Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-03-17
ARGUES
AGAINST
SUFFRAGE
Alice H. Wilbur, President OF
the Oregon Anti Suffra-
giSt Association

Iinalienablc. even in the male citizen.
Nobody questions the right Of the state
to withhold It in MANY instances al.
| ready Massachusetts, refuses it to ID.
Ilteratos. an states reserve the right 60
make what registration rules they
please ani citizens conform 20 them
without a question
Now. iu regard TO the taxp1yiug
woman. The watchword Of our orpon-
euts "Taxation without representa-
ron.' is utterly inappropriate to the
question. IN a rcpublic like ours taxa.
tion cannot fairly have anything to DO
with representation. and. as a matter Of
fact. it does not. A man worth a mill
ion has no more suffrage right than a
paupcr. Wealthy and intelligent min
/ ors have M vote nor DO non Presidents.
I But even II taxation could be made a
claim for suffrage (Which we do not
admit). the interest Of the tax.payiug
woman. which is identical with that Of
tbo tax paying man, IL better represent
cl now than II the right were extended
ip all women. The proportion Of tax.
payers among women Is 70 much smaller
than among men that the tax.paying Ia.
iercsi is now in a largcr proportion to|
ih" whole vote thBu % would be- II an
women were allowed 10 vote.
Tho third claim is that the suffrage isI
needed by the working girl because it
would raiso hcf wages How is the bal
iUi 60 raise wages for womcni Has it
ever donc Il Tor mcni During The hari
times when thoupuis OF voting men
bad nothing 90 do. wuuld thcy not have
rrcaicd wugos, 90 say nothing of rails.
ing them Tor themselves. II 70 had BEEN |
iu their powcri Wage arc a question
of demand and supply
womau's labor Ia Of necessity uu
ssillcl from thr hack Of p.runuen,e,
Statistics of tho United States show
that iho majority of working women
are uu,lor ea years of age After that
large Numbers of them marry. They
cSp''gt this quite rIghtly anl as con.
srquonye they go into The trades that
arr quickly i'aruc,h AMI easily learned
and ihrFo are necrssafily tho ill-paid
ones These are che rcasons Tor tho
low,g wages ramed by women, not the
hack of suffrage
The fourth claim s that women need
th" ballot 20 gain equality before the
law. ! have complied "a statement of
tho legal position ~ woman la Oregon.
and la NO caas is she az a disadvantage. /
AMI in many Instances she b. better
eiFoumstanced than man. This h tueI
la matters ~ going into business in
tho holding of Propsrty iu her dover
right o. h~r d~ceasI husbanI's prop,
sriN, ami iu hor responsibility. siyiuvl |
aud financially ln h"r rights over her
'l l'irou st''is equal wiih h.r husllaul |
bat b is always the poliey of the courts
10 give the preference 90 the mother
when there is che slightest ,hau,e for
20 doing So that at least iu this state |
his argument does not apply
i.et us coupo now 90 the consideration
n ~" matter ou ts Isactieal sih, Ap- |
'arcutly, the first result Would b. the
nsse douHiug of che lgesent vote. with
io ihcreuce iu Result. and a correspond.
ng ooutl.ug Of expense and nervous
'ncrgy. iu this case nothing woull he
,aint'L hut DO Is claimed thai woman 3
'ote will ho purv better than man s.
s that truei Experience in the suf.
aug" safss ahous that the large ma ior-
a of womeu aro inlidsrent 20 the hal
o1 Mos women Of the better CLASSES
're 500 oui only a. the persistent call n
10 ih political worker, % and rho low
- ciasses both Ia Ignorance and vice.
no mastered in uu by the boss the
mployer Or the police
When you face those conditions how
ao0h strong'g for good is the good
'oman without the ballos She NAV
~ the Pueiic pres, she may unite IN
.uolie II sho chooses ami speak with a
a'ghty voicN she has unlimited inaa.
nce IN private and the forces of evil
aunot unite 90 eouuteuct her.
We have looked al some Of the a.. >
scts IN which this question Affects the
.atA Lei % now see how il would al. /.
80 woman hegself, This Is one of the
lost Shfhcult Phases of il an becau.s
is one upon vhich women the1nsslvesl
.sagroe naosi Wildly. One wOmau avs.
1 do nos want 20 vote but am viz &
= otAers shouAd'' Bot you can 4
ara IL IN that way II suefraee comes n
= o1ty every wOuan mOst ful6R. \
. PriViAege sso may scospt or rejest
- tho 49, of IL via Be fO1ced upou :,