The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-13


be elected to congress? The question is
pertinent just now in view of the equal suf-
frage agitation going on all over the coun-
try. When $4,000 persons in one Of the
greatest states Of the Union sign a petit
ton praying that women shall have the
privilege Of voting, as was the case at Al
bany during the sitting Of the constitu-
tonal convention recently, the matter as
sumes weight and Importance. And when
it is remembered, too, that it is barely
century that the experiment of male suf-
frage has been in successful operation, it
does not seem so strange that in the see
ond century of government by the people
We find women asking the right to cast
ballot along with men.
As the state Of Wyoming is the first in
the union where the equal suffrage move
ment has met with complete success. no
more interesting testimony as TO It's prom
ises and possibilities can be given than
that of the Wyoming senator
said Senator Carey: 1T is a great mis-
take to imagine that all the 'screechers'
you hear proelaiming the virtues OF
women suffrage are representative of the
great mass of women voters. The fact is,
no one would want to send to congress the
women WHO would like to 90 there as rep
resentatives. In Wyoming ladies run for
such offices as superintendent of public in
structon, and other places that are suita-
Bile for them.
Anything like female Representation
IN, rar
sress is concerned. Woman suffrage
works admirably in our state, but no one
thus far has evinced "a desire to come to
our national legislature"
Senator Teller of Colorado, who repre-
/ sonts the second state in the union where
women now have the right of suffrage.
| and who is regarded as one of the most
/ conscientious, honest and tar-sishted men
/ in the Senate. said:
/ .Out in my state the women vote, but
| rarely hold office; while i'm Kansas they
/ are allowed 10 vote under certain restric-
/ lions and yet can hold all kinds Of offices.
/ ] do not imagine that women VIII want TO
/ come TO the Senate-and yet this Us Wlthn
! the possibilities of the next fifty years.
All through the west the women are wide
awake, and the admission Of Utah into the
union, will be followed 10y lively crusade
| there in behalf of equal suffrage, ana with
/ success. ] think.
IF once women make up their minds to
/ come to congress, ] have no doubt as TO
/ the result Women suffrage works admir-
! ably in Colorado and the indications are
! that IL will spread to the surrounding
/ states within a short time.
Senator PETER Of Kansas. the leader of
/ the populists in the Senate, who has made
! some study Of the subject In his own state,
! and who doubtless expects to have a
woman colleague one of these days, has
this to say:
II think that eventually in every civil
lized country woman will take part in poll
dies The movement has begun IN the
United States. and Kansas viii in all prob
ability be first to send women TO the state
legislature This may happen at any time
now. Things are changing rapldiy' anu
Kansas YOU know, is always nrst IN every
good work Our people are strongly Ia
favor of political equality. We believe
that women are as much entitled to polit-
zeal rights as they are to civil rights
Il do not see why women should not
come 10 congress, do YOU? We have some
women in Kansas who are more capable
Of Iegislating for the country than some
men there that ] know. The situation
may change in a very short time, so that
we may soon have a woman representa-
tive in congress from Kansas.
LAS to separate apartments, DO not
see why we should have different commit
Tee rooms. w omen NtAAN AOt7 NA~A WIN
men. congregate in public and private
with them, and, in fact are in every place
where men ought TO be. They VIII be ad-
mitted 10 banquets one of these days
Men and women dine together at hotels,
meet together in lobbies and reception
rooms and / do not see why they should
not associate together in committee
rooms. We have mixed schools, and in
the churches the two sexes intermingle
freely.
"The presence Of women in congress
would improve IL, for IN this way you
would get more of the home influence in
public life. In this way our political life
would be purified, and the general effect
of womans entrance into the national
legislature would be good"
Senator James II. Kyle of South Da-
kota, who represents a strong element
of the populist party in the west, and
whose name is whispered around as a
presidential possibility on their ticket in
1886 had this to say:
81 am not in favor of woman suffrage
and hence do not think it would be the
proper thing to have woman represen-
tatives in either the state or national
legislature But I do not imagine that
women VIII ever want to come TO con-
gress Besides, it would be d pretty diff
ncult thing for the two sexes to work
tremendously in matters Of legislation.
"No-the appearance Of women in con-
gress will not come about IN my day"
Senator Harris Of Tennessee, president
pro tenn of the Senate, laughed heartily
when the question was preached to him.
They will not come in my day or in your
day. either.
"What about Kansas? Well, 7 don't
believe that even this wonderfully fer
tile State in experiments Will send a
woman to these halls Things will come
to q pretty pass when we get women in
the Senaten and the old Senator's face
wore a curious cross between a smile and
d sneer.
Senator Pugh Of Alabama said: There
are no women in the South who want to
come TO the Senate. Nor can you find ten
men in any southern state who would IA
vor such an extraordinary proposition"
Senator Call OF Florida showed true
southern chivalry. and said that once wo-
men came to congress, he would be in ia
vor Of them in every way. They should
have their cloakrOoms, committee rooms,
boudoirs and hair dressing apartments
While he did not expect to see ladies for
LEGISLATORS in the near future, yet he init
mated that it would not be the worst
thing In the world that could happen TO
The United States Senate. They could