The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-01-25

W0man's Suffrage--Strong Arguments on
 Both Sides-Woman Wins, of Course
 Pool Team will Meet Sacred Heart Club
 Next Week.
 The West Side club had a very inter- esting debate at it's pleasant club house at 3S4 Howard avenue last evening. The forensic combatants wrestled with that ever interesting question of these lat ter days. Resolved, That the women of this country should have the full right Of suffrage"
 Each side presented it's views of the question in a clear and convincing man. her. The affirmative upheld the rights of women to have full political rights with a zeal and earnestness which would have secured the admission into close communion with the Belva Lock- wood branch of our politics had rep resentatives of that branch heard them. The negative defended the mems side of the contention in a way that would have brought joy to the most cynical. The president of the club, w $. Garde, introduced the speakers in a few well chosen words. MT. E. P. Corbett was allowed five minutes in which to open the discussion for the affirmative. He spoke of the decline of manhood suf- frage which has taken place of late, and urged the advantages which would en- sue in case the standard of suffrage was raised by giving the ballot to wo- men. Again, it is manifestly unjust that women should pay such a large proportion of the national taxes and have no say in regard to their appro- priation. Women would also hasten the solution of the temperance question and decide the matter in favor of pro- hibition. The argument that women are unfit to participate in political af- fairs has very little foundation, and it is unjust that women who have ac- complished so much for the country in other ways should not have any inf1u- ence in politics.
 MT. S. w. Stone spoke ten minutes for the negative. He pointed out the | weak places in the argument for the af- firmative and said that women were too imrulsive to undertake the practical requirements of government The wis., dom of prohibition is in dispute, more over no. one woman in one hundred is
 
 pared to hang on straps in street cars and endure the other little inconven- fences to which men are subject, then she will have equal rights. In other fields of effort where comparison be- tween the sexes can be fairly made woman has not shown herself the equal of man. and it will not do to suppose that she will rival man in politics.
 MT. w. N. Butricks, out of thetabun- dant experience of a married man, pour ed in hot shot for the side of the wo- men. They are practical in many af- fairs and reach by direct intuition what men reach by round about judg- anents. The reason for their inferiority In some lines is due to the fact that formerly they were held in slavery by men.
 MT. w. R. Hoppin closed for the neg ative. He brought out the fact that women would be degraded by contact with debased men. No one would like to see them participating in our ward caucuses. In New Haven their vote has fallen off on school questions
 The judges of the debate, Messrs Powell, Oleson and Hopkins, returned a decision in favor of the affirmative.
 This is the first debate of the year, and although there was a good number present last evening it is expected that much more interest will be aroused in the ensuing debates.
 Next week pool team from the club plays a team from the Sacred Heart club. An exciting contest is expected. Next Monday evening the fifth meeting of the whist tournament will be held.