The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-02
Te had not understood

no matter how their political oonvic
tons might lie.
Woman suffrage is not a new ques
ton. Not a new idea has been ad
vanced in the debate. The same argu
ments have been advanced for ant
against it in all the states in the union
| It is a living question everywhere. j
is in the line of progress.
Divine Right of Kings.
It is in line with that reform which
| forever denied the divine right OF
kings. Kings are day by day becom-
| ing less powerful because of the doe
trine that all men are created equal
Z few years ago a large class of men
and women were held as slaves. The
question came on for final consider
! alton and the slaves were freed. AS
that question came on for final adjust
ment so will the question as to the
rights of women. Then they will DC
made what they should be, the pollti.
! cal social and professional equals oi
| men. He said the most forcible argu-
ment he had ever heard against suf-
frage. and one which seemed to make
! the gist of the debate, was the ooser-
walton of q prominent politician, who
said 81 don't want any woman crow
/ ing over mer'
Miller, of Sewer. said the opposition
to suffrage came principally from san
Lake and Ogden. He appealed to the
country members to stand together
! and vote down the substitute.
Page Makes His Mark.
Page. of Sanpete. said he was from
one of the outside counties and he
knew that the people there were not
unanimously in favor of woman suf-
frage. He said he did not intend to
pay attention to platforms which were
a Jingle Of words made to catch votes.
He thought the duty was something
higher in the constitutional conven-
ton.
Evans asked. What are political
platforms made for?"
Page-To catch votes
Evans-What votes.
Page-A certain element which is sup
posed to be in favor of woman suf-
frage.
Roberts asked if he might answer
Evans question. He said he knew
what votes. The Mormon people are
supposed to be in favor of woman suf-
frage When the Republicans made
their platform they bid for this vote
by their plank. When the Democratic
convention met it endeavored to out
bid the other party for that vote.
Thurman, Evans and half a dozen
others were on their feet demanding
recognition.
Page, however. continued. He said
there was a tradition that the people
of Utah were in favor of woman SUI
frage and the idea had been TO catch
these votes. He said it was more of a
relief society idea, where the men go
forward and the women follow after
them and give their testimony.
The Purpose.
%Io
tleman if he agrees with the statement
made by Mr. Roberts? Does he believe
that the platforms were made to catch
the Mormon votes?
Page-I do not think that there is
any need for bringing I'D Mormon or
Gentle in this question This question
had long ago been settled and the con-
vention. should have nothing to 90
with it,
Thurman-Then perhaps you think
that it would be all right to bring
such things into the party convention
and not keep it in view after election.
Page-Sometimes.
Cannon asked Roberts if he knew
who drew UP the Republican platform
Roberts said he was not in the Re-
publican convention. He was not IN
the habit of attending Republican con-
ventions. Haughter.(
Thomas Brought Into 1t.
Cannon said the platform was drawn
I'D by Arthur l.. Thomas.
James (hotly)-Do you mean 10 say
that this was drawn UP by THOMAS
without consulting with anyo1e ol
getting any outside ideas OR dld ne
write the platform from his own head
and his own volition?
Macintosh (emphatically)-He did
not.
your convention vote against this
plank?
Thomas had gotten his ideas, but if
anvbodv had objected to the platform
fhe hest thing to have done would be
to make that objection known at the
time.
bate being. charged? If IT IS TO MI
Page. of Sanpete. 1 would like to write
another speech on that page. Naugh-
teri.
Fixing the Republicans.
Kinball. Of Salt Lake, said he was
not speaking because he was bound by
his platform, but because he was
representing his people and his own
convictions. 1t was an inherent prin-
ciple with him. He had been taught
that the true Democratic. doctrine is
"F,ouaI rights to all, special privileges
was being used as a decoy to get the
Republicans wrong on this point. He
thought the Democrats could afford to
lose Roberts if they could make the
Republicans so unpopular as they
would be. He had been through most
of the towns in the territory and had
found that in each one there were
from ten to twenty-five bummers.
There were no women bummers. He
believed there We're ten accomplished
women to one man fit for the Suffrage.
Surprised at the Acrimony.
= Hill said he was surprised at the
acrinony exhibited. It looked as
though they were on the eve of
revolution instead of on the eve of
statehood. He said no man was
elected to represent any of the old
parties instead Of the morning stars
singing it looked as though there was
an endeavor to bring the morning and
evening stars together and have
crash. He said his knees would hardly
carry him. But if he could talk thirty
days they certainly would carry him.
He was "a female suffrag ist." If the
majority. of the women of the territory
want suffrage he would take a bayonet
and fight for it. But If his wife,
would take a bayonet and fight against
If. His little 5-year-old daughter had
objected the other night because she
had heard they were going to make a
little boy of her and she did not want
to be one He referred to the vote at
the Grand theatre as illustrating the
feeling against suffrage.
Hiu Gets Tangled.
Richards-Do you believe this was a
fair test vote?
Hill said he could not answer the
question just yet. Another such vote