The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-01-08
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TIE RI0RTD % W0A8N.
The women Of the United States are SLOW.
y and surely getting their rights. They will
be entitled before many years to the blessed
privilege Of going to the polk and deposit.
choice.
Pennsylvania, under the provi ion Of its
new constitution, permits women 70 hold
any Office under the school laws Of the state.
70 which men are eligible. The right to hold
Office has generally been REGARDED ~ growing
out Of the right to vote, and this rule Of &C.
knowledged fairnes may be violated for q
time, bat il cannot be abolished. II vo-
man i fitted 70 hold the Office Of school di.
rector, and case her vote on questions involv-
ing compensation for teacher. and appropri-
atoms for school purposes. FIX leviss. etc,
she ia equally entitled to hold the office Of
county Commissioners or representative in
the Legislature, and cast her vote on questions
involving appropriations for building bridges.
court houses and charitable institutions.
Perhaps after al the women may bring Amer
lean men out Of all the political trouble that
now encompasses them. BY infusing senti.
ment Of purify and integrity into the voting
mass strong and vigorous enough to stihe
the political corruption and official rascality
Of the period. Certainly the moral forces Of
the country need . reinforcement, and if
wOman's rights to vote il the great moral re.
serve that must decide the contest between
political infamy, and political integrity We
think il u about time the reserves we're
called into action.
On this very question the Pittsburgh Com
mereial is not very much out Of the way. 1t
does not object to women holding Office, bu,
does object to depriving them at the same
time Of the right TO vote and thinks the plan
Of opening one door to her while shutting
the other is ~ grossly unfair n il il illog-
ical. 1t says:
The Office of the school director carries
with it, in ito limited Jurisdiction, both Lex.
islative and executive power. The school
board levies the tax necessary for the sup
port Of the schools, under it, care, fxes the
rate of taxation, collects the money through
its agents, and spends, and exercises thor
C6gh control over the schools. The jurisdic-
ton is small; but the power is large. and car
ries with it great responsibilities; and to say
that it Is right and ct to entrust this power
10 woman-to give her the right to levy
lakes and vote supplies-and YET deny to her
he ballot, it 10 monstr0us injustice. A
woman may say what money shall be raised
FOR schools, and how it shall be spent; but
he may not gay who shall cit in il counsel |
with her or Who shall make the laws under |
which she acts!
When the people Can work themselves I'M
% the point Of conceding to women the poSer |
o hold Office, they may IS well make up
heir minds to 20 the whole figure and make |
,er voter "a we'll a. an Ofiics- holder. Con-
istency requires that the principle involved
hould be carried out in its completeness.
The best the women can do now in to
o discharge honestly and fearlessly
he duties Of every position that
hey may be called to fill under the new Of
Ice holding dispensation. and never lose
light Of the fact, that they obtained the first
Of freedom though persistent and
Give agitation. and can therefore hope to
'btain other rights by fighting in the fu-
ure with the same weapons that they used
n the past.