The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-30

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equally clear that they can and do cX
crcisc a snlutary influence on the poll
teal life OF the country without sus-
tanning IN the slightest degree any OF
the injuries ordisaDil1ties thnt nave peen
supposed to follow. They are as good
wives, mothers and sisters rs ever, and
better companions for their men folk
| because of their widencd interest nntt
have voted for years, and the hideous
monster of degradation has never sei1-
cd one .of them. THEY are just as tno
and as sweet and as good and as re-
fined and gentle and womanly as any
other women In this world When
you set ut a New Zealand dinner table,
land a New Zealand woman brings to
! some question of public policy wo.
4 mans good sense and strong and clenl
/ moral perceptions, you are enot made
uneasy with the reflection that here
1 is something lcstin the commonwealth
You know that this woman is part OF
! the governnientNshe Is talking about
! she Is enfrarchised. she can back up
4 her opinion with her vote, and when
. you go forth from that house and see
| the fine and good things that the gov
| eminent of New Zealand docs. the
| splendid schools, the wonderful health
department., which is the best In the
world, the humane prison system, the
sanitary dwellings, the careful factory
| inspection. the happiness and comfort
OF the people, and reflect that every
| wholesome and practical reform has
t.had the support Of New Zealand wo-
men, you give thanks for one corner OF
the earth that seems to BIO sacred to
sanity
Now a Norwegian witness. This Is
Mrs. GUIDE, wife of the minister from
Norway to the United States. TN Nor
way we boast Of having the most dem
ocratic Constitution In the world, and
we have long been advocates of the
simple life. Practically, we
have no social unrest, and even the wn.,
mans problem no longer vcAes, since.
two years ago, the parliamentary suf-
frage was conferred on women. NUM-
.cipal suffrage had been granted ins190t.
1t was found that tho experiment. was
'eminently successful and that good re-
suited from giving women the right
to vote on all that concerned the well,
fare of their cities and townships
When this was clearly demonstrated
the parliamentary suffrage was be.
slowed in 1907. The women have set
20 work very earnestly to understand
their civic obligations and to perform
their highest duty In manner which
will result for good to themselves and
Ito their homes. An impetus has been
given to many projects which look to
| improving conditions, especially In the
rural districts. In Norway. at least,
women have proved that to possess
the ballot is to add to their usefulness
in the community"
The utterances from Sweden and
| Denmark fall into line with that from
Norway
Experience OF Colorndo.5
Now from nearer home-from Colo
RADIO. This is DR.. Barton o. Ayles-
worth, president for ten years of the
State Agricultural College of Colorado
Colorado believes in equal suffrage
because it believes in womanhood. tho
home, the rights OF children and the
weak. That the survival of the httest
shall make the others more fit, has its
proof in the laws sponsored by. Colo
RADIO women during the past sixteen
years. " The Industrial School for
Girls, the Humane Society adopted as
a State institution, the best Juvenile
Court and truancy laws in the world.
used as models by other nations. the
extreme age of consent, free employ
ment bureaus, law making 1t Grim
inal offense to contribute to juvenile
delinquency. ..
A pure food law. boards OF inspec.
tion--these are some OF the more I'M
pcrtant results. Altogether twenty-six
Statutes In sixteen years are due direct
ly to women. all looking to the better
ment OF conditions for men. women
and children. No bad law has ever
been proposed by a Colorado woman. \
know no State where women carry
themselves with more dignity, are bet
ter gowned. better housekeepers. bet
ter wives and mothers or receive moro
chivalrouS attention. Beware thesvoice
that comes to you traducing It's own
State, viciously lying about the Wo-
men Of Colorado and other Significant
work! They don't dare do 1t at home.
II Colorado, by its own action, could
secure the ballot for the women OF
America 1t would be granted almost
unanimously"
Judge Ben Lindsays position upon the
subject is so we'll known that will
not look for one Of his many state
ments to tho effect that equal suffrage
has worked only good IN Colorado.
Judge Lindsay has promised mo to
speak for us In Richmond some day
when he is In the East, and then he
himself will be heard on the subject.
Very recently a census was taken OF
tho opinions OF the ministers and edi-
tors OF the four suffrage States Idaho.
Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. Is
equal suffrage good; or bad in its er-
fect?" Six hundred and twenty-four
answers were received. OF these forty
six We're In doubt, sixty-two held an
unfavorable opinion and GIG stated that
the result was good. In questions not
looked at astigmatically, SIG to sixty
two is considered fair majority. One
OF the queries put to these ministers
and editors was: rs there any pros
pect that woman suffrage will be re-
pealed?' One minister answered
"When~ the pyramids are obliterated.
Another, one whatever. There would
Ibe revolution We're It attempted"
4 Another, mot In the least. Only those
who are ignorant of its workings OBJ
3Eject to woman's suffrage" Another
mot in the least, We know good
4 thing when we have It."
In Idaho the laws said to be due
Wholly or largely to the women are OF
4 the nature of the tollowing:. lGstab-
4 fishing an Industrial Reform School, a
I pure food act, State Library Commits
sion, a Department of Domestic Science
i in the State University. right of mar
4 ried women to control or dispose OF her