The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-24
SHE OUGHT TO VOTE.
Dr.. Carlos Martyrs Argument
for Equal Suffrage.
CHAMPIONS THE MooeRNwcmAN
The Typical ssNew Woman Not One
wao Borrows Her Brothers Cloth
ing and Apes His Vices

The reputation 90 the lecturer ana the
Interesting nature OF his theme combined
% draw a good audience 10 the First Meth
odiss Episcopal church last night 20 hear
Dr. Carlos Martrn lecture on The New
Woman For more than an hour the
speaker entertained his listeners. though
with some there was perhaps A shade u
GzszvpoSn tnzenr that he did not discuss
mare fully the Few woman's peealiariSies
and modes o. life.
Dr. Martyr Is an advocate OF woman SUI
frsge, and the greatest part Of his lecture
Ezs taken up with answering objections
70 giving woman the ballot He 8 = cham
pIon OF the modern woman. boomers and
al He h0sds THAI the typical res xonan
Is not. however. one who borrows her
brothers clothing and apes hts vices. bat
the same IomaGly woman thar man has
always admired and loved, simply adjust
ing herself 20 the requirements OF the
tine
He drew contrast between the cid artl-
hclaI indoor life OF medieval woman, and
the larger and more healthfal atmosphere
n which woman now moves. and main
tanned that while cld-fashioned people
might look with 6istrust and u1isgiving
upon the enlargement of womans sphere.
yet the new woman VIII be loved Just as
truly and as deeply as the old
He stated three facts as a key 70 wo-
mans present position N the world. first,
man and woman are equal, each A heTnis-
phefe supplemental 70 the other, distinct
hat inSe parable. second, many ayDcations
and tasks are neutral. being physiologic-
ally suited to either sex; third, the increas-
ing compiexity Of civilization makes bread
winning more difficult and holds men back
from marrying. thus occasioning a larger
number OF manageable but unmarried
women. These have taken up one by one
additional duties and callings. and having
occupied most OF the neutral ayocations
woman now demands the ballot.
Why should she not have IL? the sneaker
asked. She constitutes the larger and bet
ter half OF mankind. She owns property.
She pays taxes. She gives testimony in
courts She goes 20 jail. and 10 the gal
lows Why should she not votez Dr.. Mar
tyn he'd that she had been barred from
voting solely BY prejudice when this gov
eminent was organized. and h stated
strongly the ancient and medieval views
OF woman and her proper sphere. He ridi-
cnlsd the Idea OF woman's entrustlng her
interests absolutely 20 the keeping OF man
as her political guardian The objection
that woman Is already represented in poll
ties through her father. husband or broth
e. he said. would not hold IN some cases
where women had no such relations. and
In others was no more pertinent than the
assurance that the American colonies We're
in measure represented az the time OF
the Revolution.
The fact tha: man has not found the bal
lot a panacea. the speaker contended,
ought not 10 discredit the means OF po-
iitical publication: and II man has made
a sad mess OF politics. SO much the more
reason for letting woman try her hand.
according her the same opportunity II
self-ex preston and the same advantage
CT sslf-protection. The fact that woman
may wieid a powerful influence in other
= l. - Il Il.
having the privilege OF voting. any more
than in the case OF a man OF great iniu-
snce. He answered the objection that the
ballot would involve oftlcs-holding by re-
ferring 20 a number OF eminent female
rulers and leaders. and stated with some
detail the progress OF woman suffrage in
other lands and in the United States.
The charge that women do not wish the
ballot he met BY saying that some do wish
X; and that II one wishes Il she should
have It. He ri5ieuled the charge that the
ballot wculd draw women from the home.
saying tha; the busiest men found time
20 vote, and that men could keep their
wives az home better By making home
more pleasant for them. He met the OBJ
lection that the ballot would involve mil
itary duty by the two-fold answer that GER
tain male voters. as clergyHen. were ex-
ernrt from military service and that wo-
sanitation service. The assertion that X
was unwomanly or in9elicate TO vote he
met with keen satire. He traced woman's
progress in literature and education ard
in business life and predicted for lwr a
purifying influence IN politics The cTifi-
ctsu1 that woman suffrage Is without
biblical warrant ne said was without
force. and showed that while there Is 10
explicit precspt on the subject. the New
Testament indirectly and BY principle ia
vo-s woman's participation IN public life
He pronounced St Paul as good woman
sufTragfsi as Susan r. Anthony" He
closed with an analysis Of TIRE new woman.
pronouncing her broader. though not less
woTnanly than her sisters OF the older
times
His lecture was pyrnctuete3 with wit and
intersperSed with humorous anecdotes.
mainly az the expense OF the men. and ne
received from time TO time generous ap-
plsuse.