| Show WOMEN AND VOTING TOTING the people of utah probably have made up their mands minds on woman suf sat frage and that favorably since it has baa been unqualifiedly endorsed by both of the leading political parties partie who Is are pledged to Us its adoption in the state constitution the subject la 18 agitating quite a number of ef the state legislatures however wever tio several of them having propositions ions to amend their constitutions so go as to extend the elective franchise to women even in staid old massachusetts chu the movement is growing apace its present form being a proposed experiment in municipal government the plan may be tested in tuat capacity before being passed upon in 10 its general application to the state As is well known donator george F hoai of massachusetts Is 16 an ardent arden advocate of female suffrage and has ba bt eu matting making inquiries relative to its if operation in colorado to strengthen os nis at home in a letter latter sent a low lew dayn ago to H B blackwell of boston he says fay I 1 asked the senators from colorado to give me the result of their observation of t he be late election in that thai state in which women took part I 1 send bend you the an iwer which I 1 hope all our BOAS bets newspapers will print I 1 think the people of massachusetts will soon come to see what reems beema so BO clear to MO me that the purification of our cities will come from the political action ot of women and will wili not soon come without it if we try the ibe experiment ot of woman suffrage in mun municipal government and it fall fail we can at ai any time recede without any change in the constitution but it will not tail fail in the be letter referred to written by senators teller and wolcott Wolo ott the man ner in which the colorado ladies prepared for atie election lf if last november by organizing organ ising clubs and studying parliamentary rules is in detailed and the statement to ie made that their pros pree once at the primaries resulted in making the latter freer free from any disorder whatever attebe at the election they were among the early voters the senators say women bring to the exercise of the right of equal suffrage an intelligence fully equal to that of the male voter one of the apparent results of the presence of women as participators participatory in political matters is that political peli parties must exercise greater care than before as to the character and standing of nominees for office the statement is in then made that there were no unpleasant results apparent as the consequence of the voting by women that the undefined fear that the bestowal of the right might lead to certain offensive demonstrations of what is in termed the strong mindedness of women had found no justification that they voted in a far greater proportion than did the men and apparently felt they were performing a duty rather than exercising a privilege logt and that there was no unusual desire on the part of the be women of colorado to be candidates for and the women who were nominated and elected received their comins tiona without wire pulling in well their behalf the letter continues with the declaration deolar atlon that the presence prea ence of women at the polls polla is in looked upon as an undisguised blessing 0 O and clodee with expressing the belief bellef of the writers that it the be question an to whether the right of should be bestowed bea towed on women should be again submitted to the voters of colorado it would be carried in the affirmative by a far greater majority than it received a year ago there to la no doubt that the depre sensations of the colorado senator sena tofi coming from such high authority personally conversant with the workings wor kinga of the now order of astaire in the oen cen lounial state detate will be very gratifying to the equal bundrage advocates every where and will afford fresh material to prove the fallacy of many arguments advanced by the opposition they also will be instructive to the people generally and being introduced into massachusetts at ai an time may be expected to produce results favorable to the woman suffrage cause |
