The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-24

west is giving more space to the sub
ject CT woman suffrage of late than
ever before. Il is reviewing the history
of the movement and there is frequent
and lengthy editorial comment upon
the outlook The funny papers are
contributing their quota, careless of
the words Of a sensitive poet who had
been driven to despair by irnitators
and caricaturdsts. THE man who
writes a parody should be hanged
The immediate cause OF the revival
of interest in The subject in localities
where that interest has been tagging
is the fact that a campaign has been
opened in New York for the purpose Of
securing an equal suffrage amendment
ITO the constitution OF that state. 1t is
a. notable fact that the subject is not
confined to the women who have long
been identified with it. Women print
nent in society circles and those to
whom the four wallis OF home have
seemed the boundary of their world
are associating in THE movement.
1t is penalty inflicted upon the
fashionable world that a new and pop
ular movement within it's confines is
sure to be called a fad It may be a
mode of carrying a fan, or an organiz-
alton for the furtherance of charities
In the estimation Of critics it is simply
and hopelessly a fad" and that is
what some of the great newspapers of
q the east dub this renewed agibaItion of
a the question Of equal suffrage by the
ladies of New York. Be that as il
may, the wave has extended beyond
ahe boundaries of the Empire Ute. 1t
has reached the Golden Gate aid we
hear Of the banding together of San
fai1 ia
not for the purpose Of demanding
their rights" That is too strong an
suppression for the refined and Thought
full deliberations which are the results
of these organizations, but for the pur-
pose of studying the question in all its
phases.
That there is a renewed interest in
the question none can dispute. That
the interest is favorable to the cause"
is not conceded by the majority OF the
press. Far-seeing editors lean back in
their big Office chairs stare at the not
too inspiring walls Of their sanctum,
and knit their brows in the quest of a
strong finale to the arguments pro and
con which they have been summarize
ing At last the light comes They
sieze their pens and dash oil the dc
tIln 1T remains no be seen what the
result Of all this will be- then settle
back in their chairs with the contor-
table conviction that they have done
something toward scattering the dark
ness of an unthinking age.
Some Curiosity has been expressed
as to the views of such Ia
dies of this city as have not
identified themselves with the woman
suffrage movement, whether they are
opposed to il, Indifferent, or tacitly IA
Vorable, and that the opinions of a few
expressed at their homes, at parties or
during casual meetings viii interest
their friends.
MRS. J. L. RAWLINS ----=-
" believes that if the majority of women
want the ballot they should have It.
There is some force 100 in the argument
of women who are property owners
that Taxation without representation
is tyranny" Yet she woud be sorry to
see the time come when women would
be forced to vote, for if the ballot were
granted most women would feel II their
duty to vote in favor of the party or
measure in which they were interested.
There is something irreconcilable with
her ideas of womanliness in the sight of
q lady visiting the polls. AS far as the
proportion Of votes is concerned, she
thinks husbands and wives will not
necessarily he one on political cues
tions. ApuopoS of this she remarked
1aughingly that she did not know
II whether her views on the woman suf-
, frage question correspond with those
Of her husband. She had never heard
him express his views on the subject
Mrs. Rawlins remarked that If ladies
cid pass upon the qualifications of men
VINO were candidates for office they
would need to be governed by their
husbands opinions quite as the hus-
bands must be governed by their adj
vice in passing upon the houseWifely
accomplishments of their lady ac-
Quaintances.
MRS. w. S. MCCORMICK
favors the higher education of woman
and her advancement in the direction
of culture and usefulness She is glad
to note that such is the tendency of the
age. But she does not believe the
acquisition Of the ballot will aid in
such advancement. She believed there
Would be less harmony in many homes
Fif the wife chose to cast her ballot in
accordance with political faith diff
fering from her husbands, As far as
{ opportunities for women who are wage
earnerS are concerned, she would like
TO see them increased. Women have
always had a chance to work side by
side with men in the heaviest toll, if
they choose so to do. She would like
to see women get some Of the easy
places which men have SO long held,
for instance goVernp' ent positions in
which the work is light and the re-
Enumeration generous. But she repeat
ed her former statement that the ballot
would not servo the purpose desired.
Women are now recognized voters in
Colorado, and the men are apprehen-
siVe lest they will re-elect Governor
Waite, who has brought disgrace upon
his state and the west They fear this
for two reasons. first that as women
are more prone to prejudice than men,
those who have been predisposed in his
favor win not be influenced by the re-
cord of his administration. Then, too,
the lower and more ignorant class of
women will be easily influenced b. the
sophistries Of Populist doctrines. The
equal suffrage question has been dis
cussed more or less for the last half
century and certainly the original
agitators must know they have fallen
short Of the mark set They have ac-
c5mplished comparatively little in the
fifty years Of agitation Of the subject
MRS. c. E. ALLEN
said she had at one time been con-
scientiously opposed TO woman suf-
rage and thst now she can see the
force of some Of the objections urged
against it. But these are all of little
moment compared with the argument,
which she heartily endorses, that the
moral effect of the ballot in the hands
Of women will be elevating She be-
lieves that the result Of granting suf-
frage to women will be the correction
Of certain crying evils of the day. She
favored certain moral and intellectual
qualifications for citizenship should be
imposed upon women and men.
MRS. ALLEN G. CAMPBELL
has given very little attention to the
question as she has never seen any