Show FEMALE SUFFRAGE discussion of the subject by adlie supreme court yesterday froia lake that the supreme court last heard tho arguments in tho territory of utah and george n maxwell burton defendant T I rawlins Z snow williams A miner bennett A and acri snow attorneys or the defendant and sutherland mcbride appeared for plain till it was agreed hat two lawyers should peak on each tide and the court allow two hours for tho ment J L opened by entering the following demurrer in the court of utah ter tilory georgo II 11 maxwell ulain tin v robert T burton defendant on relation of mandamus cocci now robertt burton and demurs to the writ and petition for the writ herein and assigns as caused of demurrer this court has no jurisdiction of he subject of the action neither the petition nor writ herein states facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action ZERA essow RICHARDS J L bennetta attorneys for defendant an RT BURTOV TERRITORY OF utan salt lake county J zera snow being first duly aborn says am ona of the for defendant herein the foregoing demurrer is interposed in good finith and not for delay subscribed and sworn to before me this day of sept 1880 E clerk supreme court of bah territory mr rawlins began for the defense and stated that the court giai no power to entertain the writ in what is an exercise of original jurisdiction this court has the I of original jurisdiction only in a case of habeas corpus and it can issue a writ of mandamus only in aid of its appellate jurisdiction the r ot the jurisdiction is purely appellate and I may take it a settled that this court has no original jurisdiction bare in thomase mentioned lie called at the statute on lie subject and cited rulings in support of his position then comes the question as to whether the issuing of this writ is an exercise of original juris diction judge mcbride hero said they were willing to admit hat the issuing of the writ WH the e of original jurisdiction mr hav lins then referred to a decision of the supreme court hi june in the case Q amnon and ers on tho writ of in this case the court decided alint it had power to itsuo tha writ because it was essentially a writ of review and concerned a matter ihen bonding in an inferior court over which the supreme court had general sn sory power that the writ in ahat cie did not originate n proem J but merely reviewed one which YI then pending and that tins was analogous to thol exercised liy the supreme court of lie united states the of this court to exercise original jurisdiction the question then arose had it lie right to do eo in this CUM and there appears a of objections the registrar was ordered 10 tha names of persons from the rogis try list no lwis they are nol citizens or have not taken the aila but became hey are females here he read from the statutes showing the registrar should visit every dwelling and every poison if lie took a certain oath thereupon he registrar should place the enroe of the person taking the oath upon tho county registration lists there is no provision permitting chii officer to reject th name of a who takes the aruo cred oila his duties are purely he does register or if he uses hi own discretion ho is liable to tion Thee expatiated largely on the of the and on the scope of hii official prerogatives and and then came ta speak on tin main question are wom enrin this territory una der any circumstance entitled 10 vote rhe territorial legislature has the express authority t pre scriba ilia qualifications of voter lie read frem the organic act anil argued that it was prescribed that only males should bo allowed to vote at the first election in the eltory em tory but that for all subsequent elections the legislature should prescribe the qualifications subject to certain regulations namely citizens of age and those who have declared their intention to blooma citizens thia gevea full power to specify he qualifications ficat ions of voters to tho legislature the gorganio aci docs the right to vote to any per soa but leaves that to the regulation of the legislature subject only to the pro visions stated the constitution does not confer the right to vole upon any person the law makes a woman a citizen as well us a man the local legislature hag the right to women not vote and I put it to the court if the same power may not be exercised in f ibur of women iho legislature haa passed laws allowing women to vote and I understand it to be held thai because the qualifications aro un equal the law is void tha speaker biere called attention to tho action of the supreme coun in the thoele tooele mandamus case while mr rawlins wai about proving that the plaintiff had no right to appy for the writ ho was reminded that his liuio was up and judge sutherland roee to reply restating his main argument on alio difference of qualifications rea boning required of male and voters A similar lino AS pursue by judge also for the plaintiff ua referring especially to lie inequality of the tax qualifications us regards the two sexes the concluding argument ani made by era snow esq be having but fifteen minutes replied to judge Mo Bride by stating that the law of 1859 was not general as the legislature ia tho only authority to state who have tho right lovoto lie claimed there was nothing in tho male that biado him general any more than in tho claimed that alio old act was superseded Kupers eded by the new ho followed the line air cawlina Haw lina argument in regard to the issuance of luo writ and the duty of the registrar claiming that the registrar did not represent any of the lie was here to represent himself should chii court i ft mandate that nabea b placed back v on fofiu the w list at the conclusion of the conferred together for few moments and then without doring a decision adjourned ren i court until this As the discussed taft afternoon last night they have probably mai at ft definite arrived conclusion ittai necessary for the judges to come a determination last night ashud to emerson had to leave this a and while the decision moraine waa to ie livered at judge emelion was not expected to be present |