Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1892-05-26


the experiment Of woman suffrage
would he successful or not the cxpe-
rience IN Wyoming, where women
have voted for everything that men do
during the last % wears. should settle
aud remove that doubt. The details
OF this "eNpeIIment' are given by Mrs.
Lucy Stone in signed editorial To the
/ Boston S,nday Ghje of Mar. 20th
She SAYS:
/ In Wyoming full suffrage was grant
ed 10 women IN 1869. Every govern
or OF Wyoming since then has testified
/ to lis good results. Governors Of Ter
ritorie. are appointed by the President
not elected by the people. These men
We're not dependent un the women's
votes hence their testimony is Impair
tial
GOV. Campbell Was IN Office wien
Tie law was passed. Four wears later
lie said, in his message 10 the Terrific
rial Legislature
The experiment of granting to women :
voice in the government has now been
D /
taken occasion to express nv views In re
gard 10 the wisdom and Justice of rhi.
measure and my conviction that its adop-
tion has been attended only by good re
suits. Two years more of observation of
the practical working of the system have
! only served TO deepen my conviction that
I what We, IN this Territory. have done ha>
been well done, and that our system Of IN
partial suffrage is an unqualified success.
Gov. Thayer who succeeded Camp
bell, sad in his message:
Woman suffrage has nov been in practi
cal operation in our Territory for six
years, and has during the time increased
in popularity and in the confidence OF the
people In my judgment it, result. have
been beneficial and il influence favorabl,
10 the best interests Of the community.
Gov. llovt. who succeeded Thayer.
said in his message:
Elsewhere objcctor- persist in calling
thu, honorable statute OF ours ''an expert
ment." We know it Is not Uuder Il s>-
have better laws, better officers. better in
situations, better morals and higher -.
cial condition. Not one Of the predicted
evils, such a. loss Of native delcac, ara
disturbance Of home relations has follow
. ed IN Its Train.
GOV. Hale, who sucreedet Hovt. ex-
pressed himself repeatedly to the same
effect. Gov. Warren, who succeeded
Hale. and who held the office when
Wyoming was admitted As a State.
said in letter to Horace G.. Wadlin.
Esq:
As business man, as city. "o;lntv and
territorial officer, and nov a. Governor Of
Wyoming. | have seen much of the work
ings OF man suffrage, but | have vet to
hear of the first case of domestic discord
growing ont of it. Our women nearly all
vote, and since in Wyoming, as el-ew here
the majority of women are good and not
bad the result is good and not evil
Hon. John W kiugman. for four
years Judge Of the lBited States >u
preme Court of Wyoming. saws:
We have had no trouble from the pres
ence of bad women at the polls 1t has
been said that the delicate and cultured
women would shrink away and the bold
and indicate come to the front. This
We feared; but nothing of the kind has
happened. do not believe that suffrage
causes women to neglect their domestic
affairs. Certainly, such has not been the
case in Wyoming, and never heard man
complain that his wife was less interested
in domestic economy because she had the
right to vote and took an interest in max
ing the community respectable
Hon. NJ c. Brown, United States
attorney for Wyoming Territory, says:
Woman suffrage in Wyoming has accom-
pished much good, and has harmed no
one
Hon. N. L. Andrews, speaker Of tile
House of Representatives of Wyoming
(Democra), said 1879:
came to this Territory in the fall Of
1871, with the strongest prejudice possible
against woman suffrage. Yet. willing to
be fair and candid on the subject, | be-
came close observer of its practical re-
suits. My opportunities for seeing and
judging have not been circumscribed. and
can now say that the more | have seen |
of 1t the less my objections have been real
lied and the more it has commended itself |
to my Judgment and good opinion. Under
all my observations it has worked well and |
been productive of much good in our Ter |
ritory, and no evil that l have been able |
to discern. The only wonder TO me is
why the States of the Union have not
adopted it long ago.
Chief Justice Groesbeck of Wvo.
ming said recently:
When | came here in 1880 was opposed |
to woman suffrage. but ii is a success. II
is beneficial to the State
When Wyoming. after twenty years
experience of equal suffrage, held a
constitutional convention and framed |
constitution under which to apply
for admission as a State, a woman suf- |
frage clause was incorporated with lit
tie opposition. The new constitution. |
with woman suffrage in it, was sub
mitted TO vote of the people, both
men and women, and was ratified by
large majority. In Congress the ad-
mission Of Wyoming was opposed, up
on the ground, among other things,
that it allowed women to vote. Hon.
Joseph NJ. Carey and other influential
men of Wyoming were consulted as to
whether it would not be best to give
up woman suffrage temporarily in or
der to secure statehood. But, though
the desire for statehood was strong.