The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-11-06
Woman Suffrage a Live Issue
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It's constitution
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f. tn. tertiary 80 t'tnh the
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tI.H Missed hS mct II t'omEfes#
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t th. saartgtugsnn uhieh Maa euf-
IS F#G t utah voters oW1s anB
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f.fs .s alualtted as Stafs igt 1aaae
.rE lstt. olth women full} eDfsn
fu Il.ha the general election
auatigutiousl amendment
ss#us women fuli suufeee WaH aul
1a#sfsf ta fHs Votvrs. II kyAH enInrnf {
HE fH L.ur af the potltica. PARTIES ar.
oafr..t as majority of aAs&.
4# hr@ in iSsT the Legislature
f..-..I 4 Itil by 4 vote of - tg in
.Ht S.uaie. ana 20 a. Il in lhe Heus
comforting the municipal francoise
uFa# ffie Es n1cu of the state
in Ns.h.sa8 tu 1879 iha i<e6 tAs
t.eo n. ~ majority gaNe fnumir
Ira# ~4HrHee 70 women. but tte }ta
ssa4 declared unconstitutional hS 90
sa# #tefu, court
Ia Mautana. in 1850 women prap-
eIf. aaH,uuEa Nero granted vote an Ail
.H.at .#.. SSH uittssd t. tANpatefM IIt.a
.t#... rlehl wax inenrporated u fh
usN ,uu #f#satton Of Louisiana if
INsN Meaeu can exercise the Ertt
H.re aI.s iu aeYen thlrd-ciass oltIrs ln
N.a York.
IL iowa they may vote ou questions
~ bonding he municipality ln AtN-
u.#5tl fHT library tFnHtcva: ~ bsi
aware IU four towns for comnts sflaf>-
srs a 81 N@iHsipit on several ans
Important uaiterH. IN Arkanaaa thes
has, y voice lu local option.
40 ore Whp examines fhese stBtt#-
taee ,au fail 10 see a steady adNHn'7
"a tbu direction OF woman NdiiFaEtr
WITH uo rHffogreasiofl. la only "h"
@iHglr Instance has tho ballot herW
ta}.eu away from women after it was
granted VIZ IN the territory ~
Washington This WAS done after its
legality had been three timeH declared
hk different Legislature through
8e rsty und most unjust decision ut
tar supreme Court which Ma in ai-
rect contradiction of the argante acs
uaatr witch the territory wssS organ
il.8-
3h~ only logical conclusion must
be that the advance viii continue.
aud this IS the more ifr"sialnhle tH-
cause Nomen themselves are dcreinu-
ne rapidly In education, busHo
ahtifig. GrEHHizod work. Nei{-Fcl aiSc"
and kuos.l lodge N public affatrs TheN
are also becoming large property
holder 1Hd Taxpayers, and aH h.it %
are demanding voice In question:
directly aac ting their financial intaf
rEtsa claim which public hentsmen
ia largely Inclined to grant The r4W
uuucd policy ~ our government haf
been To extend the suffrage until uoa
All classes af cittzens are cufrauehlrrd
with tho one and only exception ~
women. IN natural sequence III
mH@t bo tho next to receive thr ballot.
A. has been shown above the Tine ia
already broken IN many places au1
the movement under headWay which
.uu-t inevitably result in making ail
women. subject only TO such reHltic-
tau# aa aanly 70 mcn-a part ~ thr
electoral tody
"Eut" the question viii be aakel.
"eau you t0d ary announcement lr
the defeats which the suffrage ann fu'.
msWf has ustt When IL has been *ofn
oH iu tIe Z nerent Statcs2' Yee de-
ciaeaIy.