The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-12-02
VOFEks


The women Of Kansas ask for thfE
crumb Of suffrage, not because they
do not understand that they have an
inalienable right b the whole, but be-
cause the Legislature has the power
10 grant municipal suffrage 20 women
By statute, without amending the con.
sitution.
As the vote in municipal elections
creates and controls the Institutions
which surround she home, and mold
the characters Of the children who
must grow up among them, and as the
care and guardianship Of home and
children is most largely entrusted 20
women, the prOpriety and expediency
as well as the simple justice Of con-
ferring the privilege Of municipal
suffrage upon women must be Co.'S
Ceded by all.
Women Of Kansas, do you not de-
sire % have your opinion counted IN
the matter Of saying whether or not
there shall be, in the town where you
live, billiard saloons, tenpin alleys,
secret places where liquor e sold, and
other perniciOas and debasing devices,
with the communicating influences OF
all their low and Visieus associations
% entice your sons from the paths Of
rectituds, and rob them not only Of
their money, but Of their honor and
character ~ Well2
Have you not sufficient interest IN
al matters pertaining 70 your public
schools, and In the sanitary condi-
lions Of your city, upon which the
health and lives Of yourself and Others |
depend, 70 prompt you 10 record your
most carefully considered aud intelii- /
gent opinions upon them2
Finally, do you not desire 10 have q |
voice In saying how your hard earned |
money, OF which you are periodically /
legally robbed for Il amounts to Just /
that 20 long IS you have no voice In /
their dlsburselnent-tO support q Get /
OF men 10 office whom you have no /
voice Ia electiDg 70 build city pri- |
sous In which 70 conhne criminals |
perhaps your own loved OEes-mRde |
such by Institutions these same OH GERS |
permit 10 exist, and 10 which they /
give the sanction Of legal respectable |
" BY licensing them to do this very /
WOrk?
Municipal woman suffrage c0nfeFs
the right upon women equally with /
men 70 control all matters pertaining /
% the government Of cities.
That all women Of ordinary intsili-
gence who understand Il, do desire it,
ts proved by the large proportion Of
those who sign the petitions, being
fully nine-tenths Of all who have had
an opportunity TO do 30.
The reasons why this proportion Of
all the women OF Kansas have not al
ready thus petitlOned, Is because they
have had no opportunity; and we APP
peal % you. women, TO whom this
may come, tO aid the earnest workers,
who are doing all In their power to
aid yOus by both signing and eircu-
lating petition, 30 that the oppOsers
Of tins measure may no longer be able
20 say that tie women Of Kansas are
not asking for municipal suffrage.
Men Of Kansas, you who have the
broader views which generations Of
absolute freedom to surround your
selves with the highest conditions
possible under our civilization. aud 60
take advantage Of those already made
70 your hand, we appeal 70 you 10
remember as who are IN bonds" and
relying upon your sense Of Justice,
We confidently ask you TO give the In
huence OF your name upon our petit
ton and your vote whenever she CD
pOrtunity presents Itself, and thus a.
sist IN restoring TO us our right OF self
government, ''the right preservative
Of all Fights,n and the birthright Of
every human soul.
The women Of Kansas are In earn.
est In this matter and will come and
come Hgain until our petitions are
granted.
Annie G. WAIT,
LAURA n. JOINS,
ALICE g. BOND, Com.
BERTHA II. ELLSWORTH,
Malta i. BERRY,