The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-12-16
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cradle time to the discussion Of Nor
monism and Dolygamy. The Roberts
case was the text used by those who
participated. There were no important
DEVELOPMENTS, however. and the con-.
vention did not decide to override con-
gresSional authority and Immediately
eject the Utah congressman.
The Roberts case is also the subject
of a letter in today's Post, signed Will
liam w Aston. This gentleman dis
covers that the case has an important
bearing on woman suffrage. He says:
For many years the ladies have
been urging female suffrage, and some
men have assented to the proposition.
The great claim has been that women
would thereby be elevated and politics
purified.
Some measure of success has at
tended these efforts, and woman has
thus been elevated, and politics thus
purified, and the most notable success
of female suffrage has been in Utah.
There. women are frequent officers and
members of the legislature, and hold
other elective and appointive positions.
The largest female vote is there cast,
and the influence of women in politics
and at the polls is felt. AT the late con-
gressional election q larger womans
vote than ever before was cast in that
state. and the result is the election of
Roberts, a polygamist, to congress. The
woman vote was cast for him, and the
majority for him was large and, in
fact, he was almost unanimously elect
ed, and all this by the ladies working
in politics for their own elevation and
the betterment of politics. But now
that the Dolygamist is elected. the
same strong-minded women who have
pushed female suffrage, repudiate the
very first noticeable result of the sue
cess of their hobby, and demand that
Roberts he not seated"
UTAH BILLS.
Judge King has completed a draft Of
the favorable report from the claims
committee on the bill to reimburse GER
tain citizens of Utah S14, 600 improperly
collected by revenue officers twenty
years ago. He has also secured a.
promise from Assistant Secretary
Spaulding of the treasury department
to favorably recommend the Salt Lake
public building bill.
Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn has
consented to accept the resignation of
Captain James N. Murphy, company
G, First Idaho volunteers. Captain
now at Gainesville, Ida, on leave of
absence for illness. He was lately or
dered to return for duty at Manila. As
the regiment will probably be muster
ed out of the service before Captain
Murphy can rejoin it, Senator Shoup
suggested the acceptance of his resig-
nation
Senator Shoup is actively at work
among senators securing promises of
support for the proposed appropriation
of $50 900 for investigation of irrigation
of arid lands. The appropriation has
been favorably recommended by Sec
retary Bliss.
UTAH MEMBERS RETURN.
Senator Rawlins Will leave for Utah
on Saturday He will try a law case,
and return here before the Utah legis-
lature meats.
Judge King will start home upon the
adjournment of congress next Wednes-
day. He will remain until the senator
ial contest is settled.
Senator RaWlins and Representative
King have secured an order discharg-
ing Private Richard T. Wright of the
Utah volunteers, now at Honolulu.
from the service, on the ground Of i'll
ness.
Postmasters appointed today: Idaho
Murray, Shoshone county, Winfield S.
Irwin. vice Clarence Lands, resigned: !:
Russell, Nez Perce county, Mary e.
Rosen. vice John w. Wosen, resigned.
Wyoming-Gillette Crooke county.
James T.. Morgan, vice A. ]. Spencer
resigned.
The following fourth-class postoffices