Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-30
PROMINENT CITIZENS
FOR EQUAL SUFFRAGE
Symposium of Opinions of Men Who Go Upon
Broad Ground Of Simple Equity-Program
for the Coming Convention

dwellS on a higher plane reigiously,
spiritually and morally than does the
average man, and we need her help
along these lines in Legislative mat
ters. Because she has to live here
and ought to have as much to say
about the government she pays taxes
to as the hobo who steals her chick
ens.-Curtis D. Wilbur
James H. Housh thinks that the wo-
man could vote as intelligently as the
foreigners who vote under naturaliza-
tion secured as soon as possible after
arriving in this country. He writes:
do beAeve in equal suffrage? Yes
The student body attending our Uni
versity of Southern California COM
prises young men and women. They
study science, mathematics, languages,
history, economics, sociology and phil
osophy. The women take higher rank
in scholarship. They understand the
branches they study. They are intel
ligent citizens. They are patriotic and
understand the spirit and form of our
social, civil and political institutions.
These women would vote at our cleo
tion with more Intelligence and pa
triotiSm than most foreigners who vote
under naturalization secured at the
earliest moment after landing upon our
shores. They would save the country
as our young men do. Yes, l would
give the women the franchise.-James
H. Housh."
Rev. Burt Estes Howard thinks that
IL we are to have a limited suffrage
as now that the right to vote should
be withheld from some men and should
be extended to some women. He
writes:
DisIlkes Present System
Il see no valid reason against giving
women the right to vote that does not
apply with equal force against giving
men the right to vote. If we are to
have universal suffrage, then the ballot
must be granted to women or the suf-
frage ceases to be universal. If we
are to have limited suffrage as we do
now, then, In my opinion, the right to
vote should be withheld from some
men and should be extended to some
women. There should be no sex in
citizenship. Right should be granted
with reference to capacity, to exercise
them intelligently and on no other
ground. But If woman claims an equal
right with man before the law, she
must not attempt to evade the con-
sequences of her act, done under the
law, on the ground that she is wo-
man. If there is no sex in right, there
is no sex in law.-Burt Estes Howard"
l.. e. Gates is strongly in favor of
equal suffrage. He writes:
Every argument or reason which
Cdil NC uISeu III IaVOr or mans Suf-
frage applies equally in favor of wo-
mans suffrage. The Declaration of
independence will not be wholly true
until all of the governed have a voice
In the government. We fought to free
the negroes and why should we not
be willing to free the women?-L. C.
Gates"
Program Of Convention
Following is the program of the Los
Angeles county Equal Suffrage league
conventions
10 A. M, woMANs CLUB HOUSE
Invocation, Mrs. Mary A. Kinney.
Call to order
Organization.
Annual report.
OF wards.
New business
Election of officers.
Adjournment
p. M. WoMAN's CLUB HOUSE
Greeting OF fraternal delegates.
Symposium-"What Advantage Has
to the World at Larger
It's Early History" DR.. Sarah Howe
: In II, Education" Mrs. Kate Reynolds
:, : In Professional Life" Mrs. Eliza
in I'm Business" Bertha Hirsch Baruch.
Mrs. Willoughby Rodman.
Report of committee on resolutions.
Introduction of officers elected
+. M, BLANCHARD HALL
Music.
Address, Purity in Politics." Hon.
Thomas Fitch.
The Curse and the Cure" Judge ]. s.
COMMITTEES
Constitution-Miss Elizabeth Kenney
Resolutions-Mrs. Mary Kenney DR.
sarah Morris, Mrs. Esther Carpenter.
PRINTING and programs-Mrs Little,
Mrs. Porter, Mrs Fred Taft
Auditing-Mrs. Kenney.