The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1909-06-05

quoted Judge Lindsay Of the juvenile
court Of Colorado as saying that the
good laws for children IN Colorado are
due to the womens votes
Following Miss Chase address came
an address BY Rev. Walter Dole Of
Northfeld Mr. Dole spoke in favor q
the suffrage movement and was followed
by Dr. s. N. Gould Of Randolph, who also
gave strong talk in favor Of equal
right. The afternoon session was closed
with a question box, when Hon. Henry
b. Blackwell OF Boston answered many
questions pertinent 70 the rights Of wo-
mans suffrage
The Evening Session.
The evening session was opened at
1880 with a prayer by Rev. w. =. Brais-
ted and the minutes Of the afternoon ses-
sion were read BY the secretary. Mrs.
Annette w. parmelee Of Enosburg Falls
then delivered an address, Woman SUI
frage and the Last Legislature"
Mrs Parmelee pictured to the audience
the members Of the latest legislature and
told how some Of them tried TO do bust
ness for the state. She gave many
humorous touches which, she declared.
showed the need Of electing a higher
grade Of men, and further stated that
II ever politics and religion needed to
Be mixed X was now She then repro
duced the final debate at the legislature
IN Montpelier before the equal suffrage
bill came to vote, and declared that
some Of the speeches would 90 down IN
history. She compimented Governor
Prouty. Lieut. Gov Mead and others,
who had the courage Of their convictions
and were willing to stand up and be
counted
In closing. Mrs. Parmelee said. @Wo-
men are rarely II ever consulted on school
matters. A woman's duty seems to be
to produce and care for the child until
il reaches the age Of five or SIX years,
when. once placed in the public schools,
the committee, the teachers and the pro-
bation officer do the rest"
Miss Grace Robinson Of Rochester then
read Sally AIMS Experiment" in a
manner which called forth liberaf
amount Of applause.
Following this reading came an address
hv Hon. Henry b Blackwell Of Boston,
the veteran man Of the sutfragist move
ment Although s4 years Of age, Mr..
Blackwell Is d commanding figure az be
addresses an audience and his voice as
ii rings forth in tones Of conviction is
more like that Of a man in his prime
than Of one who has passed the four
score milestone
Mr.. Blackwell said that Ne expected
that the Vermont legislature would soon
give equal suffrage to both men and
women and then drew comparison be-
tween Vermont under its present law and
Colorado under the equal suffrage law,
in which Vermont gained nothing. The
women want TO vote, said the speaker,
because the present laws are unjust to
them.
Under our present law the husband Isl
the absolute guardian Of the child and
can take it anywhere without the con-
sent Of the mother
He said. Il want women to study
public questions This country Is rich
and Is Tor the benefit Of the wealthy
1t II much harder for young man or
woman to become independent than II
was rs years ago"
Women are citizens under the consti
tuition Of the United States, but are not
allowed to vote, as tradition says they
shall not. We are behind the age IN
the East more than in the West IN re-
gard TO this question There have been
some improvements made, but many
laws are still unjust and will be SO as
long as riches rule So long as the
rich grow richer and the poor grow poor
er, so long viii evil prevail.
We want the men and women of the
country to govern II and not the wealth
that Is IN IT, We want Vermont to come
to the head and take the lead IN this
movement, is Il is better fitted than any
other state to do so. II IS time that
some community took the lead in estab-
fishing truly democratic form of gov
ernment and ! hope that Vermont will
be the first Of the New England states
to adopt this great reform.
IN closing Mr.. Blackwell compared the
Of women with the dis
ffanchisemcnt of a certain class Of men
Or letting one class make the laws for
all, and said that IL would be Just as
sensible To do this as to not allow wo-
men the right Of the ballot
Line Of Work Mapped Out.
A meeting Of the executive committees
was held at 10 O'Clock yesterday at the
residence OF Mrs. Susan Jones Of Eastern
avenue AT the committee meeting it
was voted to adopt the following line
Of work for the coming year;
First. to take action toward getting
an article into the proposed amendments
to the constitution which win be voted |
on in Vermont in 1910 TO the effect that |
for the word men the word citizens be |
thereby including both men
and women in all places where it appears
as necessary qualification for legal
voters
Second, that the petition work begun
last year be continued and that d Yer
mont petition asking for constitutional
Be circulated.
Third, that special effort be made to
secure the cooperation of an political /
parties. labor unions, oranges, churches
Ind other organizations composed Of both /
men and women.
Fourth, that we continue the press
work and urge the cooperation Of every
laily and weekly paper in the state and
request Of each Of them the publication
lf this line Of work
FOR CLASS SUNDAY.