Show WOMANS age aae washing ton january 14 the subject womans comans suffrage 0 was before house committee on today to day wilcox delegate from new york womans comans suffrage society said that woman suffrage in utah originated in an address before the same committee flye live years ago delegate cannon of that territory admitted this statement was substantially ly correct wilcox claimed that enfranchisement was first proposed as the only practical mode or of extirpating polygamy and it would have that effect if the lecresy of a vote was wal secured by abolishing marking of ballots with numbers or ors otherwise that till lecresy was secured womans comans suffrage had not a fair trial and he said farther that the tile womans comans suffrage element was unanimous on this question and chatin that in the forthcoming political combination this element would be powerful mrs Hlen Hien hienemann emann emart of pittsburg agent of the pennsylvania woman suffrage ago age society said if suffrage could be taken from women it should be taken from men for the same remon reason she objected to extension of the common law of 1776 to women of the territory of utah carey stated that the poland bill which he be would accept simply operated to substitute common for civil law and nka waa was waa not modified by decisions of the legislature to this wilcox assented and mckee chairman of the committee stated that the committe desired this and nothing more carey said the mormons cormons enfranchised the women of utah to outvote out vote the gentile and they had no jio purpose or besre to elevate their women thereby b this latter allegation was em P contradicted by aca cannon adli uni unico |