The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1888-03-28
MRS. WALLACE TALKS.
her Views on Prohibition, High License
and Woman Suffrage.
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and Woman Suffrage.
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Mrs. 2. A. Wallace. of Indiana, lectured
last night at Temperance hall on Woman
Suffrage"
MIS-. Wallace, previous to the meeting,
consented TO an interview with Post re-.
porter She said: "I am an earnest adj
vccate of the doctrine that women should
vote because / believe that the home will
never be properly protected until women
have Just as much ssy-so in making the
laws as men. This is called a republics
form of government, one in which the
people rule, yet one-haH, and more than
one-half of The people, have moth
ing to say about how We shall be gov
erned. Women have just as much right
to vote as men, and until they do this gov
eminent will be unrepublican. We have
been going to Washington for the past
forty years asking for the right OF suffrage.
We are met by the argument that congress
can't grant the voting franchise to women,
because there Is too much franchise
already. What does this last remark
mean? 1t indicates that we are fast drift
ing toward monarchial form OF govern
ment. The congressman who says there is
too much franchise..at present means in so
many words that the poor and ignorant
should not vote. This is entirely wrong.
The poor and honest citizen has more right
to say what the law shall be and who shall
govern him than the rich man, because
you will find that dollars and cents are
always able to take care Of themselves, be
the rulers who they may.
"License laws, such as the Brooks bill, l
do not believe in. Nor do believe in any
law except absolute prohibition. The sa-
loon-keeper is not going to pay $500 for q
license with the Intention OF keeping q
partially closed house. He is going to sell
every drop of liouor possible and to every
body that has the price. The so.called
high toned saloon is even worse tnan the
doggerys because nice young men will
enter the former, attracted by the costly
mirrors and gilded fixtures. The low sa-
loon has been patronized in days goEe by
by the slaves of drink. They are rapidly
nearing the end of their career, and since
they must have the drink or die they will
get it in any kind of rum hole, let it be
high or low. We women. in our battle
for home, when law OF this kind is in
force, have to battle against the appetite
of the drinker, the avarice of the rum
seller and the ambition of the politician.
II there were no license law then our fight
against rum would be cor, paratively easy.
The liquor dealers unite saying that TO
pass law giving women e right to vote
would be the worst blow their traffic could
receive. They laugh at the laws made to
restrict the sale aud manufacture of rum.
They know that the laws will not be prop.
erly enforced by men. They know that
| influenced in many ways. They know
that there are many ways to prevent the
| carrying ont of the provisions of the law.
"Had women q right to vote even on
} this hquor question matters would be
different, There are very lew mothers,
| when they discover that whisky is injuring
their homes, but what would take hand
to suppress its sale, provided they could
| do 30 ct the polls. / don't care even IL the
| mother Ia depraved, she doesn't want her
| children to be led into the sans evil ways
| in which she travelled, and consequently
| she will use her ballot against rum selling.
| The voice of the people is not represented
| In any of our legislative halls to-day. It
Is the voice of the ring politicians, and
| the interest Of whisky men, which has .
representation in those places. The re,
| publican party, with all its croaking about
the home and freside, and God aud re-
| cratic party. It is votes they are after,
| and the ring bosses are nothing more than
the allies OF the rum traffic disguised In
the garb OF pious hypocrisy. There are q
| great many foolish people who think the
republicans are the great advocates of the
temperance cause In this state, and that
the democrats are all on the other side.
That is big mistake, and 1t is certainly
strange how sensible people can be 90
easily gulled by politicians. am suffra-
gist first, prohibitionist next, but dem.
ocrat or republican under present cendi-
lions, never.
1.-THE international convention, which
meets In Washington on March Is, will
be composed Of women from eli parts OF ths