The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-10


 I .mendment which said that all women tax payers could vote without regard to age, qualincauo1' nAu- itation, or whether theN even resided In the State or not.
 was finaily amended so as 10 requ,ro them to be 21 years of age. and m. ally got in a little amendment so that they could also. if they voted. upon obligations as we'll as bonds, and after that time. it was impossible to get an amendment before this body. They were impassioned and would not near you at all. I call your attention to these facts, so that the members may be more considerate In how they act and what they do. Young man for war and old men for counsel, It Is doubtful whether I shall ever appear
 again as a public man before any au- dience, or in any community, but nave so much at heart in the ratifica-
 tion of this Constitption, that l shud- aer whenever unusual burdens are placed upon 1t. If our constituents could have been permitted yesterday evening to look into this body, they
 would have been mortified and would have turned their heads away. No
 man can doubt 1t. We pass from de-
 aiberative body almost into a state of anarchy. Now, Mir. President, Is
 there any man upon this floor, who went before his constituents and made
 @ proposition that he was going to fla vor woman suffrage. Don't you know 1t Is in direct conflict with the gen
 eral sentiment throughout the country? Cities and towns may have one view of | this question. but the people of the country, and they are in a large ma jority, both as to voters and tax pay CTS, would shrink back and shudder and abhor the idea of woman suffrage,
 and I doubt whether you will ever get
 the ratification of any such provision, tzespecially when Fhere Is no necessity for It. Just this morning, coming up here. I was introduced to two gentle men of this county, who told me that tthey lived out in the country. They
 seemed to be intelligent men. They told me that they had been with the Convention until this suffrage question was introduced, and that they would vote against 1t, If 1t was put in there. l do not mistake the people of my
 county. I feel quite sure that they will be shocked at the idea of intro ducing into our organic law woman suffrage. l am as much an admirer of women as Is any man. I desire them to occupy that place which has ele- '%NVu |iNHi So eSltGI1. | do not wish them to be lowered in
 any way, or to be brought in conflict | with the polls. and our plans of pros- | ecuting politics.
 MT. O'Neal-I move that the time of | the gentleman from Greene be extend ed ten minutes.
 MT. Oates--If can be recognized I yield one-half of my time to the gen. tleman from Greene.
 Mir. Coleman-I would rather you would speak for yourself.
 There were cries of go on, go on. I MT. Coleman-I do not propose to
 attempt to arouse your feelings in any way. could not do it. am not
 made on that style. In my own lan-
 guage, love substantial things, and
 reason. and argument. I have been accustomed to 1t, and I want to know
 how We shall make this innovation in | our organic law. when there has not | been a suggestion of 1t even, in all
 or our canvass of this State. Have we
 become suddenly wiser than those who
 sent us here. Shall we place in our Constitution here provision which
 We know public sentiment is against |?
 How can we justify ourselves? You
 may go and say that the women of
 the town ought to bs represented, and
 their property ought to be- and I ad-
 init 1t. but delegates upon this Con vention, we have arranged a suffrage plank here which will eliminate ehe
 vote that we objected to, and that was | injurious to us, and will maintain in
 power and authority for many years
 to come those who have been accus- | toned to vote in all these matters. I
 hope 1t will be reconsidered, whether
 my views be adopted or not, as to the | SuRHAgti0n that 1a h,,x tf
 you will put a provision in there just
 as We had prepared before, having n
 view all these things. that in these
 special elections mourning new obli-
 yations, issuing new bonds, x would require majority of the qualified vot-
 CTS and majority of the tax payers,
 you will represent every corporation,
 and you will represent every woman. She will be fully represented In that
 vote and t will be impossible to tax
 her property without her voice. and
 you may confine 1t, as 1t ought to be confined, to special elections for cities.
 just as this Section we are consider
 ing provides for. She will not go into
 ordinary politics at all but will be
 kept out of 1t altogether. She will
 maintain that purity and desire of af- | lection which she now possesses. and which We so much admire, and which
 we should not take any chances of
 lowering. MT. President, I do not want to trespass upon the Convention.
 would like to have made n legal ar gument.
 The President-The gentleman from Montgomery will have five minutes. MT. Oates-Mr. President, in that
 time of course I carrot elaborate or
 make any extended remarks on this question. I have seen much of the | advocates of female suffrage. Year | after year I have seen National Con ventions of them assemble in the citv
 Of Washington, and I have heard their
 discussions. and have been thrown W tn
 them a; the hotels. and I know what ehect 1t has. They scorn the main | characteristics of the old Southern civ
 liIza;ion, because our gallant men will raise tht'r hats to a lady, and never fall to give her a sea: when she has none. whether he knows her or not tApplause.) ) The advocates of female | suffrage and the most prominent ad- herents themselves despise that kind of thing. They want perfect equality: ii makes t2er1 rough and tough, and they scorn that kind of politeness on the part or men. It is, therefore, in my | Judgment degradation of woman, It | IS against our highest Southern civili- zation here, where we have the high es; womanhood the loyeliest, the most
 lntell'geht and devoted of women, of | any people on ;he fact of the earth. Now. sir, could elaborate I made a speech in 'oagress, when Wyoming | k n AVAF Fts.Tr