Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1886-12-22
MOTHERS DON'T OWN rs

A Startling nit of In,.
u;,, Mothers of til. 1ss ','' ''' u,
Millions OF mothers all osa
States gather their litt1. ou useF The u.a.,
NEVER r;ss dreaming a. that by the 1a a,e ,s ti,s
know that the sole LEGAL r;., They Do \"
Ire rest with the father s"i n to >, The ,dt
three OF the States. Most ~ all sssu
know it. A majority Of fats, men de ~.
hno" it, would never assert th,; Il they d.
against the mother. But no 'ne'r dsh, q.
'eSal rights and assumes Them knonht
S11 long ago, within a sbort
ION oy ral!, lived a young mau ride | Bo.
anu tnelr ''months-old babv ana biz Vii
1hey were at peace and nro. AppanssS,
day the husband told his pws1sperous. O..
,nyat sa;a to spend the aite, an earnst
whe SAID she had too mani theon III
onaI a 10 go to visit" But ~ lungs to d.
said: You ought to 90 when Sne %husbasIi
YOU. l will take care of the h ,aey send 70,
urged the wife made ready uaoy'" Thpn
q O'Clock she came home ana went. 4.
locked, husband and bah vne house ss,
""s no .e.5er to explain this s puda Then
unexpected absence. The neip bbIuas1 and
h"entngi Overwhelmed with DO s,is tns,
near1ache Tor her nursing baby g ths and
mother consulted a lawyer. Rs W. :ae pa
she forced an entrance to the ~ OILS advis
empty and desolate it seemed house. HI,
dent that the husband had II was sr.
,eea. r'ght and taken the child , Vhss BIZ
PLEASED. All the neighbors svn nnere be
win the wife. Men said tb ,44pataisd
"retcn ever returned he would IL II.
TO be tarred and ieathered !" reessrvs
ton was loud, deep and abundo, iL1ecta.
quiet oma who knew the law ~ oa' One
10 only as bad as the law which o oma He
the soil right to the child" Bnt sr'N Ns hin
said there was nc such law. II erynal
alter reference to tie statutes tbs1 only
admit that here in Massachuse ttsy could
rled father has the legal right to "a. . MAJ
vile OF her children, and that ,oo BIZ
were 30 cruel, mean and dasta, M1a she
only as bad as the law, Tbero WEE
one opinion OF the law and If +L 1aS Dot
But that could not restore tho nal
helpless babe to it's mother. euua,
could sleep or rest, there was noi+h, o'aes
nor rest for Der. The parents Of THU , Ss
band live in Canada. 1t was most r las
ne had taken the child to inv aasF
She had been to their home and knov % Ea
to find it. Making such arranoema ay'
as were possible she stated for c.ns.!s
The same night the husband rstn..aa
Not finding his wife. he surmised tbs. y
had gone for the child. He had car.;,s ss
to his parents. He telegraphed Them !
take the child away and hide it. This H.. 10
did. When the young mother appearsl :,
the door OF the parents Of lier busb.,,
with this measureless grief in her heart Il.
mother met her q the door. One von,
suppose that the heart OF the old mots..
would have melted in sympathy for NJ.
grief stricken young one. But not 40 q,
sympathized with her son. 1t cannot M,
be told how it was managed, but sbe br,,
the lite one in a hot atti,, evidently NJ.
having been washed since it left home snd
she took it to her own fathers hons.
where sheis to-day in dread OF what ma,
happen to her ard to it.
The brother OF this cruel father took Ii,
child a few years ago awayfrom it's noth,
Her relatives paid him $500 to bring !
back. 1t is supposed that this man bons
to make money by a similar torture iii,
wife.
There was a great deal OF indignati,
both among men end women, in the csa
quoted above. But what does it avaIe !.
is evident there is need of women to be1
men make laws that will protect wops'
and children. But the Representative from
the town where all this happened votg
against woman suffrage in the Massa,hp
sets legislature last winter. 1t is to b
hoped that the voters there will nee toll
that he does not have the opportunitvo
do SO agasn. Meantime the reproach ca
good citizens, men and women, should l.
SO poured out upon men who ErOu
mothers and little children that they wi
flee as other thieves and robbers flee be!ca
honest people.