ecame an established fact in
Wyoming. My observation, extending over a period of fifteen
years, satisfies me of its entire justice and propriety.
Impartial observation has also satisfied me that in the use of
the ballot women exercise fully as good judgment as men, and in
some particulars are more discriminating, as, for instance, on
questions of morals.

At another time he said:

I have been asked if women make good jurors, and I answer by
saying, that so far as I have observed their conduct on juries,
as a lawyer, I find but little fault with them.... They do not
reason like men upon the evidence, but, being possessed of a
higher quality of intellectuality, i. e., keen perceptions, they
see the truth of the thing at a glance. Their minds once settled,
neither sophistry, logic, rhetoric, pleading nor tears will move
them from their purpose. A guilty person never escapes a just
punishment when tried by women juries.

The effect of woman suffrage upon the people of Wyoming has been
good. It has been said by one man that open, flagrant acts of
bribery are commonly practiced at the polls in Wyoming, and this
statement is made to show that the effect of woman suffrage has
not been good. The statement is not true. In the last election
there were in Cheyenne large sums of money expended to influence
the result, and votes were bought on the streets in an open and
shameless manner. As U. S. Attorney for the Territory, it became
my duty to investigate this matter before a grand jury composed
of men. The revelations before the jury were astonishing and many
cases of bribery were clearly proven; but while a majority of
those composing the jury were men of the highest integrity, there
were so many members who had probably taken part in the same
unlawful transactions that no indictment could be obtained. The
circumstances attending this election were phenomenal. It would
be unjust to the women, however, if I should fail to add that,
while it was clearly proven that many men sold their votes, it
was strikingly apparent that few if any women, even of the vilest
class, were guilty of the same misconduct.

The Hon. John W. Kingman, for four years a Judge of the U. S. Supreme
Court of Wyoming says:

Woman suffrage was inaugurated in 1869 without much discussio