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Why Women Should Vote
! Voting by Women Will Improve Humanity. They Will
{ Take Politics Out of the Gutter and Put It Upon
} a Plane of Respectability.
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In this country and throughout the world women progress
toward the full possession of the ballot, and toward equality
with men in educational facilities. ;
In one State after another women are beginning to practice
law, they are obtaining new suffrage rights, they flock to *wly
opened schools and colleges. ;
In England and Scotland, but a few years ago, only a few
men in the population were allowed to vote—money was the
requisite quality. To-day, in those countries, women vote at
county elections, and in many cases at municipal elections. In
the great Commonwealth of New Zealand, so far ahead of all
the rest of the world in humanity and social progress, the wife
votes absolutely as her husband does.
The woman who votes becomes an important factor in life,
for a double reason. In the first place, when a woman votes
the candidate must take care that his conduct and record meet
with a good woman's approval, and this makes better men of
the candidates.
In the second place, and far more important, is this reason:
When women shall vote, the political influence of the good
men in the community will be greatly increased. There is no
doubt whatever that women, in their voting, will be influenced
by the men whom they know. But there is also no doubt that
they will be influenced by the GOOD men whom they know.
Men can deceive each other much more easily than they
can deceive women—the latter being providentially provided
with the X-ray of intuitional perception.
The blustering politician, preaching what he does not prac
tice, may hold forth on the street corner or in a saloon, and in
fluence the votes of others as worthless as himself. But among
women his home life will more than offset his political influence.
The bad husband may occasionally get the vote of a deluded
or frightened wife, but he will surely lose the votes of the wives
and daughters next door.
Voting by women will improve humanity, because IT WILL
COMPEL MEN TO SEEK AND EARN THE APPROVAL OF
WOMEN.
Our social system improves in proportion as the men in it
are influenced by its good women.
As for the education of women, it would seem unnecessary
to urge its value upon even the stupidest of creatures. Vet it is
a fact that the importance of thorough education of girls is still
doubted—usually, of course, by men with deficient education of
their own and an elaborate sense of their own importance and
superiority.
Mary Lyon, whose noble efforts established Mount Holyoke
College, and spread the idea of higher education for women
throughout the world, put the case of women's education in a
nutshell.
“I think it less essential that the farmers and mechanics
should be educated than that their wives, the mothers of their
children, should be."
The education of a girl is important chiefly because it means
the educating of a future mother.
Whose brain but the mother’s inspires and directs the son
in the early years, when knowledge is most easily absorbed and
permanently retained?
If you find in history a man whose success is based on in
tellectual equipment, you find almost invariably that his mother
was exceptionally fortunate in her opportunities for education.
Well educated women are essential to humanity. They in
sure abler men in the future, and incidentally they make the
ignorant man feel ashamed of himself in the present.
Unity 1
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In the onward march that WOMAN is making to-day toward
the polls, her processional hymn should be UNITY.
Unity of PURPOSE, of ENERGY and of SYMPATHY.
Unity of her smaller organizations, leading to the UNITY of
her ONE GREAT BODY.
Organization means UNITY: UNITY, CONCERTED EF
FORT WITH ONE GOAL IN SIGHT.
If the BALLOT is that GOAL, then only with going toward
it HAND IN HAND CAN IT BE REACHED.
THERE CAN BE NO SIDE ISSUES. There can be but
ONE ISSUE, and that is THE RIGHT TO VOTE.
Without union of thought and sympathy, the women who
are asking for an equal right to have a voice in matters of civic
and municipal government can not hope to impress the EAR
ALREADY AWAKENED TO HER CALL, nor win response
from her fellow creature, who NOW HOLDS THE BALANCE
OF POWER IN HIS HAND.
There is near at hand a time when the women of Atlanta,
of Georgia, of the entire South, will go before a committee ap
pointed by the Legislature, to ask for the privilege that is
already hers by right. Her demand will be for EQUAL RIGHTS.
Will the committee appointed be willing to listen to separate
committees from separate organizations? NO! The Commit
tee will have neither the time nor the inclination for a prolonged
repetition of the same questions. The men engaged in making
the laws for the State have many things to look after, and they
must have business presented to them in a businesslike way.
But if ONE committee will say, WE REPRESENT ALL
THE WOULD-BE VOTERS IN THE CITY OR STATE, that
committee must in all good faith receive the message brought
to it.
In view of this, A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SHOULD
BE ORGANIZED, composed of each suffrage president, and one
or two members of her league or association, to get together on
all BIG ISSUES, and strengthen their BODY, BY UNITY.
4 3
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN THE HOMEISERER
Why Women WILL Get the Vote
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This CONFERENCE COMMITTEE WOULD IN NO WAY IN
TERFERE WITH THE BODY SEPARATE, BUT WOULD
BRING THE BODIES SEPARATE UNDER ONE SPLENDID
HEAD!
Politics are new to the majority of women, They know the
truth of this, and at this time many of the woman’s clubs are
studying books on municipal government and civic reform. And
it is a good thing for every woman to study all there is to learn in
books, of lecturers, and of the leaders of the great movement
that is engaging them at this hour. But only by MIXING WITH
THE PEOPLE AND LISTENING TO THE HEART-BEATS
OF THE PEOPLE CAN REAL KNOWLEDGE COME. THE
HEART OF THE PEOPLE DOES NOT BEAT BETWEEN
THE LEAVES OF A BOOK; ITS RHYTHM CAN NOT BE SET
IN TYPE WITH PRINTERS' INK.
NOR CAN THE FEVERISH HAND FEEL THE PULSE
OF A FEVERISH FACTICON!
There must be unity besides organization. There MUST be
HARMONY, and above all SYMPATHY and UNDERSTAND
ING.
Men wrangle and fight in politics, and they sometimes pro
fane the altar of their PRIVILEGE. But when a BIG ISSUE
is at hand, when success depends upon UNITY, does he consider
the inequality of his brother? Does he hew him a way in some
by-path of SELFISHNESS AND PERSONAL AMBITION, and
leave his party for a way that has not been trod? NO. HE
ENOWS THE IMPORTANCE OF UNITY. When big issues
come, MEN PULL TOGETHER. Then—after the battle, they
settle their differences as each case demands. Men know that
there IS strength in UNION.
The time is ripening toward woman's enfranchisement in
America. The South has already made wonderful advancement
along that line, and it will not be long before WOMEN WILL
BE CLASSED AMONS THE PEOPLE AND NOT AS THE
VOICELESS PROPERTY HOLDER WITH NO RIGHTS, NO
PRIVILEGES OUTSIDE THE NARROW SPHERE THAT
MAN AND CUSTOM HAVE PLACED HER.
With this fact assured, let WOMEN WORK IN UNITY
AND HARMONY and she will COME INTO HER OWN WITH
THE RESPECT OF THE WHOLE WORLD AND BE A
CREDIT TO HER SEX.
The Justice and Expediency
of Woman Suffrage
By Maud Nathan.
(This article won a $lOO prize in a
Suffrage Contest.)
BELIEVE in equal suffrage because
I it is just and because it is expedi
ent. Inademocracy where the peo~
pie are supposed to govern them
selves, the ballot is the direct method
of self-expression, A Government
that denies expression to one-half the
people can not justly be termed a
democracy. How can the men rep
resent the women? A man casts one
vote, representing his own views; if
there are three women in his house
hold, each with dissenting views, how
can his one vote represent theirg? It
is not the men alone who ha.ve' built
up this great republic. All woman
pay taxes, either directly or indirect-
Iy. Six millior women are engaged
in the industry and commerce of our
nation. Legislation is enacted regu
lating and controlling their lives, and
yet their point of view is not con
Stars and Stripes
Wonder if Congressman Sharp
is favored for Ambassador to
Russia because of his familiarity
with explosives,
- & -
Instead of “Raisuli dead or
Perdicaris alive,” it appears to be
“Benton dead and Villa alive.”
sidered. Legislators defer to their
constituents, who have the power to
re-elect them to office or to defeat
them,
The trend ,of modern activities
makes it expedient to enfranchise.
women. One by one woman's duties
have been taken away from her and
placed in charge of city and State
officials, appointed by the Mayor or
Governor, who . are elected by the
votes of men, Hvery department of a
woman's household is regulated or
controlled by officials more or less
involved in politics. To procure pure
milk *for the babies, pure drinking
water, meat from non-tuberculosis
cattle, non-poisonous canned foods,
the housekeeper must depend upon
the efficiency and incorruptibility of
the various commissioners. She also
depends upon the Fire, Police and
Street Cleaning Departments to pro
tect her home,
Barefoot dancer has feet wash
ed with club soda. Why not a
“tub of suds?”
- - . i
One scientist says that clothes
are the cause of cancer. If this
is true, there ought to be very. lit
tle of it in fashionable circles
nowadays,
«.
: By BERTHA H. ARROWOOD.
Scandinavia, comprising five countries, takes the leaq i
the suffrage progression. All have some measure of electorg]
rights, and in Fiinland, Norway and Iceland all women have the
full partliamentary vote on the same terms as men, and are o,
gible for all the offices “for which they vote.
Despite the frequent outbursts against Johnny Bull, I},
British Empire has granted full parliamentary suffrage to Ay,
tralia, New Zealand and in the Isle of Man. England, Irelang
Scotland and Wales have municipal suffrage on the same tnrnu;
as men, and taxpaying widows and spinsters have the munieipg]
suffrage in eight provinces of Canada.
Nova Scotia gives married women whose husbands are yo
voters the municipal suffrage. In the cities of Bombay, ayg
Baroda in British India, of Rangoon in Burma and Belize j
British Honduras, women share the small measure of municipg
voting rights as men.
The United States is not far behind. Full suffrage has beey
granted to women in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Wagh.
ington, California, Kansas, Oregon, Arizona, Alaska, Illingjg
and 22 States have school suffrage. Suffrage on taxation anq
bonding propositions, with restrictions, has been given to sy
States. ;
It is a deplorable fact thaf in the !ast mentioned there i
but one Southern States—Louisiana; in the school suffrage hyt
one—Kentucky ; while for full suffrage not one Southern State,
The suffrage question is before the—will it do to say—
chivalrous guardians of women—in many countries and Staies,
and it is only a question of time before the whole race will he
enfranchised. Let us pull together to have Georgia the first
State to realize the importance of its women by enfrachising
them.
How Women Drove
Gamblers from Cheyenne.
| By D. W. GILL,
| Mayor of Cheyenne, Wyo.
' Women voters of Cheyenne did
'something that the men didn't have
the nerve to do—they stopped open
gambling in Cheyenne. I will tell you
‘how they did it. ?
Open gambling had been carried on
in Cheyenne ever since the city start
‘ed. The Wyoming Legislature passed
a law in 1901, which took effect in
February, 1902, prohibiting gambling.
|
This law was enacted more through
‘the interest the women voters took in
‘the matter than from any other
'source, and still the law was not en
forced. .
In the fall election of 1904, I ran
‘for Mayor, and W, B. Ross ran for
County and Prosecuting Attorney on
} the Democratic ticket. As about one
ithlrd of the Cheyenne voters were
Democrats and about two-thirds wers
ißepublicans. I had no idea of being
elected. My opponent on the Repub
lican ticket was a member of the 1901
‘Leglslature and voted against the bill
prohibiting gambling. I made ao
'promises. although it was known that
personally I did not favor gambling.
On the other hand, Mr. Ross made his
campaign against gambling. Mr. Ross
and myself were elected.
1t was the women vote which elect
ed us. I received probably. threa
fourths of the Cheyenne women vote.
What Suffrage Is
Doing in Illinois.
By CATHERINE WAUGH M'CUL
LOCH.
The Illinois suffrage law is one of
‘the most popular ever passed in our
State. The Jaw only went into effect
July 1, 1913, and so no great number
of elections will oceur till April, 1914,
In the few elections held, women
have voted for the moral measures,
for the better candidates, for gen
erosity in public expenditures, as well
as economy.
At the first Council meeting after
the passage of the law, Mayor Harri
son, of Chicago, recommended the
appointment of ten policewomen to
guard girls at bathing beaches and
dance hails. This had been petitioned
for by ballotless women vainly for
years. The Mayor now heeded the re
quests of voting women,
It 18 everywhere admitted that the
women forced the return of Mrs. Ella
Flagg Young to her place as super
intendent of Chicago schools and a
better solution of the garbage ques
tion,
Many Kansas Reforms
Are Due to Suffrage.
By JESSIE WRIGHT WHITCOME,
Attorney at Topeka.
No election has been held in Kan
sas since our women received the fuil
ballot, so it is impossible to point out
direct political results of the extended
suffrage at this time.
In addition to this, our women have
always had a modified and gradually
extended ballot, and many of the re
forms so much desired by women in
other States have been won and pre
served. ]
We have in Kansas State-wide pro
hibition, which, in itself, has prevent
ed a large share of the evils falling
to women's lot in liquor States. That
prohibition has been continued and
that the law has been as satisfacto
rily enforced as it has is generally |
admitted to be due largely to women's
municipa’ vote, l
Pastor Line Gives
Suffrage ‘‘Becauses.”’
By FRED A. LINE,
Pastor First Universalist Church,
The question of equal suffrage, it
seems to me, is essentially a moral
question. The issues involved are
moral issues, not political. Woman’s
right to the ballot should not be
questioned by thoughtful and sincerd
persons.
Woman is intgrested in all of those
great questions which are before the
American people to-day—child slav
ery, the white slave traffic, pure food,
schoo] facilities, factory inspection,
city sanitation, the great white
plague, sex hygiene, working condi
tions, social causes of disease, peace
and arbitration.
We believe in woman suffrage be
cause we are apostles of social jus
tice, a square deal for every man,
woman and child; because we desire
that the energies of our race shall be
conserved; because we desire that
women shall not be crowded to the
wall in the struggle for existence, but
shall be given a chance to live with
all that the term implies; because we
cdesire that children shall be privileged
to develop according to the tenden
cies and proclivities of childhood; be
cause we are opposed to the long
working day for woman, the unjust
compensation, the disregard for
health, happiness and life: becays
we stand for co-perative life activi.
ty in behalf of truth, purity and
righteousness.
Oregon Women Show
Benefits of Ballot.
By ABIGAIL DUNNIWAY,
President Oregon Equal Suffrage As.
sociation,
The women of Oregon received full
enfranchisement on November 5, 1912, ¢
We have had one meeting of the Leg.
islative Assembly (in 1913), and ths
following laws were enacted, scarcely
one of which could have been passed
before we had received “votes for
women:”
Industrial Commlission, established
to decide hours of employment, stand
ard conditions of labor and mini
mum wage, with orders of commis
sion binding on employers; Stats In
dustrial School! for Delinquent Girls;
training for dependent girls in indus.
trial arts provided for in publis
school gardens; willful failure to sup.
port wife and minor children &
felony; provision for care of children
of marriages which have been de
clared void; laws governing appren
tices . repealed; Industrial Welfary
Commission established, with powet
to decide hours of employment; spa
cialist to assist the physically dee
fective; State industrial accident lav;
teachers’ pension act, also act pros
tecting teachers as to terms of em
ployment and discharge; mother of \‘
decedent given .right of inheritane |
over father, brothers and sisters, il |
decedent dies without wife or 9
child; pensions paid to needy moth
ers of children under sixteen, when
husband is dead, imprisoned or Jis
abled; felony for men to live i
earnings of prostitutes, or in homss |
of ill fame, or solicit for a prost- |
tute; medical certificate for men b~ |
fore marriage.
The Story of Woman
Suffrage in Idaho.
By EMMA EDWARDS GREEN,
Secretary Idaho State Council of
Women Voters.
What has the ballot done for the
women of the State of Idaho? [t
has given them the right to stand
side by side with their brothers and
expand into a glory of womanhood
not attained by women in non-suf
frage States. It has given them &
wider horizon, a finer self-poise, a
grander conception of life and ‘it
possibilities, as well as a firmer con
fidence in self, a confidence that had
strengthened many a womna.
We women of Idaho feel that we
are but beginning our accomplish
ments and we are now commencing
the formation of a women’s organizi
tion known as the Idaho Council of
Women Voters, with Miss Margaret
Roberts as president. This s &
branch of the National Councll of
Women Voters with similar organi
zations in the ten suffrage States and
the suffrage Territory of Alask.
A chapter has heen formed in Bolse
with the widest and most liberal plat
form possible.
We have secured a nine-hour la¥
for working women which is In full
force and which seems to be result
ing beneficially., The mother's pen
sion bill is another of our good lavs
Idaho's humane law, one of the best
in the United States, was placed In
the Legislature by a woman and 0
troduced by a woman legislator. Wo
men in Idaho have the right to serve
on juries and have so done in & num
ber of cases where women were tried.
Women probation officers, pollce ma
trons, city nurses and various official
positons, such as State Superintent
ent of Publle Schools, librarian of 18
free traveling library, County Super
intendent of Schools, County Treas
urer, city treasurer and city clerk aré
common.
Growth of Athens
Equal Suffrage League.
The Athens Equal Suffrage Leigu®
was organized a little over a Vel
ago with eight or nine , memoe™
Since that time it has grown to 221
rumber—four men and clghteen
women, -
During that time the programs i,
the regular meetings have consisi™ |
in talks and papers by the mei®
bers on various public questions sl 1 |
as the initiative and referend & 3
commission form of governme!’ ‘«i |
relative laws regarding women ©
children in the different States. ‘M7
portant books, such as “Womun &1
Labor,” by Olive Shreiner, hearin: "% |
the feminist movement, have becii 1t
viewed. A history of Englishmil, |
suffrage and a history of the I né "/
militant movement formed tor: )
other meetings. e
Last spring, finding that the i/
ject of woman suffrage was ‘0 O
debated in the high schools 0! "0
State, the league sent literatur® “
every high school principal to be usé?
in the debate, s