The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-22

VINO Is douDtiess as well informed as
Mlss Seawell IN points OF law existing
IN various States, especially In iuanV,
q Suffrage STATE: "Wncrc In the COM
mon law or In any state ulaw OF the
states Of this Union can sac ma sucn
married woman claimed the ngnt to
vote. she would be deprived OF any
claim to support from her HUSBAND.
there are no such laws in any OF the
TOUR suffrage S,atcs mentioned. ana
no sucn laws exist In any other State
OF tins Union, nor Is any such prInci-
PIE found In the common law"
AT present" continues MISC Seawell
III the non-sunraEc States, the father
! alone Is liable Tor the support OF the
cniiurcn. But II wife and mother had
vote, she would become Jointly iiaplc
Tor the support OF the children" That
this was Thought not such Il bad ar
rangement in Colorado is proved by
the fact that before that State had
sunrage-as early as lS9l-a law was
passed making husband and wife
Jointly or severally liable" for the
expenses of the family and tho edu-
women Of Colorado were entranchis-
cd, the few changes that nave been
made have benn in the nature If i'm
provements. as is stated in Miss Helen
summers unbiased air, scholarly trca-
use on equal uffragc" in Colorado
one such Improvement IN legislation as
Sited by Miss sumner was made by a
law passed In 1899 attempting from
execution u homestead to the value of
$1,000, and this law was SO amended
mat tns husband can no longer sell
nature. law of 1903 provided that
man who "wllfully fails, refuses or
n,eslects TO provide proper food, cloth
ins, shelter or care in case of sick
ness for his wife or minor child shall
upon conviction, be deemed guilty OF n
'hlsdcmeanor and punished by impris-
ohmlent IN The county jail for not more
man ninety days nor less than thirty
GAYS. That docs not lok as IL an en-
IanHhised woman must give up oil
cain TO maintenance from her hus-
ner mind of the boyle OF the poll tax:
Tor In Colorado the voting woman 10
si nvps III IRON paying a poll tax. And
to u psy hsr p Sve to aas her
Weits basic principle doss not cause
any serious upheavals in Colorado.
w Whs ere Is the person In full possession
ImHInent woman acquires "a vote she
VIII be required to take her place
claim tn G to yoters and abandon ali
husbands, fathers and brothes of The
women Of the United States.
~. only nave women not lost any
PiopeFty flsnts In States whore they
suffrage hut they have gained from
an Ale economic point OF view, in several
p nrasFEnt W wa s.. Mrs: Maud Nathan.
OF New York City. says in an addre SIS
delivered before the Judiciary c,ommi3o
zee zee or the New York Legislature: I'm
s M",k done BY employee so: the state.
aha IN Colorado women hold responsi
PIE positions, political positions. and
tionys are not not deprived OF their posi-
nostnlstress In neighboring village
20 ours. whose position was wanted bv
= "a, Iian ''I wished TO use it for pollti-
ca purposes. She had served the
state faithfully, but thai pado - AZ
ference" no uil-
80 Ia from having suffered from the
S aor.aiS s of women. as Miss
protectsd In several weys by the di.
80, , influence Of the " oman's vote The
i mrst state Legislature after women
making fathers and motaers ioint
guardians. with equal powers of tbe
emiidren new and moro effective COM
p lSas aya edueation law waspass.d in
.nen by amendments In addition. one
or more truant officers appointad hv
me school directors enforce schoi at
tendance In all districts of the drst
or second class e HtS'
me Dener Juvenile Court needs no
advertisement this aticle can give II
ih IL must be sad that the vote of
made 1t possible for Ben 3. Lindsay &C
an independent candidate for JuvenIie
Gourt judge to triumph overwhelming
HuhJ,i tue candidates of both Re-
publican and Democratic parties in
the rail- OF 1905 Since women we're
given suffrage in Colorado other laws
pen enciai to children have been passed
among them law establIshing a bn,un
Tor dependent children, laws rranfing
appropriations for the Girls Industrial
Schooi; and the law allowing the State
Board of Charities and CorTections a te
Investigate private charitahla insfitno
tons ihotilu-
The other basic principle" advanced IN
the book in question Is that M nioc,o
rate has existed. or ever co, or,s
which cannot execute Its own laws" Wiss
Sea"eil thinks that "a dozen runans ar
me. me poI.s would prevent hundred women
from depositins n single ballot There can
De no doubt that this means wouId h. used
oy the rougher elements" AnswerIng rbis
assertion. Chief Justice sullivan. of Idaho.
says: Tho idea that every legal vo,.r
must be able TO fight his way TO the noiIs
ana AFTER he has done 50 possess the phvsJ.
eai ABILITY to enforce tho effect of the
oaliot, is proposition that would NOT stand
the test In any civilized country II th,s
so-cailed basic principle were correct r.
would disfrnnchise at least one-fourth
~ u, inc male voters In the nltcd States
Continuing, in answer TO tho statement
that women would meet with violence M
me polls he says: NO such Thing has ever
occurred In any OF the suffrage s,,,,s
Mhat would the good men at tho pollIng
place be doing while the rui.ans wcrn br
laoorng their mothers and wives sister,
anu s"ee'hcartS, ana preventing them from
uePositins their ballotsS II anything like
mat had occurred, the rowdy woh attempt
cd II would never attempt such an nc,
again"
In the writer's study of Miss summers
Investigation OF suffrage In Colorado. an
investigation conducted with absolu;. i'm
partia!ty and with no prcconceived ideas"
she has not been able TO find one sentence
TO indicate that there has ever occurred
any Insult or violence against women ot
the polls. On the contrary. In speaking
OF women's serving as election oiscers. one
Colorado man is quoted as saying ..'Thelr
presence prohibits profanity, drunkenness
and heated debates Another man states,
y ind 1t greatly improves the air about
the polls to have them sitting in au
thority.' One woman remarked that She
never knew what real chivalry meant up-
I'll shc could vote.
These are only n few of the misstato-
ments appearing in this little book. Judge
Lindsey says: IL is hard to Understand how
any one with a grain of Intelligence. could
sign her name 10 suuh absurdittes The.
statements arc false in every detail, and
our i'm (oloradn ,ro,.n,.