Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-27
rnlrruNooN's rHocEEorNcs


sion 90 tNo tunN rnlAous
Toe Convention g1l down 10 buell.
tosJlmptly At O'Clock this alter
lsa, anu from the nTUt rap Of tue
Ueiiont'a gavol uIA 10 the time gi
going tu press O'Cl0cL-whCu thiF
ug5H closed, the delegates were on the
ul-iJc Of expectancy anu vigilance,
40 altl-w0mau suffrage report was
ilu cause OF the uuuluAly animated
pfOcgrdlugs.
kimUall moved 10 take up the
dtcIaatlou OF Tiyhts iug third reading.
Toe motion was opposed ~ the woman
Tg1'bgu delegates who interpreted The
contemplated action 10 mean that there
vas b scheme 20 side track the report
aa1 article from the committee on
elections,
WulIs, Of Salt Lake, moved 10
amtnI by hnving the declaration OF
tghB 40 over until tomorrow IN order
that the members might have time 90
consider tho questions contained thpft-
ig Garfield uilUr which tuv C5nyUn'
tHU resolved Itself into the committee
O.. tBs whole 10 consider the article on
"aurudments," which was soon dit
posed Of, after which the committee
arose aud took up the question OF
woman auiragc.
AGAINST rQuAL SUFFRAGE.
Mackiutoah, Iiitsel aud Mcfarland
Irstuulcd tho following minority Te.
lln un the woman suffrage question,
which was ordered printed anu fciurrtd
70 Cue committee Of the whole.
The minority Of your committee on
elections AMI suffrage regret that they
feel % uuty TO disagree will the ma
lluly Of the committee nn tho question
of woman suffrage iu Utah, anu beg 10
present. briefly thulr T,asUuH i0g such
Engagement.
We 10 not seek ~ dispute In tho
laasi he Argument that Ia all Intel
ltC,ugl attributes nud attuiumuHtF
women are qualified 60 vote us iutCll..
gently as men, except that women are
bette than men; they are ruled more
readily by their sympBthits, impulses
hul religious convictions, ana DO NOT
realize us much as men that law is an
arbitrary aud impartial machine aud
Knows neither impu'uu nor sympathy.
Dot conditions ore presented q no
Una. hover confronted u people ho,OIc.
Tue masses Of the people Of ulAh have
only just begun 70 study seriously the
gIlngplgH Of the government vi the
United States aud tho duties which
ieTlaiu 90 citi2gnbhiI. They have
uetu reared iu school which taught "a
hng.rr allegiance 10 q local govern
menl nud In that allegiance hos been
woven an absorbing affection unu
lltu devotion. IL 10 hard Tor d
H0mAu'a nature 10 swiftly charge
When her eympalhies ana hcHsr ul
vuly have long controlled her IN her
PARTICULAR channel.
Again II Is but few yeara since the
SouEt1Hs OF thu United Siatos thought
necessary 20 Withdraw this privilege
iiom me women al Utah, because In
!1t iilcion between tho nation anu
NeFullug power 10 Utah, the SYM o..
thita and devotion OF the women, al
sehllug In one direction, In hcludg,
Mtnlli Congress maze il necessary IL
'Ahe tuuIage from her IN order /. be-
Mn 10 place lhis Territory In harmony
WIN 1he union under tho laws.
Widespread ignr prevails that with
.Nu privilege rcHtgfeJ, the old OvsI
"leiMlng force would destroy
IN present equality OF paT
.'sa -- which Elwnys leads IA
'ulu'l'u, ~ NOT tyranny AUD
''Ael a terrible temptation Ou
"o part Of those who ruled before I,
".Ae Their away by working upon
generous impulscs aud religious iu
''s'a ~ Women, which would Tetul