The Falls City tribune., 1910-06-03

as her lord dictated, arose aud in
clear tones repeated the last clause
of the petition, and we will ever
pray and The first clause of the
remonstranee we demand ard he
exelaimed-when before did ever
gamblers pray and mothers de
mand."
On motion of this gentleman, and
without a Dissenting voice, the vote
was indefinitely postponed. A
cheer went up from the women. and
the saloon men and their friends
passed silently from the door. The
law. making gambling Illegal was
established and placed upon the stat
ute books of the state three years
later
The women of Wyoming have al
ways voted since territorial days,and
we find that all the laws established
for the betterment of mankind and
especially those concerning the child
rem aud women. Are largely due to
their efforts, that the members of
the legislature were brought to realize
that a condition exists that made
the passage of certain laws necessary
The vote of the in this state
is usually cast against a candidate
for office who is known to be either
incompetent immoral or otherwise I'M
fit for the place, and as a result the
tendency Is to nominate better men
for office.
Political reforms are nearly always
brought about by individuals arc sell
dom by party organizations. The
women usually vote for progressive
candidates and for the correction of
abuses in politics, irrespective of
party affiliations. After two years
experience of woman suffrage there.
was a strong movement among some
of the prominent men of the legisla-
ture to repeal the act of granting sui
frage to women. They claimed that
it was evident that women were too
meddlesome and it must be stopped.
Several caucuses were held to de
termine the course of action and
overcome the opposition. These eau
cuses We're held in one of the largest
saloons in Cheyenne and all the
power of whiskey was brought to
bear ON the members to secur a
repeal of the woman's suffrage act.
1t required considerable time and
a large amount of whiskey, and at
Least the opposition was stifled. the
bill was introduced and carried by a
strict party vote. and sent to the
council where it met with the same
result. 1t then went to the governor
for approval.
He promptly returned the bill with
his veto, with the following message:
In this territory women have mani
tested for Its higher interests a de-
votion strong, ardent. and intelligent.
They have brought to public affairs a
clearness of understanding and a
soundness of judgment, which are
worthy of the greatest admiration and
above all, praise. The conscience of
women is in all things more diserim
mating and sensitive than that of
men; their sense of justice, not COM
promising or time-serving, but pure
and exacting; their love of order not
spasmodic or sensational merely, but
| Snrin oin no from tho hpart. oil thnCn
tho better conscience, the exalted
sense of justice, and the abiding love
of order, nav been made by the
efranchisement and well being of our
these two years experience can
not close my eyes. | cannot forget
the benefits hat have already result
ed to our territory from woman suf-
large nor can | permit myself wen
to seem to do so by approving this
bill.
Judge Lindsey has antagonized the
telegraph and telephone companies by
refusing to let little messenger boys
be sent with kilograms to houses of
i'll fame; he had a~ntagonized the liq-
uor interests by Furnishing saloon
keepers who allowed children to en-
ter their premises: by so doing he
had incurred enmity of the great
corporations by his fearless exposure
of political corruption for which they
were responsible and as a result
neither one of the political parties
re-nominated him, and Judge Lindsey
was left without a party, without a
ring with ALI interests" against
him a man who had been forgot
ten and forsaken. The woman see
ing the stand both parties had taken
launched an Independent ticket of
their own and began to canvas for
votes for The judge.
The result of the election rolled