The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-04-06


OF statehood. The American people can
be led, but they cannot be driven: they
will not have this thing forced down their
threats, but will show that they are
greater than the constitutional conven-
ton.
Evans, Of Weber county. with his
"Goosonian" oratory,. yeils-'Give me
The fight is still on. Ninety per cent.
of the. people hesitate to try the expert
ment these men would force upon US. Y on
who propose to vote against statehood
make your voices heard now, with no IN
certain sound. If we are to have equal
suffrage, let US have it equal. Let the
women serve on juries, let them work
subject to military. service Qoud laugh
teri, let them be drafted and enlisted in
time Of war, let them be equal in all
things. II it is as they claim, that men
and women have not separate walks in
life. have been taught that women has
4 sphere of her own; that she is the pow
er behind the throne.
Suffrage is a fad of the west; it has not
been tried in the older states OF the east.
! The people of this territory, the women
OF this territory. don't want suffrage
take the chances of defeating statehood
He offered the Amendment.
ID. c. Eichnor was introduced as tn
person who offered the amendment to
submit the suffrage question as a separ-
ate article. He said he had introduce
II
was for the good. peace and happiness OF
the people.
why on earth are they afraid TO
to the people2 They must either have
bad cause or else they are towards: The.
ties. "'' - ''-e p''' . '-'- " ~
IEere the speaker called on Judge Pow
ers to explain how It got there, and the
judge did so salts actorly, the 8 st Of tn
explanation being that II was Tor parry
buncombe.l
-
Eichnor, l am for woman suffrage. but
believe that il IS not right to force n.
views on other people. That is why
claim it should be left 10 the arb!tre tiol
of the people
Jake GreenyyaId's Resolution.
Jake Greenewald here offered a reso!u-
ton calling on the constitutional conYen
ton TO submit the question @ suffrage
a separate article and begging the con
Vention not to turn deaf ear 10 tn
voice Of the people.
This was adopted unanimously with
whoop.
VIII Be a Large Funeral.
Judge Colborn wished TO thank Mr..
Roberts for the gallant stand he hao
taken. If he has been digging his poliu-
cal grave for the last two weeks. said the
judge, there will be more mourners at that
grave than celebrantS at the marr1agr
feast of the present majority.
There are people unalterably opposed 20
woman suffrage, and the whole people
should have an opportunity OF expressing
their views on the matter.
He Was and He Wasn't.
]. " Kimball said he was in favor of
submitting it TO the people. He had voted
20 put It in the constitution because OF
party pledges. which bound him to sup
port suffrage in some form or another
He would. however, vote for a, reconsid-
Grafton and would stand by Mr.. Roberts
from this on.
Roberts Stands Alone.
The chairman asked for an expression
from the audience as to those who would
vote against the constitution if woman
suffra ge was incorporated in the docu-
ment All pledged themselves TO vote
against it except Mr.. Roberts, who alone
and very distinctly said No" and in ex-
piana ton afterwards said he would vote
a suffrage clause. as he preferred state
hnnd with WOMAN suffrage to no state