The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-01-13

war urlner interference Win the
voting power, no matter in what di-
rectien by the general government.
is not likely to find favor with the
great body of the citizens. If the
woman suffra gists can prevail in any
state that is all right.
They have two now in full line with
their views; Wyoming and Colorado.
They propose to carry the war into
New York. A canvass is to be made
of every city, town and village in the
state and to secure the signatures of
all men and women over the age of
twenty-one to a petition which will
demand that the word male" be
stricken from part of the State Con-
stitution. Miss Susan B. Anthony, who
is most enthusiastic in the campaign
just entered upon, has given up her
home in Rochester, to be used as head
quarters for the workers.
The trial of woman suffrage or as
they call it there. mixed franchise,
in New Zealand appears to have been
quite successful. The dispatches re-
port that the New Zealand women, as
a new addition to the electorate, have,
as body, confirmed the political opin-
ions of the men by whom they had
hitherto been represented, and to this
extent their vote may be called con-
sentative. While the data at hand
make it impossible to discern minor
influences due to the fresh body of
voters, there is no trace whatever of
the reactionary effects which, it is
commonly assumed, women will i'm
port into politics.
The report further shows that the
New Zealand government, which has
just received endorsements is the most
radical that the colony has had for
many years; the ministry were re-
turned with fifty-four members in a
House of seventy-four, of whom four
are Maoria, or native members; thir-
ty-three of the old members failed of
reelection, and this modification of the
lists suggests that the new electors
have taken their duties seriously, and
exercised judgment in the selection of
candidates"
Among the issues of the election were
secular education and local option, but
even on the liquor question the wom-
en- have shown less partisanship than
was expected, as but "a of the 81 gov
eminent members are known to be in
favor of a direct vote on licenses .by a.
majority vote of the local electors. IT
is worth mention also that but one
prominent member of the Opposition
failed to retain his seat To quote the
London Times, 1.-THE result ,decisively
scatters any fear of sex vote, and
testifies to the discrimination and
wholesome division of opinion of the
new electorate
Altogether the woman suffra pists
have cause to be encouraged. If thew
can succeed in converting the majority
|of their own sex to their views thew
may consider the battle won. Woman's
apathy toward woman suffrage is its
chief obstacle. While there are many
men, including some of the foremost
statesmen and politicians of the times.
who are opposedto women in politics.
nevertheless whenever the great body
|of the women of the United States
demand voice in the affairs of the
country, they will prevail.
We do not offer this as an argument
for or against woman suffrage. We
only state a fact. It would not be
good thing, in our opinion, to have the
ladies of the land contending and wire
pulling and descending to the level of
the sort of party politics that prevail
today
1t does not follow, we are aware. that
If women gain the right to vote thew
must "dabble in that filthy pool" There
is danger only that few of them
would engage in the common squab-
bles over public affairs. But the re-
luctance of the majority of women in
this country to engage in the equal
suffrage movement. springs largely
from disgust at what they see in the
political arena. as well as from indif-
ference as to political questions.
When the enthusiasts in the work
succeed in getting their own sex on
their side. it will not be long before
they gain enough of the other sex to
give them the victory Considering
the opposition they have had to meet
and the great odds against them, the
leaders in the woman suffrage move
ment have achieved very encouraging
success.
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