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WUMAX’S SUFF {AGE CLUB IS
ORGANIZED BLMRS. RUDY
Meeting \Vas An Interesting One
and Mrs.- J. \Y. Tompkins Vas
Elected President.

Mrs. George Rudy went to Utica .
l3'este1day mowing and formed a
|\\on1an’s Suff1age club, a blanch ol’v
1the Equal Rights association. Mrs.
iRudy was enthusiastically received
by the women of the neighborhood
Iand the meeting moved a very suc—
Icessl‘ul one. The following officers
[were elected, following the perma-
nent organization of the society:
President, Mrs. J. W. Tompkins;
[vice president, Mrs. Beatty Jewell;
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Nester
Howard.

 

 OUi‘OBER 26, 1913.

 

 

Egan! Rights fissociation I ' f
JWeetsInLouisvilieNov.20=22l

 

Kentucky Body Goes on Invitation of Louisville Con-

vention and Publicity League —— Max Eastman
to Be Heard Here Also—Suffrage Ac-

tion in

State.

 

The dates of November 20-22 have
Just been set for the annual meeting
of? the Kentucky Equal Rights Ass00i-

ation in Louisville. Mir. Denny Goode
ot' the Louisville Convention and Pub-
licity League telegraphs that the Ma-
sonic Theatre has been secured for
the opening night. Thursday Novem-
ber 20th when Max Eastman the dis-
tinguished writer and lecturer of. New
York City will be the principal speak-
Pl”.
Eastman Secured for Lexington Also.
it was possible to secure Mr. East—
man only through the co-operation of
the Kentucky vand Ohio Associations.
lie will speak in Cincinnati at the
meeting of the Ohio Suffrage Society
on the 18th and 19th and in Lexington

‘ race,

 

under the auspices of the Fayette.
Equal Rights Association on the night
of Monday the 17th. Mr. Eastman.
will come to Lexington directly from
Buffalo where he will fill a hundred
dollar engagement Saturday 15th. Mr.
Eastman is very much in demand in
the East now and he was only secured
for this 'Western trip by the fact that
the K. E. R. A. entered into negotia-
tions with him in the middle of the
summer and secured three consecu-
tive engagements.

The Louisville Convention and Pub-
licity League, at whose invitation the
K. E. R. A. goes to Louisville for
its annual meeting will furnish a. the-
atre or hall for tho night-meetings: and
the banquet hall at the Seelbach for
the (lay meetings. All meetings are
open. and free to the public. Every
man and woman in Kentucky who be—
lieves in woman suffrage or is inter-
ested even to find out. what. manner of
thing it is are urged to attned the
meeting.

Renewed Interest over the State.

A large attendance is expected as
there is renewed interest. in suffrage
throughout Kentucky. The subject

 

has been presented this summer ati

the Teacher‘s Institutes and in remote .
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counties even, and in towns not reach-
ed by the railroads. The VVoman’s;
Journal, the national suffrage paper 15.}
by the generosity of Mrs. S. M. Hub-l
bard of Hickman, Ky., going at pres‘?
ent to every hold-over legislator, and
every legislative candidate in Ken-
tucky, some three hundred in all.
Women will Vote In November
Election.

The decision of the Court of Appeals
that women “able to read and Write”
all over the state of Kentucky may
vote in the county superintendents
and in fact in all school elec-
tions except that of the State Super-
intendent. from which they are de-
barred because it is constitutional 0f-
lice. means, if there is time for the
news to be disseminated over the state
that more Kentucky women will vote
at the November election than eyer
before.

Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
better known as Mrs. Stetson, the poet
essayist; and brilliant lecturer who is
editor of “The Forerunner” and prob-
ably the keenest wit in the United
States, will speak in this city under
the auspices of The \Voman’s Club,
Saturday. November 1st.

Seelbach Hotel Headquarters for

Convention.

Other features of the anual meeting
of the Equal Rights Association at
Louisville will be announced. later.
The Seelbach Hotel will be headquar-
ters. All meetings not requiring a
larger ball will be held there. The
Board andoi’icers and many of the
delegates will have rooms there. The
new suffrage leagues, organized this
summer, even those having as yet only
county chairman, are urged to send
delegates. The basis of representa-
tion is one delegate to every ten paid
up members. Delegates only have
votingr rights but. equal welcome will
be extended to every visiting member
of a suffrage league, as to the public

general.

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The Detroit Times heartily joins with the U. S; postal
authorities, the Michigan Food and Dairy Commissioner
and the Vigilance Committee of the Associated Adver-
tising Clubs of America in protecting the public from ad—
vertising frauds. Any reader having a grievance against
an advertiser in these columns will confer a favor by
promptly reporting the same to the publisher.

' BEHOLD “PITCHFORK BEA , ” THIS
TIME UPON HIS o WN P] T CHFORK

 

Senator Tillman is a blind prophet.

The famous pitchfork this time has brought up against solid rock
and for the bend of the tine which received the full force of the blow,
will never be as effective again, we fear.

Senator Tillman recently announced himself opposed to woman’s suf-
frage.

He fears the right to vote “would be degrading to the sex.”

Senator Tillman’s position shows not only a lack of that chivalry to-
ward woman for which the southerner is noted, but a lack, also, of what
is real history, and a lack of knowledge of facts right before a pair of eyes
usually good when it comes to a matter of government.

In Wyoming, for instance, the women have had full voting privileges
since 1869.

We have never heard that light to the ballot has degraded the women
of that state.

We HAVE heard that there woman has voted for conditions that
have bettered the state of her sex, and against those things that pre-
viously tended to degrade man.

In Colorado woman has had the right to vote since 1893.

a..." This. privilege has not degraded the woman of that state, which has
experienced real progress since she became a real factor in government
with a voice in the affairs of Colorado and the country.

The benefits that have accrued to Colorado and Wyoming have ac-
crued generally in all the other states where woman has been emanci-

pated from slavery and her interest given recognition.

We might cite for Senator Tillman that what is true of states here,
is true of foreign countries where the right of franchise has been given
MOTHERS, with praise upon the sons of mothers who granted that right.

But the fact is, that in not only those states where women vote are
conditions better, but also in those states of prophets as blind as Tillman
and of men as lacking in chivalry, where woman has not yet won the
ballot, for the very fact of fear of woman’s vote, on a vastly different
score than that a vote will degrade her.

Right here in Michigan, today, there is a better order of things than
there would he were it not for the fact-that all the enemies of good gov-
ernment respect a growing sentiment for equal suffrage, and are con-
ducting themselves half-decently as a result. i

For noted improvement in our affairs in this state, thanks are due
noble and energetic women who are actively engaged in politics at this
time and who have not become degraded by the service they have rendered!
and are rendering society.

It remained for the women of Detroit to step in and put an end to!
the corruption of our educational department through vicious machine
politics. ‘

It was a fierce campaign, calling for the presence of women at public
meetings and at the voting booth and for association in the thick of the
iray with men, with Whom they pleaded like patriots.

The result of their efforts was to prove that the men of Detroit, too,

are true patriots, for the services ofwomen carried the day, and left none
of them degraded. - ,.

Senator Tillman is wrong indeed in a view that is a reactionary view,
held as a rule, too, by persons regarded as of lesser intelligence than the
senator.

In this view Tillman is disappointing, for we had credited him with
a keener discernment and a finer sense of obligation to all of the people.

In this view he but echoes the latest cry of those enemies of repre-
senative and just government, who for so long told us woman was incom-
petent to share a voice in government. '

This was the ingratitude of sons toward the mothers who had given
them birth, life and being, and was repeated until the votes of women
removed the lie and the insult from the lips of these men.

Votes for women Wherever cast have proven that woman is not only
competent to hold the right to cast her ballot, but is MORE COMPETENT
than MOST MEN, and this really was what certain interests knew would
be the result and WHAT THEY FEARED’.

We see no compliment to any man in the position that woman’s place
or well-being would be jeopardized by a meeting with men at a voting
place.
Were it a sound position, with anything like a good basis for it, more
is the reason why women should be granted the right to vote at the earliest
day, that mothers might save their daughters from the kind of men whom
she could not safely meet in the discharge of a duty of citizenship.

Senator Tillman, a Democrat with a small “d,” so noted and so sup-
ported by a host of admirers among his‘ countrymen; leader for so long
of a party that has led on the side of the weaker and against the stronger,
in the interest of all; wielder of the pitchfork that has pierced many a foe
of democracy, has this time impaled himself upon his own weapon.

The blindness exhibited in his prophecy is that of one, we must be-
lieve, who WILL NOT SEE.

 

 

  

 

Einsteins
iNlADESENATE

-——.

Present Petitions From Every
State To Members.

Women Parade In Automo-

biles From Hyattsviile, Md.

Owen and Glenn Make Ap-
peals For Vote Seekers.

ANTIS iSSUE STATEMENT

Washington, July 31.——From all over the
country supporters of the "Votes for
Woman” cause came to Washington to-

ideals, Casting over 4,000,000 grates
declared for woman su 13,:
can no longer be ib—

high
last year, .
and the question

ereLdiator Clapp, preenting Minnesotarg:
titions. made a stirring appeal 101 exit

s' f suffra e. ‘ . _

J‘O‘Ingdatever 51o fate of the present 1551(1);
lution may be,” he declared, the ".111“;
is not far distant and is. ii’ieV’italJle-, “If“:
the American people Will confer on {nil
American Woman the, only weapgnf fl
means of which she can peacefully He CIK

herself and her children—the ballot. ‘ d
Practically every Senator. has aimed
with a bundle of the petitions, .bofélp

with the yellow ribbon of the_ su Eta;
gists. Senator Smoot. presenting “é.
I7tah petitions, attacked militancy in 1
fight for suffrage. *

*8

No Votes For Militants.

‘ ‘ '3' ‘ to the
"C ra’e should he given, not. .
Pasklttifursfts and the militant radicals
among our women,” he said, ‘ but to thorn?
who follow in the womanly footsteps o,
the American pioneers for suffrage,’ Mars:1
Ellen Foster, Susan B. Anthony an
1-K.” ‘ 7‘ ‘

Otg/‘lfnztor Jones. of Washington” lhonias
and; Shafroth, of Colorado, (Tallinger,
Poindexter, \Vorks, of California, and
Ashurst followed. t

For more than we . ‘
demonstration continued. beinatvor aft'ei
Senator presenting petitions. \\ hen .téie
time came to take up the tariff debafie,
Senator Simons, in charge. of the {hp}, 31$;
cured an agreement that it he .a.d as. .
until the suffrage petitions remaining
could be received.

* )k 4."

Antis Issue. Statement.

' ‘ r" . ' tatement
The aniti—suftragists issued a. s .
to—day from the headquarters ot the Adar-1
tional Association Opposed to om

h ours th e suffrage

 

 

day to plead their case before Congress.

off its sober tariff work for more than tWo
hours and listened to the frills and fur-
belcrws of suffrage argument.

Delegations from every State in the.
union presented to each Senator on the
floor petitions urging the support of the
Chamberlain resolution to amend the Fed-
eral Constittuion to confer suffrage on
women, and practically every Senator pre-
sented the petitions to the Senate. Many
made speeches declaring their sympathy
with the movement, and a few announced
their intention to vote against the reso-
lution.

The visit concluded an automobile p.1-
ere from Hyattsville, Md., a suburb of
the Capital, where the suffragists were
met and welcomed by members of the
Senate \K'oman Suffrage Committee, which
has voted a favorable report on the Cham-
berlain resolution.

Senator Owen officially presented the
petitions to the Senate.

“The reasons for this request on the
part of the women of the countiy," he
said, "are overwhelming and unanswera—
his, and the time has come. when the."
must be considered with dignity, with un-
biased mind, free from prejudice or pas-
sion, in the interest of the welfare of
the ‘human race.

0' t t
Votes For \Vomcn Needed.

"I do not appeal to men from a party
standpoint. or call their attention to the
effect which may be. expected to fol'ow if
either one of the great parties should go
so far as to insult the 3.000.000 women
who now have the full suffrage in Ameri—
ca, by contemptuously denying a right
so obviously just and so obviously neces-
sary to the welfare, the progress and the
happiness of the people of America, but i
W111 remind .Vou that a great party with
R

. - .omohile on—
:Sllfilafipo. 191m“? dh’taéi‘s‘is “viii..- ch-aracter— .
ized as “cheap advertising or an attempt
to cloak defeat under the guise of jubila-
tion for which they have no cause." The
statement also insists that the White
House. the Senate and the House all are
opposed to woman suffrage and that the
crusaders “need hope for no legislation by
this Congress or the, next."

’J‘o-night the suffi‘agists gave a big han—
quet at which more than a score mem-
bers of the, House. and Senate and other
public men were present. Senators
Thomas, Ransdell, Ashurst and Owen
were speakers, and they encouraged the
suffragists with the declaration that the
prospects were bright for the passage of
the resolution. Mrs. James Lees Laid-
law, Mrs. Susan Fitzgerald and Mrs.
Mary \K'are Dennett. also made, addresses.

The women who visited the Senate to-
day had traveled from every section of
the country to bring their petitions. A1-
together the petitions were signed by
more than 85,000 persons. On their way
to the capital many of the delegations
he’ld meetings and demonstrations along
the road. 'i‘o—n-igfit's banquet concluded
the demonstration.

ICENTUCKY REPRESENTED.

 

 

 

TWO Suffrage Petitions Proscntod T0
Senate Through James.

“’ash‘ington. Jilly 3].~‘Kentucky worn-
an sui’f'ragists were represented by proxy
in the delegation of women from nearly
all parts of the country who stormed the
Capital to—ddy to urge the immediate.
passage of the Senate joint resolution
extending the ‘ight of suffrage to wom-
en. Dr. Laura S. Rrennond. of “flashing-
ton, D. L1, presented a petition signed by
about twenty Kentuckians to Senator
James and he introduced it.

The signers are residents
Green and Hawesville. as fol

Bowling GreenMBenjamin I". Proctor,
William A. Obencimin. Lida Calvert
Obenchain. Edward 0. Leigh, A, . Me—
Cormack, P‘ils E. Towns-end. E. T. Barr,
E. D. Rose. J. M. McCormack, H. H.
Cherry, J. H, Young, Leonard TV. Dur-
hiam, J. L. Harman. J. Dickey, M. 0.
Hughes and L. H. .

The Hawesville petitioners were Martha
Hall Newman. Sara Pickette. Lucille Mc-
Adams and Mrs. G. W. Newman.

Dr. Helen Knight. formerly of Newport.
K52. is here with the New York delega—
tion.

of Bowling
lows:

 

 

 

 EUGENIA B. FARM-
ER of St. Paul, one of the
pioneer suffragists of Minne-
sota, paraded the fair grounds
3es‘rerday with a sufh rage 11m-
brella sent to her by the New
York State Suffrage Associa-
tion. The 3}111_b1'ella wag used in
the New Yoerarade.

 

  

 

 

 

0N WOMAN SUFFRAGEfl

Miss Laura Clay to Speak at Ger-
mantown Fair.

The newly organized \Voman Suf-
frage League will have a tent on the
Germantown Fair Grounds for the
distribution of‘ literature on this,
the most important question before
the civilized world.

There will be easy chairs, ice wa-
ter and toilet articles at the tent and
the hostesses will be glad to haVe
every woman who attends the Fair
come to the tent for rest and refresh- ,
ment. They will be glad to take care?
of small packages. j

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On Wednesday, August 27, at 2:303
p, m., Miss Laura Clay, the veteran j
advocate of this further extension of‘I
human rights, will speak on “\Vhy;
Women Want the Ballot.” Be surel
to hear her, perhaps the strongest ,
exponent of the subject in the state. I

For more than twenty-five years
Miss Clay was President of the Ken-
tucky Equal Rights Association and
in that time she has been before ev-
ery session of the General Assembly
of Kentucky, pleading for better laws
for women and children. To her is
largely due the enlightened measures
on the Kentucky statutes regarding
the property rights of married wo-
men, the co-guardianship of chil-§
dren, the legal protection of girli
children, and other laws efiectingé

women and children. I
l

Miss Clay took up leadership in the;
age-long struggle for human liberty }
where her distinguished father, Gen.
Cassius M. Clay, left off. Gen. Clay 3
was Minister to Russia at the time;
of the purchase of Alaska, was an
ardent advocate of the abolition of<
of African slavery ans one of thel
early promoters of Berea College.
Miss ()lsy speaks wizh great clear-
lless of thought and expression, and
earnestness of conviction. Every
man and woman who can do so
should take advantage of this oppor-
tunity to hear her discuss a subject

to which she has devoted her life.
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Mrs. Hardy issues Challenge for
Debate to Miss Bronson, Who
Lost Temper in Suffrage Meet

l?‘m’-&1—W~ywm -

Minnie'Bl-onson at the Opening of the Anti-Suffrage Campaign
in Knights of Colunlbus Hall Friday Evening and Caused the

Other wonlan to Lose Her Temper.

MRS. Jaime LAW HARDY,

Prominent Michigan Suffrugist “7110 Crossed Swords with Miss

. 1y e- hausted.

. million people.

_a. fraction of the

are New Zealand loans

I he ewith challenge Miss Min—
nie Bronson to a debate on the
results of equal sullruge in New
Zealand and Australia, and it
she wishes I will loan her the
books or give her the titles neces-
sary for her to study the sub~
Ject.

Mrs. Jennie Low Hardy, third.
vice-president of the Michigan Equal]
Suffrage sociation. Saturday mornvi
ing issued this challenge to Miss
Minnie Bronson. the lecturer brought:
from New York by the anti-suffrag—
ists. as a result of‘the statements
made by Miss Bronson concerning the
effects of equal suffrage in the anti-
podes at the opening of the anti—
campnign in Knights of Columbus
hall Friday evening. _,

Miss Bronson lost her temper in
21 short. s'lntrp debate with Mrs.
Hardy at the meeting 11nd the inci-
dent '11s the only topic in suffrage
circles Saturday morning-r.

There were two rows of motor
curs outside. the hall with an awning
leading from the curb into the vesti-
bule, just like grand operz and high
life weddings. The opponents of
equal franchise were not there in
overwhelming force and out of the
$00 persons present at least 100 were
suffrngists. Noble looking young
ushers in evening dress and spotless
white kid gloves clustered in the sort—
ly-carpeted ante—room. Each 11 on
his lapel :1 red. uhite 11nd blue 111111011,
signifyin". according to sarcastic suf-
fragists, “To arms. the country is in
peril!" Stationed strategeticnlly in
the rear seats was a. small claque
which applauded loudly whenever the
speaker paused for breath.

Wearing a. white—plumed near-Gains-
borough hat of black velvet, while :1
black dress With white net yoke and
sleeves velled her robust figure. the
lecturer set her determined mouth in
the tashlon of a. scli.‘oolma’am about
to cast1gate, and in a down—east ao—
cent launched an attack on “votes

women." behind which she saw

g2 horrid shapes. At intervals
she leaned lightly against an oak
pine-(lieu, but when uttering a par—
ticularly p0111tedparagraol1 she Would
step forward and emphasize it by
gesture.

CITES NEW ZEALAND.

As an example of what happens in
countries blighted by woman suffrage
Miss Bronson citcd New Zealand.
"The debt of the country is 3400.000
000," she said. “and virtually all they
can show for'it is 200 miles of rail—
wa Its resources are being rapid—
lt is a question Wheth-
er the country, which has only a.
‘ can long stand it."

A small figure in a gray squirrel
coat and the light of battle in its
eye stood up '1 the center of the hall.
It was Mrs. ardy, traveter, linguist
and student of social questions in
many chm She has been in
New Zealand live times and
knofivs _1t backward and for—
ward. She had sat i111patientl...
informingr those around her that the
speaker was not only making partial
statements, but 1111s1‘epresenting facts.
She Lad crossed swords in the Len-
slng hearing with M45s Kronson, and
at sight of her the lattr s face took
on a hard and combative look. .

"Isn’t it a fact.” said Mrs. Hardy.
enunciating eV ry word so distinctly
as to be heard in every corner of the
big room. over which tense silence
suddenly fell, “that in. New Zéalziud
the government owns not only the.
railroads. but a sixth of the land,
the postol‘fice, the bunks, coal lands
and all public utilities. and that if
'public utilities
were sold the. pubhc debt of New

Zealand would be paid. If the U.

S. took over the railroads of the
country. what would be the debt of
tllf‘. LI 5.?

"ll 1111c a great deal of the laid
does belong to the government, a
land has been 1311 , ased from the
original holders and handed bank. to
them. Is it not. so?” said Miss Bron—
son, hel'c eye es flashing. She skillfully
diverted the discussion into one of
high ta..ati0n.

“Isn‘t it. a fact,’ continued Mrs.
Hardy, that. “Premier Seddon said to
his parliament six months before his
death: ".l.‘here is today not a pauper
in New Zealand, and there was nota
man who could contrad‘ him?”

“In a. land like New 'Zealand with
only a million people it would be
curious if: there were many pau—
pers,” observed Miss Bronson with
forced nonchalance.

“Why was New Zealand in the
depth of poverty in 1890? TVlw did
Great Britain refuse to lend moneyr
to New Zealand? Because they said
the security was not good. V‘V’hy
doubly sull-
scribed nowadays?" went on Mrs
Hardy and an outburst of applause
from the suffraglsts present encour-
aged her.

EVADES QUESTION.

Miss Bronson again evaded the
issue by quoting Goldwin Smith to
the effect that. a New Zealander re-
fused to pay taxes knowing the gov—
crnment could not take his land in.
payment.

“That is not so,” replied Mrs. Har-
dy. “The land returns to the govern-
ment if a man does not pay taxes for
a year. Don’t you know that two—’
thirds of the income of New Zealand
come from the customs duties, and
not from the land?"

“As I understand, if the land does
not belong to him, a. man does not
have to pay his taxes.” replied Miss
Bronson. evaslvely: ,

“One-sixth of the land is owned by

the government and five-slxths by

Anti—suffragist \Vho Lost Her Tem—
per in a, Short. Sharp Debate with
l\l‘rs. Jennie Law Hardy, Second.
\:ice-president ol‘ the Michigan

lizqurl SufErage Association. at :1
Meeting in Knights 01’ Columbus
Hall, Friday Night.‘

it not Ia fact

piivate_30w11er and is
that

n . Hardy’s question was cut short
by 1 ss Bronson, who, with a. show
of pique, asked. “How much land
can a. man own in New Zealand?"

“As much as he can cultivate and
make use-0f. New Zealand only taxes
unimproved values. lmpr0V ements are i
.. erupted. from fever" -

WOMEN APPLAUD.

Applause from Mrs. Hardy’s friends
gain showed their belief that the
anti speaker was in a. corner.

Miss Bronson glared down at her
persistent questioner. “"his discus—
sion has nothing to do with woman '
suffrage,” she cried angrily. '

Unruffied, Mrs. Hardy went on,
while the suffragists present leaned
back in their chairs and enjoyed the
scene.

“The commonwealth of Australia ”
said 'he sut’l’ragisi, “sent a message
to Premier .-\ squith, which was signed
by every senator and member, stat-
ing,r that suffrage had been the mak-
ing of Australia, that none of. the
evils that had been predicted had
come to pass, but much good that had
never been loreseen. Didn’t the first
premier of New Zealand, the father
of the new constitution, which has
been called the high-water mark of
democracy

\iiss Blons on lost her temper “You
are making a speech,‘ she snapped.

Then the claquc _ot. busy with lands
and feet and fol-a1 few moments pre- .

Haidy f1 om speaking. ‘

asking vou a. question." .
she replied. “You took an hour and
a half out of two l10111s allotted in
the htarirg‘l at Lansng and surely
you can ’1; object to 11 as ring aques-
tion here?” (Applause from the suf-

fragists. l

Bethe it had subsided. Miss Bron—
son hastily stepped forward. “I un—

. is a gentleman who

ask a question about Cal-1

she said. locking appealing-
toward the front. seats.

Her relief was appait nt when the
question was p t. l-l'er trip from the
arid wilds of New Zealand to the
sun—kissed orange groves of the Pa-
cific co- st could not heve been ex—
ceeded in speed by the Alabian
Nights‘ magic carpet. :

CALLS THEM FELINE.

Before the debate with Mrs. Hardy
the lecturer took a fling at Mrs.
Clara B. Arthur and Mics. Hardv for
the formers assertiOn at Lansing
that the antis could not. find a Mieh~
is‘an woman to speak for them. She
said the remark would have come
with better grace from women not
born under :1 foreign flag and whose
1111: .nds had supported the union.
Her opponents were accused of a1
lack 0’ fair play “truly feline." She
:‘issociated the sul‘fragists with the
socialists and looked pes .11111st1c-
ally on modern democratic progress
declaring it would be an act of mad-
ness at this critical iuncture to add.
a big class of. undisciplined voters .t
on already overburdened electorate.

Miss Bronson p inted to the tact
that only 700 we e11 enrolled at the
recent Detroit enrollment as evi-
dence of lack of interest by women
in the school problem, one which
they should regard peculiarly as
their own. ‘

"The Socialist tempters are whis-
pering of the. power to be gained by
the. ballot” she said. “They are
telling woman. she will be the ruler
of. mankind in the political world, as
she is in the moral world. They say
that in the future the state will care
for the children and leave women
free to follow the pleasures of life.
’l‘hev say socialism means woman
suffrage. In their hearts they think
woman suffrage means socialism.
Two—thirds of the. suffrage leaders
are Socialists. The big sest contin—
gent in the New Yorbk parade con-
sisted of Socialists with a red ban-
ner.”

 

  

'S'UFFRA GE IN FLORIDA

By FLORENCE MURPHY COOLEY.

 

 

A veai ago a. few women met in
Jacksonville to fo1m the Flmida Equal
[Franchise League. Today the1e arc in
Florida sixteen Ical centers of activ-
ity, and numberless persons through-
out the state fully interested and keep-
ing in touch with the movement for
equal citizenship. Many of the prom-
inent men of the state are earnestly
supporting the movement.

At the recent Levy county annual
picnic Judge Baldwin of Archer, Hon.
Light of Reddick, and State Senator
Blitch all spoke to two thousand or
more people 011 the subject of citizen-
ship for women. A man in the audi—
ence asked Senator Blitch if he would
tell him why he favored votes for
women. Senator Blitch replied, “It is
a mere question of intelligence. ' if
you consider women as having aVer—
age intelligence, what reason can you
give for Withholding the ballot?” The
questioner said, “Your reply is suffi-
cient.” There is no question of wom—
an’s fitness, there is only the prejudice
of years of precedent.

Only thirty-five per cent of the reg-
istered male vote in the various states
is polled, and can any person truth—
fully say that every honest and up-
right man of his acquaintance uses his
franchise? Is not the franchise a
commodity? Do not interested per-
sons use every influence to secure a
public vote for private gain? Do the
best men in every community vote for
every good of the city or town, and
condemn all effort to secure a vote
abortive to public welfare? Do not
all the papers say that election day
is a public holiday, spent at country
clubs, on the golf links, and in long
country tours?

It is not that women desire to usurp
the offices and public posts, it is Only
that they wish to stand side by side
with their husbands and brothers,
sharing the privileges of citizenship
and being real people. The only rea-
son why all women do not rise up with
one accord and demand the right is
because some of them refuse to ac-
knowledge to themselves their pOSi-
tion. Receiving food and clothing and
perhaps a mtotor car, they refuse to
acknowledge that they are classed in
the law with minor children and em—
beciles. This is no extravagant state—
ment, but a fact in most of the states
and in other countries.

Those persons not voting in the va—
rious states are criminal men, the
men of the Mongolian‘race, imbeciles,
minors and women. 15 not this a sad
commentary upon the wives and moth—
ers of the great men of the United
States? Cannot each one of us men—
tion without 1a moment's thought wom.
en who are bearing every burden of
life, shielding and protecting the
name and honor of men who hold
their own honor lightly? Are not such
women entitled to citizenship?

Millions of self-supporting women,
millions of property-owning women,

 

 

 

women supporting sick husbands wom-
en supporting and rearing children.
almost with their life’s blood they la-
bor for their young, can any thinking
person deny the right of citizenship?
No, no, no, no thinking person. Only
the unthinking, the orreless, thosel
who do not see themselves as keepers
of the happiness of their fellow men
and women, those who like the Phari—
see pass by Without looking.

Have you not been surprised by the
1evolution in thought on every sub-
ject? Can you keep up with the evo-
lution of ideas? It would seem that
microbes of restlessness, having ex—
hausted the field of invention and of
surgery, for wonderful things in these
fields have followed fast and faster,
have now assailed the human mind.
Men whom we have known for years
suddenly say the renter pays the tax
and not the householder. Men say a.
tax alone on land and not on houses
or buildings would equalize taxation.
Men say homes should be exempt from
taxation. Some homes cost hundreds,
some cost thousands, and yet a bill for
the exemption of homes from taxation
was presented at the last session of
the Florida. legislature, presented by a
middle-of-the road sensible man, and
seriously considered.

“WOmen as citizens" does not seem
as much an innovation as these other
matters, and all these matters have
passed in some states and are laws.
The innovation meeting. the best suc-
cess is woman’s citizenship. Living
conditions have improved, schools and
school buildings have improved, pro-
fessional politicians have in many
places been dropped, and everywhere
it is the man best suited to the office
and not any party or ward affiliations.

Women asking for citizenship are
not forward, are not masculine, are
not self—seeking, they are only a part
of the modern thought, apart of the
readjustment of the human family, now
taking place. We are people; we have
individuality; we carry many of the
burdens of life; we desire to be put
on a. basis of responsibility and indi-
viduality as equal citizens with our
men relatives. Not to supplant them,
but to supplement their work, to as-
sume in fact What is already assumed
in the home and business life, equal
citizens-hip.

No man of ability, no honorable
man, no true citizen interested i