The sun., 1894-09-30
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WoMEN AS DELEGATES.
Their First Appearance In IA Colorado Con-
i-appointment.

Their First Appearance In n Colorado Con-
vsntion- disappointment
II is noted by correspondent who writes from
Denver to the st. Louis Republican that the first
appearance in Colorado Of women In political
conventions has been to them wildly exhilarnt-
ing, but, at the same time. disappointing. The
noise is something which they cannot become
used to. When twenty men are frantcally
shouting themselves hoarsc wildly waving their
arms and rushing up and down aisles demand
ing instant recognition from the presiding OH
Ger, the spectacle Is not edifying to the women,
nor is Il conducive to their comfort. A number
of the women In the recent Republican state
Convention were heard to declare that their first
experience ms delegates would be their last.
| They had gone into the work Of reforming poll
tics with the most hopeful Of beliefs that they
would effect a radical change in the conduct
and management of political conventions; they
leave the field now to the unregenerate men.
That Ia, most of them do
The men thought IL would be a good thing to
have women as delegates in the Convention. but
| after an experience of one convention, where
there were about a hundred delegates OF the
new voting class, they have changed their
minds. After man has tried repeatedly to OBJ
tain the floor and finds at last that his per-
sistencc has been rewarded with success, II Is
not at all pleasant to hear shouts from all sides,
Let lhly Jhlh lHtH ulsCONcIS lldl u
woman delegate In some corner Of the room has
been trying In vain to obtain the eye OF the
speaker or Chairman. with the gallant gentle
men members assisting her by howling notice
OF her presence. OF course in such circum-
stances, the man has to surrender the floor,
which he does with the best grace possible.
This courtesy to women is possibly not what
| the women in the abstract want. but the indi-
| vdual woman who wants to make convention
speech is bound to accept the situation. In the
Republican Convention the women soon learned
| trick worth two Of this scheme just described.
That settled the matter. They got recognition.
women was best noted In the nomination OF a
| candidate for the office Of superintendent Of
ticket. There were two candidates before the
| Convention. one n gentleman and the other a
and a number OF delegates had seconded these
nominations. The confusion. as usual. became
creased Finally a delegate. thinking to makca
The flrst time women had had the privilege of
gentleman candidate to withdraw III favor OF
the woman. At this delegates roared demand
in accordance with this view Of the b situation.
man had to respond, which he did in a speech
that n ,sEns 5say tRo sse E voice rembed with
emotion and he had some difficnlty in making
himself heard ne his Sr Si two
nee and explained how L had come about that
he had been asked to withdraw In the interest OF
given the mination BY acclamation., When
Soa sS% 's are beaten 40 HUs sf sr DUR
session his daughter sat in his room
At the hotel encouraging him in his candidacy.
fse u this Sn he
told In his address withdrawing In favor OF the
| woman. He obtained the sympathy OF the en-
tire Convention, and they would have recOnsid-
known all this before; The woman; however,
without a thought for the man whose ambi-
tions had centred for so many years upon II.
The presence OF women delegates in political
convention so far docs not seem TO have altered
previous conditions much. They vote with their
respective delegations as bindly as do the ma
jorfty OF delegates in political conventions.
When a candidate Is presented, however. who Is
particularly obnoxious to the women by reason
OF some characteristic fault the most urgent
pleadings OF the manipulatOrs do not whip them
into line. They vote sauaTey upon their intu-
able in the contest over the candidacy for the
office OF Treasurer in this same Convention. The
and conceded by nearly every body to have
great majority OF the delegates was defeated In
Thy. R some one stated in the nominating speeches
that gallant Harry Mulnix, one of the candi-
dates, had lost one leg in rescuing q woman in a
II necessary, to save the party from defeat.
This allusion TO the candidate received instant
recognition from the lady delegates. One after
another they arose and enthusiastically seconded
his nomination, The managers of the combine
did all they could TO stem the popular current in
order to Keep their faith but all their efforts
were In vain. so tumultuOus were their efforts
and so great the confusion that roll call OF the
large delegation from Arapahoe county was de-
manded. Then II was that the women delegates
showed their nerve. Each one voted for Mulnix
in the most positive way.
There were no exhibitions Of eccentrlcities on
the part OF the women delegates, as was noted
in the recent POpulst Convention, and those who
did essay to make speeches OF a brief nature ac-
quilted themselves as well as did the men,
ONE WOM4N'S SECRET OF BEAUTY.