The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-29
TIE CAUSE OF VOHAH,
IT'S WEN or LIFE WAS or
MINGLED YARN LAST WEEK.
Good and III Came Close Together In the
Passage by the Arizona Legislature Of
asunrage Bili, and the Veto Thereof by
the (,oyernor-The Suffrage Convention

q suffrage Bin ana the veto InereOt ny
the Governor-The Suffrage Convention
The last week contained Joy and a dis
amendment for the advocates Of woman
suffrage. The Legislature of Arizona passed
a bill granting the full franchise to women
and the Governor vetoed It.. 1t is said
that he was besieged with kilograms from
all parts Of the country urging him to sign
and not to sign the bill. He based his veto
on it's unconstitutionalty, but this was a
.-.~ makeshjft, as the act OF Congress
which organizes Territories confers upon
their Legislatures the power to regulate
the suffrage. Under this act women voted
in Wyoming twenty-one years before IL
was admitted as q State. helped elect the
delegates to the convention which framed
the Constitution for Statehood, and voted
on this Constitution. which included q. woman
suffrage clause and was accepted by Con-
prees. Never once was their right TO vote
questioned The women Of Utah voted
under an act Of its Territorial Legisla-
,ure from 1870 to 1887. when they we're dis
franchised by the Edmunds-Tucker bill.
but not because their voting was uncon-
.titutionai. The Legislature Of Arizona
represents the people of the Territory-or
der O. Brodie Ia merely an outsider. an
sppointee OF President Roosevelt He liz.
of course, a Republican. The political
complexion Of the legislative vote is not
II ated, but as there is a Democratic ma
jority of thirteen on joint ballot, the bill
must have been carried by this party. Let
the honor and the dishonor go where they
belong. The two preceding Governors.
L.. unI u,nhaa adyOcafaa OF
woman suffrage and recommended 1t In
their messages.
During the present winter the National
4. Suffrage Association has had an organizer
in Phoenix cooperating with the Arizona
women in their efforts to secure this bill.
In the winter Of 1899 Mrs Chapman Gait
herself, who was then chairman Of the ma
tional or panization committee, assisted by
, it's secretary, Miss Mary G. Hay. spent a
month In Phoenix during the Legislative
session, and woman suffrage bill passed
the lower house by 10 yeas. nays. In
her Official report she said:
rhe opposition then concentrated upon
: opponents were the saioonkeepers. who
there are often the proprietors Of gambling
den and ID. heSs ooS Of shieh Il Was Believed
women. Every member received letters or
sucb resorts. tire atening political ruin II he
failed to vote az ainst this measure. u was
Mc 1Ssse s tna.
was led by the proprietor Of the largest and
richest saloon in the Ts,rtSpry hu ma majority
played q Alibustering game and prevented
fts coming TO Q vote.
90 many strong. determined, able men ANXIOUS
20 espou.e our cause as II 1Sns in ohe
ssns ams time thres
S .. e r q 70 S S
faVors iii tho Intelligent and moral citizens
are eager for It, but the vicious clements: as
AZ sRss al such legislation IS
could Be put thIonfh n . txinsiinS BY r =.
We replied that Whist the slirssist: had won
Ebey bad won honestly, and we would post.
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Praoticaily the same conditions were In
force during the present session. but, fall
Ing in the Legislature, opponents brought
{. the necessary influence to bear IN higher
been enfranchised they would have voted,
q in Wyoming. for delegates to the State
hood convention and on the constitution,
and Arizona would ultimately have come
into the Union With woman suffrage per
Imperative that this bill should be de-
feef4d. The legislature will not meet
aeain until 1905, and before that time the
Territory. hopes to get into the Union,
franchise only through the individual votes
Of the Mexioans, foreigners. cowboys,
tramps and other heterogeneous elements
which help TO make up the population OF
TSis = not In. nrst instano. where a
Presidential appointes has defeated the
win Of the electorate OF Q Territory. as
expreased by the Representatives. In 1855
the legislature OF Dakota passed a bill
oonfsrring full suffrage on women, by
and - ayes. 10 noes In the lower house.
fhis was Immediately vetoed by Gov. Oil
bert A. Pierce. appointed by President
Arthur. who had been In the Territory but
: Ths Iegisiaturs of wsshington Terri
toU In lsss adopted . measure completely
onfranchising women. which was appro we'd
81 Gov. William A. Newell. and until isse
they voted IN . Larger proportion than
. = the oonsiitutionslity Of tbs law. and
The Legislature at once passed q strengthen
ing Ac[, which Was appro we'd by Gov Watson
O. Squire. In 1851 the supreme Court de-
s. *. si The Law sas, ,Ssr.iors' rsa cen.
acted, psrfsctly tiilsd and sonded by the
I~gIslai,us Of isss, and appro yed by Gov
Euxsns kssnpls. Here also Statehood
convcDtion vas approaching, and ihs dls-
reputAbls elsmsnis. which largely pre-
dominated In thoss early days. we're de-
serninsd that women Should not vote on
delsxatss or Constitution, and that tlss
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