Show 1 WOMAN SUFFRAGE AND THE I 1 MARKED BALLOT bailot as L LAST A T evening we jve took b occasion c p a iq handle omo ome suggestions bog es tion S of the beaver square dealer in regard to p political division which that paper urged as the true policy of the peo plo pio ot oi utah we now wish tomake to make 1 a few fey remarks upon other points connected with the same subject the square dealer in advising the mormons cormons Mor mons to give the opposition a share edithe legislative powers of the territorial government bays we V e are not going to bay say that they sh should ouid acqua acqui acquire ie it by any other means than the increase jin crease of their numbers but the leg legislature can gabse causa this increase to proceed rapidly by re repealing iho jahp law creating wom woman an suffrage and the statute requiring a marked ballot seeing that the opposition orf control all the executive offices of federal appointment ament in utah althou although gh it forms but il a very small minority of the population and that one officer the governor in appointment ap colub nt the people have no v oice voice holds ol 01 ds the power of absolu absolute to veto over the legislative acts acty of the W whole hoit holi assembly elected by the popular vote or in other words that thal the wishes of an overwhelming majority can ian be swamped stamped by the objection of a single individual I 1 imposed in posed upon them by an arbitrary one man power we can find no lio reason why the opposition could claim nor why the mormons Mor mons hould should concede still further con troi over the affairs ot 0 we the terrify territory and alid as to f 0 the means advised Is it itt not a little peculiar that those who call themselves by the party name of Ll liberal beral benal should advocate the curtailment rather than the enlargement enlarge of the franchise that instead of extending its privileges they should peek co to deprive of vested rients those already endowed with its prerogatives how extremely liberal these thes 0 liberals are aie to be fie sure woman suffrage was wa once the hobby of tha opposition in utah give the women the right to vote 21 said they I 1 and land m is a doomed institution A mormon Legisla ture passe pass edthe erthe the tha act conferring ng upon women the elective efran franchise lse ise it was signed by a liberal executive and became a living statute and now those who elaw claW clamored ored for its passage cry out for its repeal what excuse could cur legisla legislators tOis offer ta the woman of f utah uh for depriving them of rights bestowed lupori them them by y the ho highest political authority an act of the governor and anti legislative assembly confirm con eon firm e d by the tacit consent of the congress of nothing 1 but hut it a N craven desire to pander to the whims end and schemes of a small minority whose object ia is to obtain 13 control of the vast majority politically soc socially lally financially naneral JY and anti religiously the right of suf fragee having been conferred upon the tile women of utah we do not be 11 legall yand we are au N ie it they ey cannot rightfully be deprived aid nid priced of it even if those who represent their fat fathers tiers husbands and brothers were stupid enough to wish to rob themos thal that hight right now asto the marked ballot the great bugbear held up by the libe liberals rals rais as a M mormon or wun won mon naon st rosity to astonish weak min minded ded congressmen abroad band anu and scare ignorant citizens at home te system of marked ballots is not a utah creation etwas it was adopted from rom the constitutions of expert d commonwealths common in the union as tha surest means of nghe h 0 pur put purity ity of elec olec elections ions colo nado rado has just incorporated the same system la in its ts constitution and it tU asleen aaLeen accepted and ratified by fil popular vote The Ther Sacrament 0 union reviewing the constitution be ution fon ion of colorado prove menta menla to be cou cad commended amended and to be condemned among the features which call for praise that paper ml mentions men tlona tiona the fol ful lowing 4 jn in balloid ba llois are number ed when deposited the number being at thu tha gamo samo same time set down against t khe the he voters 11 p poll lit list st this renders enders fraud almost im ill 1 foible po aj ibie ible eble and in inches caes r of contested I 1 affords a direct an and d easy of ascertaining the truth 21 t this is the utah method exact ia here hber fier erea aly de nned why chendo then thon do tho so called ralso wish wish to seer sebit it abolished simply to give theman them an opportunity ty to 0 accomplish b by y fraud that which they cannot achieve by a fair and honorable contest they are in lit a hopeless minority a elections by i quare honest voting they cannot h succeed et any election in the territory the marked d bal lot guards the way they would creep aid ald along rig to huai bual the power which ih tho the people will not confer upon them ballot etui ling is impossible under tinder this pan it excels all others as a protection against the cunning therefore There foie those who want not only all the executive but also the legislative i powers of the territory make a terrible hue and cry against the marked ballot and in the place of sound argument use uye misrepresentation sen tation and buncombe bunc embe andrase au drase raise drabe a din to confuse and deceive t the le multitude rhe the rho object of retaining the marked ballot ballotis fsr isA A imply dimply as us the urion union putsia pu tait to td gren Iren render grender der dof fraud impossible ible ibie and in cases eases of contested sted elections to afford a direct anu easy way of ascertaining the truth all ail the talk about examining the ballots and comparing them with the names of voters to ascertain how they vote vole is nonsense and untruth nothing of the kind is permitted except in case of a contested election when provision is made for het the hei protection protect ipri of the pi Accordi according Dg to the statute representatives of both parties are permitted tor tar or be present at the counting g of the votes A maximum penalty of two undred hundred h dollars is imposed on any I 1 person b reon attempting to examine any pallet a ilot for fon any such purpose as that insinuated by the opponents of the system there to i just as much freedom of the franchise franchi sein in utah as in any place on the earth there is nothing to prevent any man or woman from voting as ag freely for the opposition lou low els eis as for the pe peoples I 1 e s ticket except their own private rf ot 0 convictions and des desires ires tres but do not jour your leading inen men advise the people to vote all ail one way and preach oh on the subject hind and se send rid men round with the tickets I 1 they wish them to vote fora for suppose that ia Is sar do not political parties take the same course and doe snot ther the very avery fact of this per suasion prove that the people are rlee free to kaake take their own course if they were under any compulsion to vote thus and so 60 or were in any fear rear of os consequences what need w 0 be foj of any such labor t to 0 advise and influence I 1 D aa enbe them the wash to abolish the marked ballot ball bali othas is no po foundation in any thi thing abut a desire to obtain the same opportunities tu ri for subverting the will of the m majority 91 jaatun minorities resort to in many of the old State sand cities of the union i it Is is impressed upon the minds of persons who do not inot take the trouble troubie to investigate as something antl anti republican and specially Ut Uto onlan nian and designed f for the purpose of intimidation we have shown that it is abor a borrowed plan that it is considered by republicans as an improvement on other methods and the people know that apart from the influence of advice there thero 1 is 8 not the slightest restriction upon their theirs voting neither is there fany exposure or danger ger of any thing following their opposition to the majority i the union mormons Mor mons ia Is the main dread of bf their who strive lil their might to imitate it among themselves to divide our power to tor deprive the among f us of the franchise orto abolish the means of preventing var from cheating us at the poll poil 1 would be the very utmost st stretch of folly brand us as the gr greatest edlest sin siu p lecuas ever en entrusted trusted with ita i the powers and rights of poil political majorities i |