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Show I X, f W0H1X NLTFIUKE I 1U0MIX.. f . : f . ' rj,E women of Wyoming are re- , ; , JoiIug today and raisng the flag in token ot the appreciation of the j blessing of political liberty. Wyo- -' min5 is the first Stato in ths Union SI31 to IIace ,ltr women citizens on a YVt I roIiUcal plane with me n. Woman I I sullrage was thorough- tested in the f i Te-ritory of Wyoming, and none ' 1 J lho predictions of Its oppoueuU -4 I Wera fuIfll,cJ- So the new SUte t held to this principle of justice and i equal rights, and has entered the Onion Wt ., traIy repub,, am or government, ,9- ,uThal'notreallyaB0ernmentof Jf i thBPeoPI."yth8peopIe,andforthe people, which denies the right to ' one-half of the people any voice Jn the enactment ef the laws which they are all required to obey. That is not fully a republican form of government ' which enforces taxation without representation. When omen own ; property they must pay taxes; when thej pay taxes they are entitled to representation. The ladies of Utah who ore actively active-ly interested in this question, to show their appreciation of the triumph tri-umph of woman sufinge In one sovereign State, arc holding a meeting meet-ing in.Liberty Park to celebrate the occasion. And today tho following dispatch was wired to Mrs. 3L K. Pot, at Cheyenne, the President of the Woman Suffrage Association of Wyoming- "The women of Utah send joyful greeting and congratulation to their favored titers of Wyoming Utah is proud of her little sister and recognizes recog-nizes woman suffrage as the brightest Jewel in her crown of Statehood " Tho telegram was signed by Mrs. Sarah M. Kimball, as President of the Wocan Suffrage Association of Utah, and will be endorsed by many thousands of the citizens of this Territory. The political enfranchisement of woman Is only a question of time aud human enlightenment. Prejudice Preju-dice forms a hard shell over the public mind, but Justlceand progress will break it open and let in the light. We Join with tho ladles in cordial congratulations to Wyoming as a truly free and republican commonwealth. com-monwealth. May her liberties continue con-tinue and her prosperity increase' |
