The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-03-01

themselves in every respect with as much
tact, sound judgment and good sense as
men," Every Governor of Wyoming for
20 years expressed himself to similar eff
feet. Governors of Territories, it will
be remembered, are appointed by the
President, not elected by the people;
they are not dependent on the women's
votes, so their testimony is impartial.
Gov. Warren, the last Governor of Wy
oming as Territory, said: "Our wom-
en- consider much more carefully than
our men the character Of candidates, and
both political parties have found them
selves obliged to nominate their best men
in order to obtain the support of the
women"
Hon. John W. Kingman, for four years
a judge of the United States Supreme
court of Wyoming, says:
1.-THE women manifest great deal Of inde-
pendence In their. preference for candidates,
and have frequently defeated bad nominations.
OFTEN the men set aside certain applicants for
office because their characters would not stand
the criticism OF women. Our best and most
cultivated women vote, and vote understand
ingly and Independently and they cannot be
bought with whiskey, or blinded by party
prejudice"
The foregoing are Republicans. Hon.
N. L. Andrews, Speaker of the Wyoming
House of Representatives a Democrat,
wrote in 1879:
II came to this Territory in 1871, with the
strongest possible prejudice against woman
suffrage. The more have seen OF 4 the less
my observations it has worked we'll ana been
productive of good. The women use the ballot
with more. independence and dlsoriminatien n
men do If the ballot in the. hand Of woman
compelS political parties to place their best IN
nom nation, this, in and Of itself, Is sufficient
reason for sustaining woman suffrage"
Judge Brown, of Laramie, says:
my preiudices were formerly all against
woman suffrage: but they have gradually given
way Impair ial observation has satisfied me
that in the use of the ballot women exercise
fully as good judgment as men, and in some
particulars are more discriminating, as for in
stance on questions of morals"
The editor of the New York Observer
is opposed to. woman suffrage. He
wanted some strong testimony against
it, and wrote to a lady of his acquain-
lance in Wyoming, the wife of United
States judge and a leading member of
the Presbyterian church, asking her to
write an account of the practical work
ings of woman suffrage for his paper.
She replied:
Missouri and brought with me fully the usual
amount of conservatism; and re arded With
peculiar suspicion the idea Of woman's enter
ing the political arena, My observations have
materially modified my views on this subject.
The women are less governed by party cOnsid-
erations than men, and both political parties
have come to recognize the necessity of nOmin-
ating their best men or at least not nominating
bad men, if they desire to succeed. The only
element that would desire its repeal are the
vicious and corrupt"
Ex-Chief Justice Fisher, of Cheyenne,
says:'
wish could show the people who are so
exercised on the subject of female suffrage just
how 1t works. The women watch the nominat-
man on their ticket and the Democrats a good
one the Republican women do not hesisate a
moment in scratching off the bad and substitute
Ing the geod e g smas the suags
fraud and corruption, it tends greatly to purify
elections and give better government"
Rev. j. II. Burlison, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Laramie City,
says:
IT have never heard of any women who con-
sidered the right OF suffrage aSevere or crush
ing burden. Women have suffered no loss of
as Intelligent and Independent as men in the
exercise of their right OF suffrage"
Testimonies might be multiplied, but
perhaps the foregoing are sufficient. The
advocates of woman suffrage have often
publicly challenged it's opponents to find
two persons in all Wyoming who will
assert ever their own names and adj
dresses that woman suffrage has had any
bad results there. The opponents have
thus far failed to respond.
The experience of Wyoming also dis
poses of the other frivolous objections
advanced in 'sThe Mountaineering
women would be overburdened, de-
graded, would cease to be respected, &c.
The question as to which political
party women would probably support is
of lesser consequence. But since the
sRemonstrance" alleges that the Wy
oming women went Democratic at the
last election it may be worth while to
point out that this is net true. United
States Senator Warren, Of Wyoming,
says:
ssWherever in that State the registry lists
show the largest number of women, there is
found the largest Republican VOTE proportion
ately, Women were no more responsible for
the change (the Democratic wave) than were
the women of other States fer similar changes
in political results where women are not per-
mitted to vote"
And United States Senator carey OF
Wyoming says of the assertion reiter-
ated in tThe Remonstrance:"
"There is not particle of truth in the state
ment."
Gladstone.
1.-THE Remonstrauce" gives a quota
ton from Mr.. Gladstone. Mr.. Gladstone
does not favor Parliamentary suffrage
for women, but he does favor municipal
suffrage, which has prevailed in England
ever since 1859. Mr.. Gladstone acknowl
edges that the women have exercised
municipal suffrage without detriment,
and with great advantage" Even Lady
Randolph Churchill and the band of
highly conservative English women who
a. few years ago published remon-
STRANGE against Parliamentary suffrage
women, were careful to explain that they
had no objection to municipal suffrage,
and even thought its responsibilities had
had beneficial effect on the characters
of women. But Parliamentary suffrage,
they declared, was totally different; that
would certainly subvert the founda-