The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-21

au ouo!S enough. thcy DO not know
aoly successful, In comparison with
DER masculine predecessors. as super
.miemdsnt IT,, OF the Chicago public
80 vote, In systematic foreign mis-
sonary work women are as able as
men. In social service often uncoualed,
Dut when II comes 10 voting the vericst
h,hic flnran Is superior to them. The
shurch could not endure without them,
pHht they do not know enough TO vote.
hlcstic budget quite az we'll as the
average man manages his affairs but
shS does not know enough To vote.
Every argument against equal sur
rage of any Significance Is an arr
snment against universal suffrage;
aSn. indeed, nicely considered, much
Slrcies' is really antidemocracy. There
is the tImeworn declaration that wo-
men should not vote because they orc
unable to fight: as If hghtlng were not
The lowest and cheapest or ali forms
OF public service. If this test were i'm
partially applied, many distinguished
, DC ruled out; among them, the clergy.
,chcherS. men over fortynvc and a
host OF invaIids. VIC hone vet to
turn the lighting over to the police.
TO intelligence and conscience not to
muscle
II is said. too. that women must
ready excessive loads. The fact Is
that the average voter does not spend
very much time or. energy in pre-
that he should. He must insist on pub
nc honesty and good character and
ihtcliiSence in public men but he must
leave the decision In most matters
TO the Legislators. The legislators de-
pend upon committees. who are in
structed by some experts among them:
adopt the committees report with only
the most general knowledge OF the
SUBJECT at issue Consequently woman
would be fully equal 10 the strain
; endured by the average masculine
voter. and 1t would not lie dinRrult TO
equal him in character and public
y fnvoritc argument against woman
suffrage Is that society would be no
better for ii, that suffrage Is not n
riKh bn, prln,eSssI and Oh may be
OF H.. When the objector thinks of
himself, suffrage is a right: when 9TH
efs, demand 1t as a right, he says
Importance. The insinccrity OF I'll
this appears from the fact tina, he
would never consent to have II denied
to himself. while he Is very willing 20
have /, denied to others And just
here is the root Of the matter.
Who is more entitled to "A voice in
determining woman's sphere THAN wo
man herself: What man would con
son, 10 have women determine his
sphere? \ full half of tho intellect
anu ConscielCt OF lUc community -
nnrepresented in the w,making
bodies, and the feminine interest.
which is quito as important a social
factor aS the masculine. fs not repro
scntcd. As q result only the craSscst
ignorance or lack of principle would
pretend that woman has had Justice
done her in the past or even in the
present. The social order will never
be at its best until this Is rcmcdieG.
The only remedy Is: give the women
chance. 40 one has right to de-
Nfl h al j. tt,.f Ent no
would not equally accord 10 others.
The rights OF the moral personality arc
absolutely independent OF sex. The
functions the SEXES have to play In
life are different and Will take care
OF themselves, but they In no way
affect the duty OF every moral person
to he interested In the weiihefas OF
moral person TO have a deciding voice
in the social affairs. In these deepest
things, these fundamental duties, men
and women are alike and equal. AS to
the results Of equal suffrage. wide c&-
pericncc has shown that IL has struck
tn. balance FOR good wherever prac
tised. We may also expect great
advantage to women themselves from
the possession Of the suffrage, not
OF their just claims from lawmakers.
but also in producing more thought
fui superior type of woman. AL
ready from their larger intellectual
lie women are more interesting and
more socially valuable than ever be-
fore. And the wider social interest
arising from greater possibility and
responsibility cannot fail TO result in
larger and more effective life