The Washington herald., 1911-06-17
De you believe in votes for women7
Do you believe, like Shakespeare, that
Equality Of two domestic powers
Breeds scr11ulloals factionf

Do you believe in votes for women7
Do you believe, like Shakespeare, that
Equality Of two domestic powers
Breeds scrupulous factinnf
Or that best results can be obtained.
even in politics. where men and women
work together?
The readers of The Herald's Page for
Every Woman are cordially invited to
express their opinions in this matter
which is so pertinent a question Of the
present time. and the Importance Of
which is rapidly growing.
In sending an opinion, kindly limit your
letter to 300 words, and write. on one
side of the paper only.
Names win not be published where It is
so requested. which will enable you to
tell me frankly your reasons for the view
of the question which you take.
If you favor woman suffrage, state
your reasons for doing so, and II you
take the opposite view, your argument
against it will be just as much appre-
Sciated.
Feeling OF Injustice Growing.
For some years the feeling has been
growing in the feminine heart that
woman is not justified in conforming to
the laws Of taxation without representa-
tion in the government OF the country
which makes the laws to which she must
conform.
She has grown yearly more resentful
thatssh should do the work of a man
in thousands of cases without the priv
ileges of man.
Woman has stood by and seen the sa-
cred precincts of her home deSecrated
with the curse of drink, her ehildren's
lives dwarfed, and their physical and
try would make no law TO restrain the
man who is at the head of her home, and
who helps to make the laws that will
allow him to tottle along his bestial path
unchecked
She has heard him prate OF restricting
his personal freedom, who is bond
slave TO alcohol. and knows nothing of
the meaning of the word that he rolls
on his tongue as such sweet morsel.
Cry Become Insistent.
Good women-wives and sisters and
mothers-are feeling more keenly every
day that they should have.a voice in
the laws that make the degradation of
their homes possible. and more insistent
becomes their cry for woman suffrage.
Property owners and business women de-
mand equal political rights as loudly as
comes the pitiful wall of the wives of the
men who abuse the laws they make.
Shall their demand be needed?
Shall they be allowed voice in the
government or shall they go on their
way content to leave these matters of
such vital Importance in their homes
and to the upbringing of their children
completely in the hands of their men
folks?
VIII it lessen the dignity or the wom-
anliness of women to fight to stamp out
the pollution in present day politics?
How VIII Influence Be UsedF
And, If they get the ballot, do you be-
lieve that they will use their power for
good or for evil?
Do you believe that women viii neglect :
their homes through interest in poll /
tics, or do you think that their broader
study of big questions win make them |
more splendid home-makers and closer, |
more congenial companions to the men |
who are their husbands and their BROTH |
ers and sons?
might go on asking myriads Of ques- !
tions that are asked me daily through the |
mails and by the folks with whom I /
come in contact, but I believe 1 have