Show A SHOWING OF FACTS A MICHIGAN GAN paper announces that the eastern division of the national woman suffrage association has been invited to hold bold its next convention in salt lake city also that the gentile press here claims that the invitation came from the mormon women and that the franchise was given to the women of utah solely inthe in the interest of the mormon church that they abused it shamefully voting like so BO many animals exactly as they were commanded by the mormon priests prie ete and that if the franchise could be given back to them they would be the same in the future as they were in the past the grand rapids democrat says further that Is a showing of facts is urged po co that such women as could never be induced to work in the interest of mormonism 12 may know the real animus of the situation the democrat is in mistaken A showing of facts fhate is not urged it is a showing of falsehood that has been advised by the press from which it quotes in other words ladies of this city have been invited and urged to lie about this matter after the fashion of the stirrers up of strife who invented the falsehoods which the democrat has copied cooled A showing of facts fact sJ would prove that the women of utah exercised the right of franchise for many years with perfect freedom and great intelligence that tey were organized for mutu mutual ji information on public questions that the mormon priests never interfered with their political liberty and that the only thing which could be truthfully alleged against them was they would not vote for the miserable miserable scoundrels scoundrel who misrepresented thern them and sought to rob them of the ballot all this can be proved beyond successful contradiction but none of the so called facts of which it is alleged a oh showing owing to is urged can be substantiated by a shred of reliable evidence we do not know whether any effort has been or will be made to have the convention hold held here we regard that as very doubtful but we do know that the ladies of utah are at least as fit at to exercise the elective franchise as any of their sex in any part of the I 1 united AR states |