Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1902-01-16

tHe interest seems TO Ceut6r III TN
ballot and all else is, for the time
perhaps, forgotten. But, if occas
sion brought it forcibly to our
minds, we might realize that thu
laws of Idaho and in most, / ma,
say all, of the states of the union
recognize man as the head of tb,
household and consequ emily many
privileges and rights are given him
that his equal does not have.
This clipping will perhaps con.
vey the meaning much better than
| / can:
DID YOU KNOW THAT?"
In thirty-seven states of these
United States a married mother
has no legal right to her children.
In sixteen states wife has no
right to her own earnings outside of
the home.
In eight states woman has no
right to her own property after
marriage.
In seven states there is no law
compelling man to support his
family.
Taking things to heart prominent
women Of New York have formed
National League, for the purpose
of doing away with them. Discus
sing these things the New York
Journal is led to remark: I'VE
hope they may succeed If women
who bear children, who nurse them
In sickness, whose existence is
bound up in babyhood, have no
right to their babies, who on earth
has?"
1t seems strange fact that the
remarkable legislators who passed
this law in thirty seven states were
once babies themselves. Perhaps
the curriculum of an incubator
would have made them think and
act differently.
Why should a wife not have a
right to her own earnings? What
justice is there in that law which
prevails in sixteen states which al
lows a recreant and drunken hus-
band to despoil his wife of the mon
ely she has earned?
Who gave the small atom shaped
after the fashion of Adam the right
to bull doze the smaller atom
shaped after the fashion of Eve2
Not less idiotic is the law prevail
ing in eight states which takes
away the right of a woman to her
own property after marriage Thus
then the marriage law in these
states may be made the vehicle of
downright thievery by men who
care nothing for the sanctity of
the vow.
Taken as a whole, the women of
the National Legislative League
have good basis of fact to work
on.-The Houskeeper.
Idaho stands first, | am sure, in
the union for justice to women, and
while we recognize this and are du-
" thankful we have a feeling of
pity for the poor sisters of other
states who are not 80 fortunate,
and, were it possible, | am sure we
would all lend a helping hand to
those who are endeavoring to have
the laws changed, and how better
go about this work than by organ
lied club work.
Following are a few laws of our
state that might be changed for the
better. H. Upon the marriage of
a couple the husband assumes con-
troll and management of all proper
ty she may at that time possess, al
tho he cannot dispose of or encum-
Der said property. q. In the APP
pointment of a guardian for child,
the father is first choice and the
mother second. (3.) | know of no
place compelling husband to sup
port a wife other than his marriage
vows, but find a paragrah rum
ming like this: 1.-THE wife must sup
port the husband out of her sepa-
rate property, earnings, etc, when
he has no separate property or there
is no community property, and he,
from infirmity, is not able to sup
pert HIMSELF (4) Upon death of
wife the entire community proper
ty, without administration, belongs
to husband, while upon death of
husband, one-half goes to wife and
the other half (by will or other
wise) to heirs, which if there are no
children, means father or mother, il
none living, then to brothers and
sisters or their heirs, and after ev-
cry other heir has been named and
none are living as fourth or fifth
consideration, property may 60 te
wife. Now, these are only few
and there are numerous others !
suppose | might name. One of the
principal flaws of our state should
be strong one compelling q man
to marry the girl he has robbed o.
a good name. Ifsuch one existed
| am sure young men and women
would be more careful OF their good
name.
| have taken this method to pres