Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-30

that dictatlonv become "rebel" and
seek the remedy Of "rcvolution."
This comes, too Of perslsiing In the
notion that the family and not the
malured Individual IL the political unit.
There IL no such thing known Ia our
system OF government as "family suf-
frnge.D IL il each individual citizen
who Ia considered In the laws relating
70 the franchise. The voter Is treated
rs person, not the head Of n group.
All the statutes ON the subject 50 re.
gard him. But the writer saysi
"inanswer to the editors remarks that u
family suffrage were recognized, Justice
would demand hat the votes Of each man
should DO proportioned 20 the numbers
~ his household. II j. sufficient 20 say
that the same line Of reasoning would
lead 10 tho conclusion ~ we admit that
the suffrage il purely an individual aitiIr
--ihatR tall man should have moro votes
than n short ono or tho number Of the in
diylduai'a votes should DO prop1rilOned
to his sigci IN tho presence OF such logic
We stand uncovered
Yes, uncovered entirely. Stripped Of
every vestigc Of an argument. The
"loglc," II II may be ~ dignihed, Is
entirely his own. His "schOolboy"
allusion naturally hero suggests Itself
IL has not even the merit OF wit.
Admit that "the suffrage is purely an
individual aiiaitv-whore the law
places II, and the whole contention
about "family suffrage" falls to tho
ground. tits the fanolful theory that
the family is the political unit that
provokcr tho argument as to votes ac.
cordlng 10 numbers. In IL abseilce the
vagsty about votes according to size IL
meaningless and absurd. Logic, for.
soothl IL ISLANDS uncovered" n the
very opposite Of lucid ratioclnstlon.
To the statement that the matured
individual and not the family il tho
political unit In n popular government,
the writer replies that tour statesmen
have not found that out, for ono.half
Of our matured individuals have not
been recognized a- political units. T"
Wonderful logic, again Almost enough
10 take oil the hair and the hide this
time, NJ well NJ the clothes OF our
Savage" Bccauecs,a,cs.
men have uulus,ly denied to ouc-half
Of the mstured citizens OF our country
the right OF suffrage, therefore the
theory Of our form OF government is
not that tue maturcd individual IL the
political unit hut that the family l.!
Women ought not to have the suffrage
because our statesmen have not allowed
them to have ~ Women have not
been given the suffrage, therefore they
ought not 10 nsk for III
The next "argument Il that
SIN Wyoming tho people have had n
territorial government up W yoar ago
and have had practically no politics"
This Is " an OBJECT to the fact that
women vote there and have voted
there Tor many years "without my
serious results either to the family OF
society" But u Is not true that In
Wyoming there has been practically
no politics. The two great pnriie,
have figured dlriag the territorial
condition Of Wyoming nv distinctly
anu vigorously Us since she has becom,
aState. The officers In cities, COUNTIES
anu the Territory were elected as Re
publlcans or Democrats, and party
spirit ran high there as in other places
We could produce abundance Of evi
dence M to this aud to the success aut
good results OF woman suffrage there,
II we had space today. Wyoming
stands, not "uEcovered," but clothe.
and IN her right MIND aS living wit
noss Tor woman suffrage anu n po'en
answer TO all the assertions anu prog
noshca'lons ABOUT voting tending u
degrade woman rs wiie,a mother,
lady or In any othet pure anu aumira
BILE condition Of HE
The admission oil our opponent tina
there IL weight In inc argument ina
many women nave mo husband or sol
to represent them In Affairs oil govern
ment' gives away the whole eonten
ton IL shows that the family Is no
the political unit IL SHOWS thht mil
lions OF eiuEehs-- not anew Thousand
as lac says-sinsle women, widows ant