Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-08


DHE cause of woman suffrage
proved victorious in the Y. M. G.
Il A auditorium last night, when
debaters representing the Los Angeles
polvtechnic High School Japanese Stu
dent association defeated their Jap
anese rivals from the Pasadena high
school by the narrow margin OF 2so
points to ESQ. The judges were Presl-
dent G.. A. Bovard of the University OF
southern California, Principal Francis
of the Polytechnic and Principal a. Il.
Hamilton of Pasadena high.
The debate the first of its kind ever
held in this part of the state was skill
fully conducted on both sides, and a
large audience, composed of japanese
and Americans in about equal num-
hers. listened attentively to the argu-
ments presented incidentally the little
brown boys from both schools proved
that they can give their white fellow
classmen a few pointers when it comes
TO class yells and class enthusiasm.
KATo LEADS OFF
Y Kato of the Polytechnic opened
the debate for the affirmative of the
question by declaring universal suf-
frage to be an American principle
founded upon the idea that there can
be no just government without the
consent of the governed.
"My honorable opponents" said he,
"wil tell you that woman is repre-
scented by her man; but is she so, hon
orable judges and gentlemen and
ladies'? Suppose a man has widowed
mother, wife and a daughter. He
cannot represent them by his vote
unless. like Cerberus, the three-headed
dog, he can turn himself into three men
at once.
1--WE call this a government of the
people, but half the people are denied
the right to say how they shall be hon
orably governed; we call it a free gov
ernment, but there can be no freedom
without bargain, and this os bar
gain in which women have no share.
Statistics show women receive so per
centless wages than men for the same
labor. A observation-disclosures of labor
always is a cheapening of labor Is it
fair, l ask you, to give the throwing of
vote to any ignorant pauper for-
eigner who lands upon these hospitable
shores and not to women?
SIMPLY sERFs
To-day American men, by their dis
enfranchising of women, have made
themselves subjects of foreign rule. In
Minnesota. for instance, the foreign
born voter outnumbers the natlve-bo
and rules him because the women are
dishonorably deprived of their votes.
It is barbarous idea to consider
women INFERIOR TO me IN any way
Why, honorable judges, 1 ask you, why
are you superior to your mothers or
sisters?"
K. Watanabe of Pasadena high
speaking for the negative, said that
suffrage is not natural but political
right.
Like our honorable opponents" he
said, 1--WE believe we are created free
and equal, but women are not equal
to men physically, and likewise men
are not equal TO women-in some
respects; Just the same as the
dog is not equal to the cat be-
cause the dog is a Watchdog of
thieves outside the house and the cat
is watchdog of-rats inside the house.
They are not equal because their ma
lures are different. SO nature made
man to protect women and be a bread
winner, and nature made women to
be protected and to be homekeepers.
That is nature. Some women say they
want to vote to make better govern
ment but l say reformation against
nature is impossible"
ENTER COONS
S. Inouye, for the affirmative asked
the honorable judges"-=they all did
that. asked questions of the "honor-
able Judges" who didn't answer them
why the southern negro who hadn't
asked for the ballot and who didn't
know what it was, should have been
given the right to vote, when women
who had asked for 1t were denied the
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