The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-07-03
IN a VERY BAD WAY.

The Republicans are becoming
alarmed over the interest taken in pol
itics by the women of Utah. The in
vitation extended by the Democratic
party to women citizens to become
members of Democratic societies and
exercise the privilege Of citizenship, in
caucus and convention, in the choice
of delegates and in the nomination of
candidates, has been responded to so
extensively and earnestly that the OPP
position has at length walked up to
the danger that appears to confront it.
The Republican sheet which is not
a Republican organ" but which en-
cages in the business of directing the
Republican party all the same, and
which denounces as 'lick-spittles" all
Republicans who support candidates
not of its choice, calls upon the Re
publicans of Utah to initiate the Dem
ocrats by organizing women's clubs.
At the same time it disputes that 'un-
der the law women have no more right
to vote this year than have boys of
twenty years of age" and declares
that the Republicans ought to protest
against the registration of women this
year for the reason that cit is illegal
and that it jeopardizes statehood"
The would-be dictator of the Repub-
lican party of Utah, as an excuse for
urging the Republicans to take the
step pointed out, utters several direct
falsehoods, some of which it will be
necessary perhaps to refute. One of
these is in reference to the proposition
by Democrats in the Constitutional
Convention to settle the question of
the right of women to vote next No
vember The Tribune says:
Mr.. WINS. of Washington, denounced
the whole thing as a political trick.
Democrat after Democrat opposed it,
and it was overwhelmingly voted
down. Mr.. Thurman gave notice at
the time that the effort would be re-
newed when it came to registration
and indirectly threatened that the
whole power of the courts should be
before the purpose should
be abandoned.
Reference to the record shows the
ralsity of the foregoing assertions Mr..
T. 5. Richards moved an amendment
to Section 9, providing that women
should vote on the constitu-
ton and for state officers, but that
their votes should be placed in sep
arate boxes. This was to avoid any
that might arise over the
question of the meaning of the en-
ibling act in reference to voting.
Mr.. Varian having intimateG that /
caucus of Democrats had been held /
IN this proposition and that certain /
members were bound by it, Mr. Wins, /
# Washington, resented the imputa-
ion and declared that if a caucus had /
,een held he had not participated in /
[ And he said further concerning
he amendment: Il think it was in
ended for political purposes, and even
E 1 knew that the adoption OF it would
ring victory to my party l would
asst my vote against it
Mr. Thurman stated that there had
een no secrets in regard to this mat
er and intimated that the speech of
II. WINS had been made in order to
revoke applause from the Republican
ide
The two gentlemen held a friendly
Immediately after these
and the whole matter was
out amicably. There was
o charge of a political trick Mr.
wins was opposed to the amendment
ecause he did not think the enabling
ct contemplated that women should
ote on the constitution
The amendment was voted down but
OF in the manner intimated by the
ribune. The record shows that
lirty-four Democrats voted in its ia
or, six Democrats being absent, and
lat fifty-three delegates voted against
, all of whom were Republicans but
We.
Mr.. Thurman gave no such notice as
lat stated by the Tribune, but simply ]
fered another amendment almost in
lie exact language of the enabling act. ]
nd which would have left the matter
n the courts to determine. The +;
nendment was voted down by prac- I
cally the same vote Z,
This shows the attitude of the Re- '
lblicans in the convention in refer {
ice to ne women of Utah They were /
1t willing to allow the ladies to take ,
art in the first election of the new /
ate, nor even to have the matter
aced in such a position that the right 7
the women to vote at that election q
uld be determined by the courts. t
hen the convention closed they were a