Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-02-07

beth r Day, Mrs NJ j Raymond, Port
land Mics Atwood, Auburn.
Rev Henry Blanchard Of Portland. chair
man of the Maine Woman Suffrage Associa-
ton, was the first speaker in favor of the
bill. He .aid that should women be allowed
to vote ihey could protect themselves. The
fact that q portion of the women do not rish
to vote is no reason for refusing the franchise
to the great majority who wish it 1t i.
only the women = no do not wish to have an
additional responsibility who oppose the bill.
Mr.. Blanchard hoped that into the bill should
be introduced an educational clause, allow
ing only those women to vote Who can read
and write.
4 Miss Lucy Stone of Boston, said as 10 the
oft re pc ated state ment that women who voted
must nsglect their families, ii was bssed upon
a misappreb ebension of facts. Election day
comes seldom, and were it eftener, man
could enact no Law which could cut the ties
which bind women to their children. When
men ask US If We want 10 be dragged down
into the filthy pool of politics, | think they
laugh in their sleeves. When it comes to =
practical issue women are willing enough
to vote. 1t is only the general idea of
politics which 10 the bugbear Of the remon-
strsnts.
Prof William H. Carruth of the Kansas
| State University was the next speaker, and
| briefly outlined the workings of the law of
that State. At the hrst election in April,
1886, seventy thousand men and thirty thou
sand women voted. Women attended the
caucuses. At meetings of ladies' in some OF
the smaller cities the candidates for mayor
were made to publicly state their position on
the temperance and other questions. OF the
thirty thousand women who voted, with the
a.y,tt,, - fhraa to VI a
upon whose character breath of suspicion
could be cast In Wichita some sixty bad
women voted, in Leavenworth q large num-
Der.
In another election in 1887 of much less
importance about 40 600 men and 10 600
women voted There were about 10000
men and 1870 900 women in the State who
were qualified TO vote. Women are not
often elected to office. Wome have served
acceptably as mayor of two small towns. II
is believed that directly and indirectly the
voting of women has materially strengthened
the republican party in Kansas. The suf
frage bill was passed by the republicans of
the legislature, the democrats voting almost
solidly against it.
Mr.. Henry d. Blackwell, the
husband of Lucy Stone, and Mrs. |
L. NJ. N. Stevens of Deering fol
lowed with remarks in defence of the bill
outlining the effects of similar law in Wy |
oming and Washington territories and the |
commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Thos s. Talbot Esq. rising young law
yer of Portland. and son of Hon. Geo. +.
Talbot. followed with q vigorous remon-
STRANGE He said that as woman could not
bear arms she had no title, sentiment aside
to the ballot Few women asked for the
ba lot and We should be very cautious about
enactng laws upon the doubtful success of
an untinished experiment in the distant State
of Kansas.
The much disputed lobster question came
before the committee on
Fish and Game
yesterday. Baker & Cornish of this city
appeared in behalf of the petitioners for a
change in the existing laws, AMI for the re-
monstrants. T. P. Pierce, Esq. of Rock
land. The desired changes are that the
close time for canniug purposes shall be
between April |, and July 10, instead of be
tween Apr. Is and July |, as at present, and
that the length of HOLSTERS which may be
legally captured shall be reduced from 10
I-2 to 9 inches. Jasper Wyman who has
been extensively engaged the canning busi-
ness at Millbridge testified that under the |
former law, eighteen factories with an an
nual output of $50 900 ware engaged in the
business in his vicinity. Under the present
law but three factories with an output Of
$500 had been in operation. and these said
they would not again attempt to run under |
the present law. The trouble was that not
enough Holsters for canning purposes could
be caus ht, and as the factories consequently |
shut down the tishermes found no sale for
what they did get.
Alfred Hamilton, of Prospect llarbor |
Hancock county, one of the three Gamers
whose factory ran last summer. said he paid
out for Holsters only $1,000 against about
900 in former years.
+. W. Thurlow, Representative from |
Cutler, said that about half the fishermen in
his section were obliged to go out of busi-
ness on account of the new law
G. f. Tilden of Hurricane Isle, . Gamer,
and Leonard T. McLan of Pemaquid, a
fisherman made similar statement as to the
workings of the law.
In the evening the following gentlemen
appeared in favor of the bill
VIM. s Trefethen and Joseph Mckivett
of Portland; Eben L Holmes, Eastport;
). &. Stevens and Reprcs sntative +. p
Cole, of Brooklyn and L. A. Wyman, of
Milbridge.
Representative Cole OF Br00klln, SAID tuat
since the passage of the laws the smartest
fishermen had gone nut of the business and
the others fished but small portion of the
year, finding no market for their fish. OF
the remonstrants from Brooklin only few
had any thing to do with the lobster bust
ness.
This closed the testimony for the petition
ers and the hearing was adjourned till this
afternoon.
The Committee on
State Reform School
gave hearing to the petitioners for separate
religious instruction for the boys of Catholic
parentage in the school.
Bishop Healy of Portland, spoke in favor
of the petition, stating that there were some
forty FIVE Catholic boys in the school who
were deried participation in the rites of their
religion, except in case of sickness
He was followed by preventative
Looney of Portland. Rev. Father Plante
of Augusta aud Rev. FIR. Bradley of Togus
AS remonstrants superintendent Farrilg
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