ing always has been on the side of
good government. The people favor its continuance." In the same year,
while still Governor, he wrote:

After twenty years' trial of woman suffrage in Wyoming Territory,
it is pronounced an unqualified success by men and women alike,
and of both political parties.... I sincerely hope that all the
new States will so provide that it may prevail immediately, or
that it can be extended at any time hereafter when their
Legislatures desire, if they are not now ready to take the step.

The women of Wyoming have been exceedingly discreet and wise in
their suffrage, so much so that the different Legislatures have
not attempted its overthrow, although majorities have sometimes
been largely Republican and at other times largely Democratic.

During all his years as United States senator Mr. Warren never has
failed to give his testimony and influence in favor of the
enfranchisement of women.

In 1889 Delegate Joseph M. Carey wrote from the House of
Representatives at Washington: "Wyoming Territory has for twenty years
had full woman suffrage. It has commended itself to the approval of
our people of all parties ... I sincerely hope the new States will
adopt suffrage principles without regard to sex, or provide by a
clause in their respective constitutions that the Legislatures may by
statute confer the right of franchise upon women." Throughout his
subsequent term in the United States Senate he was consistent in this
attitude and has remained so ever since.

Following the example of every Territorial Governor, Amos W. Barber,
the first State Governor, declared:

Woman suffrage does not degrade woman. On the contrary, it
ennobles her and brings out all the strong attributes of true
womanhood. To their credit be it said, the women are almost a
unit for ability, honesty and integrity wherever found, in high
life or low life. A man must walk straight in Wyoming, for the
women hold the balance of power and they are using it wisely and
judiciously. The cause of education is their first aim. They are
making our schools the model of the country, and, too, they can
make a dollar go much further than their husbands can.

In 1900 a petition was circulated in the State, asking Congress to
submit a Sixteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution, prohibiting
the disfranchisement of United States citizens on acco