The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-25
SUFFRAGE FROM
VARIOUS ANGLES
Woman Thinks Enfranchise-
ment Delightful, While Man
Views II Differently.
MOFFAT SAYS RAILROAD
is PROGRESSING APACE
Promoter Declares Line Will
Reach Salt Lake Within
Reasonable Time.
BY RALPH JOHNSON.
.eased Wire IN The Tribune.

frase it has secured much more space
in the newspapers and has been more
freely and fairly discussed in New York
than ever before. In fact, it has al
most reached the plane Of the horse
show and the opera season in the public
estimation as indicated by the news.
papers. Recently two rather interest
ing statements on this interesting topic
have been made which fairly represent
the opposite views on the question.
Mrs. Olive Scott Gabriel, A. B., LII.
D., prominent suffragist, declares:
1.-The suffrage for woman ls not only
the mark between savagery and civil
ization, but the only means we have
of influencing the legislature. And all
women are gradually beginning to real
l2e this. The woman In business knows
that If she had the privilege to vote
she could better the conditions under
which she works. She could introduce
sanitation into the shop, the store and
the office, and not be obliged to expose
herself to consumption and other dis
eases for want of cleanliness and fresh
air. She could shorten the hours of
labor and emancipnte herself from the
bondage of toll from morning until
night. This would enable her not only
to darn her stockings and mend her
waists occasionally, but also to improve
her mind, and to get some recreation
every now and then. She could raise
her wages, and thus do away with
great deal of Insult and injury, wrest
herself from the clutches of tempta-
ton. For she will have funds enough
properly to house, nourish and clothe
herself, and not be forced to accept
presents and all sorts of ill-directed
favors from her employers and brother
workers.
ALI Women Would Benefit.
Believe me, not only the industrial
woman would be benefited by access to
tne polls. but all women. The house
wife could reduce the cost of living by
hgntlng the trusts. and lowering the tar
IN Moreover, she could insist upon
getting correct weights and measures
and eatable goods In fact. she could
improve everything pertaining to the
home; For there is nothing that comes
INTO the house or goes out of it that
is not affected by legislation. Besides.
mothers, after devoting their young
lives to their children and teaching them
every moral precept. could prevent sa-
looms from opening on every other cor.
per and undoing the work of twenty
wears IN day. Nor are these the only
arguments in favor of suffrage. 1t is
positively unjust to deprive us of our
nights For taxation without represen-
tation is tyranny. And anybody who
oel1eves In democracy logically can Il
be anything but suffragist -
On the Other Side.
Dr. Jan Veth, the noted Dutch
painter now in this country. has this
to say on the other side: 1tTbere was
a time when no lady would raise her
hand against a man, but now the WON
en- turn to and beat the police whenever
tney think the officer cannot defend
hlmself THIS is taking unfair advan~
tage of the police, The poor. patient
men have been bearing the white WON
an burdens for centuries, meek and
uncomplalnlng Now they are obliged
10 put up with woman s violence, which
is really worse than man 8 when il is
once aroused. Women are so iutense
When they are brutal they are unusual
~ brutal, and being unreasonable tbey
won listen to reason, In all ages
men have, done everything for women.
CONSIDER the savaees that formerly
inhabited America, The Indian sauaw
ougnt 10 he an example to women de.
s.,rIng to vote. She had all the priv.
lleges of the ballot, that is, she had
sIl the hard work to do. She was free
hut free to work for her chief and
herself. Without the ballot women are
Obliged to support themselves; with il
they will probably be obliged to sup.
port their husbands and their families.
Woman shoves herself out into the
world and jostles the workingman into
he won t give her a seat. Woman
must stay at home to be appreciated
snd to preserve the mystery and charm
which so enhances her in the sight of
men. So there YOU are'
Moffat Is Optimistic.
David II. Moffat, president of tbe
Denver & Rio Grande railway, was in
the city recently. Mr.. Moffat's hard
hght to put his road through in spite
of opposition from other interests is
matter of railroad history At II
Mt Moffat is still fighting. and he saws
that thee Moffat road will some day be
g. part OF a through continental line.
he was IN an optimistic mood. follow.
lue a visit TO Wall street, remarkable.
ss he told an acquaintance, for the
reason that he returned to the hotel
with only 10 cents less than he had
taken to The financial district
Business out IN Denver is very
DtiuS railIDdu Dullucr mas been pres
idcni Of the First National bank of
Denver for many years. "The i'm.
provement he@au about thirty DAYS AGO
and seems solid. It was in 1850 that
] first went out to Denver. ] went
across tie plains from Ona ha with, q
wagon and mule team. There were In.
disns about in those days Just before
the war, and we had to watch
our mules and supplies day and night
for fear tho Indians would steal them.
Denver. which was then known as st
Charles, was nothing but collection
of -tg cabins. The majority Of the peo.
pie there had gone out = during the
Pixies peak gold excitement of SO and
80. and lot who had gone had left
to come back home by the time
reached the settlement. That was
what drew me- ! had the idea could
just shovel mp gold out there.
"However, I had taken a stock of
books and stationery across the plains
and with it opened a store Denver
did not begin to grow until after the