Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1910-01-14
Suffrage.

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point which is calling as much attcn-
tion or being discussed with its pros
and cons, as this important one.
which includes the woman's 5 Suffrage
not only in this State, the United
States, but the whole world.
\ woman who has occupied the
everyday place of life who has been
plodding along for half d century
under the old methods of enslave-
ment and diSfranchisement, may be
likened to the black nanny of the
South who did not in her simple
faith and ignorance realize the great
battles that had been fought for her
freedom, but unaccustomed to the new
phase of life rushed in CONSERVATION
and terror to her master or mistress
and with tears begged TO be taken
back
How many women, yes. how many
men even, realize the grandeur and
the true glory there is in the exercise
of the right of franchise when it is
use of right to help to say / am not
taxed without representation, the
right to say sent that man to the
legislative hall, or to Congress. and
he is helping to frame law that is
just, moral and constitutional. \
law that will give you and your child
rem better protection, right to say
by the just right of consent to be
governed. a going back to our Gen
esis, where our Creator sounded his
divine proclamation when he said.
In the image of God created He
him, male and female created He
them; and God said. Let them have
dominion over al earth. y
We are living in an age Of advanced
civilization, the age of electricity,
the aeroplane, the motor and the
steam turbine. When we speak of
woman Suffrage" we do not speak
of any thing new. 1t, like the demand
and advanced conditions of progress
sion has been growing because the
civilization says, We need you. ."
Where, the one little screw propeller
or single turbine was sufficient for the
needs and demands of an Atlantic
liner, now it is found that better
and quicker service and q larger
commercial profit is attained by
doubling and thrilling the power.
Just so has it been found with the
gradual advent of women to the in
terests of the welfare of public life.
In New Zealand alone, since 1893,
the year woman obtained the ballot,
the population increased one-third
and her exports, which amounted to
$40, 900, ,O0o, or $75 for every inhabit-
ant, in the year of 1908, reached
$lO5, 900, 900, or $40 for every inhab
liant, and larger amount of money
was deposited in savings banks.
Where one in every five persons had
only $l36, or an average thereof. now
the deposits averages 1852. Then
this from a financial and commercial
standpoint demonstrates that this
Greater Suffrage has been of unlim-
tied value to this little country, then
why should it not do so for the State
of Washington? Only the other day,
| overheard a woman who is in this
vicinity seeking investment for cap
ital say, want to get out of the
State where reside; the laws of that
State do not in my estimation pro-
tect the property rights of women
sufficiently" With few more such
women like that enlisted into reali-
ZatiOn of what it means to have that
right to help control the property
rights of self and children and the
right to help designate the moral and
executive ability of municipal, legis-
lative or Congressional powers, it is
safe to say that we might see clear
ing up of this political atmosphere
that has and is causing the tax payer
to grOan as he looks on at the numer-
Gus sources of depletion.
Prejudice. tiippancy and scof1ing
are fast being laid aside, and all our
noted and popular men, regardless
of political party. Religionists ard
TheoSOphers, bear notable illustra-
tions of their broad minded and ag-
gressive championship to any and all
movements which help to give to
woman her just and rightful status
of equality that redeems her from the
fate of Lazarus begging crumbs for
the exercise of right given her by
God at the dawn of creation.
Many of these able champions have
been some of our bitterest antago-
nists, but were amenable to light and
reason. and step by step we, by our
faithful exhortation and careful pre-
Sentation, burned these barriers
away and their noble voices can now
be heard ringing from political ros-
trum and pulpit, laden with the
convincing argument that women's
enfranchisement is about to bring
forth a new and much needed slim
ulus of life to the social. relig-
ious, commercial and political world.
LILA SPIRLOOK- BILLINGS.