The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1911-04-28

Our men and women, in the
main, are broadminded, and take a
large interest in State and local af-
fairs. There is no doubt in my
mind but that the mere fact that
women are permitted to and do vote
has had a tremendous effect for
good in the selection of party can
didates and in the passage of need
ed laws. Not only is the woman
vote always cast on the right side
in contests where moral issues are
at stake. but the fact that women
are permitted to vote enables them
to bring influence to bear on men
in other ways. It has been pointed
out that women vote in national
elections with their husbands and
fathers, and that they are apt to
be swayed by prejudice in local elec.
tions; but there has never been a
time in my experience when have
found the women advocating any
measures which would not bear the
light of day.
In Idaho we have women in couD-
ty and State offices. Our State
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tion for a number of years has been
woman. In almost every city
some OF tho offices are held by wo-
men, and in nearly every county
the County Superintendent or Coun-
ty Treasurer is a woman, and they
are making excellent public 8
k~rts
And, after ali the argument for
and against the proposition Of wo-
man suffrage is heard, it seems to
me that every fair-minded person
ought to be willing to accord his
wife, mother, or sister, in whom he
reposes great confidence in every
other matter of mind or heart, the
same privilege of approval or dis
approval Of men and laws. If the
laws are good, they prosper to the
same extent as the men; if they
are bad, they suffer to the same ex-
tent. If every other question OF
right and wrong could be decided
by the majority of the women OF
our country, there would be no ques
tion about the safety of our insti-
tutions. am unqualifiedly in favor
of the right Of women to vote.
James Fl. Brady,
Governor of Idaho
The following letter was sent by
the Governor of Colorado:
Unless sentiment in favor of full
suffrage for women has moved mucl
faster than I suppose it has since
I last visited New York, presume
you will be confronted with the
time-worn objection that women dt
not want to VOTE" which is brought
out and made to serve on every pos
sible occasion. May I reply briefly
ing to your Convention?
If the majority of the men of g
State, or of the United States
should not care for the elective
franchise, would the anti-suffragis
man be willing to be deprived o1
it? 1t is true that men have ridi
culed so much the women who have
advocated equal suffrage that il
has had an effect on many women
Nevertheless, the cause has made
marvellous progress in sixty years
Ask the women of Colorado wheth
er they want to vote. Submit this
question to those who have tried
it, and scarce a corporal's guar(
will be found to vote against it
Colorado has had woman suffrage
for sixteen years, and has found i
of inestimable benefit to her people
John F. Shafroth,
Governor of Colorado
The Governor of Wyoming wrote
Full woman's suffrage has beel
in operation in this State and Ter
ritory for more than forty years
and has proven successful in ever.
way.
Women vote as freely and intelli
| gently as men do, and seem to haV'
an Unborn intuition which frequent
ly enables them to arrive at righ
| conclusions relative to political mat
ters more correctly than the men.
| Our State Legislature has OF
three different occasions passe'
resolutions declaring woman's sui
frage a success, and recommending
it's adoption by all the other State
| in the Union.
1t seems to me that no State, ia
miliar with the history of woman
suffrage in Wyoming, could have an
hesitation about submitting the que
tion to the voters.
Sincerely yours,