Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1885-04-09

ment OF laws in the government of which
he sormsa part and helps to support, the
same as his predecessors had before him.
and all this whether he happens to be
born into the world male or female.
Dur constitution has been frequently
amended to suit the requirements of
progressive intelli gence, but each reform
has had hard struggle to gain recogni
ton. Slavery's fostering tooth hung for
many years, and the theory of womans
inferiority and subjection has gnawed
upen the vital Of the race all through
its history; but as sure AS evolution bears
mankind to a higher plane, she will event
ually take her higher place beside her
brother-his co-equal as well as his CO.
worker. Every step of woman's progress,
from chattlehood to her present vantage
ground, has had to be fought over the
bristling hayoDets of masculine egotism,
superstition and tyranny. This is not
fiattering to your sex. but its truth can
not be denied; there have always been
r few noble exceptions, however, to keep
the germ of pity alive. Two thousand
years Of the ''ameliomting influences" of
the christian religion, have not been able
to root out the old idea of masculine
supremacy, or establish the Golden Rnle
IN governments. Considering the slow
ness of even good leaven, it is surprising
that many should demand the millennium
after decade of woman outrage IN Il few
and will continue, to make mistakes ia
their political work, but so do men, afler
!, thousands of years of practice. Red
Cloud refers TO the ''animus" oil the
men Of Ex- Gov. Hoyt's animus as given
to the New York Woman Suffrage conven-
| ton this winter:
! How does woman suffrage work in W.
o,ning? II works beautifully, as justice
| always works. | shall not be severe in
condemnation of those who ave sk optical:
| /, too was n skeptic, hut soon saw the
need OF superior moral influence. aud j
| said that If women be added to the body
| politics, society, the State end the Nation
will have made an important gain. But
] what would be the influence upon woman
| herself troubled me and the trouble WAS
dissipated till Providence sent me 10 tie
| Rocky mountains among a people who
4 hal resyiyed to trust in Providence and
4 take the consequences, and so had planted
a real R-,,ubIic--the first on the face of
/ the globe.
! Here is another specimen Of animus
I from Washington terr tory. Chief Justice
Greene in his last charge TO the grand
: jury said:
Twelve terms Of court | have now held.
/ in which women have served as grand and
! petit jurors, aud 1t is certainly Il fact be-
! yond dispute that no other twelve terms
/ so sanitary for restraint of crime, have
! ever been known III this territory.
! What animus, truly!
! Yes, pious Red Cloud, ''gentle Anne
thinks she could preserve her modesty on
jury, even in such cases as you describe.
1t is no worse to be juror than witness
| in such cases. There need be no unchaste
language in any trial, and if respectable
women were on the jury, attorneys and
I lUu4ts "'ulu bot 'ulh NOuito Va JuotiSS
/ iato pic mic of ribaldry and filth. Men
pirate d: great deal about modesty in W :
men but it is equally becoming in the
! other sex. We should recognize no code
! of morals for one that is not equally
binding on the other. Your arguments
against woman suffrage are 10y n" means
unique: they did service long ago us ar
guments againstswomen. learning 10 read
Now, sir, you may.have the last wora il
| there is any advantage in that-the fact is,
you need il, but I'll wager nv false teeth
| that the tine will come when you will be
| ashamed OF ever having opposed anything
! SO right and just and expedient as the
! enfranchisement Of women citizens 1t
! is always expedient to do right.
| MILLER, March 4 1885.
! ANNA STONE WHITE.
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