The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-06

voted against woman suffrage. Blu
what was the character OF that ma
jority. have little daughter s or
years old who attended that matinee
She came home and told me that sh'
had voted against woman suffrage.
asked her why she had done so. Sh,
replied, naively, Because woman
told me to- Oaughter) That is how
they obtained the majority. Some lad!
anti-suffragist acted as a steering com
mittee TO- these little, innocent chill
dren, who did not know what the.
were doing. 1t reminded me of thu
school boy who was asked: Which il
the largest city in the world? Chi
cago,' he answered, and when asked
for his authority. said a Chicago maj
told him so. Qaughter)
DiscIaimed the Honor.
But 1 realize that I have
no right to argue. 1 am lacking
it is said. in the logical sense 1 am
not philosopher, but only poet, l
am told. 1 do not claim to be even a
poet. 1 am only one who loves poetry,
and who has. I trust. proper apprecla-
ton of the poetic faculty. Poets. gen
tlemen, are not mere rhymeSters, not
mere sentimentaliStS. The poet sees
into the heart of things. and is capa-
bic of leaping by intuition to correct
conclusion. while the philosopher. or
mere orator. is wandering the maZes
of his own fallacy (Applause) Again.
1 am compared to a mountain peak.
the proudest Of them ALL 1 disclain
that honor also. I ann only a humble
foot-hill. But there are mountain
peaks, towering intellects. in this con-
VentfOn, to whom [ defer and With
whom I syunpa thize. For them L ac-
cept the comparison. And let nae re-
mind you that it is the mountain
peaks that catch the first glimpse of
the rising sun, while the valleys are
still shrouded in darkness. Gap
plause.
Shall StatehoOA BE Inundated.
''They tell me that woman suffrage
in the constitution will imperl state
hood. I don't believe it. But if it
should, what of it? There are some
things higher and dearer than even
statehood. L would rather stand by
my honor, by my principles, than to
have statehood, if I must sacrifice my
honor and my principles to obtain it.
If Utah is to be inundated for stand
ing by her principles. for charging the
border of liberty. let the sacrifice be
made, let her be bound upon the altar,
let the high priest Of tyranny come
forth and plunge the knife into her
breast. She cannot perish in a nobler
cause than that of freedom and equal
rights. But the dagger that strikes
at her heart shall be fashioned into
scepter for her hands, and the blood
of her martyrdom shall rise as an of
fering to offended justice and become
the seed of her future glory
Eldredge said that there had been a
great deal Of time spent in debating
the question Of postponement. 1t would
have been much better to have given
time in the first place.
Forced Down the Throats.
Goodwin said he had heard some ex-
traordinary things on the floor. He
had heard it would be wrong to have
statehood without suffrage. The
American people believe in majority
rule The voters have the right to say
what shall be done. Would it be right
to force this thing down the threats
of the people or make them vote
against statehood? A vote on Monday
would do no harm. A delay would
show some consideration for this city.
The city governs the politics of the
deal. Leave the question to the whole
peop'a Majorities will always rule.
During Goodwin's remarks Evans
asked him if the other side would agree
to take a vote on Monday. If they
would, the suffragists would be willing
to let the matter go over until Mon
day.
Goodwin said he had no authority to
speak for any one but himself.
A Contest of Endurance.
Evans said under those circumstances
the contest was simply a matter Of
endurance Neither side could ask or
expect to receive any courtesy. Now
the only thing to do was to wait until
the debate was over. He took up the
remarks Of Roberts about "scurvy poll
iticians'' and ''peanu- politics" Does
he believe he is a Colossus strid:ng the
earth and compelling men to look be-
tween his huge legs? Does he mean
that those who are striving to strike
the shackles from the wrists of women
were 'scurvy politicians?" He was
tired of this. He was acting honestly
on principle. He had seen Roberts es-
corted to the women's matinee in a
barouche, and had seen the resolutions
for the meeting, which were prepared
beforehand. Could the will of the peo-
pie be determined by these meetings
and these petitions? The only way
was to take the usual course through
their primaries and conventions.
Should the question be submitted to
those who are already enfranchised?
In one sense a constitutional conven-
ton is a revolutionary body, composed
TO form a new government. If the
question is submitted separately, who
would VOTE on it? The men. The wo-
men would have no vote. Was this
right? After all, that was the ques-
ton. If suffrage was right 1t should
be put in the constitution.
KieseI Was Sick.
Evans said Kiesel was right The
latter had been sick. But why should
he have charged the speaker with go
ing home to receive garlands and flow
ers? He did not favor meetings and
agitations He had advised the meet
ing to adjourn and let the delegates
act according to their honor and con.
sciences.
KieseI jumped up. He said Evans
had gone to the meeting where he
CKieseD had been lampooned by a
shyster lawyer and Evans had not had
the manhood to stand up for him.
Evans replied that he was not called
upon to stand up for ANYBODY in the
Kiesel-I would have done it for
you.
Perfidy and DishOnOr.
Evans continued that Driver had not
been far wrong the other day when he
said excitedly that there were only
two members from Weber standing