The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-08-28
A NEW DEAL


II remember" said an old railroad
man as he sat In crimson velvet easy
chair in the Laramie Boomerang office,
and rested his feet on the FURNISHED
fender, ''how in SO. when l was in the,
Wyoming Legislature, the woman suf-
frage bill came up for action. and was
referred to a committee Of three. l.
was selected as one, and an old miner
and a cattle man made up the balance.
1t was an act to grant to the women Of
Wyoming Territory the right OF SUI
frage and to hold Office. 1t was, of
course, new deal. and we didn't know
exactly what the effect would be on the
Territory. As chairman of the COM
mittee, said to the other two men,
bers. when we had tackled the measure:
Gentlemen, this is pretty important
move. 1t is kind OF a wild train on q
/, single track. and we've got to keep our
eye peeled or we'll get in the ditch. It's
a new conductor making his first run.
He don't know the stations hardly, and
he feels as If there was a spotter on ev-
cry coach beside Female suffrage
changes the management and it may
put the whole outfit in the hands OF a
receiver in year. We can't tell when
Wyoming Territory will be side
tracked. with a lot of female conductors
running the train. and female master
mechanic, and female division SUPER
intendent, and a lot Of giddy girls at
the brakes I tell you. we want to con-
slider this thing pretty thoroughly. OF
course, we get our time-check when
the session closes, and we don't care
much; but il Wyoming gets a hot-box
hereafter, or telescopes some other
Territory. folks will point us out and
say there's where the difficulty is. We
sent choice aggregation of railroad
men. miners and cattle-men down here
to Cheyenne, thinking we had car
load of statesmen to work up this thing
for us; and here we are without any
law or any gospel in the whole domain.
I'm in favor Of the move, and if the rest
OF you couple on with me, we'll hand
In our report and get our orders
1.-The stockman didn't have much to
say. He just said: Mr.. Chairman, !
don't talk very much. Pm poorly cal
culated to paralyze the throng with ma
tive eloquence. l tell you. talk is in
expensive, anyhow. agree with the
chair that we want to be familiar with
the range before we go wild like lot
OF Texas cattle just off the trail. travel
ing one hundred miles day and filling
ourselves up with poison weed and
other peculiar vegetables. We want
to consider what we're about, and act
with some judgment. When we turn
this maverick over to the Governor
70 be branded. we want to know
that we're corraling the correct an
imal. You can't lariat broncho
o mule with clothes-line sometimes, and
after we've run this bill in and got il
In the shute, we might want to pay
four or FIVE good men to help us let go.
However. shall vote for it as it is, and
take chances on the roundup Passing
. ILL is like buying a brand on the
range. anyhow You may tally ahead.
and you may get everlastingly left with
aAliitle withered bunch Of Texas frames
Hat there is no more hope Of fatting
than there would be OF fatiing a veloci.
pede.' ~ttA ~\\EN
The member from the mining dis.
Ttrict said: Mr.. Chairman. l dom,
know what kind OF fist the women
will make Of politics. but Tn prepared
~ invest with the surface indications.
], may be true fisslre move. and il
may be a doggon slide. We can't tel
ill we 60 down on it All We can d.
Is to prospect around and see that We
comply with the United States law ant
the law OF the district about locations