, 1890-06-26
Wyomiug's Admission Bill Con-
sidered in the Senate.
Senator Vest Speaks in 0ppo-
sition to it.
He Doesn't Favor Woman Suf-
frage and Other Features.
Senator Platt Warmly Com
mends the Measure.
But an Effort to Bring the
Matter to a Vote
Is Lost Through an Objection
Followed by Adjournment.
The Bill Before the Senate.

Inc Bill Before the senate.
Special Dispatch to The Leader.
DENVER, Colo, June 25.-Following
is the special report to the Rocky Noun
tain Netos Of the debate on Wyoming in
the senate today:
The report of the committee on terrific
ries was read. Mr.. Vest opposed the bill.
He knew that. in the past, some states
had been admitted with small population.
because of sectional or party emergencies,
but there was no such emergency existing
now. The Republican party had a major
ity of eight in the senate today. If it is
possible at any time TO appeal to the de-
liberate, calm aud non-partisan Judgment
of the senate. it should be possible at this
time, aud yet he distrusted the effect of
any such appeal. He referred to Wyom
ing as having a population of not over co.
900 scattered over an immense area of97,-
900 square miles, but as they have woman
suffrage 10 Wyoming, at least one-third OF
the voters were women, which would leave
1900 male voters.
Mr.. Vest went on to say that he would
not vote for the admission of Wyoming
with its present constitution permitting
woman suffrage. He never would vote to
admit iuto the Union any state which per-
mitted Woman suffrage. In his Judgment
woman suffrage was a~ntagonisuc to the
spirit aud institutions Of the American
people and was utterly ~antagonis.ic to the
ideas OF the government which the IA
theirs had made and left. He deploreo
Tho axVap.tnn nf a, Nro-a - l. -
in the south aid SAID that no intelligent
man today would give it to them. He
himself wo"ld no more give them the
right Of suffrage than he would give .
deadly weapon 10 a child and certainly he
would not give it to the colored women
who were far more impulsive, though less
dangerous. than the men. Another OBJ
lection which Mr.. Vest made to the con-
stitution of Wyoming was that it gave
the right OF holding property to aliens.
Referring Gas an indication of the lack of
interest in this subj, ct) to the falling off
of ten thousand votes in the vote for the
constitution as compared with the vote
for delegate in 1858, and to the explana-
ton made of it by the committee that it
was on account of the stormy weather,
MIR. Vest said that the reports in the
signal Office showed the day was rather a
pleasant one.
Mr.. Edmunds-The signal Office is gen.
orally and uniformly wrong. as for in
stance We were told Yesterday that there
would be fearful thunder showers in this
town. So | am inclined to think that the
committee IS right and the signal office as
usual was wrong.
Mr.. Vest-I confess there is some un-
certainty about the weather as well as
about politics A good many ~prophesies
were made about the time of the last
presidential election that have not turned
out to be true.
Mr.. Edmunds-Yes you prophesled
evil and good came.
Mr.. Vest-As to whether good has
some or not | am willing to take the verdict
OF the Republican party itself and il the
degree of sublime satisfaction with the
administration hat exists in this chamber
be any Indication there has been very
great disappointment as to the political
weather
Mr.. Platt said that Wyoming has as
good a right to admission as a state as any
territory that was ever admitted in the
whole history of the country. He was sur
prised that a gentleman so devoted to
.'home rule" should not be willing to al
low a territory to decide the question of
woman suffrage for itself. He believed
that the population OF Wyoming was
nearer l25 600 than 100. 900. In conclu-
sion Mr. Plat spoke of the great resources
OF Wyoming, and said that, with irriga
ton, it could support 10, 900, 0G0 of peo
pie. 1t had a soil as fertile as the Nile
valley. All that it wanted was to have
water turned on to it In fact, it had more
more coal under it than Pennsylvania
ever had, and of an excellent quality,
and it was now being developed. but
above all it had a true manhood that was
ready to grapple with all the problems, to
develop all its resources, and to add not
only to its wealth, but to the wealth of
the republic.
At the close of Mr.. Platt's remarks he
made an effort to have a vote on the bill,
but Mr. Vest objected and moved au ad-
journment. and the senate adjourned.