The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1912-11-01
woman COLUMN
Devoted to the Cause of
Woman Suffrage.
MICHIGAN MEMS OPINION.
Some Reasons why Believe in Won
an Suffrage;

tion between them in far as their
rights to the full enjoyment of the
blessiugS of this world or the next is
concerned. If the right to vote is
good for man, it is equally good for
woman.
! believe in womans right 20 the
ballot because she has as great an in
terest in the government of the coun-
try as has man.
believe in the movement because
women own property and have TO pay
taxes just the same as do men, and
taxation without representation is OPP
pression-tyranny.
| shall vote for the pending consti-
tutioual amendment because the sa-
loonists oppose it. l am thoroughly
convinced that il is the duty of all
men who desire the prosperity of the
nation TO oppose anything and every
thing that the liquor men desire and
support. l am thoroughly convinced
that nothing will or can work more
directly for the suppression of the in
iquitous traffic in Intoxicating liquors
than the comforting of the ballot on
women
believe in the ballot for woman
because there is less illiteracy among
the women of the nation than among
the men and the adoption of the
proposed measure will increase the
percentage of the intelligent vote OF
the country.
/ believe in the movement 10 confer
the right of voting on the women of
the entire country because it has
been thoroughly tried, beginning in
1869 and increasing to the present
time and it has demonstrated that il
is good thing, so salts factory that
there has never been any criticism of
the measure or any attempt or desire
TO repeal it,
endorse the idea because so many
OF the good women of the nation ask
for the right to cast ballot and
plead for it, and also because so many
of the most eminent men of the coun
try, men who are best informed and
best qualified to speak, favor it,
l desire to see the amendment pre-
vail because l know that the women
of this great nation are far better
qualified TO exercise the right of fran
chise than thousands of ignorant for.
eigners upon whom this great privi-
lege is conferred every year without
demur.
l believe in woman suffrage, not
only because it is right and just, but
because it is expedient. The state is
now losing the benefit and advantage
of the service of one-half it's members.
L favor the movement for the benefit
of the millions of women of the coun-
try who are engaged in industrial OPP
erations of the nation. They need
the ballot for their own safety and
protection.
believe the government should be
of (alI the people, by (all) the people,
and for (all) the people, which is not
the case when one half the people are
DISTINGUISHED.
What this Nation has had and still
has is government of the people,
for the people and by one-half the
people. Give woman the ballot and
of the great emancipator.
But, they tell us, women cannot
fight, therefore they should not vote.
am not so sure of the premise and l
wholly deny the conclusion. Mr. Kip
ling, you know, tells us that the fe-
male of the species is deadlier than
the male. But ii women cannot bear
l..
is of far greater Importance to the
state. If there were any force in this
SO called argument, which there Is
not, then all men over the military
age, IS years, all who by reason of
physical disabilities are unfit for mil
itary service, should be DISTINGUISHED.
Ability to perform the duties of sol
dier never was, is not and never will
be and should not be a test of the
right to exercise the franchise.
support the measure because of
my respect for the good woren of the
land, because l loved my mother and
becaute love my wife.
These are some of the reasons why
shall vote for the pending amend
ment. mere are others.
O. w. ROWLAND.
We, the undersigned residents and
taxpayers of Paw Paw, do hereby ex-
press our deep interest in the cause of
equal suffrage and most earnestly re.
quest for the woman suffrage amend
ment the hearty co operation and sup
port f the voters of this town and
vicinity at the polls on November 5,
1912:
Mesdames b. L. Breed, +. a. Wes-
ton. ID Spicer, Eva Fish, Anna Ellis,
Ida Larkins, w M. Stoughton, Emma
Sherman, James Nelson, Frank n
Wakeman, Ford WILDER, Johh Taylor, /
Leland L. Gorton, Addie Hunt, EN-
mic Darling, Sue M. Chappell. Claire
Harrison. Lottie M. Warner, Frank y.
Grimes, ID. Morrison, NJ. J Coy, 1. NJ
Burke, Mary Cooley, Harvey Cooley,
Warrington, Box. Il. A. DeGraff, J A.
Young, Nellie Fowler, Neil G. Chap
nell e Goss Charles Mosier r. \