Los Angeles herald., 1906-09-30

Purity and Politics" and "The Curse
and the Cure" will be the topics Of
Hon. Tom Fitch, the eloquent orator
Of the golden west, and Judge j. 5
Noyes, the profound jurist, at the Los
Angeles county convention of the Equa
Suffragists at Blanchard hall next
Wednesday evening
That men of many classes and pro-
fessions are equal suffragists as well a!
the women is shown by the sentiments
expressed by men, and which will bt
demonstrated in public at this con-
vention.
Following are some of the expressions
given by prominent men by way o.
communications addressed to Mrs. Lulr
Pile Little, vice president at large OF
the Los Angeles county Equal Suffrag-
ist league.
On the broadest grounds of equity
which woman holds by birth just as
all human beings have the birthright
Of civil liberty, are the expressions Of
W. A. Spalding. He writes:
Takes Broad Ground. of Equity
st favor the exercise of the fran
chise by women on the broadest
ground of equity, If governments exist
by the consent of the governed, and
for the benefit of the governed, then
women should have as much to say
as men about the form and the policy
of government under which they live
Women constitute approximately one
half of every adult community They
are governed as much as men, namely,
are subject to the same general law. II
they own property they must pay
taxes, the same as men, to sustain the
government.
1.-The right to the franchise cannot
be granted to or withheld from wo-
man, because it is an equity which she
holds by birth, just as all human be-
ings have the birthright of civil lib
erty. The opportunity to vote may be
denied to woman, but that is a mere
exercise of physical force-the force
of precedent, of bigotry, of Ignorance
and injustice. The right of woman to
participate in her own government is
God given right and just as. inalien-
able as her right to breathe.-William
A. Spaulding"
Women Have More at Stake
]. H. Braly, the retired banker
thinks that women have more at stake
in governments and homes than the
men have, and that they should be
clothed with the influence which the
ballot alone can give for the protection
of country, home and children.
1T believe in equal suffrage" writes
mands It, Woman has more at stake
in government and home and children
than men have. They should be
clothed with that powerful influence
which the ballot alone can give for the
protection of country, home and child
rem.
THE greater virtue resides in wo-
man. Let that greater virtue express
itself through the ballot whre 1t will
do the greater good.
Equal suffrage wherever tried has
produced beneficial results, socially
morally and politically. Nearly all the
leading bankers of Wyoming in 1896
testified to me of the good effects OF
equal suffrage in that state-puttine
better laws on the statute books and
better men in Office to enforce them.
"I am for equal suffrage because OF
the quality of the classes opposed tc
it. The saloon, the libertine, the gam.
bling and all other vicious classes are
more or less actively opposed to equa
suffrage.-J. H. Braly."
Dwells on High Plane
Judge Curtis d. Wilbur believes that
the average woman dwells on a higher
plane religiously, spiritually and moral
ly than does the average man and that
she is needed along the lines of the
Legislative work and should have as
much to say in affairs as hobo who
steals her chickens.
why do l believe in equal suffrage
Because the woman is particularly In,
terested In the home and In the main.
tenance OF its integrity and because
the nations welfare depends upon the
home. Because the woman approaches
all moral questions arising in govern.
ment from different standpoint thar
man, and her comparative isolation
from the problems OF the world seems
to give her a truer STANDARD of NOR
ality.