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Show j WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN WYOMING The sermon of Cardinal Gibbons on "Woman Suffrage," or, as some have had the temerity to call it. the "Man-Woman," "Man-Woman," has arouped all kinds of controversy con-troversy and served to call attention to i the concrete exercise of "woman suffrage" suf-frage" where the same is allowed. The New York Times, aiding strongly with the Caidinal, pointed out that, in its opinion, woman suffrage i.s a "menace "men-ace to morals and g-ood government." and based its opinion on the experience attending the enfranchisement ot women in Wyoming. j Mr. JameiJ McNeill, in a letter to the I Time, strongly, excepts to that paper's I views, and adduces in favor of the op- j pesite opinion the following: I On the 20th of February, 1S93, the ' house of representatives of Wvorrcing ! unanimously adopted the following resolution: res-olution: "Resolved, by the house of repreVent-itives repreVent-itives of Wyoming, That the possession md exercise of suffrage by the women i : f V yoming for the past quarter of a ' ' ;entury has w-rought no harm and has 1 1 lone great good in manv ways; that ' , "i.v iutru in oaiiisning crime i pauperism and vice from the state, and that without any violent and oppressive oppres-sive legislation; that it has secured peaceful and orderly elections, good government, and a remarkable degree of civilization and public order; and we point with pride to the facts that after nearly twenty-five years of woman wom-an suffrage, not one county in Wyoming- has a poor house: that our jail,? are almost empty, and crime, except .that committed by strangeis in the state, is almost unknown; and, as a result of experience, we urge every civilized community on earth to enfranchise en-franchise its women without delay." . In reply to Hamilton Wilcox, seeking seek-ing their opinions in rega.M to the atove resolution, the governor of the state and the secretary of the Democratic state committee make the following answers: an-swers: Governor Osborne says: "Replying to your inquiry, it is quite true tihat I agree with the resolution passed by the house of representatives of the legislature legis-lature of Wyoming, advising- the leais-latures leais-latures of New York and other states to enfranchise their women. Our experience exper-ience in this st-ate for ntarlv twenty-ne twenty-ne years is highly satisfactory in evry way Not one of the objections made "Livl63,81 haa Proved true, and great good has been done in many directions by the possession of the suffrage bv our vmen- 1 rrdiaI!y hoi' iat "New mfr "theVta Will SOOn fOllOW our example. Yours rcspectfullv "JOHN E. OSBORNE. c "Governor of Wyoming." Secretary Thompson says: "Replying I V 1 , J ' 1 n:lve t0 eay tnat the result of nearly a quarter of a century' experience in this state ks correctly ex-f, ex-f, bKy "It reo!ution Passed unanimously unan-imously by the Democratic house of representatives of our legislature lately which strongly advises the legislature of New lork and other states to enfranchise en-franchise their women. Our experience in this state is favorable, and I cordially cor-dially hope my fellow Democrats in New York and elsewhere will do as our house of representatives has advised lours respectfully, "eUl "JOHN CHARLES THOMPSON Secretary Democratic State Commi'tee of Wyoimng." Now, these testimonials are well enough in their way. For the coneump- I tion of the, gullible they may do well enough, but for the benefit of Mr Me i Neill and others of his way of think- j ng. The Intermountain Catholic will? state that they are entitled to no value whatsoever. There is not a politician . chilf ie Where WCmen ar enfran- i chlsed wtho would be foolish enough to pubhely express views in opposition to woman Suffrage." The Intermountain Catholic has in mind scores of statesmen who publicly proclaim themselves in favor of granting grant-ing the ballot to women; who loudly proclaim to the world the beneficial effects that have followed woman'fen-franehioement. woman'fen-franehioement. but who privately condemn con-demn Woman Suffrage" in unsparing and unreserved terms. As long as men are catering for woman wom-an s vote, no expression derogatory thereto will ever be voiced publicly Hence, with all due resoect to the Wyoming statesmen referred to above, we take pleasure in saying that their expressions of opinion are not wortJh the paper on which they are written. If the cause of "Woman Suffrage" is to be advanced, its friends should seek testimonials from others than the. chronic politicians. J |