The Red Cloud chief., 1882-09-01

chamber We should throw the windows
wide op~n, and the sweet sumrnsr AR
would sw..p oil impurity away and Gil our
lungs with freher life. II xe would
purge politics IL; u. turn upon them the
! gre., stream Of the puress human innu-
snoe We know"
Women's presence at the polls and polit-
icsl meetings will greatly tend - preserve
order and decorum and % insure . free
ballos and = fair count" Neither bsyone,s
nor deputy sherins will be ne~ied where
wives and mothers are.
The licen.iousness OF our cities 10 largely
due to the starvation pay Of women de-
psBdent upon their own work for bread
or by the death or misfortune Of father,
BROTHER or husband, are thrown suddenly
upon the world without the training need
ful TO earn bread. The ballot m-sn M better
~'gcs for women will induce women, In
days Of prosperity, to d, themselves for
some business or profession, thus lessening
the social evil.
Aristocratic castes, which have been de-
stroyed by universal suffrage among men,
still exist among women. The woman
who goes out Of some few respected en-
ploymcnts Is deemed TO have destroyed her
social standing. Young women are made
10 feel il they enter domestic service they
degrade themselves and lose their chance
10 wed well. Housekeepers suffer for want
of good household help. When women
vote honest industry among women will
be respected ~ IL Is among men.
Divorces are largely due 10 unloving
wedlock into which thousands of women
ater yearly from force ot circum-
stances. The enfranchis-rnent Of women
will bring about n proper social state, and
divorces will BE- seldom known.
( Assaults and other crimes against women
would be far less frequent and attack. on
! their reputation more rare IL women pos
sesscd political power. Disfranchisement
breeds contempt and contempt breeds
abuse.
Wife beating and other c~ruelties toward
women are frequent among men Of the
brutal sort, which 60 UNPUBLISHED. Were
women voters n large political influence
would be exertsi for their protection.
Laws designed for women's protection
ARE oft administered Ia their suffering and
loss. For examples see Mrs. j.. w.
Stoves work on the working Of probate
courts regarding the property Of Widows.
Had women q vDice in choosing the officers
OF the law malNdministering Ut such laws
would be scarce.
Many laws on our statute books are un-
just and one-sided towards women. These
would be corrected if women were voters.
The laws of Nebraska give into the hands
of the father tho entire guardianship Oft
| children. You, mothers, have no legal
right 10 your own babies; you have no
legal control, no authority over them, only
such delegated power rs the father may
choose to allow. During the life Of the
father the law gives their guardianship 70
him alone and gives him the right " will
away your little ones, into the hands Of
strangers, even the unborn babe he shall
never behold. Do you doubt it, Think
you such an outrage to all sense Of right
cannot, surely cannot be so2 Read for
yourselves what the Law has TO say:
"Erery father MAY, By hs last TiH in crit
ing, appoint a guardian for any Of his
children, chether bonn at the time Of making
the will or afterscurds, 10 continue dxriRs
the minority Of the child, or for any lass
time, etc."-Statutes Of 1851, Chapter So,
See. ~ InhumanI What . stigma
upon our statute books. How long,
think you, would it remain there had
women a voice in law making7
"Curtesy," she old common Law rule
which gives the husband . life estate in
all his wife's real property and DOVER"
which gives the wife only the use Of one
third Of the husbands real property, would
be amended 80 - 70 give both the same
interests in the property Of the other.
The nost unjust distinction in favor Of
men is made in our divorce laws. There
/ should be no difference.
Laws for women's protection require
women's experience and their share in
drafting and execution TO insure success.
Women, - the weaker sex, need all the
means Of selfdefense and protection they
can have. Possession Of the ballot is such
. means.
Good will Of rulers Is q very weak
guarantee Of Justice. Possession of power
Is Ear safer.
Women's opportunities will be % videned
by acknowledgements hat they will have
l10uNNtbCukS AdH SECatcE tuoh
now, and hence will become better edu-
Gated and more skilled aud intelligent
Republican institutions depend for
safety on the political intelligence Of the
people. To insure the steady growth of
this intelligence the mothers Of the state
should be well informed and able to in
struct their children on public affairs.
This enlightenment their possession Of the
ballot will secure.
Meddling, gossip, Islander, scolding, etc,
will be much less among certain classes Of
women, when those women are free 70
share in and discuss great public topics in
stead of the small matters whereio their
thoughts and talk are mostly confined.
Gossip, when turned 70 csnvassing the
merits OF public measures and men, will
be very useful and enlightenins, instead
of the plague j, now too often Is.
Our county poor houses and hike institu-