New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-23


zens " men shall have the right to vote on equal
terms with
without representation II tyranny" and the claim
that appeals most strongly 70 those who would
pay taxes and yet have no voice as TO how our
money shall be spent
RECENT DEFEATS
Before discussing these bills We visa to call your
attention singular fact Suffrage advocates
seem TO that the din concerning taxation
rings hollow for they do make It legislative
issue 1t has not been pressed here before Tor
twenty-five years, at least. During the last three
years suffrage propositions have met with thirty
seven defeats in twenty States, and Of all these
only two concerned taxation. In Connecticut in 1884,
the Legislature rejected bill 10 permit taXpayins
Of taxes. and in Kentucky in 1895 the House re-
Jected d proposition TO- exempt from taxation ne
property OF women while they are not permitted 70
vote ae 05 may 81 tey y n1 so y believe T Sa
you can be trusted 10 defeat them Dut even Il tney
represent only delegated power. as does the school
would give special PRIVILEGES 10 some ana Ca
privilege for lhG woman NiU mas pI'PCtIS @e ST.,
the rights or the woman VINO mas none. ny -.
would also establish injustice a. between women OF
votes as to her thousand acres than the wage
Garner would have TO her grass plot. II you
a. II st.ol Dc - i e. 20 has one vote men the
woman who owns 10000 worth Of property must
have twenty votes or she is wronged ..
These bills based upon such lndemocrauc and
exceptional conditions as % lead 10 believe that
they are intended as mere entering wedges ior a
cause that Is desperate Dne % t4e.n SsN7 ' sd
ongs ONLY in Europe while any taxpayers vote Is
an anomaly in a free land.
Unmarried women have always stood. as 10 prop
erty rights. on par VITA nm j" anynoay. re e.
wrong his wife ana mother? Laws that once oouno
meant to be protective. But. whether unmarried
or married, women cannot vote on eqIa terns
with man" for reasons mat VII be given altr L y.
the course % our argument II T. generally tnQHent
that the advocates Of woman suffrage secured ne
passage OF tne laws sV.nt pI'peFl4 Ll5l' 40 us -
,dr Niss Anthorv and Matilda Josyn Gage. tells
a different story. That work was published IN
~ he 80 IN moyeert he edtors mention as
First-''The discussion n several of the state Leg.
rAo suffrage movement began In 49,. In ~
Rhode Island passed law occurring prolttt THUS
chusetts and Texas passed such laws In $50
Maine and Alabama passed sun ia%s IN ~, W
Mssouri Psssea laws giving married women me
been dreamed 4 in Wo5i 81 teess w ao,
the following from he suffrage History; CO.
when preparing fheir nr-f volume: Ms, Pate
wrote 70 the Hon George Geddes asking VINO was
responsible for the Married Womans PROPERTY
Rights bin that was passed IN W. ana wnelIli.r
any debates haa preGeje1 H. he wr , n Ter
H ~rr orl nof,tor Va pre-cr-ed in favor OF the
bill and that came from Syracuse. and was due
10 10 ( dnbstes hat nreceled n and am quite
that IN our long discussions no allusion was made
10 anything Of the kind"
So # snpears thaf suffrage advocates had no con
ncctlon with This hfl which opened the way Tor
ing laws far more aNolIe1ite 70 . - Vort[
men. T. pampnet pH..lco . 10y ~. ~. -rcr, i-s
pr ,soa Z, is r-ecories mar b 2 church IN pre-
sflrrn ssion Of the suffrage amendment. sait: Sir
ferinnng in ls4s the male citizens q The state %
~. Y the
understand #. but actuaief by sense oi JusHc5t,
women lahored AZ that time until IN 1891 believe.
the last barriers We're stricken away
community Is civilized up The point OF enfran-
chising women q will be civilized u? 10 Inc POM
property rights with the whole material force Of
the community"
WOMEN DON'T NEED IT.
We offer the foregoing testimony that woman
does not need The property vote In self-ae-
farce These bills ask FOR the ballot in behalf OF
uorneo who hold property IN their own right; but.
the owner always adds the taxes TO the rental
Therefore. tenants and occupiers are as truly tax
nsvers and this bill. which Is urged tn behalf Of
woman suffrage and not OF taxpayers may soon
be followed by another demand for the ballot
Virtually there IS no connection between voting
and taxpaytng When a millionaire becomes
bankrupt he does not lose hts vote. This is be
cause he does lose capacity FOR the things me
Government counts on equally whether ne = rlch
or poor a taxpayer or a non-taXpayer. These ar.
Police duty, Jury tu.Si lio ~ -e.-'..s ~ i,' ~
KIaFaing and ~" a,d child is alk.
Inc property % A-li'' 80 - - M t7v
taxed anu III l''"-- -S,-br,is IDS ca
tney All ktt lHr 7l-'l1 me 49,
water police projections ere bul mere j. eNy,.i,sL
taN-the service taA men - ~ 1s'ii ~ =, -
the property Of all taxpayers %. e-s 1''!y- ~ -
the service tax thar gives So Il,y. anu ga -
T. laid upon men alone. NiiL WIS laA Eoes l..v
vote To give woman taNpa5ln- Nole WNrH --r
IS exempted by nature and civilized USE from
agtv is 10 work injustice il s. true that
Women ms ~ 3 NJ, 7n nave NOR voice than
her masclllne neigib0r with his one vote Be-
s. ies. the majority u women are aol taAI13 ~
AGAIN. he p - ~ -b.ir husbands sons and
tri@nds that they are represented by men. II