Arizona republican., 1910-11-12

1t is so throughout nature. 1t is so
with men. and for one will never con-
sent to part with the civine right of
protecting my wife. my daughter, the
woman whom | love and the woman
whom | respect, exercising the birth
right of man, and place that high duty
in the weak and nerveless hands of
those designed by God To be protected
rather than to engage in the stern war
fare of government
In my judgment, sir. this whole
movement arises from false cOncep-
ton of the duty and of the right of
men and women both. We all of us,
sir. see the pettiness of our lives. We
all see how poor a thing is the best
that WEE can do. We all at times long
to share the fortunes of others. to
leave our tiresOme round of duties and
TO engage in their affairs. What others
may do seems to us nobler, more i'm
portant, more conspicuous than the lit
tie things of our own lives. Ii is a great
mistake. Sir; it is a fatal mistake that
these excellent women make when they
conceive that the functions of men are
superior to theirs and seek to usurp
them. The true government is in the
family, the true throne is in the house
hold. The highest exercise of power is
that which forms the conscience. influ
ences the will, controls the impulses of
men, and there today woman is SUI
preme and woman rules the world
In the course of the discussion. the
advocates of suffrage had demanded it
as a natural right of women. Mr.
Ingraham gathered from the language
of Mr. Root that in the opinion of that
eminent gentleman, suffrage is not a
right, and the gentleman from Yuma,
addressing Mr.. EllinwoOd asked: DO
you believe that suffrage is right or
only privilege?''
Mr.. Ellinwood-"A privilege, under
the constitution of the United States"
Mr.. Kingan-"The supreme court has
so held"
Mr.. Cassidy favored equal suffrage
however it might be brought about. He
was in favor of this measure and if IT
were not available he was for separate
submission.
An Unfair Proposal.
Mr.. Cunniff denounced the PROPOSE
ton as unfair. 1t was proposed to
leave to a minority of the male voters
and to an active element of the female
voters the settlement of the question
while another large element Of women
who might not care for suffrage or was
opposed to it would go to the polls.
Mr.. Lynch said that he believed in
equal suffrage; he would vote to put
it into the constitution but he was I'M
alterably opposed to submission. Mr.
Golfer, one of the foremost advocates
of woman suffrage. remarked in reply
that this was a grounding case; in Of
fering the matter for submission, the
suffrage people were doing the only
thing they could do.
Mr.. Kingan threw out a challenge to
those who said they favored suffrage,
but believed that it could not go into
the constitution. He demanded that
the friends of suffrage come out
squarely for it.
Mr.. Franklin spoke against the
proposition and said that he would
vote against it, but that he would sup
port submission proposition such as
he had been pledged by the platform
of Maricopa county to do.
The time for voting had now come
and the amendment of Mr.. Cunningham
striking out all reference TO women
was taken up. 1t was rejected on the
ground that it left as fragment
matter that was to be fully covered
in the election proposition.
The Test Begins.
Thus the way was cleared for test
vote. The first amendment offered was
that of Mr.. Tovrea for the adoption of
the report of the committee recon-
mending the indefinite postponement
of the Connolly proposition. This was
amended by Mr.. Webb, who moved the
adoption of the minority report. The
vote on that was:
Ayes, 14:-Cassldy, Golfer, Connolly,
Feeney, Ingraham, Jones of Maricopa,
Moeur, Orme, Osborn, Scott, Simms,
Standage, Webb, Winsor.