The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-02
SHALL WOMEN VOTE, 2
By NELLIE PARKER HENSON.

waSe-carner5 at about tho TINA
they reach that age.
The position OF women as indus,ri,,
workers Is. and for the best interests
W sooietg should be. essentially tenn
porarE. TO an enormous perc.ntape Of
these workers their employment IS hui
trahsie.'t make-shift Gas so many
marry early). and their relation to the
business world would in nowisc be
changed BY enfranchising them
Number Of women in New York State
over twenty-one years of age q
1850; number of women wage-earn.
ers In New York State over twent :
one years of age. i65.473: number Of
women In United States over twenty
one years of age. la.647.7OS: number of
women waSe-earners in United States
4'e"9'63o number OF women wage
earners in United States over twenty
one years of age. 3.595.6s3
rev women are wage-earners rom
choice. When the political boss" be-
comes factor IN the working OF wo-
mans existence she will be :uyerless
TO help herself. 1t will give her en-
pioyer whip to drive her into line,
70 say you must vote thus or lose
your place Why. "the woman wage
Garner Is adapted to be the prey OF
the political boss is no other por-
uon OF humanity. All dangers and in
justices pale into insignifcance when
compared with those into which suf-
rage would thrust her"
The laws of nearly. II not ALL OF the
states OF this Union are even more
favorable to women than to men"
SO says ex-Justicc Brown, of the Su.
preme Court Of the United States He
continues They have full control
Oh their own property. and may SELL
convey or bequeath It to whomsoever
tney please; while in the conveyance
OF his own real estate the husband
must usually obtain the consent Of
his wife. Women are entitled to their
own earnings, and may dispose of them
as they please. while the husband is
bound TO make use of his for the sup
port of his Re and family"
Every married woman is the Joint
guardian Of her children with her
be 1t father or mother. who possesses
the right to appoint a guardian BY
deed or by will. She has now equal
rights with the father over her chill
dren.
II is not constitutional for women
to vote. Women are called citizens"
10 distinguish them from Foreigners"
but being taxed gives us no right"
to vote we enjoy civic rights, which
are protection OF property. liberty and
life, and are therefore taxed but II
does not give us political rights. Men
VINO own property in other cities have
not the right to vote there. only voting
in Their place of residence.
NO taxation without representation"
Is the complaint made against our
laws. They surely have forgotten
where this started. When the notorious
stamp tax was instituted in 1855; when
the Colonies were taxed without hav-
Ing any representation in Parliament
therefore they were taxed without any
regard whether II would bear TOO
heavily on them or not. Then. too.
the money was spent IN England 1t
was never Inter ed TO apply TO indi-
"iduals, but TO communities. Chief
Justice Marshall says that the grant
fne OF the franchise has always been
regarded in the practice OF nations as
matter OF expectancy. end not as an
inherent right" So II there is no
question of right or OF justice there is
no cause for woman's suffrage.
Nature has made their functions diff
ferent and no constitutional amend
ment can make them the same.
The basis of all government is
force-its stability rests upon Its
physical power IL enforce It's Avs"
Men are natural moneymakers ana
women natural "spenders." SO men
love to provide for their loved ones.
Women now stand outside of poll
ties, and are. therefore, free to appeal
70 all parties in matters of education,
charity and reform. The great ad-
vencement OF women in the last CEN
tury, moral. intellectual and eco
nomic. has been without the ballot
Political equality will deprive woman
OF special privileges hitherto accorded
her by law. The woman suffrage
movement IS a backward step in the
progress of civilization, in that 1t
seeks to ehace natural differentiation
of function and to produce identity in
stead of division of labor.
The anti-saloon efforts have been
best where women do not vote.
These are some of the reasons for
not wanting women to vote. and why
most Of the States deny them suf-
trage. knew perfectly we'll that
Senator Hoar was for suffrage. but
wanted to show what a radical change
even he. one of their own, thought 1t
would be. He also says: Nor, am l
one OF those who think that the right
to vote is denied to women by men
because OF tyrant's desire to keep to
themselves the rule of the States.
There are some exceptions. but I think
II is Chiefly an honest desire for the
good OF the State, and an honest de-
sire for the welfare of women that we
have 20 deal with. The suffrage cause
has been defeated in ten years 1913
times. or one defeat in every twenty
eight days. Have you considered that
woman suffrage is not only a tenet
of socialism. but one of its funda-
mental principles? One Indispensable
to its success, absolute" equality "of
all human beings. is all IL. will
satisfy the socialistic require .nts."
My authorities are eX-Justice Brown.
Chief Justice Marshall Adeline Knapp.
Mrs. Caroline F. Corbin, Hon. Elihu
Root. Mary Dean Adams. Mrs. Francis
Goddard. Judge Moses Hallet, Francis
NJ. Scott and others. AS has been
said. there are two objects in nature
alike obnoxious-the mannish woman
and a womanish mani" We see the
first occasionally. but hope the man
will remain "a man for a that" A
toast given at banquet after the