The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-07-19
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. l.. HOBBS.
Miss Willard's Address Before the Ma
tiOnal Convention.


dress at the National w. {. /. U.
in Cleveland, spoke
strongly Tor woman suffrage. She
said
The leading liquor paper OF Call
furnia recently stated that the chiei
menace of '.lle trade is the woman
suffrage agitation. 1t takes the po-
sition that women are persistent In
any cause that pertains to the wei
being Of their children, and that Tor
tnis reason those whose money ISM
Iveste in the liquor traffic must
keep down these wild and rampant
efforts to admit women to the gov
ernment. The influence OF the M
Iuor trade last spring defeated the
municipal suffrage bill which had
ALREADY passed one branch OF the
Massachusetts, legi. lature, and those
who understand the true inwardness
of the Tammany ring can explain
the defeat of the proposed provision
Of the constitutional amendment IN
New York admitting women 10 the
franchise.
Who are against the ballot for
women? Always the saloons, the
gambling hous :, the haunts oi m
fanny, the ignorant, the foreigners
newly arrived. Besides these, OF
reputable people, certain ecclesi-
a.tical classes and conservative tenn
peraments. While we entertain to-
ward the latter the same respect and
good will that we desire them u
show to us, theirs is case OF dos
Irray in bad company, and they
will not be exalted in their OWL
opinion when the next generation
takes account Of those who have
. prepared the way for its higher out
look and broader opportunity.
| wish that instead Of using tn
term "woman's right woman,
which is drastic and aggressive. w
might say, "the awakened woman.
! she is to-day the leader OF her sex
be. ause she has answered to tn
}. call: "Arise, wake out OF sleep
:. Hear my voice. We careless daugh
. terri A leading thinker, ma
Of strong character and wide obser
walton, said to me, Try to ge
women to think, to be less frivolous
less occupied with trivial subjects
= more earnest, larger minded, NOR
). devoted to general ideas" And
e thought what must be the wearlne-
lof life to such man, if, on retui 4
ling to his home, he found that tn
rim Of a tea cup or the circumfel
.lence Of thimble was the emblei
|of the circuit Of talk. But tn
u 'awakened woman who begins to sc
that the whole realm of thought
ID her heritage, and the entire world {
power her kingdom, can only hop
= to see her ideals realized throug
the enlistment Of the average W.
man. She is the key to the pos
tion. For the abstract principle
Justice on which the woman que
:, tion is really based the average W.
man does not care farthing, viii
al for the sake of justice in the COZ
q. OF crete she often plays the part
= heroine. II she thought she ougl
TO want the ballot, she would see
= il with persevering zeal, but she ho'
l. estly believes that it is more W.
manly to cry out against 1t. u
has been told this from press an
y pulpit since her earliest recolle
tions, and she has learned the san
:, doctrine from her husband
on home" The average woman is Q
oslten member Of the church, an
like the rest OF US, falls into the G
|ror Of confounding the husks
: Christ's gospel embodied in u
Theology with its kernel embodl'
i'm the golden rule. She is devot,
and good and conventional. -
usually has home Of her own, al
her favorite end Of all controver
ND is, ~ have all the rights ! want
nix. In America, Australia and NJ
Zealand the average woman has n
Ilied to the polls to vote against Z
saloon, against the gambling hou
i, and den Of vice. In the nature
1t the case she can be counted on
stand with practical solldity agar
this trinity Of evils that forms I
fortress Of temptation to her ch
nd dren. She is perfectly "clear
- her mind" that no one ha'
nd right to set these insti, utions alo
the streets in neighborly nearness
ale her home, and if the power Is CIV
N her she will remorsclessly dr.
arr a., them OF the pathways frequent
md Iby herself and little ones,
nR -. -.
asy Before YOU 20 boasting that y
have been bad be sure that J
. have got entirely over It,