The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-02

criticisms of Roberts for an open ex-
| preston of his honest convictions.
He said the suffrage question was
| the one before the American people.
1t might be well to talk of women as
something superior. Yet they are hui
man. No man has ever done anything
brave or noble who has not been pre-
some woman. They are brave and
truthful. Their brothers and other
loved men may betray their trusts.
But women do not.
One of Right.
The question before the convention
was one of right. Time was when
woman was a beast of burden. But
this is all changed. 1t has been well
said that in an English dining room
the wife follows the husband, in
France the husband and wife go in
band follows the wife. The women
here have justified this trust. 1t is the
purpose of God. it is the work Of the
American people. to place woman on
the same plane as her brothers. They
| will show better qualities in every walk
in which they will be brought into
competition with men. The same
! propositions which would deny sur
frage to women would deny it to most
men.
(CrieS for RobertS)
Low of Cache. asked unanimous con-
sent that Roberts be given the floor
in the evening and that all members
| finish during the afternoon. He
wanted another hall hired and an ad-
| iournment taken to- that. There was
a prompt objection and Low was de-
feated.
Ceres of Roberts. Roberts,
Larsen, Of Sanpete said he had
known no sect since the division on
party lines. He wished to God the
condition had been brought about
twenty years before. He was in favor
of the committees report.
Cries for Roberts.
Cache Is Solid.
Hart said Cache county was in favor
of equal suffrage for women. So was
the delegation. He would keep party
pledges and would, also, have the
pleasure of voting for an idea he had
cherished for years.
More cries for Roberts.
Anderson said he believed the decree
of the Creator 70 have been that
women shall be the equal of men. He
was fearful the Republican party
would be branded as party of pledge
breakers. Anderson was going on at
length in a long, dry rehash of previ-
Gus arguments when Peters, of Box
Elder. arose.
MIR. Chairman" he said, 'tthe gen.
tleman has spoken once. I object to
threshing over old straw so often"
Anderson Has Gall.
There was an immediate burst of
applause at this sentiment. Anyone
but Anderson would have been
crushed. But he held onto the floor
and said he had the time of another
delegate. He was about to proceed
when Hammond arose and asked for
recognition.
Mr.. Anderson has the floor said
the chair
''Oh! Excuse me- said Hammond,
81 thought he was taken off his feet"
! Oproarious laughter).
Anderson proceeded and finished his
speech.
More cries for Roberts.
Go Them One Better.
Hammond, of San Juan, said he had
/ long been d woman SuffragiSt. When
they had come to him last year and
asked if he favored It. he said: ''Of
course, let the girls vote He was
willing to go the Others one better ana
give the girls a right to- vote when
they are IS years old. They have more
sense at that age than the boys who
stand around holding up the corner
saloons. He said he was the metric
unit from San Juan county. There was
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would go solidly for woman suffrage.
He said he had once talked with a
prominent woman and she had said
that, as woman had led to the down.
fall of the race SO she would lead in
the uplifting of it. He said he might
not have caught all the brilliant ideas
that had been announced as he had
slept during some of the speeches.
| More cries for Roberts.
/ Heybourn said that he feared some
of the ladies in the hall would never
! live to enjoy the suffrage if the ses-
fore moved the committee rise. That
was voted down.
Allen said he wanted to place him
self on record as favoring woman suf-
frage. ,A
Crane Cracks the Whip.
Crane, of Salt Lake, Kanosh and
Fillmore, said he had not been
garrulous, but he wanted five
minutes. He gave conclusive evil
dence that the Republicans recog-
nize where the brains of the
convention are to be found, as he said
he had never listened to such eloquence
as that of Roberts and Whitney. The
people Of his county were in favor of
equal suffrage. He had received a note
in the morning telling him not to speak
on the question as he would dig his
/
billions he might have must be left to
the people. He would express his hon
est convictions. He said he was not
in the convention as a partisan. He
believed the two platforms bound the
delegates.
Christensen, of Sanpete, said he
wanted to place himself on record as
in favor of suffrage.
A Queer Lesson.
Partridge said he wanted to register
his protest against the proceedings Of
the last few days. In the first it was
admitted that the debate would have
no effect. He saw no good in the
waste of time on the floor. 1t might
be good to have an audience paid at
81 day by the government, but it was
unwise. He said women are honorable
and will always discharge their duties
He said he was reminded of one thing
by the minority report. For years it
had been said the Mormons were
priestridden people who did not re-
gard their obligations. Men were COM
ing out to teach them how to live. Here
these men who had made this talk for
years were now endeavoring to incul-
cate the idea that party pledges are
not sacred and that platforms may be
set aside. He did not think this was
q very good lesson. He was sorry the
religious idea had been brought into
the convention. He hoped it had been
buried. He hoped it would not come
up again.
Low said he was reminded that des-
perate diseases required desperate
remedies. The desperation in this
case was shown by the anti-suffrage
arguments Cache county was in IA
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