The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-06-14
WOMAN'S DEPARTMENT.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES.
Testimony and Opinions Of tho Clergy on
the Question OF Woman Suffrage.

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| Testimony and Opinions Of tho Clergy on
the Question OF Woman Suffrage.
The following compilation Of cx-
tracts from the speeches and writings
Of ministers and clcrgymen Of various
denominations, taken from late issue
Of the Woman's Journal. goes to show
somewhat Of the progress Of the move
ment in this country:
most thoroughly and heartily back
the woman suffrage movement; always
did. and hope | always shall. Req.
Robert Cofyer.
We are but half enfranclised rs men;
we are binding one Of our four hands
behind our backs so long rs we do not
wholly cnfranchise women.-Rer. c.
a. Bdrtol
The mother is the cornerstone which
our national builders have rejected. II
men hold. all the Offices. women ought
to do all tho voting. Req. Il. j. Brock
Uap
On what ground, except the right Of
might, do men. claiming to be Chris
tians. deny to woman privileges which
they would die to gain and keep for
themsclves?-Reu HIM. Claiming.
Americas salvation lies. under God.
In Americas women. 1t Is precisely
because l desire to conserve the glori-
Gus past, that plant myself on the
platform of woman suffrage. -Reu.
Geo. w Boardandn.
The women make just rs good wives,
mothers, listers and daug..t rs as be-
fore. and as good voters rs the men.
No nnpleasantness is caused in fami-
lies by their voting. that l know Of.
Cheyenne. Wy.)-Rcr. w A. Moore.
This suffrage movement seems to me
to be right, not so much for what it is
Iii itself as for what it effects; it is in
the line of the general elevation of the
race; it represents a higher ciyiliza-
ton. it increases the power of those
things that make for righteousness. -
Rer. Charles r. ThUing.
Womanhood and motherhood will
yet be arguments for voting. as man
hood and fathcrhood are to-day, and
the scorn will be for those whose ere
fincment' shirks the duty, and for the
mannishncss which would bar out a
woman. as a "woman,' from the right.
Rer Nm. G. Canned
regard this movement as the sum
and crown of all our moral enter
prises; rs proclamation of entire So
cial freedom. never possible till now.
And especially do rejoice that
We are compelled ut last to learn that
justice to woman is simply mercy to
ourselves. Rec. Samuel johnson.
There is also the question of woman
suffrage. Tho experiment will be
made. whatever our theories and pre-
JUDGES may he. 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 l should call a self-evi-
dent truth, that in all departments OF
life men and women made from the
first to be co-nates and partners,
should stand side by side, and work
hand in hand.-Rer. Samuel Longtet-
lou.
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 monarchics of the
Old World, in broad new Territories of
this Republic, wherever it has been
tried, it has been proved pre-eminently
. success. - er. James X. 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 demagogues, disappointed
strikers and the mcancst kind of poll
ticians, who hate the majority Of the
women because of their pure lives and
independent ballots. Req. B. r. Crazy.
1t is right of woman where she is
taxed. 1t is an affront to intelligent
womanhood to refuse to the sex the
most powerful agency of republic
while giving it to every stupid. igno.
rant man. It would educate woman
herself, and do more than any preach
mcnts to put an end to gossip and the
idle business Of society, by enlistine
women in great affairs. Hebe,
NcsDton.
II woman is a person. she must have
not only rights but responsibilities
You can not claim n single right for ,
man that you do not yield to woman
We vote in order to choose our rulers
thinking that If we choose them W.
shall get rulers who will respect oul
rights and principles. And woman
being person and having rights. ha!
a right to take care of her rights. :
Rec. Dr.. Duryea.
There is the great phrase Of Lincoln's
which was first Theodore Parkcr's
Government Of the people, for tn.
people, by the people" 1t will hardly
be denied that women arc people
equally with men, and if they are, W,
have not government by the peopl.
until they obtain the franchise. But
believe that there is higher ground
than this for the acknowledgements o
women. 1t is that the exercise of pc
litical privileges is itself an education
-Rer. John W. Chadwick.
No one will say that woman suflrag.
has had any bad effect in our Terri
tory. have never heard of any wo
man who considered the right of suf
frage a severe or crushing burden
The women seem to be glad of a chanc,
to vote. know of no case where wo
man suffrage has led to domestic infe
licity. Some women vote with, ant
some against their husbands. Women
in my judgment, arc no more easil.
led by demagogues than men. The.
have suffered no loss of respect ant
consideration on account of the use o
the suffrage; and they arc fully as in
telligent and Independent rs men il
the exercise of the right. laramie