The Detroit times., 1911-05-08

which they are still persistently vot-
Ing.
Voting q Privilege.
Quoting w. Dean Howells, who said
4 have heard many appeals against
suffrage, but have never heard any
reasons against IL, the writer blithe-
ly assures us that there are, however,
compelling reasons against IL, rea-
sons which her brilliant intellect has
discovered, but which were overlook
ed by such eminent philosophers,
statesmen and scientists as Plato.
John Stuart MIL Abraham Lincoln.
Chief Justice Brewer, Senator Hoar.
Bishop Darlington, ex-President
Roosevelt, and hundreds OF others or
equal prominence.
THE first compelling reason Is
that voting is privilege, not a ma
tional right.
I'VE must undoubtedly agree that
suffrage is a privilege. Privilege &C
cording 10 an authority, is "A pc
culiar advantage, and IL has always
been regarded as such by those pos
sessing II, who have guarded II most
zealously.
THE unprivileged have likewise
recognized this privilege as a peculiar
advantage History revolves on the
efforts Of the unenfranchised TO OBJ
tain this peculiar advantage. We
have been spared the struggles or
England and France, the unrest In
Germany the situation in still darker
Russia. but these and the present sit
In Maxian oil nninf N tho
fact that a vote is privilege and
the whole OF this unrest Is the effort
TO destroy the artificial barriers that
hedge in this privilege, or peculiar
advantage Whether suffragists claim
the ballot as a natural right or IL It
be regarded in the light OF a privilege
as defined by the supreme court, IL
has always been regarded as an essen
tial OF citizenship.
General abuse OF the English suf-
fragettes occupies about seven pages
OF this intellectual gem Our author
has evidently RECALLED herself greedily
Of the malicious and untruthful ac-
counts published in some American
newspapers, and ignores completely
the published truths from authentic
eye witnesses, which completely exon
crate the English women from all
charges of disorderly conduct.
Something like a chapter is de-
voted TO the shocking failure OF wo-
man suffrage In Colorado, based al
most solely on the willfully false
statements published in well-known
magazine issued solely for women of
the fifteenth century type. This re-
port created such furore OF indigna-
ton that II was contradicted and rid
died into shreds from all quarters,
and has been proven 10 be maliciously
false in every way.
Colorado Progressive.
Colorado today has the initiative,
referendum and recall and direct pri-
maries. the best juvenile court law,
some of the best child labor laws,
several of the best marriage laws and
one of the most scientific educational
systems in the country. The raising
of the age of consent to IS, from IA,
which is the average age in the Unit
ed States and the establishing OF a
state institution for dependent chill
dren are other evidences OF progress.
A wife in Colorado, far from losing
property rights, is entitled not to one
third, but TO one-half Of the property
at her husbands death, contrary to
our authors statements. A wife is
not responsible with her husband for
the support of her minor children, but
man is responsible to his wife for
maintenance and can be punished for
from 80 TO 90 days in the workhouse
for not supporting either wife or chill
dren. Neither can man sell or mort
gage the home without the wife's con-
sent and signature.
"In New York state a woman has
no rights and privileges in her own