Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-25
SUFFRAGE.

ulNlhlOu On party lll'H oi tnt lcoHlc |
Of this Territory. That such division
IL fact, incon,rovertiblc and es,ab.
lished, the friends Of good government |
of all parties aud political affiliations
have cause TO rejoice; but more than
all others the women Of Utah. Who
will not sny that they have not been
treated with nsgmut injustice In tie
past from whatever point Of view the
prejudice Of the individual may prompt
him 10 look at ~
First given III. franchise, not as an
act Of Justice, but as means 10 AN end,
they were 10 be used ~ lever In the
hands ola faction for moving deslsn.
They disappointed tho clique, and the
right was suatchcd from them. Great
pains have been taken to impress upon
the sufIragis,s that the right to vote la
conferred right because each State
has the power TO designate conditions;
aud granting that, there are fow, and
those are not American at heart, how
viii say that the right once conferred
any government ON earth has the
power 10 recall It except for specific
aud proven crime.
There IL no honorable man In whose
soul burns true patriotism, who truly
loycs his county, aud the welfare,
honor and fair fame Of that country,
but will rcvlow with deep regret the
mistake that was made when the sacred
vested rights Of American citizens
were wrcnchcd f:om them 10 please u
local faction.
The question has been sneohngly
asked; DWELL, what did the women OF
Utah do for themselves during the
timo they had tho ballot"
They did this They made an
irreproachable record for them.
selves during tho whole seventeen
yeats of their emancipation. They
used with conservative discretion the
precious boon, entering the long shut
doors Of elective responsibility with
caution, and never by one overt act
moriting censure. They placed higher
appreciation upon tho privilege than 10
use IL 10 benefit themselves alone.
They proved that n class they were
~ well Informed rs the average male
citizen, In all that N required Of an
; Intelligent voter. They demonstrated
! that they had the ultimate good Of their
D county ~ much nj heart, and that
they we're loss ruthless In dealing with
the minutlm Of local government IN
! order 10 benefit themselves alone, or 10
Z further the Accomplishment Of purely
, prohlematio good In the future. They
exhibited elections conducted without
. fraud, violence, bribery, trlckery,
a Windy omtions, great expense, or that
disgraccful tendency, 70 largely Amer.
lean and masculine, 10 blast the good
J. name aud fair hmo OF their political
. opponents.
ThAnks 10 the great sistorhood Of
: women Of Amehcnl with whom we
J. will firmly strike hands In this cause,
u there il no longer any need 10 bring
/. forward arguments TO prove the moral,
legal and constitutional right OF woman
10 discharge n citizens duties.
i, The platforms Of the two national
parties, aud 81 the local parties, have
J. been read with Interest, aud the planks
% therein laid down have been carefully
/. weighed aud their tendencies aud bias
n clbsoly scanned, 10 far ~ they affect
tho great question In which the
y women " Utah are No materially in-
tercsted.
The profound silence maintained by
u the yetcmns Of suffrage during the 10.
I. cent agitation gives them the badge
n OF stnteswomanship. II was desir-
- able that theru should be chance
given for truth 10 come 10
W the surface, anu for partio. TO do
n clare themselves. In no other way
lr could SINGER. expression have been
a. u L. H.. a
minds Of peTsonB understanding the
Df situation, though the ladies could have
=, brought a pressure 10 bear upon each
" party that would have forced from II
N n specific declaration Of principles on
= the suffrage question; hut the women
N themselves would always have been
M In doubt as 10 whether the expressions
were Of conviction aud principle,
70 or concessions 10 tine'serving expedi.
ency.
Gentlemen OF the Democratic party,
10 gentlemen Of the Republican party,
Of gentlemen OF the Literal party, you
10 have missed glorious opportunity 10
a declare yourselves the friends Of pro-
gressive thought, Of Justice, and OF
d American liberty, by falling 10 define
ID the ground upon which you stand
10 with relation 10 the grandest problem
n Of government given to the pe0-
" pie OF this generation TO solve.
As II II, the Republicans say In
k section 9 OF thelr platform;
r. ave are opposed To the dlsiranohlso.
N ment VI any clifton except for crime for
" which he shall have been convicted by
u due process OF law
l. That Is the nearest approach 10 the
r vital question. While we agree with
a the sentiment We dispamge the pro.
IN nown, but rather account II a matter OF
usage than deliberate barring out Of
the majority Of the disfranchlsed class
A. The Democrats say Ia their first rcso.
A. luton after the platform;
n "we favor tho restoration Of the iran.
!, clise 10 all DISTINGUISHED citizens OF Ia,
~ United Statos who will obey tho laws o
II the United Stales.n
10 AS women were not accused OF Grim,
n when distranchised, and ~ genera
N thing are not accused OF being the yors
: or most aggressive class Of malefaclors
&c perhaps the wide skirts OF this splendid
sentiment eau be spread out /,