The Detroit times., 1912-06-03


MIchloan Patron. Adrian believe
IA Equal Suffrage" Just as ! oehere
m All other individual rights and priv
ileges that is 70 say. that peneue eus
an shorld share alike the inherent
rights bestowed upon us by pIotI-
dent Creator. and as incorporates Ia
our (?1 Constitution.
1T II silly and absurd 10 iook W
on woman suffrage as sometnlhs az
normal, or unnatural, or IN any Na;
separate and detached from her nS
Gus other rights and privileges hAu
she always been permitted ana accus-
toned TO the use OF her every iisnl'
the same as man has, she woulu pe
no whit the less womanly ana attrac-
tive. and all the fuss and energy tha'
a being wasted on the question now
would have been turned into other'
and broader. channels,
NJ. HULL, Master Michigan state
Grange Dimondale-"I believe ne
present seems TO be a time OIL
political unrest. Whether this unrest
comes largely through an awakened
political conscience, or through our
characteristic American desire Tor
change. II is hard TO say Perh.ps
both factors enter into II. But what-
aver the cause, our women seem TO
have caught the spirit OF the times
and they are now demanding In no
uncertain tones, that they be given
An equal opportunity with men In the
arranxement OF the laws and policies
10 be adopted by our government. IN
asmuch as these laws and policies VIII
have just as great an effect upon the
veal. or woe OF the women as OF the
man. / can see no reason why they
shouId not be equally interested IN
them. The underlying principle OF
our government, Is that they VINO are
10 be governed. shall enact and per-
fact the laws under which they are 10
be governed. II this Is good doc
trine for men why is II not equally
rood for women II II Is best ana
wisest for me 70 have voice IN nx-
ing the law that is 10 govern me, why
h n not best and wisest for my wife
10 have a voice in fixing the law that
a 70 royern her? Women own proper
Nv and pay taxes for the support or
tha royernment. IL taxation without
representation was tyranny In l1Io,
why does II not smack OF tyranny yet
today"
A. M. FLEIscHAUER, Reed City,
Mlch.-.I believe in woman's Suffrage
because woman is the equal OF man
N everything that goes 10 make up
rood citizenship. Every known reform
has its origin with her and the infu-
ence she has on man. intellectually
she IA as well qualified IL not more SO.
Morally she is our superior.
s.There is not a single political ques-
Z zion that does affect her as much
or more than man. To her especial
ly Is given the development OF the
home and home life and she should
certainly have voice in the manage
ment OF municipal affairs 'that nave
SO much influence on the home, state
affairs which influence the municipal,
and national influence the state. Sne
pays taxes and should not be made
TO be represented by someone without
her consent.
CIRCUIT JUDGE ALFRED j.
MURPHY, Of Detroit: 1.-THE last
two summers, while in Colorado,
made effort to learn what peo-
pie who are not extremists think
! Of the effect OF women suffrage in that
state. where il has been in vogue
since 1898. The proof Of the suffrage
pudding Is in the eating. Two sub
4 stantial gains have been made In
/ Colorado by IL. Advanced and needed
( legislation for women and children
/ has been secured through II. Second
I ly. woman's possession of the ballot
\ has been wholesome negative infiu-
! ence, which the political crook and
I the Legislative schemer fear and rcck-
on with.
Theory must vanish before facts.
\ Woman now has a new economic re-
klation TO life. She Is in industrial and
avDmmercial life by the million. II is
idle TO say that she should not be
there. II Is vain 10 say that this In
terferes with her high functions or
motherhood and higher destiny In the
home. She Is there by stress OF
economic conditions, and she will be
there in increasing, not diminishing
numbers.
This furnishes a compelling argu-
ment for giving her the ballot. What
good reason is there why she should
not have q direct, and not merely an
indirect, voice. as al present. in regu-
lating, and improving the economic
conditions In which not only millions
OF her sisters labor, but under which
her own children are to live and
labor? The physiological objections
OF the scientist and the philosophy OF
'woman's sphere, the home, ignore
this compelling situation, or else an.
swer II by saying that the indirect
representation OF brother, father
husband or son should suffice. But