| Show WOMAN IN POLITICS the women of utah have exercised the franchise ere tills and 11 I 1 A a 8 way to inspire confidence in their alm aim and ability to the best beat material available for public office it in those dalp however there were oo 00 tu ous oua conventions no extravagant displays of pyrotechnics and oratory no unbecoming fierceness between win cm tenolor factions or candid candidates atee the era arm of this class claes of political performances was ushered in during the period when women were deprived by congressional enactment of the franchise franc blee in utah hence with the ba of statehood in n which women nave equal with MOD the tbt fair a x it in utan must meet a con D altion albod iu in exercising the elective franchise that in the aforetimes recalled was entirely eo unknown how they will conduct in the beat of a close cloae campaign oam palen of complicated issues will be demonstrated in the next few month and both friends and toc foes ol of woman suffrage are watching the reps of events with revard regard to this matter it will he DO harnit haim for the women voters ol of utah to in addition to the calm dignity and good judgment they are now dow die playing from their locate sense of propriety to take a note from the be actions ot of the women of california in the present equal suffrage campaign to ID that state abate as aa described decori bed in the sao BAD francisco chronicle not that there ie 18 any oco aalon to point to 10 the me goldea state as aa an example of improved pro ledure codere over that which la Is now going on here for there Is IB not but to indicate a fact that may impress more firmly ever on the of the domet here the measure of grace and beauty and dignity that la in looked for to attend them in politics ioa a ra 3 to io society and the he home that by the elective franchise there shall be no development to bring women to a lower plaue than she ehe has baa occupied heretofore the reference to which we allude in our california temporary oo to IB its statement that the campaign for equal suffrage to lo that state is ie being conducted I 1 in ID a quiet yet effective way that must command tho th ot of every hood good citizen NJ N sensational dispatches dispatcher no alrid fl irid posters puB tero no DO un on strife bera lied the opening of the battle not a single bingle gun goo has bae ben been oreo area there have been no torchlight process professions processions ions no ito stump atsumu no DO open air oratory no bonfires no ser ber edalee no dramatic yet already throughout the length and breadth of the ifie state and into the re cotest hamlets bam lete the intelligence bas penetrated that this abie fall is to wit aas a contest content which Is ie to be a memorable one on to the women of california and in the issue of which every woman every man and every child in the state slate is directly interested thle california CalK ornia campaign is IB being conducted by the women unaided by the members of the other sex except in a lew few minor instance loata noea and is is said eaid to be proving provine a perfect refutation of all the misgivings regarding the he uncouth and incongruous attitude in which it has baa been alleged woman must mu at a appear to in election Mat matters terr and which ties afforded ample scope for the satirist Ba the philosopher and the buffoon who have opposed woman suffrage rave it la is recorded that in the california Cali fernia frnia campaign the women who have bave come upon the platform have beat beao without exception modest dir dig rifled and ladylike tile the which have been held have been everywhere marked by the utmost harmony barnao oy there have been differences ot of opinion rod and widely differing differ lne views with regard to policy but there have been no dissension women have hare not hesitated to take lesue issue with each other whom when it became necessary but they have amicably discussed their differ encee and have united in their con elusion elisions elu there have been no back biting no incriminations no DO heart joined to in a cammon abuse I 1 they iby ib y have been willing to ignore petty J and to moke mke moreon r they have never forgotten that they were ladles and that as a such they were bound to exercise the best beat of good brooding breeding in all their consultations to this pleasant picture there to ia offered a contrast in political gather inea which to la not confined to california but to ie a general experience culminating mina ting in the chief display at national assemblages as aa follow follo wt there have been several conventions this summer which were not conducted by women although in one of them women delegates figured as a small and minority it would be rather bard upon the members ot of these it at some future day the woman historian should draw a contrast between the wild disorder the frantic strife and the uproarious tumult which at times prevailed in these bodies and the self con arol the moderation and boie which have distinguished those organized and controlled by women even the greater physical vi vigor r which characterizes the male sex loi his superior exuberance of spirit and the fact that he be has few play days and when he comes to one must make the most of it will scarcely cover him with glory as contrasted with the he composed deliberate manner in which the women are conducting matters perhaps it may be too much to ex peat that a as roseate hue as an Is given to the equal Puff raRe cam campaign paig a referred to can be cast upon an ordinary political contest where the women already have the franchise but it is not too much to anticipate that the great majority of the women voters of tills this state slate will remember to conduct themselves with becoming dignity end and polite neer that no unseemly emly scrambling rambling eo after office such euch as frequently appears on the part of the sterner sex will characterize their movements move that no and quarreling reline and backbiting back biting no brensy and no byster hysterics foo will war mar their reputation as being overwhelmingly on the alde of better and purer government women way may not hope to revolutionize and reform politics all at once but they may oree erve their sex BOX from the evils evila that often prevail but which good men avoid generally |
