News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1912-03-13
w. c. I. U. March Meeting

The Franchise department of the local
W. q. Il. U. held its March meeting at
the home of Mrs. Carrie Smalley with
the president, Mrs. NJ. T. Davis, in the
chair. The song service was led by Miss
Prior. Opening hymn, "Best be the
Tie" The president read Pisa. 50 and
So. The throne of grace was duplicated
for the equalization of justice to the hui
man race. (Women are human beings as
we'll rs men,
The song, Keep Praying Toiling On"
being sung the report of the Memorial
thank offering meeting was given by the
secretary.
The members answered the roll call by
giving II fundamental reasons why wo-
men should have the ballot on equal
terms with men. Mrs. Davis, Miss Prior,
and Mrs. Stewart were appointed com
mittee to see about public meeting.
The union acquiesed the request of the
State President to be represented at the
town meeting. Why? One reasoL-- hat
the Mothers. sisters, sweethearts and
wives may learn of the fathers, brothers.
lovers and husbands by observation, how
the work (not smoking and the lke) is
done, which eventually will fall for wo-
men To share when JUSTICE is done.
Miss Grace Prior read paper on Wo-
man Suffrage written by Mrs. A. b. Aus
tin, an ardent believer of the subject,
which is agitating not only in this but
other countries as we'll. Just now the
women in California are having the long
looked for chance to vote. The YER
MONT WOMENwould like a chance to
night some of the wrongs, especially the
License Question, by ballot. The Pro-
| hbiton law might have been retained
| by being amended, (the authors opnion)
which would have avoided the disagree
able and unnecessary struggled every year
between License and No License, if the
| WOMEN of the fair state of VERMONT
| Ito be written without the blemish of in.
temperance and its associate evils) could
have voted at the right time. The great
question of Suffrage with all great issues
has two sides, which should be carefully
and thoughttully studied and considered
on all sides to be prepared for what may
be demanded when equal suffrage is
gained. WOMEN can VOTE as intelli.
gently as men. Some women do most of
the Church-going and charitable work."
Surely they would be honest in politics
if there is such thing as honesty there.
Women might purity politics but could
not make them any worse.
| The outlook of the Suffragettes ofEng
land is very hopeful for the future. The
| Amercads, however, take the lead. The
Golden Rule practiced allows women q
| voice in the government if they are sane,
normal human beings and not classed
| with the immature, mentally and Grim
naly defective or abnormal. The gospel
of Christ teaches TO respect, love and
| honor all our tellowmen. The progress
sive Industrial village of Morrisville has
flaming it's leading, cultured, refined and
infiuential society women, sutfragettesbe
sides these in the w. e. T. U.
Mrs. NJ. L. Davis read selection,
! How One Woman Voted" (Jhe first wo
man at the polls in Los Angeles) which
well answered the doubtful question,
Have women brains enough to vote ill.,
teligently?" In the affirmative if they
are intelligent enough to properly pre-
pare meals and do the hundred and one
other duties required of housekeeper,
wife and mother.
Mrs. Marvin read a copy of letter |
MIs.Parmelee sent to 21of the Graftonof- |
ticials because they sold bank stock of |
delinquent women taxpayers and did not |
intolce the law on the delinquent male |
Taxpayers NO JUSTICE. The Norris |
vile union has had direct communica- |
ton from said Grafton women. Mrs. |
Davis gave Lady Cooks planned Suffrage
Campaign to Washington. Miss Stern
berg named the equal suffrage states
Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Wash.
ington and California.
VERMONT men who love the freedom |
| which their fathers won for them, will,
in time, pay their debt by winning the |
| freedom for their daughters.
Mrs. Ella Tinker presented the neces- |
sity for votes for Vermont women, as |
taxation without representation is ty- |
ranny. Women are people governed and
| taxed. Governments do not derive their |
just powers without the consent of the |
| women.
| Mrs. Wilder wildly portrayed from |
| The Credulous Woman" how woman's |
| faith in man may be forever lost because |
| OF his disregard and abuse of it.
The emblem of Woman Suffrage, so /
| said by Miss Annie Peck, has been plant
ed by her on the summit of Mt. Coro-
puma, in Southern Peru, at higher spot
than reached by man.
Mrs. Marion Tillotson mentioned about
| Boston license boards plan restricting
| drinking by women, which also referred
| to the gross injustice of the present drug |
law, as we'll as affirming that even some
| women drink and need looking after.
On the question "Why should women
vote and why not?" the why's presented
reasons so abundantly by the members
present for themselves and from many
eminent men and women throughout the