Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-10-19
good judgment ss msn, and In SONS
particulars ure more discriminating as,

| Tor instance on the question OF morals ~
EX-Chief Justice Fisher of Cheyenne,
| Wy. T.. wrote TO the Daily New Eru OF
Lancaster, Pa. December IL, 1888:
81 wish 1 could show the people who
| are so wonderfully exercised Oh the sub
| ject of female suffrage just how il works.
! The woman watch the nominating con-
ventions, and II the Republicans put
bad mau on their ticket aud the Demo
Gratis good one, the Republican women
do NOT hesitate moment in scratching
| of the bau and substituting ths good.
| 1t Is just so with the Democrats. Hence
we uerrly always have O mixture of ofioo
| holders. i have seen the effects OF fe-
male suffrage, and instead of being q
means of encouragement to fraud and
corruption it 'end' greatly to purify
Hen. NJ. c. Brown. United States At.
toruey for Wyoming Territory, says:
"woman suffrage in Wyoming hus ao-
comDlshsd much good aud has harmed
no one. -
Hon. n. L. Andrews. speaker Of the
house of representatives of Wyoming
! (DemocraD said, in 1879:
81 came to this Territory In the foil OF
1871 with the strongest prejudice possible
| against woman suffrage, and decidedly
opposed to it in all its features. Yet will
ing to be fair and candid OIL the subject,
l become close observer of Its practical
results. l have for three successive ses-
sions been houored by All election TO this
legislature of the Territory AMI twius us
| speaker of the house OF representatives
and my opportunities for seeing aud
| judging OF this matter have not been
clrcumscribed; and l can now say that
| ba
the lees my objections have been
realized, and the more it has COM
mended itself to my judgment and good
| opinion. And now l frankly acknowl-
edge that under all my observation il
| has worked we'll, and. has been produce
| tive of much good in our territory, anu
| no evil that have been able TO discern.
| The only wonder to me Is why the stntes
| of the Union have not adopted il long
| ago. The women use the ballot with
| more independence and discrimination
| In regard TO the qualifications of Candi-
| dates than men DO. If the ballot Ia this
hand OF women compels political parties
| TO place their best men i'll nomination,
this. in and of itself, is a sufficient reason
| Tor sustaining woman suffrage.
Mrs. l.. w. Smith. superintendent OF
schools for Carbon county. Wy, says;
"To vote does not require so much
time that it interferes either with house
| hold duties OF with other business. A
woman is more apt to work for the indi-
| vidual than for party. II q candidate is
not correct In character, the entire FEM
| mime vote is against him, irrespective OF
party. This fact renders it n necessity
for each party TO nominate good men, or
their defeat is foregoue conclusion.
The edit of the New York Observer ia
opposed to woman suffrage. He wuntei
some strong testimony against 1t, aud
wrote to n lady of his acquaintance in
Wyoming, the wife OF United States
Judge, and leading member of tho
Presbyterian Church, asking her to write
an account of the practical workings OF
woman suffrage for his paper. She re-
piled:
81 came to Wyoming three years ago
from Missouri, anu brought with me
fully the usual amount of conservatism;
aud | regarded with peculiar suspicion
the idea of woman 3 entering the polit-
ical arena. My observations have ma
terially modified my views upon this sub
ject. The women of Wyoming, and
especially the better class, as highly
prize and as generally exercise the right
of suffrage as do the men. Almost every
lady here is not only rPcOncied to, but
highly gratified with the practical results
of woman suffrage. The only element
that would desire its repeal are the
vicious and corrupt, who fear its power,
and are restless under the restraint &c
helps to impose. The women are less
governed by party considerations than
men, and both political parties have
come 10 recognize the necessity of nomi-
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nominating bad men, If they desire to
succeed
Rev. DR.. B. F. Crazy, presiding elder
of the Methodist Episcopal churches of
Northern Colorado and Wyoming, said.
'sThe statement has been made and
widely circulated that ut the late cleo
ton IN the territory of Wyoming 'no
women voted except those of the baser
sort. l am well acquainted In Wyo-
ming, having charge Of the Methodist
churches OF that territory, and 1 know
from many conversations hpld with
women Of the very highest character,
from statements made 10 me by minis
tiers and by the highest officers of the
territory, and from my own personal as
soclations with editors, lawyers, teachers
and business men, that all such state
ments about the women of Wyoming are
utterly without foundation. The very
best ladies of this territory vote, and, "a
they generally vote on the right side of
all questions, the lies told to their detrl-
ment originate with men of the 'baser
Sort with defeated demngogues and
disappointed strikers and the meanest
kind of politicians, who hate the major
ity OF the women because OF their pure
lives and independent ballots. -
Rev. ] Fl. Burlison, pastor Of the First
Presbyterian church of Laramie City,
says:
81 think no one will say that woman
suffrage has had any bad effect in our
territory. l have never heard of any
woman who considered the right of suf-
frage severe or crushing burden. The
women seem to be glad of the chance to
vote. They have suffered no loss OF re-
spect or consideration, aud they are
fully Us intelligent and independent as
men in the exercise Of their right of suf-
frage.'
Rev. William A. Moore. pastor OF the
African Nj. E. Church of Cheyenne,
says:
mo unpleasantness ia caused in fami-
lies by women 8 voting, go far as 1 know.
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