The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-03-12


Ws@an Suffrage csisohism.
AT the woman suffrage bearing be-
6oFe the Commiltee Of the haasachus-
eta Legislature. on the ~ inst, Lucy
B1oue sid:
Gentlemen a TIE Committee We
have come up % this rom for many
ysars, vainly askinE for equal rights
with yourselves. We have quoted
the great principles on which our
government Il based the Declare
ton % Undergraduates aud the Bill Of
Rights. We have found those p7iuei.
pee are not respected On their appli-
catlOn 81 women. We have answered
ever and over all the objections that
have ever been offered against the
ballot for woman. We have quoted
the s1oeeEsfal working Of woman
sufflge wherever Il has been tried, iy
England, Scotland, Ontario and ia
eur OBu Western Territories, with
cut avail. propose now, By few
questions and answers, 90 show the
hietoric record Massachusetts, Legls-
latures arc making for themselves.
Fer yOu arc making history. What
you do In this matter will be read q
hundred years hence. and whether
with pride OF shame BY your de.
scendenta depends upon what you do.
The chance 4 given sou 10 win honor
for yourselves, and the lasting grati-
tude Of the race, by being Just to
women, applying IN their case the
principle of the consent Of the gov
erned. The historic record the
MassachuRetta Legislature haa made
for Itself, up to this hour, will appear
~ the following questions and
Gnswers
Qse5ti0n-Shall the men and WOm-
en- who are % obey the laws hare
right 20 make them
AaslVer-NO. Only the men shall
have that right.
keclally concern women. Who shall
make these lawsS
A.-0nly men shall make them.
0.-May not mothers help make
the laws that settle their legal rela.
ton % their chiidren9
A.-They shall not The men shall
have the sole right % make such laws
o.-hay not married women help
make the laws that decide what share
u the property acquired bF q bus
hand and wife during marFiags shall
beleng % the wife?
A.-Eo. Only men shall have that
right.
o,-May not = married woman help
make the laws that decide how much
% Der property acquired before her
marriage shall belong % her husband
aftei her deathf
A.-No. TIE men shall decide d.
Q-Who shall make the laws that
decide how much Of the property OF
the hoshsnd shall ~ 10 the Wife2
A.-The men shall make them.
Q-Wh0 SHALL Tnske the lsws that
decide how, and how much, a wife
may will OF her own property?
A.-The men.
Q.-Who shall make the laws that |
decids the rights Of married partners |
In ease q marriage and divOrco and |
slimongf
A.-Fhe men.
o-Bv the Laws tbs men have |
made, do the father and mother have /
an equal legal right 20 their childreu7 |
A.-No. The right Of the father /
shall Be supreme 10 long e. he lives
with bic wife.
o.-What share ahall q husband |
have O. tie real estate % bis Wifef
A.-H8 shall have the use OF The
whole e b aa long &c he lives, II his
Wife has ever bad 3 living child.
o.-Wkat Ia his right &c that pro-
paFty calIed?
A.-"Ths estate By the eourtesy."
o.=What share shall q wife have
In the real estate Of her husband 4?
A.-Sha shall have the use of one
third after her husbands death.
Q-What b the right 10 that prop
sFty called
Alt q commonly called "the
widows incumbranee,n dover" OF
widows thirds.n
o.-Tfthe wife die before her hus-
hand, what share Of the property
earned By herself and By her hus-
hand during their maFflage may che
have % wilito her children or % any
hody3
A.-Not a esnt's worth.
Q-Wbo made the laWf
A.-The men.
Q.-Bhail the men aud women who
pay taxes have q right o. say bow
much Ties ahali pay. who ahaN spend |
toe money, and hoe g shall he spent?
A.-No. Only the meu shall have (
these rights.
o.-Skall al soldiers and sailors
DISCHARGED from service
have right % vote, whether they
Are PanpeB 90 not. or whether they I
have paid a poll tax OF not?
Abbey shall.
o.-Shn;i not male Indians and
people Of color called Indians, hare
iiTkt b vote for Eli efaeers Of town, I
r1aoty. elete and netionf
A.-They shall.
o.-Shail female eitieens have Q I
sent b vote ns freely - the male IN .
lians 90 ard % the same quesiloOs2
A.-Thsy shall not.
Q.-For what may they votes q
A-EoF members 81 theschooi con.
nltiee, amer they have csksd 70 be
Qs-Afsy a wife viii her personal
'lopelty Rs fresly as husband may
A.-she may not.
Glow much fit may she b tree
Q VIM y
Q.-What must BE- do0s WITH the .,
A.-she must do With the other d
all lust trhst her husband gives her / v
eruiss.on e DO By bis ccnsent writ ,
ln on the Will. =
o.-Wken husband brutality ! 4
sSanlGa bis wife, Who shall hAgo TIE O.
DE right 10 make The law that viii y
unish hini2 q
A--rhe men. G
q If womtn were milk cans, q
'ould they b promptly protested g
A.-Thty uould. q
Q-HaE long since Massachusetts, 9
omen asked for the Oaly power that v
'iil prnleet them, via: the ballOt3 u
A .-Thifty-tWo yeaq4 .
o.-When was application hfat ,
,a3e % protect ulik-cans3 4
A.-xsss ysas.