The Iola register., 1890-08-01

treasury $3.50. 900; due, no doubt in some
measure, to woman's economy in many
minor expenditures. And yet her edu-
cational and charitable institutions are
well sustained.
And now, Wyoming has been admit
ted into the sisterhood of States with
woman suffrage provision in her consti-
tuition. She has been duly warned that
this proviso would probably block her
chance for admission, but her wisest
politicians said: 1--WE will take the no
BILE women, who have endured with us
Union with us, or we will remain Ter
ritory until there are manly men enough
in Congress to admit us together"
Fortunately there was sufficient num-
Der there already to pass the bill,
though after much opposition and pro-
longed debate, in which the old plati-
tudes that have been answered hun
dred times were made to do duty once
more. The frivolous objections we hear
on both sides of the Atlantic in Eng
land and America alike, are un-
worthy of gentlemen who have had
the advantage of collegiate education,
drilled in science, philosophy, history
and logic. 1t is fair to suppose that
they present the best arguments they
can find, hence we must attribute their
failure. not to any lack of native
strength, but to the paucity of the ma
terial at hand on that side of the ques-
ton. az Es
The history of Wyoming should close
the debate on this subject, as we now
have abundant facts of long standing to
contradict all the absurd suppositions
and soul-harrowing prophecies of the
opposition. I
In his last speech given at Harvard
College, Wendell Phillips, or prophet,
orator and seer, in speaking of the des-
tiny of woman, said: ''The first glimpse
we get of Saxon blood in history is that
line of Tacitus which reads, In all
grave matters we consult our women
Years hence, when robust Saxon sense
has flung away Jewish superstition and
Eastern prejudice, and put under it's
foot fastidious scholarship and squeam-
ish fashion, some second Tacitus from
the valley of the Mississippi will answer
to him of the seven hills, In all grave
matters we consult our women" This
prophecy, made only nine years ago, is
already fulfilled. The statesmen of
Wyoming have indeed echoed back from
under the very dome of our capitol that
in oil Tor
women:" yea, more, beyond the valley
of the Mississippi they have planted
republic where the matriarchate,. or
mother age, shall be realized once
more.
Though by inheritance we would share
in all the conquests of our fathers, from
their landing on Plymouth Rock until
now, though rightful heirs of North
America from sea to sea, yet we gladly
yield it all for that holy land, called
Wyoming, redeemed from the great
American Desert, where at last women
may enjoy the blessings of sclf-govern-
ment. 1t is small spot, we own, COM
pared with the vast possessions that
should be ours; but Palestine on the
eastern map looks smaller still, yet the
great doctrine of human equality was
uttered there by Him whose life was
one great sacrifice. Through all these
centuries, that thought waited by winds
and waves round and round the globe,
has found no living echo to its truth un-
til now. Wyoming answers back, and
the daughters of people who have also
touched the depths of self-sacrifice, have
come up through great tribulations to
join in the chorus, Equal Rights to
ALL"
The Saxon race is destined, believe,
to carry the new gospel of women's
equality to all the nations on the earth. |
Thus far, England and America have |
kept pace, step by step, in this direc-
tion, and 1 venture to predict that |
the sunlight now shining on the noun
tain tops of Wyoming, will soon giId |
the venerable dome of st. Paurs.
The pilgrims of the future will not be |
mourning saints weeping around the |
of the dark past, but happy |
multitude, seeking westward the one
bright star in our constellation of |
States; rejoicing in risen humanity,
redeemed from poverty and ignorance,
and free from the hateful spirit of caste
and class; to live evermore under a
truly parental government, united
head, eC ual in power and glory.