, 1890-03-27
NHE BATTLE BEGUN.
Opening Debate on Wyoming's
Admission Bill.
Woman Suffrage the Great
Bone of Contention.
The Matter May Reach a Head
This Morning,

WASHINGTON, March 26.-The com
mittee on rules reported a resolution max
ing the Wyoming admission bill the
special order for today. with a recess to
be taken at $50 in the afternoon until IL
o'clock tomorrow, the previous question
to be considered ordered at | O'Clock.
Adopted and the Wyoming bill was taken
up.
Baker of New York submitted an argu
ment in support of the measure.
Barnes of Georgia opposed the bill be-
cause he believed there were gross irregu-
lsrities in the adoption of the constitution
of Wyoming; because he believed the
territory did not contain the population
requisite, and because there was ineorpo
rated in the constitution features based
upon the subject of female suffrage an
tagonistic to Republican institutions.
Carey of Wyoming made a strong plea
Tor the admission of the territory. He
commended that its constitution was
adopted by a free and fair vote. Its citi-
zens and population were sufficient. He
defended the provision in the ~constitu
ton extending the right of suffrage to
women. He said President Harrison had
endeared himself to the people of Wyo-
ming by observing the spirit of the Re-
publican national platform respecting the
app ointment of territorial residents to
territorial Offices and with more manhood
than his predecessor. saying no to the
Eas ern Office seeker. Neither political
party could make a point by ~obstructing
the admission of Wyoming. She had
the people. she observed the laws, she
had no factional quarrels. Wyoming was
young and enterprising and would
hasten to Overtake the older states and
help them bear the burdens of govern
ment.
Dockery (Dem } OF Missouri opposed
the bill. 1t was nothing more or less
than a partisan measure, designed to per-
petuate the power of the Republican
party. 1t was like the Idaho bill, and
should be called a bill to add three cleo
toral votes and two senators to the Re
publican column in 1892
Oates Dem J of Alabama opposed the
measure because it proposed to give
women the right to vote and IN ide at
tendance at schools compulsory.
Dunnell (Rep J of Minnesota was in
clined to vote against the bill on account
of the woman suffrage clause.
Washington Dem of Tennessee at
tackled the woman suffrage clause. aHd
nclu tnat tue people OF w yOmlnR mad
violated a provision of the act of organi-
zation limiting suffrage to white male sui
frage. Women might be sent from Wyo-
ming to the senate.
E. B. Taylor OF Ohio-DJn't you think
that to put a good woman into tie senate
might help it some2 Laughter.
Washington Il the gentleman himself
were in the senate [ might adm it his
proposition.
Kerr iRep) OF Iowa thought the OPP
ponents Of the bill 10 bad strlits when
they fell back tor objection upon the
suffrage provision. /,
Kelley rep of Kansas said he would
not be frightened if a woman had a seat
on the floor OF the house AMI perhaps it
would result in benegt.
Morey (Repl of Ohio favored the bill
and advocated the civil and legal enfran
chisement Of women in all the states of
the Union. After further debate the
house took a recess until IL o'clock to-
morrow.
Bills for the erection of public build
ings were to day reported to the house by
the committee on public buildings ss fol
follows: Spokane Falls, Wash, site for
buildings, 500. 900; Stockton, Cal, $75,
600: Helena, Mont, $l25, 900.