The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-02-26
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There is precisely the same sense in
that question there would be in this.
Ought men TO v0teP"
If there is any reason why men
should be permitted 70 exercise the
right Of suffrage, the same reason ex-
ISIS why women should be permitted
the same. Sex has no more 20 do with
suffrage than IL has TO do with gong
to church or making visit.
What does the ballot stand forY
With many OF the male gender. on
whom the right has been most unworth
lily and uniustly and tnsafcIy conferred
it stands for about two dollars an mon
ey and a drink OF whiskey. Hundreds
of -'voters" 10 all the large cities stand
in the market on every election day
ready TO sell their ballot to the highest
bidder.
But what does an honest ballot, or
the ballot in the hand of an honest
voter, stand fOr2 For government, or,
more strictly speaking, for self govern
ment. Government is conformity with
the principles of right. Seif-g govern
ment is keeping ones self in conform
i5y with these right principles. Gov
eminent Includes laws that hold men
20 the principles OF Righteousness.
So far as government is concerned.
human beings are divided into two
classes-those who have sufficient
intelligence TO understand and oUey
law. and those who have not that
measure of intelligence. In this last
class are infants, idiots and lHnatics.
I The FIRST class are held responsible for
/ obedience 20 law, the second are not.
Society cannot exist without law,
nor without conformity to law, and
/ the welfare Of society demands that
every person be made TO comply with
| the law Of the community.
Now IL is gross injustice to compel
an intelligent, responsible person 20
/ obey "a code OF laws or form of govern
I meEt which he OF she had no voice ia
making. OF course tins refers to those
/ who have met the conditions OF per
manent citizenship.
/ Now, if a woman is required 20
bring her conduct into conformity with
/ the government under which she lives,
justice demands that she shall have q
/ voice in the framing OF that govern
ment. If she must obey law, she has
a right to say what kind or a law she
WIu obsy-at least the same right her
brother has.
ann weary with this senszIess twad-
die about comforting on women the
right OF 5u hFage. God did that in the
beginning when He made her equal
with man in the dominion" OF the
1 world. And that quality Of dominion
/ and ruIership gave her an inaIieHaBIS
right and share To all human govern
ments. And this right can be ezer
cisrd only with the ballot.
The TACT Is, woman has been deprived
OF the right Of suffrage by an act oil
premeditated and unblushing robbery
? on the part OF man and now, wheE
r asked TO restor o Co her her God RiveI
! rights, he persIstently and WickedIl
p refuses TO do So simply because he has
tho power Co perpetuate the injustics
and she has no power 10 enforce heI
/ just dema1us-
But This relic OF barbarsn. like Dr.
j brothers-sIavery and the whiskel
traffic, must give way before the on
] yVard march OF Gods blessed truth
] I LucIus Hawkins
The burning question in New y0rH
E today according TO thr Boston Trs..
= -Ier. IS, whether the LorIs day I~
b -r lS7 l''-.A 49, a 7-t'fi--lI Gov f-L-- iEf5i'
from foreign ilDJs- Ths Hew Ezri-
bilL, should 10 b-come d law. Eiu pea
o init runI-seHeEa Lo keep tneir place
Z open on sun DAYS in the great metraT
i oils Mayor Grant IS on record d
J. being in favor OF This measure
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London iisenaed victUaIers- 10 ever
Gus toner Who spends minimum @
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@ which ln54Eaa the holders life TO
\. 500 an the event OF death taking plac
] by accident or otherwise within BeVel
days OF -Ae date OF issue