The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-20
A CURE FOR ALL ILLS
Female Suffrage, the Wo-
mans Club Is Told, Has
Made Wyoming a
VeTitable Utopia.
MORE BAD MEN THAN WOMEN
Mrs. Diggs, Of Kansas, Tells How
Women Can Vote Without
Neglecting Their Families.
MORE BAD MEN THAN WOMEN

was held il, the clubhouse Saturday after
noon for the purpose OF nearing au-
dresses by Mrs. Chapman-Catt OF brook
Ign and Mrs. Diggs of kansas. me
subject of the addresses was woman
Suffrage, Miss Games introduced first
Mrs. C~hapman-Catt. Mrs. Gait said
~ am always glad to find a Woman
Club where free thought is alioWsd-
Some clubs debate and study the past
but on the subjects of this DAY they
keep resolutely silent, and ezpeclaly
upon the ~loftiest and finest sentiment OF
the day-the Acknowledgement OF Amer
can women" Mrs. Gait said 1t was
clearly evident that something was need
ed N this government of ours, that vice
Is ON the Increase and the penten-
taries are being enlarged. She then
gave a history of Wyoming during the
twenty-seven years since the enfran-
ch.sement of its women.
"One winter in a home up in the
Rocky Mountains" she continued, in
a town which had but two women, one
OF the women was taken sick. The
SHOWS were deep and it was impossible
to reach help. The other woman, Esther
Morris, went to this home and was SER
" LII - VI l. ei-Ad
sick woman had recovered her husband
went to Esther Morris and asked her
what he could do for her; if there were
not something she wanted, but she said
No. Time passed and this man was
elected to the first Legislature of Wy
ominr. Then Esther Morris came to
him and said: THE time has come when
you can do something for me- He
asked what it was and she said: Make
the first bill introduced in the Legis-
lature the acknowledgements of women
He promised and he kept his word.
.There Awere three reasons which
passed tha bill. AT first It was r-diculed.
but there was not much to discuss. so
they thought the would pass the time
by the discussion of woman suffrage.
When the bill was under discussion one
of the reasons urged in favor of the bill
was that there were too few women IN
Wyoming and # they gave women the
ballot it might induce them to come.
But the third reason and the one which
passed the bill was this. The governor
OF the territory was a young man,
chivalrous and popular. The other
men were apt to be wallflowers when
he was around and they did not like
Il. SO they thought it would be a joke
on the Governor If they passed the bill.
and he was obliged to veto it, for it
would make him unpopular and them
popular. Between these three reasons
the bill passed the Legislature and to
the amazement of all the Governor
signed It. The next year tibet same
Legislature passed a repeater ana the
same Governor vetoed il, n never
since tina tine has an effort been made
to take the ballot from the women OIL
INSTITUTIONAL QUALIFICATIONS.
An educational qualification has been
made and no one. man or woman, may
vote unless able to read and understand
fhH s aualiflcation thsy also have given
the means of an education and the edu-
c~ational system is better h that OF
learning. If there is no school in a neigh
borhood, or If the child lives in some
place inaccessible at times, q teacher is
and board paid by the State. II there is
child she stays three months, II two,
five months if three, seven MONTHS
nteracy IN wyoming Of any State in he
Union; there is the smallest per cent. OF
crime, and the United States Supreme
Court decided it was due to Wome ms
vote. While pauperism is on the increase
in the United States. there is not a single
pooraouse in the whole State Of Wyomt
Divide, which accelerates nervous dis
eases. there Is in that State the smallest
per Gent; Of ,d insanity III VIM n the ga and tb hnef is
has done ali this, but in the face Of this
3 pr9 ssai ns1 t Iali HIGHEST Gare ss ciyi M9map suAfAss
"The highest proof of the beneficence OF
woman suffrage was adduced four years
a sIse G nnan Congress- was opposed to the
entrances because of the clause in the
Constitution e~nfranchising. women. The
Tor Instructions and said he was afraid
Wyoming would never enter the Union
with that clause in the Constitution:
wyoming held a mass meeting to con-
slider what. had best be done. But before
their smee ting the women, held q meet
ing where they discussed the question
Whether or not it was for the good Of
Wyoming TO have the clause stricken
from The cpnstitutio9 M They decided nsaes,as an of
the men ne Where xIeT I they said!IsWe Rave
come to tell you that the women of
s MyIsSmi osgt a ehat w elansss 5nat you We sR RnoW
sns' re fse' next saf dsaaSs the dsslegase Stood
Wired 10 my constituents for Instructions
rathsg than enter the Union With the
will stay out Of the Union a hundred
years. Now ! ask you if the result Of the
ballot for women naQ Deen neglected
homes and children would the men of
wyoming have taken such a stand when
they had q way. Of; escape open to them?
wyoming, by a unanimous vote, passed
resolutions setting forth the advantages
of woman suffrage, n urging other
States TO enfranchise women. Colorado
two years ago gave the ballot to women.
and Utah made the first clause of Its
constitution the enfranchisemen OF
Mrs. Gait gave several instances of
the conversion to Woman Suffrage of
its bitter opponents after witnessing it
in practical operation.
BAD MEN AND WOMEN.
There is an argument against Woman
Suffrage Miss Chtt continued. which
I have heard often of late in New York.
1t is that cme about the bad women of
the United States. I heard that so many
bad women have we. anyway? I studied
50 far as is known there are 1000 0 evil
women. and there are thirteen million
women left. Now, as 1t Is possible that
there are bad women of whom no &C.
count was mad we will double the NUM-
her, and say there are 100000. The same
statistics that told me his SAID that
were 1890. 600 evil men: twelve me-
to every woman. Now, II women had the
ballot. If we took 1850. 600 of the 1900, 000
good women to eQuaiize the vote Of the
bad men. 400, 600 for the bad WGanen
We would stfiI have over 5000. 900 good
women }eft. Mrs. Eatt said the. woHnaN
who said she would never vote was
eharactsrized nv laz'ress, shiftlessnSss