The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-06-26
THE BALLOT FOR WOMEN.


). Gus Questions Answered.
In public meeting in the interests
Of woman suffrage held recently in
Portland, Me-. Mrs Livermore spoke
as follows:
II the experience Of the Maine Wo-
man Suffrage Association should be like
that OF the Massachusetts, Womal Suf-
frage Association, you will by and by
hail the day when the remonstrants
entered the work as one Of the most
fortunate days in the history Of the
work. Let us have fight. Then we
are aroused, and If we believe in our
cause, we 60 to work in earnest The
remonstrants of Massachusetts have
given us power. Now they have re-
treated. They could not afford to help
us. I,....t.
! read the remonstrance in the pa
pers this morning. l read all the
names, and read between the lines l
talked with one OF the remonstrants.
and she told me her objections to wo-
mans suffrage. She told that her OBJ
jections were the same as those Of Mrs.
Kate Gannett Wells, who headed the
list Of remonstrants in Massachusetts.
Now Mrs. Wells is personal friend OF
mine; we have worked together in
other matters, and regard her as a
large-hearted, noble woman. lido not
desire to say any thing against her,
but ! will answer the objections that
she makes to woman suffrage. What
are her objectionsP Women do not know
enough to vote. Does she not exagger-
ate the amount Of knowledge necessary
to yotep The temperance question is
up. Don't women know enough to vote
on that question: They have made
the temperance sentiment in this couu-
try. They are called fanatics, they are
called cranks, they are called lunatics
II SO, George Washington was fanatic,
Abraham Lincoln was a fanatic, the
apostles were fanatics, William Lloyd
Garrison was a fanatic, and, be it rev.
erently spoken, the Lord Jesus Christ
was fanatic. Grant the women Of
this land suffrage, and they will vote
overwhelmingly in favor of an amend
ment to the constitution that shall pre-
vent the manufacture Of liquor.
What are some OF the other questions
that come upp The terrible increase
OF emigration. Never have emigrant
come here in such numbers as now
Never have such a class OF emigrant'
come here as now. Shut down cth'
doors on all the sweepings of the OLE
world America is not to be made {
penal colony. Look at New York Cit.
under the control Of the worst sort o
foreigners Boston was under thei
control until the women rose up ant
helped the men to dislodge them
Look at Chicago under the control o
foreigners. Do not women know
enough about these things to know hov
to votep
Can not women be trusted with tn
ballotp Carol D. Wright, chief Of tn
National Bureau Of Statistics, Is author
ity for the statement that there ar
more Protestant women in New Yorl
than Catholic; that in the entire SOutl
there are more white women than blacl
women and black men combined. w
need not fear that if the women wer
given the ballot the foreigners woul
Overpower us.
Women do not know enough to vote
Why, my dear friends, the averag
woman is better educated than tn
average man. The girls stay longer
school than the boys do. More girl
graduate at our high schools than boys
Then, after girls leave school, they joi
clubs. and seek for more enlighter
ment. There is network Of woman
clubs all over the country So ther
are mems clubs, you may say. Yes
but don't know woman's club wher
there is a bar. If we do not kno'
enough to vote, there is an inferenc
on the other side that / will leave 70
to draw.
Mrs. Wells says that if the wome
are allowed to vote, all the bad wome
will vote Massachusetts has 1000
more women than men. In her Jail
and penitentiaries are 1886 men an
785 women. In a State where ther
are 70. 900 more women than men. ther
ought to be more women in the prison
than men. If the bad women were a
lowed to vote. they could not overpov
err the men. Women are not given I
the deeds that send men to State pril
on. OF the women at the Massachl
sets Reformatory prison, 81 per cen
were sent there for crimes committe
while drunk. Shut up the grog-shop
and 81 out of every 100 OF these wome
will not go there So you see yo
need not fear the bad women.
What will the ballot do for womer
1t will do vast deal 1t will lift the
up more than anything else to pla
form of equality with men. DO yc
expect all manner of dire result fro
it9 Do you expect they will simpl
duplicate mems votes? / have been
Kansas since the women were above
to vote, and they told me women wei
the most independent voters in Kansa
They will not duplicate the men
votes My husband voted the Republ
can ticket II l could have voted.
should have voted for Fisk. My hu
band voted for protection. / shou