Evening journal., 1906-11-12
WOMEN fight ON
FOR SUFFRAGE
Want Congress TO Adopt a
Sixteenth Amendment to
Gers itlIliOn

Following Is a synopsis OF the address
delivered By Mrs. Anna $. shaw az
the recent Newport meeting Of the
Delaware Woman's Suffrage Society.
From failure ard cefcat IN lie as on the
battlefield often cause accomplishment
ana triumph in the end Not having a
victory Is not always a defeat, and the
temporary loss OF The day in oreg-n
where The recent effort TO secure th adol-
ton Of AN Equal Suffrage amendment 70
the stnie Constitution was thwartCd- by
a combination of interests in.m cl TO it
from purely selfish and personal motives,
will prove the Bunker Hill of the cause.
Looked at from a positive point Of view
tho campaign furnishes food for thought
and cause for encou. cement Not ns In
favor OF Woman sufflasc were $500 OF
the qualified electors Of Oregon Work.
ing. scaemms and voting asnnst Il were
the Southern Pacific Railroad. the e.and-
ard on Company, the lquoi dcale s wfo
hoastcd that they spent n quarter OF a
million to defeat Il, the Rapubl can "nl-
chino" IN Portland and the Dsmt crlt
machine" IN the state. in eddinon TO
the Cinnamon. Indians and negroes who
almost 10 a man voted adversely Strange
as it aperars. the Oppressed cissses are
usually against u.s. and IN proportion TO
the degree of ignorance, Is the vote
against Us.
Women secure Their pa teal IT edom
under o monarchioal form OF government
more readily than IN a republican. Fin
land. Italy and Holland have declared fer
womans enfranchissmcnt Norway and
Denmark have granted municipal lffrase
to them. whio France and the hepub ic
OF switzerland like that ~ the United
states continue &c Withhold this risat NJ
horont though il is. I'm Eng and. tho L'h-
cral Womans League helped the Liberal
party TO victory. yet this party was un-
true 20 its promises TO the womcn and
failed 70 brng before Parliament bin
eiantlng them ful suffrage In the case
81 cur own country which we fear VIII
be- the last stronghold Of liberai SIN Tn
the Quest on. we have as Jcgislitui or|
"rar.iamentsr before VII oh Il must pass
81 "A successfi issue Therefore IL IS that
rnaor a ne. ahi can form q government
are tho difficulties greater 20 ba overcome
ard the proba bnitlcs w,th sorrow be II
sa.d. in favcr of sur nation b.ing dsst nsd
10 come into line last Of all. cesp te rs
be- sted freedom. Yet it is better to I've
nnder a Republican torm If government
knd 70 sufcr from grew ns pains as we
DO. fhan to be bound as In a Chinese boot
under monarchy.
The ercltest Ges dsratnm IN this human
iso Of ours Is the development 81 me
haman soul. and that form OF goYeram. nj
ana those institutions are the BIS wh'eh
bcet enc.nfage this dsve o ment Herein
re ohe ADVANTAGE. the value Of reguo
n, over a monarchy-t.at the former
II, ta gerry thoofy and nature foster m
d.,idusl euowth and responsib hty
IAN who bear tho resrons ibiiiies oi
government should share rs benefits and
vote for its ruiers wcmcn not eSceptei'
fad Abraham Lincoln. ard sur country y
WIN be a real republic only when wcmer
vote equally with men,
Nothing develops Character better than
ihs bearing OF respoas.b ~ ana we afe
cacA Of us respons ib e 10 an extent. ioi
the code OF the community cf VIII ch we
form "a rart. no man CT woman can alfofd
~ ray 1T matters not what do or say.
we are Of valro we are human souls,
ca part OF that Overssul whence an come
ana we owe It 70 the slndreot herei.to'
or influence of the community oa those
GROWING up in II not only to aim ftr
and 10 attain the highest personal
development but to use evcsy direct lc-
Ultimate means w.tain our rover T. adj
vance the welfare cf that community.
That the ballot is one of these means and
one cf the most efficient women do net
seem TO realize. If they did they would
surely lay hold upon 81 70 WELD an added
influence TO that wh'oh they now
possess.
Never was there a time when more IN
terest was manifested IN the cause or
more organizations working for il than
now. and perhaps as Finland has so un-
expectedly gained fun suffrage for its
women. ouS great country may In q brief.
er time than we think. emancipate IT.
unfranchised citizens and remove the las
barrier 10 a true republic.
An effort win be made by the Delaware
Association 20 induce member OF ths
next Legislature TO present joint r.so.
luton 70 both Houses requesting Con
gress 10 submit 20 all the State Leg 'sla.
lures a 10th amendment granting SUI
frase TO women
-, mans suffrage bill has been il
slr~r IN for 30 years. Il comes up ever,
put is seldom reported, the com
ally Heine packed with mem
'9al Suffrage. The Stat