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