Show W PLURAL FLURAL WIVES AND THE teb 1 FRANCHISE THE E general election which will 11 take place next monday will probably give a smaller total of votes ihan iban has been usual for several yearb years many mady persons who have the general qualifications of voto yoto voters ra have failed to register re this has been bi een through their own carles caries car aness anees wilful ness nees or lack of understanding the assessors we believe have endeavored to perform their duty hi iri regard to the registry faithfully and to the best of their weir ability those whose names do not appear oil the lists had ample opportunity por port unity of proving their eligibility there are always some who gho neglect to exercise the rights conferred upon them therefore There foie fole it is too much to expect that the motes votes polled next monday will show as big a total aa as the whole number of names registered then JL hen there are a class who will not go to the polls because they were doubtful about their right to have their names inscribed on the registry list aud and preferred prefer red reu to forego the privilege of voting at this election rather than violate tile the jaw I 1 either in its letter er or spirit quite a number of ladies who are plural wives and were not born in tiie the united states have taken no steps towards securing ee curing the right to tb vote at the coming election election it is ii argued that though they are the of their husbands with all hat illie the title implies in I 1 n the sight 0 of o god and their co religionists yet yei the law of tile the laud on enu p om templates one legal wife of any an y man therefore that the statute conferring upon the wife of a citi seh ien an the elective franchise does not th meet abt the case of plural wives not native cit citizens izena of the united Bt states ates atea s we think it better to iose lose a afew few votes than to break the lawor even to be in a dubious position in relation to it the best way for all our alien ladies ia is to be ome naturalized and thus obtain the status of ahe the daughter vaughter or widow as well us lis the wife of any native borer or naturalized orail zed citizen whether she ehe be a plural wife or not is a citizen and J inas nas the right to be registered and to vote in this territory if she is over 1 twenty one years of age and has re t i bidad in the territory Terri tory toty siw six and in the precinct one month pre to registration but if a woman is neither the wife beyond the disputes of lawyers or the rulings of courts daughter or widow of a citizen mhd safest and best course for her in our opinion is to take takeout out naturalization papers aud and thus put it beyond the power bof of any person te dispute her rig nig right night fht to tb the franchise s we advise the alien ladies of utah who are in the position we have described to attend to this without delay all the particulars of the necessary steps E to be bd taken can be learned of competent persons in their respective precincts every woman in utah may count for something if it she so pleases if she stands as a cypher in the com religiously socially or pot politically liti cally caily it is not the the fault of the system which we are endeavoring to build buildup up the vote and influence of every person malo male and female is needed and expect expected edon on the side of right and truth in the a church and at the polls ther there should be no drones in the hive 01 01 h all powers granted tous to us 9 should be used and used ly and those placed within our reach should be grasped with gratitude no one has the right to neg lect or despise the opportunities afi u forded corded by providence to do good every livery ivery man and every woman beta bete longing to the church are under obligations to god and their thein broth it ren zen on and sisters sister sto to perform their u part of the work required ba baa U up then and be doial lt otia KM blo rio man wan or woman having ahe jebe she right to vote refrain from going IL 10 to lo the polls next monday because there Is no danger of opposition PP 0 s t the he power to vote om implies p 1 le a in the he duty to vote neglect is inexcusable regular and punctual performance of duty I 1 is 9 a abood I 1 good habit babit to cont contract radt omis omission gion glon ia 18 often a bin sin as well as commission let those who are not lawfully entitled to vote on monday take the n necessary ec essary ebsary r steps as soon as practicable and ae legal g al to secure the rig right ht so that t they ae y may standen stan stand dpn dmn on an equality with their friends and enemies and be able to count for something politically la in the future and let the ladies particularly give heed to the suggestions we have made for their especial benefit and remember that woman is expected to play her part in the great drama of the last dispensation and if bhe she performs it by the side of man in this world she will without fail share with him in the glory and dominion and eternal increase of that which ia JS to come |