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Show gjFraAGEIB UTAH. vi'cil hy Mrs, Kuiily H. lliHiiii'daHo-v'.Monal lliHiiii'daHo-v'.Monal NVomnH Sulirnw Cot. von- 'jr-c i..-...- :,,Mt..bho,n into. I,. ' tn W'td "",,n"-'J "",,n"-'J bca on. ofminll 010,oul in " - Th-t i ri.nttoi.li rising above worldly ,nd chtlr com-1 com-1 j th. d.rt. lh h , child ol immorlaluy groii-shadow groii-shadow of urn.; yctinl.rr wnuMJht h..aiwav. I11'1 albiWaldciiTiy. s,l,to Jkia ol II mountains. Our . Itarni-d llui Hie Irwcn elwiile cloud and ti g'ntle; ,it their loiter mother lo minis-wrtlrt.liM.il. minis-wrtlrt.liM.il. Ourtlim.ity Jug insure ui aj;ainl ' amy ol the meaningless nd bet. Whatever wo may bo- shall be lr rtnioved from be truly Mid ol the ullrage itntril lint it " Important ,u in the develc .mrnt and oman's tulli.ikC in 1 lah-.,r lah-.,r Suitor territory has Ihere i rir aid dnidcd tcaulta hmi-iu hmi-iu Icmporsry adopiion. It i m to all ho have kepi them-J oimtd ol Ihe progress of the movement tint prior to tbS; lu&age at aulhorued by law Tilory ol tub during period eventren year; anil that with ;e ol the Edmunds-Tucker Act elective liancliise lor women led by Congres. It i well o, that now, alter a lapse ol iioctthe revocation, our Utah admitted into the L'nion aa a state, and th.it its constitution aolui. piovuiun tor the civil alitultty ol ilacui2cn urea, srl, K.iial nnhli and pnvi-mada pnvi-mada Irrevocable in the tutith. i of our newly created cum-n.and cum-n.and the burden re.iiug upon 1 tu nuituie tllla tender plant its growth and eluciriiry, its ;ci busstily will lac demon- civil and political rights la s natural and normal outcome illlenient and civilisation. Tile f.ioo u lti.it throughout our t't has been a cou.Unt ten-aid ten-aid independence, aclKulture mast and liar. I ii ul the eo)jle, the wutmn bore llielr ( anil Hie men. It wa to do in, aim their lull share turdrn m always buine liv ie abiue ol great jciur il iJelne in.ii irit) ol the people and sell .provident. 1 lie iQUaiun ol women into in.le ml Kil-KovernuiK societies lor and (banuble purposes, and 1 improvement tended lo make a at.il themselves ol the right t wnen uttered tolliem twenty. lu.sndtoaci.ept it now when led in the C' nilitutiou. lot in tut hands oi umen was ual and luioomnt means ol It enlaced the apliera ol ""pendent, ul action. It w loo, that during the years women eseicistd the lihtol "v peiiormed their pan with araolneis and tidehty. Ti,., - ni"'"'..""1 asweharsjea iui a lull 0 ltlr And the records ol those ,w that Lull wutiieu were nut '-bt ne,le,:Uulol pubhc rr t' ""'""""'Ol wo- rdteu',L itiw. """'""y propriety LKyfkfr.nilnI ..J "a complete au. d aduptio,, by mi masses swuiuined In. ii . ' ' i"' iws, it w I, ' J ', ""'')' "d Proper aiT 'J Un " "merited to A Wl sultuj," !1'"','": '.nd uuwl,,., i "aiariled '"-d u tni ; " "'" PeoJu I. 'iniesceu let.u. "c I'owerlena lo 'onlialJ'lali ..,,!" ltnc,,V1tu,rn'll,,l''"U0 iv ... ' 'or uotnui. ''"nUu1!",';u'':''oudiy ibt . P'uul nurri.,i.e. "J." "Mil. lied ,y re .I , "hen Will,,,,! (,tl".loni "" Morm .n "ol".riill, oliCa d ",1?Ui""i . Willed uy u . ," WM u". Plural , oll)' ul '!' i" sum. i," , ;u,r""10"- "chaja..i xb;i,,r,uc,':j l"te y laro Hut mrm,,R lo the Church from Its rccojf mrrd lender llmt plural ninrriii;ci nhuuld be diiro.itlntie.l; and tin met-nirne met-nirne wm received und rniilied by the hodv f iho I'hurch at the fmrn-nt gei eral conterc nee, and il han ltn e Kc i ubwrved a ait inspired revelation ol the will of (.od fur the K"ti"" uf lllc Chun h in practical reliuiuui duly. The following provision ol fie Con-ililutiun Con-ililutiun of our nw Stte lor the pre vcntionnl polycamy.iri now in force and U irrevocable without the consent ol the United wStaites mid the people of this Slate. "Perfect toleration of religious enti-mrnt enti-mrnt m xu.ir.tn.eed. No inlihilant ol tlii State ftha.ll ever be molelid in person or property on account of his or her mode of reliou worship; but polyi.imou or plural niarrUges are tor evt-r prohibited."' Article i In hL-ction a, Arliclu 34, of the Con tiiution, it in provided: "l'lieMctof the (ovtnior and Leis Miivo Atembly of the Territory of Uuh, entitled, "An act to punish poly (tamy und other kindred otlrnHei,'' .approved February 4th. A. U.Kvjj, in so fur as the sutne dciiiiea and impusrit penltici lor pulyamy, is her thy do-rUrcd do-rUrcd to be in force in Uie btate ol Uiah." The act referred to in the Conttiiution dctmes and punishes polymv in the most eiiiplulic and unmistakable Un KUHKt "d has become a part of the oru.tnic law ol the State. When the old Liberal and People's parlies of Utah went dittolved in iKvu, ami the people pledged themselves lino parties ruprc-.enl.nir; national instiet- bcinocrals and KepuhlirMiis neither party could s.ihly Ignore the hxed sentiment senti-ment of a fixed maioriiy of the people in behalf ol woman's sultrae. Neither pttrtv cmild ht'pe to sucreed in opp ning It. It had berume too deeply imbedded m the political coiiflriouneiuiid atpira tionsof the people. Menrc, when the parties came lo Ir.ime their local platform, plat-form, they boltiirri'ogni id this underlying underly-ing sentitm nt. The issue w.is fully disclaimed dis-claimed by the speakers ol both parties in the canvass of iSx lor the election ol deleters to the Constitutional Convention. Conven-tion. ICtrnal sullrAgo was a doctrine of both party pl.ttiorin.H, and there was 110 hpe.iker thai rained his vjicu uaim! it, althoiigii tlirre utie many people ol both panic- and sexes that were opposed to eapi.il niillriine us a luath-r ul perfial preference; ai.tt there was a smaller number that held to woman's suitrae on general principles, but were opposed to it adoption in Utah. Hence, it was with a general acquis cenca in woman' sttlrage that the delegates dele-gates elected by the two parties assembled assem-bled in Constitutional Convention The Republicans had a majority ol the 107 delt-Katts. I lie plant ul their plat lotm is as follow: "We lavnr the granting of Kcjual Suffrage Suf-frage to women.' 1 he IJemuci.itic plank Is as follows: " Ihe L)cmucrals of Utah ar unequivocally unequi-vocally in lavor of Woman Sutlrage, and the political righM and privileges of women equal with those of men, including includ-ing chigibuit. to clli. e, sn l we demand tlut Mich guranteu shall be provided in the Constitution of the State of Utah as will secure to the wumeu ol Utah these Irektiniable rights." Str-ngc to sav, it was thought at first that there would be no necessity lor women to assert their claims or urge their rights upon the Convention, as no opposition had developed, and both par-tie par-tie were pledged in thrtr platforms to in-corporate in-corporate equal sutlrage in the Constitu-1 Constitu-1 tion. Hut soon alter the Convention I met it became apparent that no ell irt or I precaution could be omitted without I imperilling Ihe cause. Orgauued opposition against woman lullrage was m .d : by the Liquor interest inter-est whose apprehensions as to prohibit-oiy prohibit-oiy h glslatuie were arosed by the supposed sup-posed hostility of the woman vote. Ihe oppo-iiiuii thus inaugurated became the nucleus around which all the diversified diver-sified forms of antagonism was gathered but the moral ivne of the people was compelled to recognize the fact that the woman vote was aut.igonized because of the fear that it Wuuid abolLb the dunk tit the. -In this way our cau-e received a strong reen tot cement from the temperance keniiment ol Utah, which baa always been very pronounced against the vices ot drunkenness. A memorial to the Convention was prepared and signed by the othual representatives re-presentatives ol the sutlrage associations of the rehel societies, general and local, and hy a large number uf the leading women ul the territory. The memorialists memorial-ists went in a body to the convention chamber ami preseuted their petition, which was read with due courtesy and deliberation, and referred lo the committee com-mittee on elections and rights of sutlrage. Una subsequent day set lor the purpose, pur-pose, a largo number of women met at the c.ip.tol building, and, by a number of chosen speakers, presented their cause to the committee with the final result that the committee embodied all that was asked in tiicir report to the Convention, this being wotded in the language ol the Wyuimng constitution as (allows: "1 hat the rights ol the citiiens of the State ul Uiah tu voto and hold olhce shall not be denied or abndged on account ac-count ot sex. lloth mule and Icmule citatt-miol this state shall equally emoy all civil, political and religious rights and privileges." A minority of two members reported m opposition ot equal sutlrage. The report re-port was shrewdly conceived In a way lual enlisted a large share ol sympathy Irorn ihe former Liberal element iu Utah politics. It represented that the woman imiid was largely actuated hy sentiment und sympathy, und that womeu iu politics would greatly augment the ihere of emirch influence, and thus become a 111 ounce to public welfare and independent government. Such an is sue could nulbr, olherwise.than a vital 1 might say mlUmmable one in Uuh. uen the subject was taken up in the Convention the debate wns extremely animated, und the Interest was greatly enhanced by the presence of many women, who felt a profound interest iu the discussions wherein their own civil "ud political status was to be determined, deter-mined, and wherein also the progress ol the causa in the wnnd r8 to h ory motcd or retarded. Thr contest was an earnest hand to hand co. llict lor a time, and the hopes ol the opposition were buoyant on occa loin. Itnt when Ihe rum-woman kutbage cause had K anted its lait possrile recruit, and tn majority, though a shin nm-, still mood lor toe pludgcs ol the piatiorm and the cause of women when this state ol tliim-s became clearly evident, as is uiial in deliberative bodies, the opposition oppo-sition crumbled away, and the Inial roll call ho wed only a tiace of antagonism, so that it will be dilhcuit for the future historian to show Iron the recotds how deeply the woman's cause was imperiled. im-periled. At this juncture tlirre appeared on Ihe srcnciwoul our nohleti anJ must rrmmued workers in the woman came, Miit Nil -an II. Anthony and Miss Anna Shaw, and by their j.itru efforts the community was thoroughly aroused on the subject. Miss Sluw bad the fortitude to challenge tu pubhc debate the most noted opponent ot woman utirngts a gentlem.iti wiio figured in the convention conven-tion as the duel champion of Ihe up posit-on. ,This orator was in no mood to accept Mi Shaw's thalleng, for while he gave as a reason that he "never argued with women,'' the general opinion was that in public debate be would Imve found himit If outclassed by our eloquent and versatile Miss Shaw. The iconvcntion finally incorporated the equal rights clau.e in the constitution constitu-tion with comparative unanimity; and it Was held by many ju.lges and lawyers that under the provisions ol the constitution consti-tution and enabling art the women were rutitled lo an immediate exercise of the h-Hitc-hise. In this view tho women he gan to organize in both parties. The Uepubtican parly favored a separate organization or-ganization throughout, while Ihe iJemo-craiic iJemo-craiic party encouraged, as lutly as con venient, a co-operation ol men and women iu the same meetings and org. inxation-.. At the beginning of their canvass the Kegubhcans had nominated three women on their stale ticket, and the Democrat who met a week later in convention, intended to nominate several women on their ticket; but in the meantime there was a decision Irorn the Supreme Court that deprived the woim-n ol ir.mchise until the Constitution shi u d lirt bt adopted. Notwithstanding tins temporary set hack, the women ul Utah cuutimicu to m.inile.t a lively interest in the campaign until the pioblem wat solved m the November election and the constitution ratihcd by more than twenty thousand m.ijonty. Lqual sutlrage having been incorporated incorpor-ated in the urg.inic law of the state, it cannot be revoked without the women vote for their own dulranc ticerneut. As they constitute nearly halt the voting jKjpu.alion, it is not likely that the present order ot things will be reversed. Thanks to the (iivcr ol all Oood, women have a chain in the Ut.d Constitution Con-stitution lo show their capacity fof government, gov-ernment, and help mold the int.itu t lulls of society. Ol Course, the work is but begun; Ihe c.tuto is in its in ere it Iniancy. Th.it which lemaius to be done opens up before us in an almost endle-ts viata. In a tar away promt- d land we behold a perfected state wuere in the heart and baud and intelligence of woman contribute their full share tu the welfare ul the race. Thus lar the progress of man has been deeply embittered and highly colored by the se highness he has inherited inheri-ted Irorn the dark uges, but now that education is more witiely diffused, now that religion is taking on the hues ul love and nelpfulnrss, now that the spirit and inspiration of altruism are brooding more and more in the hearts ul men, we hnd that an era of philanthropy and amelioration is setting in, that social life is ribtng into .1 region ol reason, truth and sympathy, ho that the gentler and nobler soul ol woman can co-operate Willi man in achieving the higher ends ot government ihe attainment of true brotherhood, the inauguration of the kingdom uf Ijod on earth. Ul course, we must educate and emulate. VA e must uot grow weary ut well doing; but, above all, we must leant to wait and spread our sails to the breezes of heaven, that in the providence of God, and iu I lis own w ay and lime, our ship ol state j may be waited into the harbtr ot eternal truth, justice and righteousness. Ami wo, wlm tbrouti these mv ynsrs, Were ioolirii iipoi. with doubt and fear, Nuw in lh van ol piuK'eu ami of ll.t, Will br.u the 11 ig lu cury on ihe li,;M, 1 ill all the women ol our glut ions Und 1l..iacuji) nt:.,!, and joinm IisikI m hand With all Uiii mm, h.w ri "! aim dull be I n lov of eountry sn.l ot liberty; Till virtue, jtotue, love of Uv atut rl.jtit Sin II i.iLp thrt pUrc ol vmli 1 wraith ami mlf-tit. |
