The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-11-28

Hindman and DR.. Aida c. Avery as
leaders. The seed then sown has borne
abundant harvest. The politics OF that
state are now in tho hands OF the best
men and the best women. The same Will
be true here. The amendment is right
and will be adopted by the people. When
II is life and property will lie more Sc
cure than now and political strife more
decent IN every wav. III. G. Dillon.
ex-District Attorney. Populist.
II am in favor OF woman suffrage.
think it will purify politics. | coubt the
though | am certain 1t will eventually
cume. ~ Il. Parmelee, board of trust
ees Simpson tabernacle.
Latter from W. H. Mills, Southern Pacific
Railroad company:
SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. %, 1895,
My Dear Mrs. McComas: In your es-
teemed favor of November Goth you ask.
Are you in favor of wuman suffrage?
To this beg leave to reply that | am
in favor of equal rights and the i'm posi- &.
ton OF equal duties upon all responsible
people. Intelligence and accountability
are inse -aDle. Woman has Intelligence
ard therefore she is accountable. The
possession OF civil rights poses civil
duties. Civil rights are conferred upnn
woman ana they are not unaccompanied
tv civil duties. Our government IS found
ed upon the doctrine that all govern
msnts derive their just power from the
consent OF the governed. Woman is sub
ject TO government and to law therefore.
her consent Is necessary to the establish
ment OF just government. Equality be-
fore the law is q fundamental maxim of
our institutions, and this necessarily i'm
plies equality of the right To participation
in the formation OF law. The genius of
Republican institutions Is derived from
the self-hood, the sef-contro and the
col f.nU of M Eari,
countaple individual has right to con-
troll his or her destiny; and since the
enactment of Law Influences alike the
destiny of the men ana women OF a Coun-
try it establishes the equal right OF men
and women to control their own destiny.
Woman is possessed of all the inherent
attributes which belong to man. The
browning attributes OF mankind are rea-
son, conscien e, sensibllity and immor-
tality. Woman is possessed of these,
and has, therefore, that full round of be.
ing which not only entities her to that
right of consent which makes her subiec-
ton to government Just, but imposes
upon her the full measure of the duties
OF citizenship. Having destiny, she
has an equal right to a voice in the form
alton of those inutences which direct and
cont, oil that destiny.
Her intelligence, accom- panied by her
accountability; her civil rights, attended
by civil outles; ner suOleCtlon 10 govern
ment, vesting in her the right OF consent ;
the nobility of her destiny, growing ou:
OF the moral and spiritual nature OF her
being all com bine to impose upon her the
high responsibilities and solemn duties
OF the elective franchise.
In the same letter you ask, Do you
think tie constitutional amendment now
before the people OF California relating
to woman suffrage will carry?
| beg leave respectfully to represent
that it is quite too carly to have an opin-
ion on this matter. II the election we're
to take place within the next thirty days,
in my opinion the amend ment would not
carry. What the result will be in No.
vember of 1896 l do not claim to be pos
sessed OF sufhcien: foresight to hazard an
opinion. Yours very truly,
WILLIAM n Mills