St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1904-08-10
vermonters on Equal Suffrage.

these things" Phil. = :s.
Wendell Phillips Stafford, Judge OF
Supreme Court: Suffrage is. both right
and a duty. Viewed either way, it be-
longs to woman as much as to man.
Gen. o. o. Howard, Burlington: For
many years / have had this conviction
that women ought not to be denied the
right OF suffrage and that they will,
eveatually, vote IN every state.
Hon. James Hutchinson, Randolph: l
have always been in favor OF woman
suffrage. Women are equally interested
with men, IN good government and good
laws.
Mrs. Mary w. Foster, Montpelier:
JusrIce, alone, is sufficient CLAIM OF
woman tor the ballot. Women no more
than men should be controlled by laws
they have no voice IN making.
Kew. Edward L. FAIRBANKS, d. D., St.
Johnsbnry: l think OF suffrage as an
obligation appropriate to any man or
woman W no mas intelligent, serious In
terest IN the public welfare.
Hon. Joseph {. Jones, Rutland: Unless
we take d very narrow view OF the
creator, and assume the slgners OF the
Declaration OF independence were in
sincere IN their posltlon, there is no Pos
sIDle argument against equal r1gnts tor
all. 70 limit the Word men as apply
ing to one sex, only, would be unnatural,
unequal and unjust.
Horace w. Bailey, U. S. Marshall,
District OF Vermont: / believe sex SnOuId
not be a bar against equal suffrage; and
that the ballot should De put within the
reach OF woman, whether she demands lt
or not.
Col. Porter II. Dale, Island Pond:
Advancement and development will,
naturally, give the ballot to women,
and as these are years OF speedy pro-
erosion, they should be hopeful to those
who desire To hasten more liberal iegis-
lat1On on this subject.
Col. George T. Childs, ST. Adams: l
am in favor OF woman suffrage because,
under republican form OF government,
1t is just and righteous, altogether.
Miss Caroline Scott, Barnet: Woman
needs the ballot for self protection. Her
claim is sustained by the Golden Rule
and should be granted.
6. T. Shanks, Editor 1.-The Sitter"
South Londonderry: I believe that the
next step in line of, human progress
should be the complete enfranchisement
of woman, the fairer and more spiritual
part of humanity.
Mrs. A. d. Chandler, Barton Landing:
1 am believer in full Acknowledgement of
women on equal terms with men. am
a citizen of the state; amenable to all
the laws of the state; but am taxed with
out representation, contrary to the con-
stitution of the United States. there
fore, demand the ballot, because 1 be-
ieve it to be right and just.
Rev. Edward M. Fuller, Field Secre-
tary Vt. S. S. Association, Burlington:
So long as more than seventy-fve per
cent. OF the teachers in our schools are
women, to whom we intrust the duty of
fitting the boys to become citizens, it is
inconsistent to deprive these women OF
the privileges of citizenship. [ hope the
day will soon come when simple justice
will be done to those, who contribute
more than any other class to a high
standard of citizenship, our mothers and
our sisters.
Hon. Elisha May, St. Johnsbury: In
quickness, honesty, sincerity and interest
in poor humanity, woman excels man.
Why then deprive her of the strongest
weapon with which she may fight the
battle tor good government, temperance
and the purity of the home?
Mrs. Inez E. Campbell, Bellows Falls:
America is the boosted land of liberty. /
simply ask that one citizen have as much
liberty as another under the laws.
Rev. J. K. Fu' r, Windsor, Chaplain
State Prison: l consider the claims of
the Vermont Woman's Suffrage Associa-
ton worthy of the attention and sup
port OF all good citizens, because / be-
lieve such claims are right. Municipal
suffrage should be given to women.
Reason and justice demand it.
Ex-Gov. Samuel E. Pingree, White
River Junction: Woman has not yet
attained her proper niche, and never will
until admitted to the full rights of suf
/ trage which men have.
Mrs. Mary E. Tucker. Brattleboro: 1
ask for full suffrage because our govern
ment rests upon the consent of the gov
erned" and only men are represented in
the consent; because there is no argu-
ment against woman suffrage that is
not based upon prejudice, and does not
rest with equal force upon the men and
initiate against their justice in denying
the ballot to their mothers, sisters, wives
and daughters.
Rev. Henry A. Goodhue, Brattleboro:
Women as class are superior to men in
purity, morality and religion. Wherever
women have been given the ballot, and
the Eight has been used, competent testi-
| mony proves. the experiment has worked
| well, therefore am fully in favor OF Civ
ing to women the right of suffrage on an
equality with men.
Rev. A. l.. Loder, Thetford: AS women
are taxed when they have property, they
should also, have the opportunity to
vote, if they have the desire.
Mrs. Jane Marlette Taft, Burlington
have always believed in woman
suffrage. The need of woman's voice
| and influence in the affairs of the state, is
| fully as great az in the home.
| Arthur F. Stone. Editor of the GALE
DOMAIN: When our lawmakers pass a
| law giving women the rights that have
| long been denied them, Vermont will
| have taken a forward step in a career
that has been marked with many notable
sacrifices and achievements. The en-.
trance of women into the political life Of
a commonwealth would result in pure1
politics and higher ideals of public ser
| vice.
Prof. Henry Nd. Seely, Middlebury Col
lege: Daughters are as capable of de
Gliding on political matters as sons; and
| would cast a ballot as wisely as sons