The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-05-28
STARTING THE BALL
Mrs. Emma DeVOe Lectures on Woman
Suffrage. \
WOMEN BETTER THAN MEN
The Brothers FIJI the Pen and the
Sisters Church Pews-UntIl the
Girls Can Vote the Govern
ment VIII Be Defective.

Butte. May 27.-The Political Equal
ity club. which was organized on Sat
urday evening. held it's first meeting
tonight and a large audience gathered
at the Auditorium to listen to Mrs
Emma Smith De Voc. The lady Is
most eloquent and pleasing talker, and
her lecture held the audience - the
close. \ liberal collection was taken
TO start the club going. Carpenters
union hall. in the Mantle & Bielenberg
block. has been secured for the meet
ings Of this club. and the next one will
be held one week from tomorrow
evening.
Il have come here TO speak on the
great reform now before the American
people" began Mrs. De Voc. The re-
form which proposes to give the bal
lot 70 woman. II woman had had
voice in legislation. would IL have
taken a mighty war to uproot slavery?
Certainly not. There IS nothing In the
constitution Of the United states or in
the declaration OF independence to pre-
vent woman from exercising the right
Of suffrage. In fact women voted to
elect some Of the delegates who
framed the declaration Of independ-
ence. In New Jersey women voted
from 1875 10 1907. but were disfran-
chised in 1907 because they voted with
the federalsts. Who gave man the
right 10 rule over woman? is there
any superiority marked in the palms
of the hands or written on his fore
head? No. my brother. that right was
taken by force. II is not democratic;
il is not republican. IL is base tyranny.
] have come 10 the men OF Montana
TO ask them TO right this great wrong.
II our cause Of equal suffrage is not
just. then our republic is not founded
on Justice. for IL is founded upon the
very same principles.
But. | am asked. would you have
pure woman stoop down into the mire
and the filthy pool OF politics? No. but
/ would have woman lift man up out
Of that mire and filthy pool. There are
some laws OF which we are all very
sick one law that we done like is
taxation without representation. That
Is just as much a tyranny now as II
was in the days of our forefathers.
Mrs. De Voc then cited a number CT
examples 10 show the injustice Of tax
alton without representation. She de-
MED that women DO not want L. vote.
Some may not. AMI some men 40 not
care TO vote. All women should not be
disfranchised because some Of them
don't want TO vote. she said that the
new woman has a heat and mini
and n soul She has forgiven nature
and axis not only the privilege of work
ing with her hands and her head. hut
the privilege OF receiving tne Safn~ re-
Enumeration as her brother Tor doing
the same work. There is no
campaign against the men. The
campaign Is against the unjust
laws. II IS base SANDER on
the good men Of this land TO say that
the polling places is not 4 III rlace
for women TO go 10. The lecturer pro-
tested against being governed by some
az the ignorant forces which nov vote
without the privileges ot casting vote
on the question herself she askef Tor
the ballot for women. and declared Ter
belief that IL the question We're sub
ruitted 10 the voters OF Montana IL
would be granted. rs IL had been IN
wyoming and Colorado. Govern ne NJ
without consent Is uni I~t. II is argued
that II the ballot IS thrown Jper 70
women had women cau vote. v ell.
bad men vote as well "a good n.en.
erd there arr more lad men than bad
women IN the world. IN six penitenu-
aries are Az men and - women VIC
men nil the churcr pews and men the
prisons IL Is mans N2Is which has
| licensed hal women.
Go along" concluded the fair lee
turer. do without Us as Ions as You
can but you viii never have perfect
/ government until women Vote
Mrs. De Voc viii lecture 81 Anaconda
| Tuesday evening.