Just So

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Title

Just So

Subject

Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )

Description

The Democratic editor of the Walla Walla Statesman has recently seen his party soundly beaten in territorial elections. However, the Republican Washington Standard is just now taking up the divisive, explosive issue of black suffrage. The Statesman editor considers this an intentional suppression of the problem until after the elections. A letter writer in the Pacific Tribune advocates black suffrage, but the Standard's editorialist considers female and Chinese suffrage to be more appropriate than black. The majority voice in Washington Territory, across political parties, seems to oppose black male suffrage.

Abstract

This Walla Walla Statesman editorial acknowledges the Union Party's recent wins in Washington Territory but ridicules the Washington Standard for beginning AFTER the elections, to address the issue of black suffrage.

Source

Walla Walla Statesman

Publisher

Walla Walla W.T.: R.R. and S.G. Rees

Date Issued

1865-07-07

Medium

Web

Type

article

Bibliographic Citation

Vol. IV, No. 30, p. 2, col. A

Spatial Coverage

Washington Territory

Provenance

Washington Secretary of State: Historic Newspapers

URL

http://sos.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx

Start Page

2

End Page

2