The herald., 1895-07-19

word spoken against the suffrage law by
any one, and no political party, or news
paper, or politician, has ever ventured to
oppose or criticise it. And when Wyo-
ming was admitted as a state it was with
a woman suffrage clause in the constitu-
tion. And the people of that state of all
parties, men and women alike, would
never have conseted to admission without
it. They have tried it and they will nev-
er give it up.
Do the women vote? Quite as generally
as the men. The few who at first shrank
from the exercise of this right soon came
to look upon it with favor, and very few,
if any, habitually stay away from the
polls.
Do they attend cauouses and conven-
tions2 They do not: but by their invisi-
BILE presence they practically dictate the
nominations made. No political party
dare place IN nomination candidate who
is Objectionable to the ladies.
Do they exercise independence in vot-
ing? Yes, indeed they do; TO far great
er degree than do men, they vote indie
pendently OF the opinions of Others and
Of partisan affiliations In the quiet and
secluslon of their own homes they make
ur their ballot from all tue tickets in the
field and in the interests of all that is
gear to womanhood. They are champion
ticket scratchcrs, and woe to the un-
worthy Canuluale.
Has the exercise of this right wrought
any manifest injury TO the women of that
state? Why should it? What is there de-
grading in being a voter? But to answer
the question: The women of Wyoming
are models of refinement, intelligence and
every noble womanly quality. In no por-
tion Of our nation are women more wo-
manly, or wives moro wifely. or mothers
more motherly, or children more numer-
| Gus, or homes NOR cheerful, or husbands
more contented and happy than in our
| frontier state where for u quarter of a
century husbands and wives have walked
| arm in arm to the polls, and men and
women have stood upon a plane OF politi-
! cal and legal equality.
| But while the women have not been de.
! graded by politics, they have greatly ex'
| alted politics. There are better men pu,
! in nomination ; the best Of those no.nin-
| ated are elected; the elections are more
| quiet and orderly, and there are better
| laws for all classes, because woman has
been admitted to the exercise OF her Coo
| given right OF suffrage.
The speaker related many instances in
support OF the above propositions, and
! predicted that before another quarter OF Q
! century is past there will not be left one
state III the union as an asylum for tina,
cruelty against which our fathers rebelled
! taxation without representation.
ne muslcal lalenb secured Dy tne man
aeement of the Chautauqua is almost
wholly local and for the most part from
Los Angeles. Tno chorus on Monday
! night was composed OF the First NJ. h.
church choir, and for the grand concert
on Saturday evening the orchestra o
thirty instruments is wholly composed O.
professionals from Los Angeles IEis il
highly mplimentary TO the musical tai
ent OF our locality, and lovers of musi,
and all citizens should as far as possible
/ patronize these concerts. A special traT
leaves Los Angeles on the Terminal d
6:15 pm. returning after the perform
ance. The Chautauqua ticket admit
holder to the concert. BY combining
f'ase music MS tn" nIesent managers
through Professor G. S. Cornell. musica
director. have been .h- thus far To v'i-