The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-03-20
w. U. N,
CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. L. HOBBS.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.

keV. Dr. EcOu, ioiiiciiy "a ~'S"
York. later OF Colorado, now OF
Philadelphia, said at the recent Fes-
tival of the New England Woman
Suffrage Association
II am glad in few words 10 give
you my impressions OF equal sun.
rage in Colorado. l had the good
fortune to live in that new kingdom
for two years. l will tell you some
of the things ! saw, and some OF the
things ! did not zee. :.
The first thing which impressed
me was that the women weie more
serious than the average OF woman
elsewhere, and that they we're dis
cussing different order OF subjects.
The topic was not hats or pink or
yellow teas, but questions OF the
state, of the city, and especially OF
the schools. You could not find
group OF mothers anywhere but they
we're discussing the best interests OF
the schools, and inviting the teach
Gs to their homes, and trying TO
elect the best men to the school
board. | said to myself, Colorado
is now where New England was
fifty years ago." New England is
a spirit and it has gone westward.
The second thing noticed was
that municipal affairs we're regarded
as the larger housekeeping, and at
every little social function the wo-
men, instead Of talking about their
servants, were discussing the welfare
of the city.
In the third place, | found the
women reading the newspapers, and
things relating to the welfare OF the
state. and keeping in close touch
with all the doings Of the political
parties. This is one Of the most
important gains Of equal suffrage
for those mothers were instructine
not only their daughters but thell
sons in all the elements of good citi'
zenship.
An election was held soon after
got there, and | went to see. Al
the carriages came up and deposit
ed the women voters, there was
young woman busy among them
I saw at once that she was lady
| found afterwards that she was the
daughter OF a multi-millioneir, one
of the socially elect. But there she
was, explaining to the women, anc
to the poorer women especially. the
nature OF the ballot, and how &c
vote. Here was the beginning OF
break in that iron system OF caste
which holds infinitely more among
women than among men; and be
lieve it is because women are no
voters. The women held clul
meetings, and took pains to 60 ano
visit the women in the poorer quar-
tiers and explain the issue to them
liz a washerwoman was busy, he
visitor, perhaps one Of the fines
women in the city, would go righ
into the room where the tubs were
} and without interrupting her worl
: would sit there explaining to her.
; Another thing l experienced, wa
going with my wife to vote, and
was a very simple and agreeabl
process. 1t was not hall SO tire
some as going shopping with you
wife. How has the notion eve
arisen that women would be in an
waycompromised by going With thei
bus bands and brothers to perforr
a,that simple action? Since | hav
? done il, cannot imagine how an
: body ever thought 80. Going to
big department store, and hop
afterwards on crowded trolly
lis far worse. Women at the Ea-
often say TO me. How about eoin
Ito those polling places?" The
have in mind such polls as are ofte
found in The Middle States, wh.r
lno decent man ought to be require
Ito 90. In Colorado. when the w
linen were to be voters, tn pol
ii were put IN respectable places.
dI Now, as to the things cid ne
ii see. did not see universal reform
lMhy should we expect 70? Grea
moral reforms ale OF slow growth
Ion the other hand, | did not -
any disrupted homes. One thing
did see, often. Some overworke
man would remark, II said TO III
wife, you have been at the clu
meetings where the tickets we
thoroughly discussed bv those vi
know about the candidates. No
YOU tell me +" A busy physicii
laid nI always have nv wife NAL