The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1912-01-06
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WHY SHOULD WOMEN VOTE?
With one accord the broad-minded'
clear ysioned men and women who are
looling TO the future Of the state viii
gay thot for every cause which gives
man the hi Hot and few additional rea-
sons Nvoaion should have the right TO
vote. Woman as citizen, taxpayer
mother or potential mother Is inter-
.egted In cverything which has to do
With the welfare OF humanity and the
Welfare work OF our country Is con-
nored by tie ballot IN the hands OF
B comparatively small number OF
Voters. Twelve million voters stayed
away from the polls in the last presi-
Genital election; fourteen million vot-
CO.
WHY should women need 60 vote?
what Is the matter with our country?
"This blessed land Of Room Enough
beyond the ocean bars
Where the air is fun Of SUNSHINE aud
the nug Is fun Of stars
This lend IN which apologies for po-
Huoal corruption form so large a part
o. the current literature where from
Adams county TO Lake Erie and from
Danville TO Alaska the crop that re-
ceivcs the most avid cultivation Is tac
one gathered from the plum-tree
What Is The mrtter? We have followed
the path of least resistance politically
the easiest wuy-AND IN TRYING
TO MAKE MEN RICH INSTEAD or
TRYING TO MAKE MEN GOOD WE
HAVE EVOLED \ DISHONEST
GOVERNMENT
II is often said: $50 long as wo-
man makes the men of the country
she can afford TO let those men make
the laws" We deny chat she cen sute-
Is permit men alone to make TIC laws
much less secure their proper enforce
ment and we base the denial ON the
laws Of this and other states I'm which
women do not vote as compared Win
the laws in states whore women nave
the ballot-and the enforcement of lew
IN all the states of the Union.
In Ohio whore there are so many
elective and appontive offices that
politics has become one OF the learned
professions with the United states LIE
quor Dealers as principal instructors
laws for the protection of women and
minors do not protect. Go search the
llotters and court records and to-
tai" the number of thrown cases
conveniently forgotten or dismissed for
"laclS of evidence" and you viii find
one Of the essential reasons why wo-
mon should vote. Whether wages are
high or low is a matter Of secondary
importance to a woman If gambling Is
tolerated i'm the town and her hus-
band goes TO the hotel Sunday night
ana In a game Of poker loses all she
has earned through the week. What
will you give to a woman In exchange
for the soul of her wayward minor son
who Is being sold liquor in deiionce Of
the law while she is powerless to pre-
went his destruction or punish those
who plot his downfall? Whether laws
be many or few is of slight Importance
when prosecuting attorneys viii not
prosecute and there are citizens far
more dangerous than the detested
"bootlegger" In dry territory; thore
arc juries that will neither indict nor
convict and courts that viii not pun
ish, These conditions inimical To pub
lie welfare will continue until tn, ball
lot is given TO the mothers.
| All agree that alcohol is woman'a
chief enemy, the principal cause Of
! divorce casting upon charity It's
orphans by the hundreds Of thousands,
sending more broken-hearted mothers
t. the grave than any other thing In
the universe; bringing upon the people
poverty and Industrial waste beyond
computation; ana the sufferings Of the
lWesent generttion are not to be come
Ipared With the disease and racial pol
coming OF succeeding generations caus-
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