Arizona republican., 1893-03-22

And why should we send men only from the primaries to nominate candi- dates when we could by "right" claim feminine representation Then at the county or state conventions, would we think our "rights" vindicated if there were no feminine candidates nomin- ated?
 Now who of us will attend the con- vention? We are told that women do not have to hold office unless they wish. But if we have the rights" for which we have clamored, it is our plain duty not to shirk the burden of those rights" We must not only vote but we must have delegates at primaries and conventions, and if we do not ex- pect to get left in the race we must electioneer. Leave the latter to our men partisans? Neverl Ii they can be trusted to do that, they can be trusted to do all the voting. Then who is to do all this work? Sister workers have we not enough work now? Whenever we, in social conclave, meet are we not 'tired to death" with all we have to do? Have we not mountain of spring or fall or winter work" ahead of us?
 Some few there are exempt from these duties, will voting exempt us? Will there always be enough who haven't these duties, who will help us out at the primaries Bnd conventions and whom we would like to hold office
 Mothers with families certainly have their first duties at home. no matter what their right" Is. Will those mothers be willing to send their older daughters to these political conven- tons? Wives, who have children, is 1t not your first pleasure as we'll as duty to make your husbands happy in your own delightful homes? Will it add to his happiness or your advancement to attend conventions? Then to whom of our womankind is left these onerous political duties? The widows without children and the maiden ladies without dependent neices and nephews? Does woman have the fright" to ask for the voting power of man and then be absolved from the disagreeable con sequences, jury duty among others. Shall we neglect our present duties, which through love are made pleasant ones, for burdensome duties because they are our "rightsW We are told by ! lawyers that there are many laws ad- verse to women, and many women know by experience that such is the case. But is there no way but by women vot- ing to redress these wrongs? Men en- acted them, to be sure, and these laws have been so long in use that it may take time to reform them. But will women's votes do 1t any quicker than mems? Is 1t not mems votes that gives US the ballot? Then we have the ma. jority of men working for us. Suppose we asked them to work for us in diff ferent way, would they refuse it? Let women frame the laws they think good and efficient for their class, do they think they could not find good men in majority, wise in judgment and free from prejudice to pass them? It would not be half the work to convince and in- fiuence good men to vote for our laws, that it would be to work and vote at primaries and conventions and polls and legislatures ourselves to pass them. Don't you, as fair minded women think that men have met us half way in all we have asked of them? Consider il has been not more than twenty-five or thirty years since we began to stretch forth our hand for the golden preroga tives that men have possessed unchal- lenged from time immemorial. Would We as gratefully reliDquish our feminine privileges that we have held without question. as long? As one woman, but voice the sentiments of thousand, on this suffrage question. l have writ ten nothing new, but it seems to me, il is time the passive non-suffragists voiced their sentiments, or the aggressive suff- ragists will carry the day, because of this passivity and inactivity. We, who do not want the suffrage, ought to exer ourselves 10 offset the petitions that art sent to legislatures by suffragists. l.
 but one side is heard from, how can W, blame the men for courteouslv giving women what they suppose women want A petition is being circulated to be sent to the present legislature in Phoenix tC give women in this territory the right o suffrage. l believe if an unbiased vote were taken the majority of the women in the territory would vote against It, Shall we, who do nut want this vote have it thrust upon us by our passivity This law once passed will stay. We can at least be cautious and try other meth. ods first and leave that as a court of last appeal for our "wrongs" or 'rights. ' Wives and mothers, let us not add to other burdens until we are convinced we cannot depend upon the majority of husbands and sons to give us just legis- ] lation. And do not let us think the laws of time can be revolutionized in a generation, either by men or women. | Mothers, train your sons to know and respect women as a class, and inspire | uIt ua hrCrh n1 l.Aff IT principles AS you do your sons and, in generation yon can ask what you wish and get it. NoN-SUFFRAGIsT. | Tombstone, Arizona.