/ Mp.
QUALIFICATIONS OF RIxeruss.
All MAKE persons OF the age Of twenty
ore Years 81 ovts possessing the follow ssi,
qualifications shall ae entitled u ys,s. /.
All elections.
-SEcTIoS l. They shall be citizens al III
tnifef states: provided, that Indians NO
/ taxed shall never te allowed the eiYesiy,
franchise: provided further, that eli maj,
1 persons = no ~ the time Of the adoption. I,
this constitution are qualified electors Z.
the territory shah be eetors.' .
sec : They shall hare lived In III,
stsfe one Year. and in the county nlnSs,
days, and In the city, town. ward or pr,.
esnct thirty days immeiisrely preeexfip,
the election a. which they offer 10 vote.
/ ELDgfDeR on WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Eidridge moved that the word s.Fs,a,e'
be staicken from the section. He fhea
started on woman suffrage speech. say
I ing be would regret II the state OF Wass
\ ing GA shonl3 take n Backward step II
| fnis matter. He Eern!iiasd the member
/ fEst fney had taken an oath 90 do WA
had never yet been done by sny state
grant equal rights To al ne cited ID,
Declaration Of Independence that all mel
were created eQuat, deriving their ,us
y
" hat Is the use OF the word mem IL 4
always understood in generic sense. aus
l TO tnclu.ie women The consent Of IN.
governed is nees sssry 10 form Just govern
| ment, aad woman is an essential par-
os tie governed. IL follows as .
natural sequence that woman is entitled
10 the right OF snsfFsge. The ennditior
that man has ordained they should occupy
Was hot the position the creator intended
them 90 occGpy. The women of Washing
ton for the last quarterof . century have
been pe;ifioning for their righ's"
The sps aker went on 10 nsrrste the his
tory OF the woman suffrage mosemen nj fu
Washington. He claimed that the .w
Was still npon the sfate.e books, and was
the law OF the land. He denied tn. legal.
ity of the teeisson which had anuulaed
that ias. He spoke of the Repuhliean
aud Democratic parties. aud the
stand they hal taken on suffrage
eiarei. were ss binding now as
tn. y were then. Every delegate here rer,
resen,s o or the other of tilese rarties
He wanted to hnow by what right The.
weat back on that declarations: and he &c.
cn>ed both parties Of IN. king the ssee'a-a-
fioD to catch votes. TIE enabling act limits
the figh' Of -Gfffase. he sa;d, 10 males o,.iv
al the fsrst e,eegion, aisd the committee had
the Eigat 10 20 what 1t pleased thereafter.
rcstrie e oDly 10y the proyi.o tbat voters
must be citizens. hr then reviewed the
decis!oa OF the supreme cuusts, and com
larcd var oss prece5ents therein quoted
de claimed that uatii the decision If the
VA hington supreme eours was reversed
by the supreme court of the United States
the women OF Washington were as well en-,
titied 10 vote as any member of this con-
vention.
The speaker further urged the policy.
aiii spoke OF the relation Of the owners of
Ia f.,f "a II.
spoke oi heredity and natural s@ieeti N.
and a-guei that II womaa were given the
ballot she would enter the race u! life on
an equal footing with man.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE DEFEATED.
The speaker was ON the Il sor over sn
hour. There were no other speakers. an }
when he finished the vote was taken aud
the motion 10 strike out the word males
was lost.
OTHER AMENDMENTS REJECTED.
Hicks submitted as a substitute for the
preamble and first tso sections of tie ar
tiale the fo.iowin
SECTION l. All male persons resident OF
this staie, of the age of 2l Yeas and
upwards, who shail be o qualified eleetor
under the laws OF the territory q; the time
OF the adoption of this constitution. or
who shall have resided in the state one
year aud III the city, town. ward or PIE
ciast thirty days next preceding ans cleo
'ion, aud belonging To either of the follow
ing classes. shall be deemed a qualified
elector af such election:
First, oitiztus of the United States: sec
ond, persons Of foreign bitth who shall
have declared their iutenton to become
eitizf ns oi the United rtates conforrnably
to the laws thereof lost.
Garysy moved 20 amend a. follows.
SECTION /. kvrrv male person of the age
Of II years Or over, poe sessins the qualities
a, a
10 vote at ell elections" lost
on motion OF t,riisiits. the preamble and
section one were combined into one see
tioa To ise known as section /. The section
was then passed
WOMAN SUFFRAGE At SCHOOL ELECTIONS
The clerk then read the following:
see ,. The les stature may provide that
there shall be no denial OF The elective
franchise al any school eleeticn ou account
of s. X.
Eshelmsn moved 10 add "or municipal"
after school, bat withdrew IL.
Dunbar oisred the following: Strike
out the words at any school election in
line >.
DUNBAR on WOMAN SUFFRAGE
Dunbar said tha, had the roll been called
on the pfppoSitioa ta strike out male" he
would have voted no. because his consiitn-
cnts wanted the matter submitted separ-
ately Iu this case ne believed that the
legislature should have power - extend
the franchise 10 women when pop
ular claims demand It,
Cosgroye did not want the franchise 60
b. thus vested IA the constitution. Bnt be
deemed IL worse to leave the ones ion
open 20 the legislature He had no re-
sps CT for lEe supreme court decision de
claring unconstitutional woman suffrage.
WANTS IT LETT 10 rHE LEGISLATURE.
Grit.ifts was opposed To submitting the
iussfson TO the people at tnis time. bat
vas strongly In favor of leaving the qucs-
sion open - future lesisair,n, fn bis
taiud the extension al the right af saff.a3e
eau.e The time might cstae when Il woufi
sse necessary to call ufoa the women 81
remedy any exis ing evils. lie had only
that measure 0f rcsprs't for the decision al
the supreme court that sny lawyer has.
ruRSKB ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
Turner ssid he had no doubt the
members of that august tribunal
would feel very mneh eistusted II
sf1ey were present ~ hear the expression,
of ,fisrespert ia 1t efnausted from csrfsiu
sn.rsts.rs These speakers hsd poseihiy
Eargaste8 tAst tbs &C judges were high
raiadesi sas II, removed from toe iBfiuemcs
s,f popular csaHur. whs had sts1lsred ~hai
their convictions tauxhf ;ht m was risht
and "A 10 tilan't go before toe people max
inr misreprsscn stions for reilsicsl capital
ri nv co league Mr sirif5ttsl had tol6 iat
ras,s..iss before election he uoai6 support
tstfs motion ne would nes have gos,en ~
ysssss spokane cauafs wants the ms tsi
left 70 The people, ard II was EDAerst o..
tsat safh actson ID be taken" wneg
q Fusinrlfy of he people. nscn sad wagnes
waE.fe4 Suffrage he wcus1 10 What N
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seeple we're opposed - u. The .psofes;
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