The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-30

as tlas been claimed. a rasura! right. nor
has x ever beer 80 esteemed. II x were
have no power 20 deny suffrage TO a
manor or - any human being N t1e
enumeration Of the ~!naLsaaoSs rights O.
mar" Il ~ not inclu5e2 or mentioned
Women have equal rights with men .esai-.
today. The Laws os Washington does not
discriminate against women III favor OF
cssE- They are isgal.y equal, and n<@ Ier
cns has specsa. Priv-egea
e.tauon is tyranny. When or fore
fathers made that assertion 1t was because
taxes were imposed upon tnen ~ par
Haneai sitting 400 miles away IN watch
there was no Representation Of the COLO
nies whatever. They did not ash for IN
cisld4al represent IIo;2- There Is not the
tha
In the beginning OF cur republic ali vo.-
ting was connected with tax on prop
erty. and women VITO heid property could
vote as well az u3en- This also proves
that suffrage Is Tot natural right " hen
taxation ceased 20 go With representation
the women ceased 10 vote. When people
were allowed votes in proportion 20 the
amount OF property that they held. and
could vote IL different counties and states
there was a connection between taxation
represents ton, and that law gave the rich
man more voting power than the poor
man But all araS-ocratic qualifications
were done Away with and the democratic
ideas began to prevail and cte government
came 10 rely solely on the strength of in
dlvidual man for its defense instead Of
men and women with money 20 raise SOL
GIery.
I. is so often overlooked that there Is
a service tax as well as a property tax.
The property tax Is levied upon men and
women's property alike. and for this tax
women gel Just what men get, W.. roads.
gas water. schools, etc. The service tax
IS levied upon men alone. ard with that
tax goes representation. or the vote.
Through the service tax woman's property
Is guarded so that X IS of profit 10 her
which It could not be without.
Horace Greeley. In his opposition 10 wo-
man suffra ge said 10 Susan 3. Anthony.
'.Bes.nd the ballot lies the bullet" and
that is as true today "a when uttered To
make laws that cannot be enforced Is
worse han useless. ara 70 grant the right
OF ernhr0ising the nation in var 10 3 peo-
pie wholly incompetent TO carry II on would
be TO bring our government into contempt.
After an exciting electoral contest the
minority st present submit to the will Of
the majority. not because any clear peTcep-
ton OF the abstract right Of the majority
TO rule bat because II IS recognized that
the ballots on the other side represent
prepouderating number OF what might be
come bayonets
Ttsus fear Of tue physical force OF the
ma tority IL potent factor in the peace
fuI submission OF the minority Euf when
party spirit runs high and passions are
aroused ii may be doubted If voting
minority realizing that II was stronger IN
physical force than the voting majority,
. = ,e'~ N7thout struggle. The ad-
vocatas Of woman suffrage refuse TO ad-
mi; that the STABILITY OF government $ De
pendent upon physical force because they
dare 70. admit Il. since 70 do 81 would 10
To admit the weakness OF their cause Bur
every thinking man realizes II. ana ne
knows that no body Of women alone. re
matter how superior in number. coetf
make ard enforce a law &c which an IN
fersor number Of men were opposed
II the w c. T l.. women, no5.e workers
for man and God, would realize ~hat
means TO give all women suffrage, they
void he lie last 20 ask for i. statistics
tell us that. while the population OF our
country has only Increased - per cent our
ana drug-taxlrg women have increa sed 'so
per cent, In phlladelph'a Pa. before me
h eh license law. out of s.f8i saloon Licensees
3 SO were granted 10 women n nosAu y,
Mass last sprlrg. ONT or lleV tiapot
censes 4al were applied FOR by women
Tyfs condition prevails all over our cooh-
frv I'm large e Ties Woul6 these women
he factors in temperance york? | sho"ea
vo,, in last Fridays EDITION OF the nss
Tntalfigencer that the wornen's vote had TOY
closed the saloons or purified noh'cs III
colorado. Mrs. Platt, who wrote me ar
tlcle from which l quoted, SAYS aiso II.
the same article: - assure rso,s ~. ana ' ex-
though 7 am woman or years a'ia ga
nersence OF life yet when found ma (,
~ oh official Of my party for whom l nag
ynfes and worked had been guhy y,
,reache-y unfa!tnfulne-s 20 -, 90 cvsr-
sts~erard or sacred promises. "3S oNS,
uhs,roea with as'onlshUent - "oito
have beer, If one Of my own Inl1Iei -, 80
reru1;ate9 me i was a tsfr2nse "
ine 70 discover that my paI' ~, - ,5s o,her
naS "a the other party. and that tHe -
Va us fal,v as high-n.nded in lis pnr-
poses as mine
-4.f-1 al
was that woman any more ae.p, =,
,hn stata Of colorado than she woo-i 49,
80. - Instead ~ working ana Not'IiS
m unnrfnc.plea man, she had remain
81 IN her home attending to t.o1e ~ - -
which nature and re rs@ q, u,r ~ ~ cannot
a. .r,er ;n.e noItt8c1i strife and come oc1 90
/, nnsrathe<s Two men may aqafFt. ~.
,~fu o.,ar a candidate for once G'."te
1ftrttnn arf he warm friends AGAR altef-
ws-ac hut two wonneu could not 80 N
! ouote f-orn Dr. william A ham mona ,I'i
riapsf. a woman lives IN ner e13oe o1s,
"a "a 80 i,l9ga mere AZ she fees tAan az
xh@ th4rkA she il bereft of the jul =
m na She has i 9 3.iea 81 a.. -. =. ,.,,+
Toe Her !{kes ard slAeS are Fau3os.t'
v,h her sac VIII sacf 60 lie. cay,
family ana character 1 necessary 20 1-.e
mar she lovas and puais1 severely ms
who innocent q Grim may raw q ">'s
"a So r,-l,,,df~p 8 man wifi 1ufsa or
.h{nrS a. thev are. without any reference
Ia = r1ef 0nlv the ~ ~ oiae NVhi.'"
can in this Men are AttP- = 4' 80 IS
tu.-s that grow out 0f TIE Da. L e 81 tAl' '-sst
women n tAose tn4t are feuEld n nj"
sediment. or flght feeling"
,rheee a.aererc $ can neEer be eqta HEei
bx ieeista#on S<x : fat an "fHe
\ continues 20 Divide the raee into tSo
halves Of what shoa.d ~ a perfect VINO g,
al talk Of 81 80. rig + = aus9 Aal
wAe. men are N.Aug 70 shjtS those du-
ftas that nature ID = ntted tH IN Tor ihEs-
icaliy ana ,rt,llertratsS upon women.
whose hr~feus 'mlprset ay nature. uirn
cannot relieve ber or share In, then they
commit a pAIpabie and raonslr3us MUS
toe
II .ha-e are errors 10 bs corrected ~
tsa hagct. IKE dGty - Cnffstian men ~
citizens q this groat yeput1-. : 10 take
a vital interest y tn@ 3esf OPS o. TIE
sav: - put their shoulder 80 {ae wheel
ara wo-k oat resofu1s wHere necessary.
not % saw 20 women already efh}.rde-1-
"a We are anti 20 tram TIE Jaws or -
enforce them proper y. Leave Yoar home
dates ara come o8t .nf2 tass place =
corruption w1.cn We cAaf4ol cleanse 3ad
make ti rG~e aut clean 3or Hs'
Aaa'. nslsNe mat 81 .3cs + 50 impure.
sen't believe that auY 1a13on : growing
wore | don't believe 1nat II = arr the
poor srect mans ~ humanity nat tae suf-
- ISIS make FSen oat 20 De
The aagy of women everywhere - to
make aor;e : center - 9 Light ana gess.
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