Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-03-27

position which he had taken in regard TO the
territories was an advanced one. In the last
Congress he had favored the admission of tho
four new states. At this session ne had intro
duced an omnibus bill because he thought that
all the territories
SHOULD BE TREATED FAIRLY AND EQUALLY
The Wyoming bill gave women the right Of
suffrage. The Idaho bill deprived the Nor
mons, men and ::women, of the right to vote.
The reason for this was that in Wyoming the
Mormons voted the republican ticket while in
Idaho it was suspected that they voted the
democratic ticket. Mormonism was no objec-
tlon to the admission of state except when
the people having that belief we're suspected
OF having desire to vote the democratic ticket.
He believed that if the Mormons of L tab would
vote with the republicans the gentlemen on the
other side would railroad a bill through the
House for the admission Of that territory as =
state.
He criticised the provisions of the Wyoming
constitution and charged gross irregularities
in the adoption of that constitution. 1t had no
binding force, no validity, no authority, except
what was given it by Congress; and would the
House give it q validity which the law had de-
MED to it? He did not desire to delay the ad-
mission Of Wyoming into the Union at the
earliest time practicable, but he insisted that
its admission should be after the most careful
consideration by the people of the territory
and after mature deliberation by the Congress
VI tHe lnlteO states.
WYOMING ZEPnYR.
1t was said by the majority as an excuse for
the small vote which had been cast for the
constitution that there was driving snow
storm and tremendous gale. which had kept
the people from the polls. He created much
merriment and applause on tho democratic
side by quoting from the meteorological re-
turns to show that the tremendous gale which
had kept the people from the polls had been a
gentle breeze of one mile an hour, and the
driving snow storm had dwindled down to q
small furry.
IN BEHALF OF WYOMING.
Mr.. Struble Qowa) denied that the people of
Wyoming had acted in violation of any law in
the adoption of the constitution. He opposed
the proposition that the constitution should be
sent back to those people with the declaration
of the House that Wyoming would not be ad.
mltted until they took care that no innovation
was made in regard TO woman suffrage.
Mr.. Grosvenor (Ohio) said the democratic
party since the fall of slavery and since it had
ceased to admit states in order to keep up the
practice of slavery, had always opposed the
admission of states. Hostility, either open and
declared, as now. or covert or insinuated. as in
the Flftieth Congress, had always been the
policy OF the democratic party.
on THE QUESTION OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE
he called attention to the fact that there was
nothing in the United States Constitution which
prevented any state from providing for such
suffrage. A vote here in favor of the admis-
sion of Wyoming by no means meant that the
voter was an adherent of the doctrine of female
suffrage doctrine which he was not much
alarmed about.
AN AMENDMENT VOTED DOWN.
At i O'Clock the previous question was Or
dered.
Mr.. Springer, on behalf of the minority of
the committee, offered an amendment provid-
ing for another convention called under the
authority of an act of Congress. Lost-yeas,
13l; nays, 1873.
MIR. Dunnell of Minnesota and Mr.. Sherman
OF New York voted with the democrats in the
affirmative.
ANOTHER AMENDMENT OFFERED.
MIR. Springer then offered an amendment
providing that there shall be an election in
Wyoming on the Tuesday after the first Mon
day in November next for Representative to
the flfty-first and Fifty-SecOnd Congresses
and for state and judicial Offices. The consti-
tuition shall be voted upon, and, if the vote is
against female suffrage, that feature shall be
eliminated from the constitution.
This was also lost-yeas. l33; nays, 139-Mr
Dnnnell (Minn.) and Mr.. Van Schaick wis. }
voting with the democrats.
AGAINST FEMALE SUFFRAGE
Mr.. Springer then offered his last amend
ment, which strikes out the clanse of the Wyo-
ming constitution providing for female suf-
frape