Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-03-25
BABY'S
MAINE LEGISLATURE.



unaers tand our institutions anu VINO desire
our prosperity and happiness both as ma
uoh anu a. pcoplr- hai nor lhiehaed 10
discuss th!' matter so ar anu VIII no"
sleii tn- moor Applaus",
MT. "l'heii Oh BAN sald ne hah boxed
upon 'nl' "'''e' As !ood dedi Oh Joke
"ut a. Get'is 10 "f ser'"n, "A1'er
"ueh ,''c 'eii'e Passes niS DIN GU nave
no risht I" pass sucn ON ana turn loose
i2''po" voters on th's state ~'hont giving
Your constituents chance TO act on TINS
question IL Is shid HAT 'h'S ilgilt Is Inherent
III me feopr, pu' the people nave not
spoken upoi t"'s h'h'' r. ~" man can say
'i'' nc 'eFi ''h'' Ms '''he'.,uFH', " ''ii ne
saYs va, '"'E "a'it 'i'9 "ii' me iiea
.hat thls nous" anu senate can turn loose
lz''"oo voters "h inns state nope Inc
Rouse " adhere 10 It's former action.
LAppiauSe.l
Mr. beileah OF Lewiston SAM ne did not
yieia 10 any man IN ms love Tor me women
APpiau9e' nave oeen ihaiIie" soii'e
hine years anu nave some mar dozen
cIipifen applause. 40 not olaihe me
house TOT oet"s IN uirthihi thooa. win
an que respect ior thc gentleman from
f'oui'oh anu the iaih's VINO favor tIis Dill
80 RI -
Tue MARTY OF tie fiouse. But when We
th'hS or giving the ballot TO lZ''Ooo women
oi our ',t''t' "ho nave no" ABOUT III 'he
duties 'na' 'hev can perform say 1t IS
hoe'i'he "n' II J"he' Al 'he same tl'.'e II Is
serious matter "hrh the highest branch
OF tll' government mas passed that oil.
d"h wonder that some senator's today are
regrtulng the'r acton ana are waiting tor
us 10 give 'hein another chahce TO recede
ana concur with the House. repeat that
nave peeh married some wears ana peace
ana harmony prevail IN my household.
40 ho' want any man tutoring with me III
poilucs' 10 enter That household and at
tempt 10 convert my VIE TO his views. ap
pituse.
MI betieau then read the views OF WIN.
T.. Gladstone or the question OF female SUI
frage, contained IN letter 10 ) muel smith,
NJ. L.
Mr. Shaw OF PORTLAND sad that 1t seemed
To MN That the arguments advanced did not
touch the subject matter except to a slight
degree. This bill conf"rs the right OF suf-
frage on women in MUNICIPAL affairs. The
arguments that have been made seem to
point to the question OF suffrage for women
IN general sense MUNICIPAL suffrage pre-
walls IN our sister state OF Massachusetts
an any on" who has seen the results OF
that act OF thr Massachusetts, Legislature
will see that 1t has been productive of great
good. In many of our cities, some IN this
| state, we pirce women upon our school
boards To supervise tie instruction OF or
! children, ami yet Won deny them the night
TO vote tor those who shall serve upon
those boards That is What this
bill intends to cover. Woman'S suffrage
should prevail under certain restrictions.
an think We should also place certain re-
strlrtlons around male suffrage. This re-
solve gives woman this right who can
read the constitution of this State and Writ
her name and a. this applies 10 municipal
suffrage alone cannot sc how any great
harm can he don" 10y giving woman 4 voice
in local matters which she is properly in
trreStrd, anil the futnr" will take care of IL
self.
Mr.. Sprasur of Monsoon said that when
the car of progr' - ana human advancement
has Numbered along through the country
any where in regard To anything OF this kind,
tins little hoy OF extreme conservatism has
always been swapping and snnrling at it
The history of woman shows thai
sh" was formerly a slave, a serf.
That was the theory that ran through the
religion AM through the politics and
through everything in this worl'l. t'ra'lu-
ally woman has been advanced and been
elevated. Have the heavens fallen because
she has ad'aHced in these other matters,
because she has taken an advanced step in
the ministry, because she breaches the Cos
pei, practices law, teaches schools, does
business, acquires property and has right
to testify IN court because in fact the world
has advanced regarding the liberation and
elevation of woman, has the world grown
worse lil- nos ti'at been one of the
reasons why the world has progrr sscl and
why the world is better today than It was in
the past This bill l. simply in line with
the Progressive mo',ments of the age, in
| line with the opinions of the brightest and
best thinkers of the age. 1t is bound to
come in this state. why not accept 1t
nov: Why not get on the car of progress
| ami go along with II and not sit by the way
side ike the dog and bark AID snap and
snsrl at 1t and Try TO prevent its progress:
Mr.. Dickey of Fort Kent said that some
claimed that womans suffrage would drag
Il woman down. My own idea is that it
elevates the man. If we can be elevated
to the leTel of the women think our insti-
tutlons are safe. Many have argued that
woman is incapable of exercising this right.
Ii IS an Insult to the sex. Look at Vic
toria, the most popular reigniug sovereign
the world has ever seen and the longest
reignlng sovereign save one. Has she proved
herself incapable of holding that position:
80 II Is with women, All they want is a
chance Is there anybody so much inter
ested and so capable OF looking after the
interests of her children rs the mother: A
man IS busy about other matters, Ii is
SAID that women don't want this right. I
doubt # half the people in this House really
want half dozen children in ten years, Az
my friend from Lewiston has, but after
they get them they love them and take
care of them and it is just so
with this question. have spoken on this
subject for many years and have always
been in favor of ~oman's suffrage in NUM-
cipal affairs. We have wouru for our SUI
perintrniviis of scitnu's very often in our
town and We never had any men who have
come mp to the women. If,hev are capable
in that respect they should haze the night
to vote for one of their nwm number for