Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-18
THE BALLOT.
A Plea for Organization and Woman's
9ufrraga.

A Plea for Organization and Woman's
Suffrage.
EDITORS HERALD: It is astonishing
how sympathetic and kind, how gener-
Jus in advice, some gentlemen try to be.
Their hearts can swell in commiseration
for the poor struggling women of Amer
suffrage. They can eee the inhuman
by working all day and most of the night
that they can earn enough to keep
soul and body together. The
picture presented by the gen.
tleman in Saturdays issue under
the heading of "For Women's Clubs"
is dark and very sad. But what of the
wives of the wage workers, with their
small earnings, and work only half of
the time? How many of these women
after performing their complicated work,
cooking, washing, sewing, baking,
house cleaning, and what not, must find
something else to do in order to stay off
want? Yes, talk about the eight-hour
law! Major Bonsall thinks the whole
fault lies in the fact of they not being
organized. Supposing these women
labor forces were organized, what then -?
Would that change the present social
system which produces these uneven
and unnatural struggles? Look at the
labor organizations of men; they, too,
have bsen made to believe, until recent
ly, that politics had nothing to do with
their industrial organizations. The farm
ers, also, were told not to meddle with
politics. They listened and obeyed, un-
til their unconcern and apathy
brought them to a pass which
finally opened their eyes. Mems
industrial forces are organized;
are their wrongs redressed by simply
organizing? Are their just demands ac-
ceded too? Yes, with bullets And
devilish determination on the part OF
their extortioners to break up their or
ganizations. Experience has finally
unaccompanied by political freedom,
cannot and will never exist. They are
coming to their senses, and are fast
learning that the practical, fresh.
and live issues of the day,
cannot be permanently settled ex-
cept by the expression of the peoples
will, through that email but all-power-
full instrument, the ballot. But this
sympathizing friend of struggling
women does not believe in woman's suf-
frage. In his opinion the weaker sex,
the lesser half, the clinging pensioner
on mans benefcence," must be de-
prived of this the most powerful weapon
of self-protection. But women. thank
heaven, are beginning to think serious
ly that they are one-half of the people.
That the beautiful declaration of our
fathers applies to them as we'll as to the
other half. They are beginning to un-
derstand the injustice of being governed
without their consent. believe in or
CARNATIONS Of all kinds; great good does
society derive from them, because they
bring the human family into closer and
more fraternal relations. Said the hero
of two worlds, Giuseppe Garibaldi,
Through organizations alone will the
world be enabled to continue its
onward march to higher CIV
ilization." Women will become in
truth, the bulwark and safeguard of the
nation, when they shall be industrially,
politically, and socially free. From the
free, patriotic and intelligent mother,
will the free, iberty-loving and enlight-
ened citizen, and the wise statesman be
born. Abolish, anihilate the deadly
system of competition, and establish in
its place the elevating and humane one
of cooperation. according to Edward
Bellamy's plan, and then injustice and
suffering will disappear from this fair
earth. MATLDE ]. BERRA.
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