Show ED editorials ITO R I 1 ALS WOMAN suf SUr SUFFRAGE surfrane FRAGE IN OALI CALI FORNIA THE Callor cailor nia nin woman suffrage association recently sent to the legislature egi egl slature of that state a memorial and petition setting forth the grievances of the women through being deprived of the suffrage in their petition they preferred the following requests odthe legislature ft fah fth 11 first to so amend the consal aution that it will con eon confeson confer feron on women the right to vote upon the same germs terms and conditions that men exercise the nan han manchise chise and refer the same to the next succeeding leg li slature for its ita adoption and ami submission to the people for their ap iX i second to enact laws which will make women eligible to positions of official authority in all the departments of the public schools provided that they may enjoy an equal share of the clerical and anti other offices the duties of which are suitable to be discharged by wo men in each mackof of the departments of municipal township county f and state government that the wife shall have full powers conferred upon her to contract and the same absolute ownership over her own property as she pois possessed essed b before e marriage so that she shall be 1 in respect to her nat natural uial personal auti anti and property rights the e equal quai of her hir hi her r husband I 1 phird to so amend the tile laws within constitutional limits that all the legal disabilities now imposed on the women of this state shall be entirely removed 11 the memorial and petition were referred to the committee on the judiciary mr aldrich introduced the following resolution for the ap of a joint committee to consider the subject WHEREAS the board of con t tro troi lof of the california womans comans sus frage association have caused to be introduced into both houses of the t legislature a memorial concerning the rights hights 0 privileges and dis disabilities abill of women and a petition asking for the enactment of laws by which such disabilities shall be removed and such suca rights and privileges secured to them and also asking for an amendment to the constitution ution of this state by which the right of suffrage rage shall be conferred upon ubon upon them and whereas said memorial and petition are entitled to a fair and respectful consideration by the legislature therefore be it Be resolved solved by the assembly the senate concurring that a joint committee consisting of three on the tile part of the assembly and two on the part of the senate be appointed to take into consideration the matters embraced in said me morial mori aland and petition and to report such action thereon as they may deem it expedient to be taken the assembly adopted the reso lution without opposition lon but when jt ift came before the senate that body summarily ordered it to be laid on the table f theatricals IN SAN FRANCISCO the san francisco chronicle chronicles thus shadows forth the theatrical pro gramme in that city for several jerai jeral months enquin ensuing c this week and nd next dion boulicault Boucic ault in kerry 11 daddy odowd coi col een bawn arrah na pogue az and a local sketch next miss eatherine katherine rodgers in mimi in the middle of february mr mccullough in im king lear the gladiator an and d richlieu with great scenic effects in march miss neilson in romeo borneo and juliet As you like it and Halli days anthony and cleopatra early in april mr J T R raymond ay mond in gilberts wicked world in may or june the aimee opera troupe toward the end of june mr sothern so them in dun idun dreary in private theatricals in july letta lotta in her specialities in august the family in jin thel I 1 eccentricities there is also a ability of visits by edwin booti and joe Jefre jennerson jefferson WOMAN site SiTF SUFFRAGE FRACIE ix IN wn THE TER Kl 1111 TOBiES IS on the lith of january in the tho united states senate mr sir pratt rep of ind presented a petition of the indianapolis wo mans suffrage association protesting ng against the passage of the bill limiting suffrage age in the territories t to 0 males maies referred to the committee on territories a COLORADO irrigation TILE tiie subject of irrigation is increasing in interest in colorado as well as in california and elsewhere A bill lias has been prepared for presentation to the colorado legislature of which the following is a brief abstract 1 I all rivers and creeks are declared public and open to be used for purposes bf mining and arri irrigation a 2 existing rights are protected 3 the right rig h t t to construct public and private ditches is declared 4 when ditches have been constructed ted through the lands of others with their consent such consent shall be irrevocable in writing or by parole 5 the county commissioners in each county shall upon petition of five landholders land holders order the construction st of a ditch the cost to be paid by tax levied upon the lands berie bene fitted by said ditch 6 0 lands covered by a ditch shall constitute an irrigation district to be provided for by three overseers to be no elected by the people who shall apportion the water and meth method 0 d of using it I 1 uly 7 severe penalties aie are provided for obstructing ditches 4 8 provides for the creation of a commission of three persons whose duty it shall be to estimate the number of acres susceptible of cultivation the average flow of water in the various streams the number of acres this will irrigate to prepare a code of rules and and regulations f for nor or the use of the water and asder ascertain tain the probable cost of the necessary ditches to utilize the water flow this commission will report to the governor who shall transmit their report to the next session of the legislature gog 9 when corporations build a ditch the rates charged for water shall be subject to revision by the county commissioners AFRAID or OF investigation THE washington correspondence ot jan 15 of the new york world has the following the mormon question Is to havo have another hearing before the tha house territorial committee tomorrow to morrow there are three bills pending n g t there ere loe ioe looking ing to the e abolition of polygamy bulted united states district attorney carmy carey y will address dress the committee for an hour our and then delegate doieg ate cannon will vall close the ar argument ment which he commenced last week before perfecting a bill it is not improbable the committee may decide to request tho the house to order an investigation into the actual condition of things in utah there Is such contradiction contradicts 0 n of statement on both sides that it Is u urged rg e d there Is no other way to get at the truth during the congressional crusade against the 11 mormons cormons Mor mons ionell last session session the proposition to send a committee of investigation to utah was mooted the fellows who create all this senseless disturbance this ridiculous hile hue and cry concerning utah and fill the papers with highly ML h colored sensational fictions ab about t the situation here herie opposed investigation set themselves against it hinted that the comba community unity hereabout would go to chaos in a few weeks unless certain infamous measures were passed they did not want careful investigation but swift legislation not light ana and justice but darkness and vindictive striking not liberty but proscription not prosecution but persecution justice is seldom in a hurry but injustice is characteristically swift to shed blood and work all manner of iniquity haste is always suspicious and almost always does bad work most haste worst speed that is why certain persons objected to investigation last session ion and goaded congress to legislate specially and with indecent t haste to aid utah now investigation is again mooted and these same samo persons do not want it they are afraid of it they have nothing to gain but everything to loseby lose iose by i investigation their acts will nol not bear careful candid intelligent scrutiny and acdan an for eor our own part we do not see that either investigation or special legislation by congress is i particularly necessary concerning tah but if such sueh lesi must be had any sane man would say should only be had after full cam calm sober intelligent discriminating deliberate impartial investigation the more congress knows of th true situation the the tho more intelligently it can legislate to it is a truism amounting to a platitude yet some people seem to boac ac capt it not but fight it to the end nor will there bo be any dreadful danger incurred by legislation waiting upon investigation As forney says of the whole union it flourishes in spite of poor government so will utah continue to flourish in default of special congressional legisla tio for her and in spite of the masterly inactivity of an obstructive judiciary this was the case last year and it lul can bo be the same again let the investigating ti committee come along and inquire into the situation all sides bides of it and the result will work good in 6 one ne way 0 or r another never fear that he who does fear it itt needs watching |