The herald., 1896-10-31

is right and will be adopted by the peo-
pie. When it is life and property will be
more secure than now and political strife
more decent in every way."-H. c. Dill
Ion. ex-District Attorney, Populist.
Il am in favor of woman suffrage. I
think il will purify politics. I doubt the
success of the amendment in 1896,
though 1 am certain it will eventually
come"-Z.L. Parmelee, board of trustees
Simpson tabernacle.
Il believe that all governments de-
rive their just powers from the consent
of the governed and that all just gov
ernments will give to all who are gov
erned the opportunity of expressing that
consent. If the dictum just quoted is
true. it seems to me that the right of
woman to vote does not admit of being
questioned But as things are now ad-
justed, she is to large extent denied
the privilege of exercising that right.
This privilege of voting man acquired by
giving it to himself; he has kept it by re-
fusing to grant it to woman There was
a magistrate in raw England who, when
a slave-owner came before him to prove
property in a runaway black man, de-
manded the evidence of a title deed
from God Almighty. If this magis-
trates rule of evidence is applied to
mans exclusive title to the privilege
of the ballot, the flaw in that title be-
comes obvious. And it ought to be just
as obvious from an application to the
case of the principle that the just pow
ers of government are derived from the
governed. AS to the results that would
follow the granting of the ballot to wo-
man. think would give the country
better laws, and better administration
of the laws, national. state and munich
pal. Very respectfully.
JOHN r, BERRY"
'I believe in woman suffrage because
! believe it is right: it is just. 1t is in
perfect harmony with the Declaration
of Independence, with the Constitution
of thASTnited States. 1t Is in accord with
the twenty-first declaration of princi-
pies of the Knight of Labor. of which
I have long been member. 1t reads as
follows: TO secure for both sexes
equal rights Our noble order admits
woman as well as man. That it allows
them to vote and hold any Office in the
order. 7 believe in woman suffrage be-
cause they are citizens, and all who pay
taxes and have to obey the laws of this
country should have a right to vote, a
right to say what shall or shall not be
law. I believe If women could vote they
would assist honest men, to do away
with all laws that make the rich richer
and Cypress the poor, the toilers, the
wage workers, the producers of all the
vast wealth in this great nation and
make better laws. I believe in woman
suffrage because it is in acorcd with the
motto of the Farmers Alliance and In
dustrial union, of which I have the pri-
vilege of being member. Equal rights
to all. special privileges to none" I be-
lieve woman suffrage would elevate
mankind and bring a force Of intuition
and morality in politics which does not
now exist Without morality there can
be no purity. 1 believe if we had wo-
man suffrage, which 1 think we are sure
to have in California after the coming
election. that we would have honest
elections. fair ballot and fair count.
think that on election days all would
be peaceable and quiet. Sobriety would
take the place Of drunkenness and riots.
I believe it would be better for the cause