The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-06

! mas been community Of interests, oom-
! bininE and standing together with tho
| power OF tho ballot. that has helped
{. men. and II Will help women. TOO. How
| powerless womon arc. ovon when
strongly united, without tho power or
tho ballot wac domonsti ated In the
! shlrtmakers strife in New York some
/ time ago. Moreover. tho law OF sup
ply and demand applies TO tho regula-
ton OF women's pay only relatively
because hrst and foremost her pay Is
regulated by ridiculouuly small per-
centage Of what man sotu for tho
same work. Moro and moro women arc
entering the Industrial world outside
the four wnllu OF the homo. but II !s
! the conditions OF the time that Is
making II necessary: not suffrage
The great majority of women will al
ways prefer homo OF her own, and
] all 1t Implies. to making her living out
side. II she can CHOOSE. but when Bhe
cannot II Ia rank tyranny to deprive
her OF voice In regulating the con-
ditions under which che lie obliged to
! work. But whether at homo or earn
Ing her living outside. she Will desire
to have voice In tho conditions under
which sho works, in IN, making Of
laws affecting the food. tho school
house sanitation, an adequate number
OF schools. Fairgrounds. street clean
ing-ln short. all things pertaining TO
the welfare. present and future, OF
her children and other peoples chill
dren.
Notwithstanding tho dement's ecoru-
Ing from equal suffrage in other places
within short time, We know that no
reform VIII bring tho millennium It
means not revolution. but evolution:
not perfection. but better laws and con-
ditions and u womanhood awakened to
q keener sense of her RESPONSIBILITIES
duties and privileges as q mother and
as citizen.
i refer my readers to amendments Of
the Codes Of the outrage States, with
regard to equalization Of pey. regard
less OF sex. for such positions as are
PAID for out OF public funds. namely
pubic school teachers. municipal and
State officers. etc These amendments
arc evidence that cannot be refutcd
have never heard Of man suffrage
hSinE by law ths pay of men. except
when IT comes out OF public funds No
one expects women to be able To gain
IN tho way OF pay by means OF law
what men are not able TO gain. We
want equality for ourselves no, q detri-
mental inequality for men
Mrs Henson says: III We have equal
SURFACE e,,ri we VIII iose sone OF the
property rights We nov have, Tor In
s'uhto the suffrage States have no
DOVER right" rnls reminds me OF IN,
o'tpOhei' eHieebIGu IN mind from loHR
tohHhenent. protesting against MS
PRISON wallis being tuhen away because.
ne ~ou.u thcn lose the Creyiccs In TN,
van thTouRh wh!cn there came a ray
- suh!Sht. thus losing Eis ray OF sun.
NM. he couldn't Understand tina,
ah.hR away the walls would give min
All tHr sunlight
again reier my readers to tho
smeuGrG codes OF the suffrage Staty.
hhefe they give women equality OF
, mneisnip IN real estate and lnncrit-
ahCe laws and. besides. complete con-
iroi over their own earnings ana many
atmer lava for the protection OF ner-
sen and children Wnere women are
minority they cannot det az ;nucn
perhaps as In tnose states wnere there
Are as many or more women than men.
out oven theh lhey get more laws tnan
n lars women nave no voice In tao
mater al ull. and they get tnern moro
lucky. In order to prove ,hut SUI.
trace Is failure Mrs. henson declares
New Zealand politics 10 DO the most
SoIEupt IN tie British Empire, and tnat
SoIorsuo has the most corrupt elecIo-
Iale III th!s country Read Professor
iaE"ons History Of New Zealand" IL
10 complete rciutAtioE Of ihls charge
aHS moreover, SHOWS d strong contrast
sho the great benefits OF equal sur.
rage over ana against what was tnv
Stats u New Zeatand under man sur
trase, ana what New Zealand was then
heaalnE Tor. II has not only been a
SUCCESS IN New Zsaland. II has been ia
salvation. The same testimony IL rlv
en- by scores OF representative p.opio
OF Ne" Zealand. Colorado Is bv no
means ulOne In this matter of fraudu-
E tsh. VOTING. but lei us consider only
colorado ROW. Judge Lindsey and ali
otner Such men. who have been In no
sitlohs tuiiiclAi and otherwiseJ TO know
mhhefeot they speak say among many
S'het thlnSs IN favor OF suffrage tnat
FRAUDULENT voting has not been uecaus.
OF women In politics. but In spite Of
u. lhat there are 10000 more men thar
women In the State; that II woman
aione voted public offices would be bsiS
oy men OF much greater honesty, mo-
lily ana courage: that In examining
cari9t boxes nssriy all scratches OF bad
candidates and votes for good oncs
%ere made by women. that II women
a atUne Soteo lrauduient voting would De
Representative John l. shaeroth,
Whom Mrs. Henson cites as a proof of
mo dishonesty In voting OF women In
,GoiGorado and who resigned mis- seat
IN Congress because of fraudulent eIec.
lions, said In published interview
; that only small percentage OF that
ulent voting was done by women
dishonest c'S
Hon. Alva Adams, twice Governor of
oiorado, testified to The same effect
petore the Judiciary Committee OF the
February 10, 1904. W. IL. Bryant pres
ident OF the Honest Elections League.
penver, Col. who is In position TO
Know if any one can know, says. "W NJ
men nave practically nothing 10 do
with fraudulent voting or ali the
warrants for arrest for fraudulent yot-
ing we have Issued. only two have been
Tor women"
Mr.. Shafroth. referred to before In
Lbs article, says In another statement.
Sunrage 10 not only right but practl-
cal. II tends TO elevate. There is NOT
caucus but what Is better attend cd
~ peter people and In better places"
lie then at Some length draws n con
trast between the rowdy conduct Of
men at the polls before woman suf-
traSe and the absence Of rowdyIsm
now Tho working girl need not fear
that men will not remain gentlemen
with the advent OF equal suffrage, but
tho reverse Will be true. In short, /
could go on quoting hundreds OF rep
resentatlVe men and women and the
voters themselves from these States
and countries aS to the benefits of sur
rage, but there seem to DO very few
respectabie men who assert over their
own names and addresses that the re-
suits are bad. II the people were not
satisfied they could, II they. wished.