East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-06

Athena, May 7.--(Editor East Or
egonian. Are we all cranks and
people of whimsical and chimerical
ideas who advocate woman suffrage
in Oregon? Is 1t an idhotic idea for
a man to say unto woman: Madam.
in truth, we are created equal and
our American government derives
its just power from the consent of
the governed" "You are governed
by the government and It should have
your consent" You should have
something to say about the making
and execution OF the laws of this
state" Your sex-many of them
are very large taxpayers in Oregon;
yet they have nothing to say about
the law of taxation; and Taxation
without representation is tyranny
THE majority of school teachers in
Oregon are female; these teachers
many thousand school children i'm the
state: vet they have no voice in the
selection OF those who make the
school laws" Madam, there are
mary political rights in the state Of
oregon that men enjoy, but you and
your sex are denied them"
Women Classcd With Criminals.
In great many states of the Amer
lean republic we find statutes read
ing: ""All persons are qualified to act
as such officers except infants, idiots,
lunatics, aliens, convicts, habitual
gross drunkards, spendthrifts, and
MARRIED WOMEN" These stat
utes would apply in cases of execu-
tors aud administrators, guardians,
and many other things where great
many married women would certainly
be interested.
Up to the year 1903, we had the
following statutes and it was the law
in the state of Oregon: 1.-The following
persons are not qualified to act as ex-
ecutors or administrators; Non-res-
idents of this state, minors, judicial
Officers, other than justices of the
peace: persons of unsound mind, or
who have been convicted of any fell
ony. or of a msdemeanor involving
moral turpitude; or a married wo-
man." The legislature of 1908
amended this statute so as to allow a
married woman to be an executor OF
administrators.
1t was not until the year 1880 that
the mother was as fully entitled tc
the custody and care of her children
and their earnings as the father
Now, and since then, the rights of the
parents are equal relative to theii
children.
In the year 1850. the legislature Of
Oregon enacted the following statute
"All laws which impose or recognize
civil disabilities upon wife which
are not imposed or recognized as ex
listing as to the husband are hereby
repealed: Provided. that this act shall
not confer the right to vote or hole
office upon the wife, except as i
otherwise provided by law; and 70,
any unjust usurpation of her prop
erty or natural rights she shall havt
the same right to appeal in her owl
name alone to the courts of law o.
equity for redress that the husband
has"
Has No Voice I'm Trials.
A woman can not sit upon a jur.
in the state of oregon; yet, on ac
count of many of them having exten
sive property interests, they are oftel
involved in litigation, and they ca'
not have any of their rights passe'
upon by a jury of their peers" bu
must intrust all of such matters L
men. Until 1885 she was not permit
ted to practice law. If one of he
sex commits a crime or is accused q
committing crime, she can not b
tried by a jury of her sex. She bear
children, the children that grow t
manhood and womanhood, and suf