The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-07-04
OPINIONS ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE

One principal cause of the failure OF so many
magnificent schemes social, political religious Wn'en
have followed each other age after has been this;
that in almost every they have ignored the nights
and powers of half the human racsviz W. Women,
will not 90 right that nothing human VIII ever 30
right except in far as woman goes ngnti ana 70
make woman go right she must be put IN her pace
and She must have her rights.-Charles Kingsley
A woman is Just as well qualified to cast vote
for every municipal officer in Chicago as any man
Bishop Samuel K. Fallows (EPiscoPa)
Va, .sk NV reasons for believing in womans suf-
frage 1t seems to me almost self-evident, an AXIOM
that every householder and tax payer ought 20 nave
voice in the expenditure of the money we pay Ineua-
ing this does interests the most vital 70 a hu@"
being.-Florence Nightingale.
Properly understood suffrage does not mean the
appointing of ward heelers; it means the PARK sS-
tenn and public schools and hospitals and play grounds
and public Libraries In matters OF ms Nno We ian
make distinction between men ana women 10
day to secure the best results in city government we
must have the common service OF men and women
Prof Charles Zuebn
In quite early life formed the opinion that
women ought TO vote because it is right, and for the
best interests of the country Years of observation
and thought have strengthened this oplnion-DlSnop
Bowman
Individual conscience and Judgment the foun-
dation stones of republican government ana true
civilization Whatever lessons Wornans self-respeer
or the respect Of others for her is demorazinS 20
the entire race The ballot is citizens tongue and
hands Without a ballot and the dignity and power
that scepter gives the moral influence OF the city
mothers is essentially crippled IN combating the
evils of society If educated intelligent and vlrtuous
women had the right of suffrage our best men would
always find in them reserve moral power to estao-
lsh safe and stable government-Mrs Ehzaoeth
Cady Stanton.
1t fills me with JOY when l think OF the many
changes that will be brought about when women have
the right of suffrage They will defy the politicians
and vote any Christian should and would vote
if he had the moral courage-Bishop Bernard J. Nc
Quad (Roman Cathoc).
If women can stand side by side with men IN the
halls of learning why in the lie outsider Our
educated women pouring out OF our institutions
of learning in long professions Why not open the
larger doors of public usefulness and let them help to
solve the pressing problems of the time?-Dr VIM
E Huntington, President of Boston University
advocate woman suffrage because I believe It
TO be profoundly reasonable. Women a whole
are as we'll qualified for the suffrage men; they
have as much at stake, and it not be seriously
claimed that the extension of suffrage would put a
burden upon women which would overtax their
mental or physical strength 1t will hardly be called
unwomanly Under the Australian ballot it has become
delightfully."- feminine function-PrOf George G.
Gardner of the Boston University Law School
(municipa) suffrage is satisfactory IN its re-
suits in every respect-Former Chief Justice Albert
H. Horton of Kansas