The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-02-08

dag on January 10, 1919, a bill was
announced giving women the right Of
The vote In elections to that body on
the same terms as man, and ii was
stated on behalf Of the government
that King Gustav regarded it as
the State" that women should be
placed on this equality with men.
Women have municipal suffrage in
Ontario. Nova Scotia. Manitoba, Que
bee, British Columbia and the North
west Territory
Therefore 1t Is idle speculation to
say, If women were to vote"
Women Use Their Votes Well.
But the people who say. III wo-
men were to vote usually follow
thir premise by saying, in one way or
another. EVIL would result" or at
least, no good would result"
Here again the speculation takes
the shape of a discussion as to whether
evil would result from the use OF
trolley cars, or that no good would
result from IA postal service.
There are innumerabIe men and
women of tho States and countries
where women vote who give their au-
\
land state their opinions of its bene-
! tits.
| Chief Justice Brewer on Suffrage.
Justice David j. Brewer of the
United States Supreme Court. in an
, article called. Summing up the case
for Woman Suffrage" says:
But. putting all the arguments pro
and con together. whatever may be
the abstract right the real question
! IL a practical one. How does woman 4
suffrage work when tried? In this
| nation. four States. Colorado, Utah,
Wyoming and Idaho. have granted
nun suffrage, and in at least the first
three OF them II has been in existence
long enough fur substantial results,
one thing is true of all; there has
been no@ arganfxed effort to repeal
the grant. Whatever may be isolat-
ed opinions, the general mass of the
voters are satisfied. Indeed. few have
expressed antagonistic views. II the
| citizens OF these States find nothing
objectionable In woman's suffrage. a
natural conclusion is that no injury
has resulted. Especially IL this true
when the declarations OF its friends
In It's favor are many and strong.
doubtless some opposition NAV
come from personal ambition defeat
ed by the woman voters. Thus Judge
Lindsey, or the Juvenile Court in Den
Yer. VINO has attracted much attention
ny his good work, in that court. after
having been denied q renominat ton by
'eaeh 20. tfhe great political partfAa
came eat as an independent caneii-
oats' ana was elected mainly, 1t ID
SAID, by the votes of women who an.
preciated his labors ana Determined
Ihat the young culprits OF that CITY
should not he deprived OF the bene.
NJ OF MS Judgment and experience
1t would be strange If the defaated
candidates did not feel and eYnrs.s
themselves against woman's sufrrare
But their complaint In really testi-
mony to its value.
Judge Lindsey on Suffrage.
I" W. taasss, sssaf tIif,dsey, ? III. Denver. II
the highest authority in the United
States on Juvenile Courts. He was
lately asked what effect n voting con.
stituency of mothers had on the sue
cess OF the Juvenile Court system In
Colorado. He answered:
1.-The Juvenile Court system has al.
ways had back OF it the support OF
the women. especially the mothers OF
Denver, and whatever success II NAV
he credited with is largely. II not en-
tirely. due to their efforts
In Progress for July, 1904. Judge
Lindsey wrote:
1.-THE results of woman suffrage In
Colorado. since it's establishment more
than ten years ago. have been 80 salts
factory that 1t IL hard to understand
how It encounters opposition In other
States. ! have never observed one
evil as the result.
Testimony Of the Australian Parjja.
mont on Equal Suffrage.
Both Houses Of the National Par
Lament of Federated Australia have
endorsed unanimously the following
resolutions:
!. That this House testifies to the
facts that after sixteen years exper-
ience of woman suffrage In various
parts OF Australasia. and nine years-
experience In tho Common ealth, the
reform has justified the hopes Of its
supporters and falsified all the fears
and prophesies OF disaster voiced by
its opponents.
2. That as fcreseen by it's advocate s,
its effects have been (al to gradually
educate women TO sense OF their rc-
sponsihility In public AFFAIRS: (b) TO
f44iYs. more prominence to social and
domestic legislation.
.. That Australian experience con-
vinces this House that TO adopt woman
suffrage n simply 10 apply to the
political sphere that principle OF gpy !
,ernnscnt that secures the beg< results
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