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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-24

eXempl0eu IN laws. Inc certainty
of its legislation has already be-
gun TO restore public confidence
that the present industrial de-
preston will soon cease. How diff
ferent was the feeling which
attended the advent OF the old de-
mOcrscy TO power. The lamenta-
BILE change is for the best. We are
accustomed to regard ours as an
indissolvsble union, impregnable
to assault from without, and no
longer capable OF serious internal
discord. But the experience of the
present session OF congress has en-
phasized the Importance Of a
strong national party. With the
growth OF the union and the de-
velopment Of local interests, the
difficulties OF our government will
increase. In the states Of the west
as in some OF the old states Of the
east, local feeling is often stronger
than national. There the dema-
gogue in the shape OF the public
orator panders to the decisions and
plays on the weakness Of the peo-
Pile. 1t requires little to excite
them to condition in which the
need Of this union seems less re-
pugnant than their fancied local
grievances. In a country COM
posed like ourselves, the policy of
the republican party-call that
party by whatever name you
please--is, and always will be,
essential to the preservation OF the
Union. 1t is prominently an
American policy. Hamilton's con-
ception OF nationality and national
greatness has been steadily be-
coming the accepted republican
doctrine.
Our party is committed to cur
rency that will command the
worlds confidence, without which
domestic production and progress
sive foreign commerce are impos-
sible. At time when the pre-
dominating problems presented
for solution pertain to trade and
finance no man is better equipped
for the position OF the chief exc.
cutive of the nation than that sue
cessful business man and states
man, Levi p. Morton. He is a
man who has convictions and
ideas, together with the courage
Snd independence to bring them
to realization. His character is
formed for a noble end. True, he
is ambitious, but his aim is
reached by advancing the welfare
and dignity Of his country. He is
a statesman whose training has
been not merely in the college or
in the caucus but in actual service.
With a dignity that commands
universal respect, he combines a
warmth of soul and Of manner
which draws to him everyone, how
ever humble. He illustrates in
his character and in his career the
typical character and virtues OF the
American citizenship. confident
ly believe that our candidate will
be the choice OF our party and OF
the nation, as president Of the
United States. A republican con-
gress will come to the relief of the
American people on the fourth of
March next called by President
Levi p. Morton. Then we will be-
hold a noble and mighty nation
rouse herself like a strong man re-
covering from lingering illness
and enter upon an honorable and
prosperous period closing the CEN
fury in halo of glory.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-24
Mootu Must Die,

AUSTIN, Tex, March 4.-[Spe-
cial1-Governor Culberson this
morning refused to interfere in the
case of Matt Mootry, the negro
sentenced to be hung for murder
in Georgetown, Friday, March %.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-24
Filed Two Deeds of Trust.

ST. LOUIS, March "a. Two chat
tel deeds OF trust have been filed
by the Kingsland & Douglass
Manufacturing company for the
benefit of creditors.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-24
-Mayor Elmendorf and Messrs

Mayor EImenuOrI anu MessTs'
Frank Roberts, j. B. Crowther, G.
L. Sauer, j. P. Newcomb and
others of the republican delegates
from this county, left last night
for Austin, to attend the conyen-
ton.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-24

The Bexar county populist
campaign opens tonight with pub
tic speaking on Alamo plaza. j. B.
Rhodes, of Van Zandt will speak.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-03-24
THE FIGHT rs ON.
TEXAS REPUBLICANS IN OONVEN-
TI0N AT THE CAPITAL.

Straight Republicans 0utnumbersd by tie
Razor UrOwd-Ouney's Big Bluff,
Reed Men Are Angry-MissiOn
Garden Not Recognized.
The herald., 1896-10-31

of labor, humanity and good govern
ment. / beg leave to remain, yours, etc.
u. D. BAILEY,
Master Workman 2405, X. of L.
Letter from w. II. Mills, Southern Pa
cific Railroad company:
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. %. 1885,
1 am in favor of equal rights and the
imposition of equal duties upon all re-
sponsible people. Intelligence and ac-
countability are inseparable. Woman
has intelligence and therefore she is ac.
countable. The possession of civil rights
imposes civil duties. Civil rights are
conferred upon women and they are not
unaccompanied by civil duties. Our
government is founded upon the doc
trine that all governments derive their
just power from the consent of the gov
erned. Woman is subject to govern
ment and to law; therefore, her consent
is necessary to the establishment of just
government Equality before the law
is fundamental maxim of our institu-
tions, and this necessarily implies
equality of the right to participate In
the formation of law. The genius OF
republican institutions Is derived from
the self-hood the self-control and the
self-ownership of humanity. Each
accountable individual has a right to
control his or her destiny; and since the
enactment Of law influences alike the
destiny of the men and women OF .
country it establishes the equal right Of
men and women to control their own
destiny.
Woman is possessed of all the inner.
ent attributes which belong to man. The
crowning attributes of mankind are
reason. conscience, sensibility and inn
mortality. Woman is possessed OF these
and has, therefore. that full round Of
being which not only entities her to that
right of consent which makes her sub
lection 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
formation of those influences which
direct and control that destiny.
Her intelligence, accompanied by ner
accountability; her civil rights, attend-
ed by civil duties; her subsection to gov-
ernment, vesting in her the right of con-
sent; the nobility of her destiny, grow
ing out of the moral and spiritual ma
ture of her being, all combine to inn
pose upon her the high responsibilities
and solemn duties of the elective franz
chise.
WILLIAM H. MILLS.
The herald., 1896-10-31
MISS SUSAN B. ANTHONY.

which have been unjustly denied be-
cause of our selfishness as men.
Tenth-Because it Is not just to try
women in our courts, tax her properly
and hold her amenable to all the laws
of man, denying her property and per-
sonal rights, and then tell her she shall
have no voice nor vote. Think of forty
millions of women absolutely helpless
as they are in their womanhood and
girlhood, without the hope of the fran
chise! The greatest disgrace that this
nation could give to jeff Davis was to
deprive him of the franchise, and yet our
nation has done the same with our loyal
and patriotic womanhood. A drunken
brute can stagger up to the polls and
vote, but an intelligent woman must
stand aside and be governed by that bal.
lot.
Eleventh-It is their protection. They
have interests best known to them and
their homes and families, and they
should have something to say about
laws to protect them.
Twelfth-They will command re-
spect such as is not now accorded them.
On election day drunken fool Is some
times held in a carriage for fear he will
break his neck before he casts his ballot.
and the noble womanhood of our land
is unnoticed and unheeded.
Thirteenth-Because l believe in re-
by the people, and not by minority.
observation-disclosures all the disrepu-
table are opposed to woman's suffrage.
Fifteenth-Because in all the states
and countries of the world where wom
an has voted reforms have come, and
none would repeal the law if they were
able.
SiXteenth-Because the womanhood of
our land is American in heart and prin-
ciple, and desires to protect our institu-
tions.
Seventeenth-Because the foreign pop
uation coming to our shores is mostly
men. some of whom become as truly
American as any native. born, but the
vast majority of the ignorant portion
remains un-American. and the great
majority of children born to American
parents are girls. In three years, dur
ing the last decade, as given by statis-
tician Greenhut eleven hundred thous-
and of emigrants came into this country,
mostly men. To offset that vote it is an
absolute necessity to place the ballot in
the hands of our American and patriotic
women.
ighteentt-Because I find that it IS
not the masculine women, but the
gentler, retiring womanhood of our
country that are in the vast majority
requesting franchise.
Ninteenth-Because, as has been stat
ed by the women, there are only rev or
them who want office; but the great
majority are anxious to say what man
shall fill the offices.
Observation-Disclosures instead Of neg
lecting their homes, they will take u
greater interest in them when they have
the right of speech and vote.
Great was the act of Lincoln in eman-
cipating the slaves; greater will be the
act of the manhood Of this land when it
emancipates woman. Let us do it with q
tremendous majority in California on
the Sd day of November by voting yes"
to the eleventh amendment. which is
the last on the ballot
The herald., 1896-10-31
PLEA FOR THE ELEVENTH AMENDMENT

by personal influence, but at the ballot
box. 1 do not believe that in putting
these higher responsibilities upon wom-
en- we degrade their character, that We
subject them to uncongenial pursuits,
that we injure their moral tone, that we
tarnish their delicacy. that we in any
way make them less noble and adm1ra-
BILE as women, wives and mothers. The
late A. A. Sargent, United States SEN
ator of California, Republican.
Il believe in evolution. 1 think 1t a
part of evolution that women who, thus
far in the history of the world have been
denied a share in the affairs of govern
ment, should be permitted to cast their
ballots, which will improve our admin
istration and cause us to rise higher and
higher in civilization. .'-Adolph Sutro,
mayor of San Francisco, Independent.
II believe that the women will all
finally get the ballot, and in California
soon. If it were left to the Democratic
party alone 1 know they would. as the
Democratic party is the party of pro-
gress and intelligence" ."-E. r. Threl-
keid, ex-member of the city council,
Democrat.
II am in favor of women having the
ballot. think the amendment will car
ry for there is great deal of sentiment
in favor of it, and think 1t only right and
just."-Ex-Senator j. E. McComas of
Pomona, Prohibitionist.
II believe in the perfect equality of the
sexes. Women should have the ballot
along with other rights and privileges.
Mems minds and woman's minds do not
differ; they are much alike and SO l
think they should have equal mental
opportunities. Their bodies are differ :.
ent hence their physical labor should
not be alike. I believe, however, that
women should be allowed to do just what
they want to do and that their rights
should not be restricted in any sense"
DIR. Thomson, pastor Of Unity church.
"If the women and men who favor
woman suffrage keep the matter before
the people during the year so that the
public shall be well informed, l believe
the amendment will pass. If 1t should
be defeated it will bet through the votes
of the lower strata of voters and lim-
tied number of good men who are igno-
rant of what woman suffragists. claim
and aim to dow. c. Kimball, presi-
dent of the National City bank.
II believe in equal rights for men and
women as certainly as l believe in no
taxation without representation l saw
d good deal of women voting on the
school question in Massachusetts, and
have known nothing but good to result
from it. l doubt the success of the
amendment for the reasons that those
most interested cannot vote on 1t, and
there Will be so much wirepulling among
the voters that they may ignore it."-F.
l.. Spaulding, builder and contractor,
Republican.
my first political campaign was in
1887 for woman's suffrage in Colorado,
with Miss Anthony, Mrs. Lucy Stone,
Miss Hindman and DR.. Aida c. Avery
as leaders. The seed then sown has
borne abundant harvest. The politics of
that state are now in the hands of the
best men and the best women. The
same will be true here. The amendment
The herald., 1896-10-31
HISTORICAL.
Work of the Los Angeles County Cam
paign Committee.

Los Angeles county holds unique
position in the suffrage army.
Although there was not in the be-
ginning a positive plan to stand alone,
work Independent of all other suffragist
organizations and pay all her own bills
such has come to be the case, ard
grand work of local organization has
been accomplished which will tell visi-
bly, on election day. In thorough organ
ization, as in the petition work done in
April and May, this county has been
acknowledged the banner county"
Being the only one which had started on
the plan of precinct organization be-
fore the regular campaign commenced,
having held the first county convention
ever held IN the state. Il naturally took
the lead H. this direction, and was soon
able to set the example to the other
counties.
The harmnious and cooperative re-
oponse to call from county headquar-
ters from women in all the precincts
made wise financial plan possibility,
and 1t Is with just pride that our suf-
fragists declare that they have. without
resistance from state or national fund.-
frayed all theix expenses, paying
good salaries to the county president
county speakers, county organizer and
county corresponding secretary. Dur
ing the series of conventions held
throughout the state last spring Los
Angeles not only paid all the expenses
of her convention, but contributed SCI
In collections and subscriptions called
FOR by Miss Hay to the state fund.
Now. with the Sd of November almost
upon them, a buster set of women are
not to be found in all the state. Their
commodious headquarters. consisting Of
four large, airy rooms in the Muskegon
block on Broadway. presents a busy,
animated scene
II O 10 :
Lula Pile Little. the energetic and effi-
cient corresponding secretary, is at her
post. writing letters. placing speakers
ip the field and otherwise discharging Of
hcial duties. Mrs. Almedia b. Gray the
careful, painstalSing financial secretary
Is also in constant service at headquar-
ters. This lady is also vice president
OF the county campaign committee, and
gives her work gratuitously. besides
paying a monthly installment for the
county fund. Our president. Mrs. Lizzie
II. Meserve. 10 well known, not only
The herald., 1896-10-31
NO QUARRELIN0

The international women's congress
at Berlin has come to an end. after grap-
ping with program of truly gigantic
proportions. Whatever may be the effect
of the congress, or whether it have any
lasting result at all, the success of the
meeting, as a whole, cannot be gain
said. and the spirit of earnestness and
good -comradeship which, for 1le most
part, has marked the discussions, is
frankly acknowledged by at least one
journal. the semi official Allgemeine
Zeitung. Women observes that or
gan, remarking on the changes which
Germany has been undergoing in the
past quarter of a century, "are con-
fronted with the question how they are
to adapt themselves to the new order
of things in order to fulfill their duties
in society, and, on the other hand, to
assert their rights and dignities. Prom
a Berlin Letter.
The herald., 1896-10-31

responsible; hence see in the uprising
of the womanhood of our country and
their demand for their just rights as
citizens, but the promptings of the same
spirit of patriotism in woman that in
spired man to battle in defense of his
country. Upon every occasion that the
nation opens it's ballot box our country
stands in jeopardy. OF this fact the best
women as well as the best men are con-
vinced, hence they ask us to grant to
them the franchise that they may prove
their interest in the nations welfare.
They, as we, wish to answer to their
conscience, their nation and their God
for home, society and state. If any one
doubts that God intended from the be-
ginning that man and woman together
should have dominion and reign over his
creation, 1 refer you to the record found
in the first chapter of Genesis. God said:
Let us make man in our own image,
after our likeness. So God made man in
his image, in the image of God created
he him, male and female created he
them" After their creation, each as the
complement of the other, he said Let
them have dominion" not let him have
dominion and let her be servant or
slave. He was not to be sovereign, but
they together were to reign and live as
the complete man. for Deity uses man
in it's generic sense including both male
and female, and what God hath put to-
gether let no man or nation put asunder
Not only does God require, but the ma
ton needs the co-ruling of the sexes
The one portion, the male, casting the
ballot and governing the entire people
has proved failure. We certainly can
not be any worse with woman as a vo-
ter, but will Ioe far better. The cause
Of man is the cause of woman, and the
governing of the nation is dear to both
and in which they have equal right.
I have but the space to name the rea-
sons, or at least some of them, that con-
vinced me in favor of woman suffrage,
aside from those already given.
First-She is certainly intellectually
our equal, having in many instances
taken the honors in our colleges and uni
versities. And that in spite of the fact
that it has been but in recent years that
she has had anything like fair oppor-
tunity to acquire an education. Had we
been treated to as meager intellectual
diet in years agone and compelled as
were they, to do scratching to find brain
food, we would have been far beneath
them intellectually and IL would have
been a serious question as to whether
we had the intellectual qualifications
and information to intelligently vote:
but then the nation has never deemed it
necessary to make that test as to men,
but has granted the franchise to the ig-
norant as we'll as the intelligent
males. Give woman the franchise
and in year she will have studied po-
litical economy as she has been COM
PEELED to study household economy; and
who will dare say that she will not make
at least as intelligent and certainly
safer voter in the interests of our great
country. 1t Is conceded that women
can successfully rule nation. pl>ld in
court, heal the sick, convert sinners,
edit papers, control business, manage
banks. etc. Yes, she is intelligent enough
to do all but vote.
The herald., 1896-10-31
FROM OTHER STATES
EQUAL RIGHTS IN WYOMING
WILLIAM H. MILLS.

EQUAL RIGHTS IN WYOMING
When people use the same time-worn
arguments against woman suffrage that
have been their ck-in-trade for fifty
years they forget that all these have
been exploded and tossed to the western
winds of Wyoming, where women have
voted for twenty-seven years, Wnere
woman suffrage is no longer theory or
even an experiment but is an actual
everyday experience.
AS this is the only state having had
woman suffrage long enough to nave
corrupted it's politics and demoraiized
it's domestic life,a reprint of resolution
passed by the Wyoming legislature In
1898, showing the status of public opin-
ion there, would serve as testimony
against aforesaid worn-out arguments,
viz: Be it resolved. by the legislature Of
Wyoming. that the possession and ex-
ercise of suffrage by the women of wy
oming for the past quarter of a century
has wrought no harm and has done
great good in many ways; that 1t has
aided in banishing crime, pauperism
and vice from this state. and that, too,
without any violent or oppressive legis-
lation; thai 1t has secured peaceful ana
orderly elections good government and
a remarkable degree of civilization ana
public order and we point with pride to
the fact that after almost twenty-five
years of woman suffrage not one county
in Wyoming has a poor house, that our
jails are almost empty. and crime--ex-
cept by strangers in the State-iS almost
unknown, and as a result of experience
we urge every civilized community on
earth to enfranchse it's women without
delay"
Not satisfied with this, these well
pleased men and lawmakers further
resolved:
That an authentic copy of these reso-
lutons be forwarded by the governor
of the state to the legislatures of every
other state and territory of this country
and every legislative body in the world,
and that we request the press every
where throughout this world to call the
attention of their readers to these reso-
lutions.'
And these same advocates of woman
suffrage have often challenged its op-
ponents to find two persons in all Wy
oming who will assert over their own
names that it has had any bad results.
The opponents have failed to respond.
Hear what the governor of Wyoming
says: Since women have voted, crime
and disorder have decreased among us,
the elections are more orderly, there are
fewer drunken men and riOtouS be-
havior at the polls is unheard of. and our
history is open to all to investigate and
prove whether women have gone down
into the filthy pool of politics or wheth-
err they have striven to purify it,"
The herald., 1896-10-31

pie, tell you they would march every
man in this country to the polls and
free these people with their selection.
and would settle this question for all
times.''
Thus the kindly straws are coming
our way. In every large hall, in every
district school house, in the homes and
in the business places all over this pro-
gressive country, the gospel of equal
rights is being preached.
The Populists and Prohibitionists are
also our friends, as of old, and the DEM
ocrats-though they did not give US
whole plank, only resolution-haVe
granted US many favors, and we have
every reason to hope that our county
will poll a large vote in favor of the
woman's amendment from all the par
ties.
Out of the seventy-four precincts or
ganiZed In this city 1t Is impossible to
find a man who will join in a debate
against us, although three men in the
county have written against us semi
occasionally.
The newspapers throughout the coun-
ty are very generous, many espousing
our cause editorially, all Of them giving
space to contribution pro and con on
the subject.
1t would be pleasure to mention the
| papers that are for us, and the men
| who are so nobly aiding us by voice and
pen, out it would double the length of
this letter.
When the dust and smoke of this bat
tie have cleared away, we wilr'make
note ont" and have something to say
about our friends tried and true. We
are keeping faithful record in our
hearts while our hands and brains are
busy, and they shall not be forgotten
who stood by us in the burden and heat
of the day of our struggle for womans S
| political equality.
ALICE MOORE M'COMAS,
Chairman Los Angeles County Press
| Committee.