Show EQUAL RIGHTS DEMANDED MEMORIAL FROM THE WOMEN suffragists representatives of the women or or of the territory hold a meeting thirty rive thousand the representatives of 0 or in utah a membership of gathered in tile the probate court room yesterday morning and named it ft memo ilal demanding that the constitutional convention incorporate in the constitution a provision that tile the a dighto of atthe the citizens ot of the incoming state slate or of utah to vote and hold falce be not abridged on oil account of sex and that male and remato citizens of tile the state shall equally enjoy all civil political and religious li rights anti anil privileges thi the deliberations were presided over by mrs lira emmeline n B wells who ia 1 not lot only president of the womans comans suffrage association of utah but la Is secre tary lary or of vae the national the discussion was brief but bill ca earnest rneSt and when at adjournment mrs emily S richards afee pi evident of the ter lit orial association and chairman of tile committee on memorials mc well went t forth by her colica colleagues 9 u Q a it was v os to ale men c to the conven convention t 0 n their lews in six pages of type wr writ at ten bernoi lat ilal the association corn commence mence 3 with ith A statement that the organization tl c in this Torri territory tory Is Rux auxiliary illary to the hie N national woman Ver relief relict society and the youn 9 ladles adlea li N national lat lonal mutual improvement association these thaoe thousand so women standing in 1 a general way bays me address d ress or in fit virtue ot C direct official te le Lion slip as our con we Y your ur speak in ili their name and in behalf ot of the women ot of utah P present resent the cause CAUSE OP it Is a matter mailer or congratulation say the memoria lists that in ill the these e clo closing dl years or of the nineteenth c century abou tur the cause of women can call without na t tile salma of partisanship be laid before a body of chosen men ordain ord wilned ed to the work of creating a new sovereignty within the galaxy of states as tin an equal member of the indissoluble union the men of utah in respective political parties have with equal unanimity said that women shall be accorded to equal rights and privileges of citizenship that sex distinction shall no longer be a ban and a bar to 10 equal 0 opportunity with men to exercise the G god od given po powers ers and capabilities with which women are endowed for purposes ot of equal self government and eual equal enjoyment of the he inalienable rights of life liberty and the pursuit ot of hip happiness we take it that the men of 0 utah have spoken honestly ho neatly sincerely and as true men to 0 that equally large number of citizens who are abc now dis franchised who are now deprived of authority to speak a word or cast a vote in ili the framing of sit an oi ganic I 1 liw iw their personal and property rights their anil and political status in the social organism NO intentions the memo memorials riall state that they are triad glad to foci feet assured ass uiel that their brothers are dealing deall ni honestly with wilh merit tham and happy in the belief that the overtures made by the men of auh are it in it line with the onward ard march of civilization they promise thit hit they contemplate no n rival no sphere pe peculiar rullar and apart no hostile policy or divided coun counsels lids the woman movement means only true rue human progreso they express confidence that tile the constitution el lerish in their delibera tinne a for the principles of liberty lib eity ty one of forbids taxation without lepri thousands of ulmen oin cn in utah are property holders und and taxpayers in their own right says hayfi the memorial menoria I 1 slid and being taxed without representation are tie dc hilved of essential rights PART rv OI OF TUG THE PEOPLE whatever Wl alver the stand of women may anay b bf say the they are it at least a a part of the people As such the government provides a place for them and by no form forin or principle of rl aso ning can they be oil cd of such euch rights and as inure to men under government without It bout at the q ame time lime natural rights which men hold for to be inelo late alto the denial of the ballot to women the memoria lists argue is in violation vio ladon of the declaration of independence which holds government to hinge on 1 the he consent of the governed and such disfranchisement Is 13 declared to be tyranny puro pure and simple even though it be under the shadow and in the name of liberty and tree free government goern go eminent ment the memorial concludes to you gentlemen ot of the utah co constitutional convention it Is given to make deep and fundamental principles of f our government effective in the administration ministration of law we do not doubt your ability and willingness to do so 60 but we ve come to greet you lit in behalf ot or the tha wornell women or of utah to strengthen your hands and to assure you that we ar are keenly alive to the importance anti and far reaching consequences ot of your labor in our behalf and above all we would you with the fact that the women of utah are by no means indifferent SP spectators of the drama that Is now betag being anac enacted we belleve believe thit ali lt every ago age has its ita rising and its setting win sun we believe that the woman movement has come com e because the sun suit of civilization has haa thrown across our social horizon the clau clausing ning of a new and more glorious lous era in the history of men we believe that through the ages an eternal purpose runs and that in the full enfranchisement of women men there will conic come A larger and a truer lilier sovereignty ty a rational con conscientiousness ess in rullar harmony A lilt the temp temporal orcil wolfe welfare IL and happiness of men we believe that both men and women will be ben c filed morally socially poc lally ally and acono economically 2 ic wo we believe that now tile time clock clock of t american dell destiny tiny has the hour to inaugurate a larger and truer ci civil vil life elf and oat tile the ful future lire writers of utah history will mill immortalize I 1 1 the the names of those men IN lie in the e convention defying the iha injustice and prejudice ot or tile hie past ok oft lilly bonds that have tore fore enthralled women and open thi rhe doom that will usher her into it flee ee and full we therefore ther eforo ask aak you to provide in ill the constitution thil that t the rights ot of aitt zeng of the state ot of utah to vote vole and hold office shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex and that male und ind female citizens of the state chall equi equally illy enjoy all civil political arid and religious rel lelous rights and privileges the memorial was waa signed by the toil fol love lovans ang ladies Kmmel lna n wells wella provident pTer ident of the comans womans suffrage Sut Crago Asso WaLlon of ut utah th emily R S nic liania vice president llna linn D 11 II young president of tho the Nat national fOnal comans womans eteller society jam S richards vicie nt ellen 33 13 ferguson salt lake A association bullock Bullo cX utah county ampela lieu lucy A clark and jennie E r nelson n Vc ibor county Alil lodl colin n M bean sevier silvia la ba cox san polo al A graver juab 13 ir canon salt lakee T stevenson Sto salt lake louesa 1 wright joanna melton mellon coni COM G arston II 11 latt jabello liello horne home ada wll wit llama liams kate kale S bullard Hill HUl lard S B E anderson A howard MiZa Aleth J line lane wa biary 13 irvine jentila it lirida by lydia D aulia maria M J 13 horrocks J 13 11 pelic elteto aca 11 doolan A came ella AV hyde jane A hatch re etow n 17 hatch inwon J ailor I 1 amr A brie fv T airella S Rog rosem erx Re crist harriet ai A badger bidger mary A freeze aral y 1 11 mary macy J holding howard annie faricy lilea C olay son mrs kallo L Tax imon MUTT L meir susan grant grairt sara mm 11 II merriett beo a adliza Jon klirs adrannah Jen jenkinson kinsor christina attley |