Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1912-01-31
Letters From the People
EQUAL SUFFRAGE

] Oi tne WUtntn OF 'hlllDiHlh
"Thc triumph Of suffrage in Cali.
! fornia ~ a triumph for the progress
siyc movement all over the nation.
I $50 long as we have forced WON.
en- into economic competition with
/ men, taking their part In the business
and industrial world, il is not only
un Just, but "A little short of n crime
10 deny them the same rights as men
TO participate in the government un.
der which they live.
"In the end IL will do more to re-
turn women to their proper sphere as
home makers and the mothers of chill
drcn than any other step yet taken
/ in our new civilization.
81 am firmly convinced that the
old fashioned notion that the women
belong primarily to the home, but
that doesn't mean that she should be
/ denied part in the great problems
of civilization, for there can be no
real home for all the people until
these questions are settled and settled
right.
81 am firmly convinced that won.
en- even more than men, in the end
can be depended upon to be on the
right side in the struggles ahead.
"Of course, the participation Of
women in the political affairs and
questions of the nation will develop
some unlovely traits in individual
women, just as has been the case
with men.
But TO deny women the right TO
vote because Of this fact would be ms
participate in church socials. neighbor.
hood gatherings, their various clubs
in the church and out Of the church,
because similar unlovely traits some.
times develop in individual women.
"Whcn the unfair methods Of the
anti-suffragists are fully understood
the cause Of suffrage will sweep over
this country until women vote in
every state as they do in Colorado
and we shall look back upon the argu
ments and opposition against IL "a
we do upon the mistakes of the darl
ages.
During my residence Of over TWEEN
~ years in Arizona. I have followed
the fate Of Equal Suffrage yer,
closely. and I can safely say, that il
all of these years there has neve
been logical argument against suf
frage for women put forth. The op
;, position came from that class Of mel
!. who always bitterly oppose every rc
= form movement. and who will tr
Is again TO defeat our measure this tins
o However. conditions have change
IS wonderfully during the past 81
IS months, and the recent victory i
q California has caused many Of GU
n newspapers, especially the progressiv
'. ones. TO take firm and open stan
o in favor Of universal suffrage-an
Il as our newspapers but voice tn
It thoughts Of the people, / feel conf
/. dent that our first state legislator
n will very speedily enact law recon
Al mending the amending Of the e0nst
tuition 80 that Suffrage win be e'
tended to both sexes.
The recent election In Los Angelo
3 Cal, brought out some pertinent fact
that utterly destroy the force Of tn
N opposition, that women will not TAX
20 enough interest to register or to vot
II The register showed that 95 per cer
Il Of the women who registered, vote
II while only rs per cent of the men di
,e so. Aud the comment made at III
:. polling places, was, that the woms
0. voters handled their ballots more il
20 telligently than the average man.
10 The class of men who oppose su
~ fragc for women, are those who kno
le that their occupation will cease, b
n cause the women cannot be handle
ID In the same manner az certain Of Il
~ male element have been In the pas
Let our women once become tho
p. oughly interested In the ballot and a
10 that IL mesns-snd that interest wi
II. only come when we have the ballot
at and the "City Beautiful" "tl
a Juvenile Court" "the curfew ordi
to snee,' the "Publie Censorship" w
to not be dead letter, but the Law
al governing these will be enforced ia
as conscientiously as other laws. A
r., matters pertaining to the guidan
Of and care Of our children will recei
nd their closest attention.
~ The natural right of woman
is vote il Just as clear as that of ma
m and rests on the same ground. Sin
he she IN called on TO obey the laws :