The age-herald., 1901-06-23

of voters, for there is no such provision contained in the ordinances; and
 Third, It was not with any desire to "Yankeize" the women of the South or raise up crop of Mrs. Leases or Mrs. Nation's," as some have said, but solely and purely from a desire
 1. To save and preserve white su- premacy in the State by increasing the white vote of this state to more than double what 1t now is.
 ?. To preserve and protect the true wo- manhood of our women by putting in their hands a weapon of defense against the corrupt and corrupting methods of men who love office and plunder better than good government, and who stand ready to affiliate with negroes and any other persons in order to accomplish their purpose.
 g. To purify our politics and our ballot boxes, one of the avowed purposes which called this convention together. 4. To elevate the character of the ser vices of men in office and so give us the best and purest such as our officials. 5. To counteract the evils of negro suf- frage which under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitu- tion of the United States we are power less to prevent.
 6. To give to the women of our State the right and the priviledge to vote on the questions of taxation State, County | and Municipal, when it is sought to fas- ten upon their property onerous and un- necessary taxes, which are imposed by men alone, and oftentimes for their own
 selfish purposes, to the depletion in value and often times the loss or embarrass- ment of their entire estate.
 T Our WOmen. now QcCllpV a very differ ent relation to the community from what | they did before the war. Then all that a l girl had to do was to grow up in refined and cultured society, obtain finished education, depend entirely upon father, husband, son or brother, for protection from insult or wrong, marry at eighteen and settle down in a home provided by
 father, and live a happy and contented
 life with servants to do her bidding, and surrounded by all that was calculated to refine and elevate character.
 Now they are thrown out into the world
 on their own resources, dependent upon | their own weak arms for protection, while | they pursue the walks of life, once as- | signed to our men only; they are now l merchants, bankers, lawyers. doctors, pub | fishers and, I may say, they are in almost every department of business and my contention is that they should receive from our laws the same means of pro- tecting themselves and have a voice in the making of the laws which govern and control their property, as men have. l 8. In the language of one of the great est statesmen of this or any other age, "We must save white women's suffrage, as last resort, to save the honor of the blood of their children. They must not be disfranchised by making a sex quali- fication for suffrage"
 These are some of the reasons which in- spired my ordinance, and alone am re- | sponsible for it, and If there is any odium, ridcule or shame to be visited upon any one for the Introduction of this ordinance I am the ohe to bear 1t all. and I am not afraid to take all the responsibility for this act, feeling sure that ''woman's suf- frags' mus. come sooner or later.