The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-31

thongs. and it was evident that they
had stood the thing as long as they
could. He had been the man who
had informed Roberts on his return
that the convention of Davis had NOT
hound the nominees, but that was De
cause they were waiting to hear from
the territorial convention. He couid
see no way, however, to go PACK On
the party's pledges and RETAIN hio
honor. He believed party platforms ;
were the pledges of an aggregation OIL
men and should be only more olllu,nS
than the pledge of one man. he Woaiu
NOT have the people believe there Is
no honor in politics.
He said suffrage should DE given. ne
was not afraid that the mormon W.
men or the Mormon people Woulo use
their mower against those who were
not of their faith unless they WeIe
forced to it by the acts Oh the a.. a.,
He said Roberts should not ressn
He believed he was honest IN MS ST, .,
yictions. He honored him Tor sIaIluiuS
NV them But he could not follow IN
the belief that party pledges are not
binding.
Office Sought the Man.
Larson. of Sanpete. said suffrage vas
q foregone conclusion. He decided the
question on its merits many years d9o;
and not ali the eloquence tnaI Cou ,ii
be shown could move him. he saIu .nS
women of Sanpete were lar ehouSn
advanced to want the suffrage ne
vas willing to let his wife voter
she is a Democrat and l am a pc
nublican." Oproarious laughter.l bu1
we never quarrel on politics" he told
a little romance of how the once Idu
sought him, instead of him huntihg lne
office. He said he couldn't speak Eng.
lish well, but he was READY 10 niee'
all corners in his own language.
Little Surprise.
Howard, of Emery. said he mad not
been asked by his wife TO wore LOT
the suffrage. But II ms Vole 49,
oIad surprise. He believed every dele
GATE from every county was bound TO
give this. o +ba+ vo-
men should be placed on the same
nIane with idiots. insane persons anu
even the red handed Indians. me
idiot or insane person might become
oII,ed and the Indians might
become civilized and thus gain their
snffrage But women were to be kept
even lower than these creatures were.
He considered the suffrage movement
in the line of progression
The Republican Stand.
1aues said that he never had heard
on6 never had held that the Repuo-
leans had pledged themselves tnaI
there was to be a suffrage plank IN the
constitution. The only provision was
that the question should be supmltteu
to the people as separate arIlcie'
This is what he said to all the speak
ers he sent out, as chairman OIL the
county committee.
Macintosh said the argument OF
Whitney had convinced him more IMAM
ever that the suffrage plank shoulu ilos
be placed in the constitution he mao
been surprised when the latter mad
brought in church matters. He thought
those things should forever be kept out
of politics. But the fact that 1000
women voted for Roberts for a high
office under the church made him
afraid that 10000 women of the terri
tory would so cast their votes in poll
tics.
Hepburn said he was pledged to suf-
frage, as were all the members of the
convention. To attempt to refuse it
would be like carrying water on both
shoulders
KieseI a Convert.
Kiesel said he had been converted
to woman suffrag theoretically.
But it was not practicable in Utah.
1t placed too much power in the hands
of the clergy An endeayor is being
made to assimilate the old Peoples
and Liberal parties. Now the PROPOSE
ton comes to increase the vote some
SC, 1000 and so increase the difficulty. He
said four-fifths of the population of
the state will be Mormons. If there
were more churches he would not care,
because he believed that in the dis
cord of the churches lies the safety
of the state. He knew there was a de-
NAL that the power would be USED. But
one must Judge by human nature. It