| Show LEHI Ajl aulks KS the thriving city on the north pre for christmas ane few fihe days we havo had have I 1 been much appreciated and the effect on general health is perceptible especially on the spirits OUR little world continues to move and christmas will soon be with us extensive preparations for business are being made by all our merchants TF finds more room necessary for his business and has utilized the sample room of the lehi lintel our other stores are proportionately busy ane peoples coop co op have fitted up the music hall as an auxillia ry store which under the care of mr prime evans extensive aa their premises are they found them too small for the extra trade entailed by the season A team carries parties from all parts of lehi and back ONE of the events of the week was the organization of a branchi of alie national comans womans suffrage society this took place on thursday the time appointed found a large assemblage of the ladies of lehi in their own hall the town having been previously canvassed and a long list of names enrolled as members alie meeting was organized by electing stranding temporary chairman and sarah T evana secretary mary ann webb was elected president of alie branch association and sarah T evans secretary the congregation sang my country of thee an executive committee of five were appointed as follows laura cutlery Cut lerM Brown Mary A and sarah A berrun alie constitution of the national association as adopted at washington D 0 was read and adopted as also was the bylaws by laws as adopted in aliis county the president made a speech stating the duties of alie members and alie proper education of both women and men in politics with tho and necessity of giving the franchise to women we in utah have had tho franchise and we can appeal to history to prove we used it and intelligently abroad we arc looked upon as down tre adden but we know this is not true we have always stood for the right margaret ladie was proud to see that I 1 women understood their rights and were determined to claim them but few women in the past have done aliis the speaker quoted many instances in past history referring to isabella of spain alio had perceived and aided in great measures when men had failed and derided taxation representation has been considered as wrong this was a sufficient cause to wage war against england yet women have always endured that wrong in all the hardships of pioneer life women have never failed but have accompanied their husbands and adone their part in subduing the wilderness and extending civilization women aa mothers have raised the men to fill all positions and are just as capable of designating alie candidates the vail over aliis the greatest of all governments is alie lack of woman suffrage but our cause is just and our motto shall be in god we trust laura cutler eaid in the past e have given but little attention to politics but we will improve it is said that women were created as a helpmate help mate for man and certainly the more competent she is the better it will be but to be more useful she should be equal women have ever performed their parts in all the labors of life it is said women generally get their way if that is so and tasis a national movement we shall certainly succeed so let us be in earnest geo webb was next called ho said it is evident we must concede the point that in intelligence telli gence women are the equal of men as we have seen by those who have preceded me this is called a new movement and each has a duty to perform namely to convert one more woman and she her husband it is said that women generally get their any and the means they can use to attain their ends are numerous but they succeed and this is fully recognized in the lobby of Gon eress women succeed where men would tail our political situation is utah is caused in part by the loss of the franchise by alie ladies our political opponents are responsible for this false reports were made concerning ns to accomplish this end most all eminent mm acknowledge the labor and influence of mother and wife of these john A logan and james A garfield arc instances when statesmen acknowledge this none else need deny it the father cannot be with the child as much aa the mother hence his influence must be less more men will acknowledge dependence on a mother than on a father in utah a measure is on foot to deprive even men of the franchise to aid in obtaining a end franchise ia conferred political Coli y law and can be withdrawn by law congress holding that power over us but if utah was a state there would be no trouble here but being a territory we are held in bonds and congress has never been generous with us if our mothers desire sons that will become prominent they themselves must labor for it and thus be able to teach their boys josephene brown said we should improve our talents our subject is an important one and I 1 hope we will study it and in a short time attain our object our motoe should be united we stand divided we fall john considered alie condition of women among the aborigines of this country a fair sample of comans womans condition two centuries ago gin the countries from whence we came the worship of wo men Inthe so called age of chivalry did but to extend a very few and they the high born the bulk of the women being then slaves or serfs as the idea of the declaration of independence was not then admitted and the hpward course of women had been in the century passed until now we find them equal with men in almost all the walks of life some claimed that if women were admitted to politics it would have a purifying effect wyoming is cited as proof but american politics was past improvement as they were rotten clear through some talk edof divorcing the saloon element from politics but neither party dare do that as it is strong enough to outvote all the rest new york with its twelve thousand saloons cadi with its quatia of voters could not be ignored it was the misfortune in america that the vote of a drunkard or any blackguard was equal to the vote of a statesman a professor or even each only counted one the present state of affairs must soon produce a crisis and out of that a better system may arise and when that comes to pass the rights of women may be recognized may a better state of affairs soon prevail bishop T E cutler said I 1 am proud of the organization now accomplished and that alie ladies of lehi had the ability to perfect it with regard to mistakes I 1 have proven it that women make as few as men jn mercantile life in all departments they are as reliable as men I 1 have heard of female etc in hanks but not yet a female in married life a desire a partner and the more capable the better I 1 have never heard an intelligent reason advanced why women should not vote that women would purify our politics may he doubtful but it does not excuse us from boins our duty it was claimed abroad eliat our women were serfs we know better and can challenge any part of oar broad land to a comparison of either women or children mentally or physically if women today to day had influence in our legislatures many evils would have to go wm southwick thought industry was not lacking in our ladies all that is needed success is certain the history of the past has been referred to showing that women have been equal 0 o men jn all phases of life alie ladies of utah are the ladies in other parts of the united states our legislature once 1 gave the franchise but congress took it away the men in utah need no converting ver ting if they had the power they would willingly wil linly give it but I 1 believe the present p ship too rotten to sustain the aldu inal burden A crisis is achand at hand a new movement must soon be made aud when chaa time come women will be recognized some closing remarks were made by the pa dant di cember 19 |
