The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-03-12

Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, OF Ohio. !
Among the speakers were Miss Emma
Gillette, OF Washington; Mrs. Gait,
Mrs. Richard w. Fitzgerald, of Mas
sachusetts; Senator owen, Miss Rose
Sullivan, of Utah; Mrs. Mary K.
ter Boyer, of Pennsylvania, and Miss
Gordon, of Louisiana.
Mrs. Upton introduced the suf-
fragists with the remark that she was
not afraid of the Judiciary Committee
or anybody else. She was provided
with a bell which she rang when she
thought the speakers had consumed
enough time. The first time it rang
one or two of the women looked
around in dismay. Once or twice the
bell had to be rung with great in
sistence before the enthused orator
would yield to another.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait opened
the arguments by saying that Great
Britain had done more for it's women
| in the suffrage line than has the
| United States; that South Africa and
| Canada had given the right of munic-
1 ipal suffrage to their women, while
Norway and Denmark and the other
Scandinavian countries had given
| every suffrage right to their women.
The next speaker was Senator Rob-
u
N NrctSsNo Faman suffrage.
Every good principle I have
learned" he said, everything OF
good morals and good manners I re-
ceived from a woman. And / have
observed in history that Just as high
as is the position given to women in
a nation just so surely will that ma
ton rise to distinction and fame.
Il give my adherence to this cause
with enthusiasm and with religious
zeal. know when / serve the women
l serve God. know tits just cause
because / have studied it, and / have
studied it deeply. AS the women are,
so is the nation.
when there are 6,000,O 900 women
earning their living, outside of do
nestle service, with what face, gentle
men of the committee, do you refuse
this prayer OF the women? Suffrage
is the only thing that would give
women fair compensation for their
labor. And one way the State would
/ benefit is the fact that the women's
vote. as a rule, would be against cor
ruption.
l. Some tell us that only the bad
Women would vote. l answer this
by pointing out to you that there
are so many more good women than
bad in the world. The statistics
prove this. The records of our peni-
) tCntiaries prove it. And l love the
! women's cause for the enemies it has
: made. Its enemies are the keepers
of saloons and brothels. The saloon
element always fights woman suf-
, frage. 1t was the saloon element
} that prevented the women being
: given the suffrage by the Oklahoma
constitutional convention
Representative Alexander, of New
: York, interrupted to say that great
I objection to woman suffrage would
} be that the immigrant women coming
5 into the United States would be made
} voters.
The Immigrant men," replied Mr..
| lOwen. ARE educated in the saloon.
Their women would neutralize this
! saloon vote and this would benefit
: the State Besides, they are the
2 l'women who will bear our future citi.
| zens Shall we bring up the mothers
of our citizens in the eternal belief
that they are thing apart from ouI
= Government and have no part in it?'
r Senator Owen at the conclusion OF
] his address was given an ovation BY
: the women present.
At the conclusion of the hearins
e Mrs. Upton asked the Judiciary Com
l mittee if it could not make a favor
able report on the joint resolution
to make an unfavorable one so tha
: the matter might be debated on tn,
{ floor of the House.