The herald., 1894-10-02
SUFFRAGE ACROSS rHE OCEAN.


When 1t comes down to chasing fads
borrowed from America, there ia no
country like the British colony of New
Zealand. located about twenty days sail
from San Francisco and probably eigh-
teen days from Santa Monica, if any Of
the steamship msgnstss had sense
enough to look into the matter and pick
out connection with the snowless sum
set route to New Orleans. The New
Zsalsnders think America the greatest
country in the world, lin which they are
not far from being correct) and they
stand ready to adopt anything that may
be suggested to them if it can only be
shown them that the new tangled jigger
originated among the "a. 900. 600 nephews
and neices of Uncle Sam.
The latest thing that has come up
there 10 female suffrage. They bit at it
like Catalina jewish going latter a sar-
dine. In loss than elk months after it
was mooted, the colonial parliament
legalized the votes of both sexes and
now begins the circus. The stories
arising out of it are enough to make a
COW laugh. An elderly Scotch lady at
1nvercargith followed her husband to
the polls and when be had deposited
his ballot and walked away. she pre-.
sented herself to vote. A candidate in
terrogsted her as he walked up towards
the Judges of election:
"Yon will vote, Mistress McMur rdie,
in the same way as your huaband, I'm
thinkin'." said the candidate. "Dsed
ma" was the emphatic response; "I've
been fetohin' John g. my life, an
msun be agin him the noo."
But that's not near as bad as
what happened over at Wsngarim,
which is on one of the other islands.
There was an Iriehman who kept O
blacksmith shop and never could get
ahead any. The farmers were q thrift
less class, and he had hard work to COL
lect what they owed him for horse-
shoeing and mending their wagons. So
40 his wife was q well.e ducated woman
and in every way his intellectual su-
perior, the boys conceived the idea of
nominating her for justice of the peace.
As Mrs. O'Hoolahsn was a deservedly
popular lady, the men and women both
supported her cordially and the other
candidate got about votes enough to be
called scattering. The lady was shrewd
enough to demand her fees in advance
and, as natural consequence, poor
Mike was always broke, while che had
money to throw at the birds. One day
there were races coming off at Auckland
and she gave her spouse two e5 notes
and told him to go down there and
have good time.
"Kysn yez shpsre ii, Mary Ahn ?" in
quired her liege.
"Of course can" replied the msgis-
trate. ''If 1 could not, wouldn't give
it to you. But all l ask of you is this:
Buy . rouud-trip ticket and when you
have spent your money. come home
again and 60 to work. Do not be seen
doing in chairs in the tsproons of Auck-
land or loafing around anywhere. Come
home here to me-"
Mike promised to do this but be got
on hurrah down at the capital and
was drunker than q whole coopful of
"biled OWLS" His spouse wrote him to
come home but he never showed up for
twenty-five days and when he did he
presented sorry aspect.
"0h, Mike, how could you treat me
like this? I did not think you would
come back to me in this condition after
what did for you"
MARY Aim. if yez'll forgive me thish
time I'll niver do 30 annie more. I'll not
dhrink agin for foivs years." pleaded the
delinquent.
son. you promised enough when you
went away, Nike" sobbed the wife,
land you said you'd come straight home
to me as soon as you had seen the boys
and had good time. And here you
were lying around there drunk and
making fool of yourself and me. too.
Mike, the great trouble with you is that
you have no pride"
"Oh, but Oi haav," said Mr.. O'Hoola-
han.
You have not-not bit OF PRIDE"
"Oi haav. Oi'm the proudest man in
New Zsyland. can say fwhst no other
man in the colony can eay."
"And what's that, pray?" inquired
his wife, thrown off her guard.
"Oi can say that Dim the only man in
New Zayland that has two childher by q
joostice av the paice-d'ys moind that,