The American citizen. [volume] (Topeka, Kan.) 1888-1909, 1889-03-29


shall WELD to human right at las6
l--.-@-4saa 43-MeFdea. IA Woman t
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TSeEsSI, qs 'Rj ttSss gG31G
in the COMMUNICATIVE
There are TIVE significant facts in tn14
.centeaRisl bEsaplASiahsA BleFe4n3S I
which one s2gaSitysM tbs ha4heFh9 oul4
have otorsssRw ans. NaHh soi1feeea. n9
political Xisyr 1taAa SepSfSya sFO serious a;caA
entertained inthss t9rssSast OF American
developement' %fh9 first is that women
have the privileges of voting on school hoo
lions irons TN FL iK6hE al
Tef3rai t t6tes; lpps 1Satt
they can cEofe 80 Hnaeaa1 lpaeA ZeflRfc'lonsI
and ingene, SEerrit9rEaf My mAng) tney
enjoy cenHIfets Hofitieah equality with
men. The second fact is like unto 1t,
.forrit 6s,that At ;thsslate RapieiR4 slee1
ton. -initre HeEyr Csn1d Owe rot Vt aneull
Hall. where the p1S6ta1I doctrine OF the
Revolution was-pEoclaimed, and OF
Bunker Hill Observation-Disclosures IN
arms, nearlM onetAiEd of;theA total EGse
for 1.-The 4sch9ol board saE 10 vas dfsakstv Oy
1TIg5pectaeTe 0f&o1neR ihpdBliSii life.
of course; WAS not unknowR rin ytheI
mother country >, where Ties trad1lt rs qR
of Elizabeth are still part OF the glory OF
FEneiand, and the reign Of Anne Is stifl
hdsscrfbed' as the IAugustahi ages HfhP
/ Countess, of Riohlnopda elnothsT 81
/ Henry VII, was Justice, of the peace
/ The Countess Of Penn broke was hered4-
j ESarv Sheriff dWestinofe lanR Henry
! IaHIIIa made lady ANN Beek@tay aeotn-
missioner of inquiry trq1Hn'fdeT theb gSeat
seal, and, there were old English ,Wrl-
tors Who held that women might hold
almost any of Ithetgreat offices cot Eng
land, 4 In New Jersey, under the Goa
stitution of 1776 ALI persons. Profess
, ing a belief in the faith Of any Protest
J ant sect, de61ganihg themselves epeaeS
ably,r were, Capable cot Beingo elactedftO
roffce, and enjoying equal priv siaPFp4p
immunities with others" It recog-
} -nnfz2ede the voting 81 women BY SPECIFIC
. lallyspeakfug obi>Hlisldr her 6aAot3s
|. Bat in 1907 they we're deprived toi oths
; right In Canada nearly fifty years
/ AGO, they we're sternTy forbidden tc
4 .t0te4 QBus a very few years Ilaser.1 For
9 seGarian opuppQse, ethey wSre alAowat
( to vote at sebQol meetings, dsi,T crm
In all such Instances, however, there
: rs no evidence 81 q serfons purpose .
L enfrannhise1 ase as ficOnstithen
5 part OF the voting force lof, the, com
q munity, and although in New Jersey
z constitution adopted in the year OF tn
= DecaaFasioA}felt p6lledqtot fHeea tn
, logic Of thesitaetionb and i emf anehis
l. all Protestant, iinhaaRitants oypqPR +saY|P
. conditions, a. few years later the incor
!. .grdifyu6f the grant With publfcs sssnli
70 1nent sand with thGfEenefalt theuiy q
d the State, Led, to its, reypcatjoqso FG
r about forty years the agitation. for 4.th
- adoption in every Stats OF the Ne
n Jersey suffrage prov iBtonte Of 7LEE6ih hi
is ,beent steadilyu iprosecutedv andid th
it, question may, be truly. said; .tQ, hay
Oh passed the stage of mere ridicul!
= Meanwhile the changes of the laWsp (
m property ina the case eff wonennhns
ed marked the gradual disappearance
lie. the old theory that men aid women a
y. one namely z men; and the admfssfc
n, ne of women 20 aNotesupon SCHOOL yqlle
he lions jsrpallyths oNegthgrom9f the 4
We barrier. -. t...:
70 properly aAR peaeefdifT Gltf5dbE6su
- orjabateuienk Of her mod sw6haA
10. dignity, and without, the Least harm
lg, her sphere" go to the polls and dr.
ng a ballot for Il maf1bek Of school Coz
M .n1itteeiino one box, titis ,vrlg Hafiequ
;oS who argues that she !capg not with. +
an same prQpriety. drop a ballot in t
the next box for mayor. In Vermont
sse deea,f the lords Of creation l&re 10
sP brought TO book in AM Anexpeeted We
bSI ApeHtion is, i1, CIRCULATION asking
at legislative sons of Reyolut ionary sir
ex- that the property Of icftfzensd wfioZ ]
DE- deprivedDf Representation shah not,
1A1Rs subject TO taxation Those soas ~
,Te. not retort that women are already '
ard tdail = epfeseiited, 7B9ca6ss Rheyf kHs,
ere thatitbere is tioeuet1 thin dnsdur2p0
. nj. as yiYtqA4l Fegrassntsttisa9n3 IA %id
ars who pays taxes upon property .ol
His million dollars Is not virtually = irepf
He ented byi7the 4 man whom she; >payts
reas drive her carthage .iliu ed oya;f
:s Yet argument however. admiral
4 "a ana logic, however conclusive, do 4
wed avail with the. English Speaking n
sdld Like actual experiment HIS Wisdom
Inc declining to mold its political, policy
: consistent and excellent theories,
pah custom of repairing tthd old house
here stead of-ra4ing7 1t and Rebuilding fr
pei the foundation are constantly, jnstii
o1le by experience. Our own experier
n -p1 also, as a peop'e 81 That race. am
and confirms this disposition A hund