The Iola register., 1888-06-08
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.

SsSsVS W ssse sUsSSS
Testinony asd Oplnioss of the Cisrsy o.
the Question Of Woman Suffrage.
Tho following compilation of ex-
tracts from the speeches and writings
of ministers and clergymen of various
denominations taken from late issue
of the Wonan's Journal. goes to show
somewhat Of the progress Of tho move
ment in this country:
Imost thoroughly and heartily back
the woman suffrage movement; always
did. and hope I always shall
Robert Collyer.
We are but half enfranchised rs men;
we are binding one Of our four hands
behind our backs so long rs We do not
wholly enfranchise women.-Rer G
A. Bartoi.
The mother Is the cornerstone which
our national builders have rejected. II
men hold all the Offices. women ought
to do all tho voting. -Rer. a. j. Brock-
Uay.
On what ground. except the right Of
might. do men. claiming to be Chris
NtianA deny to woman privileges which
they would die to gain and keep for
themselves?-Rcu. VIM. Channing.
Americas salvation lies. under God.
in Americas women. It is precisely
because l desire to conserve the s!Ori-
ous past. that I plant myself on the
platform of woman suffrage.-Rev!
Geo. W BoardsnGn.
The women make just rs good wives.
mothers, sisters and daughters as be-
fore. and as good voters as the men.
No unpleasantness is caused in fami-
lies by their voting. that l know OF.
Cheyenne. Wy.)-Rer. W. A. Moore.
This suffrage movement seems to me
to be right, not so much for what it is
in itself as for what it effects; it is In
the line of the general elevation of the
race; it represents higher civiliza-
ton. it increases the power of those
things that make for righteousness
Rer. Charles +. Thwiag.
WomanhOod and motherhood will
yet be arguments for voting. as man
hood and fathcrhood are to-day, and
the scorn will bc for those whose IRE.
finement" shirks the duty. and for the
mannishness which would bar out =
woman. rs ''woman." from the right
Rer Vim. C. Gannet.
Iregard this movement as the sum
and crown of all our moral enter
priscs; as proclamation of entire So
cial freedom. never possible till now.
And especially do l rejoice that
we are compelled At last to learn that
Justice to woman is simply mercy to
ourselves. -ReU. Samuel johnson.
There Il also the question of woman
suffrage. The experiment will be
made. whatever our theories and pre-
judices may be. Women are the most
religious, the most moral, and the
most sober portion of the American
people, and it is not easy to under
stand why their influence in public life
is dreaded. Bishop Spalding.
The simple proposition which. it
seems to me. includes the whole Of this
matter, is what should call \ self-evi-
dent truth, that in all departments Of
life men and women made from the
first to be co-mates and partners.
should stand side by side. and work
hand in hand.-Rer. Samuel Longtel-
lotC.
This woman suffrage question Is one
Of the great living question of the
time. 1t is no longer a theory merely.
1t has been tested under most diverse
conditions In little monarchies of the
Old World. in broad new Territories Of
this Republic. wherever it has been
tried. it has been proved pre-eminently
succesA-Reu. James K. Applebee.
The very best ladies of Wyoming
Territory vote. and as they generally
vote on the right side Of all questions.
the lies told to their detriment origi-
nate with men of the baser Sort with
defeated demagoguea disappointed
strikers and the meanest kind OF poll
ticians, who hate the majority of the
women because of their pure lives and
independent ballots B. r. Crary.
1t is q right of woman where she is
taxed. 1t is m affront to intelligent
womanhood to refuse to the sex the
most powerful agency of republic
while giving it to every stupid. igno-
rant man. 1t would educate woman
herself. and do more than any preach
ments to put an end to gossip and the
idle business of society. by enlisting
women in great affairs.-Rcr. Heber
NesDton.
If woman is a person. she must have
not only rights but responsibilities
You can not claim a single right for o
man that You do not yield to a woman.
We vote in order to choose our rulers.
thinking that if we choose them we
shall get rulers who will respect our
rights and principles And woman.
being a person and having rights. has
right to take care of her rights
Rer Dr. Duryea.
There is tho great phrase of Lincoln's.
which was first Theodore Parker's:
Government Of the people. for the
people. by the people" 1t will hardly
be denied that women are people,
equally with men. and if they are. we
have not government by tho people
until they obtain the franchise. But I
believe that there is a higher ground
than this for the enfranchisemcnt of
women. 1t is that the exercise of po-
litical privileges is itself an education.
Rec. John W. Gaduick.
No one will say that woman suffrage
has had any bad effect in our Terri
tory. have never heard of any wo-
man who considered the right of suf-
fraoe a severe or crushing burden,