The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1912-08-30
Friday, August 80. 1919.
Votes for Women.


the Mount Vernon, o.. Republican.
from the pen Of Martha G. Irvine,
will doub, les, he read with interest
by the lady's many friends IN Oregon,
whom she has met here at various
times. while visiting her brother, the
late Clark Irvine. Of this city:
EDITOR REPUBLICAN News: mo-
tice a call for mass meeting on
Wednesday evening Of citizens In an
open air discussion of the I'D amend
ment, providing suffrage for women.
! wonder II the people Of Mt. Vernon
understand just what this call meansY
Is II not an awakening To the fact
that women are not citizens Of the
United States. only dwellers thereinY
True. We are allowed to pay taxes on
property. or jewels. or dresses, that we
have bought, and paid for. Yea, We
pay the taxes demanded OF rs, and are
beginning TO realize that the money
so gathered il expended To keep up a
government Of men. for men, negro
men. illiierate men, ignorant men.
Slays, Poles, I,uhcmians, llungarians:
ANYTHING male. out Of the pcniientia'
~ or insane asylum. has q voice a. TO
how our taxes are imposed and en-
pended The cry % no taxal ion With
out representation. heard more i'an
one hundred and ihir'y.Six years ago.
meant ~ much 10 women A. To men.
They hav. waited patiently. many of
them Indignantly, and seen ignorant
foreigners. unable Ia speak the Ian.
yuagc. or understand the cundil ions
existing W the United States, hustled
into citizenship. with indecen, haste.
IN order to secure a vote Tor their
masters. They waited pat icn,ly. and
although aggrievrd saw the negro Of
the South, emerging from darkest ~.
norance Of slave HE. given precedence
IN their demand for citizenship. They
don't propose TO Val, any longer In
Ohio.
Tie vote for Suffrage for women,
means for all tia, l. good IN the con-
duct Of affairs, whether al the state,
or the nation. II means purity In
municipal affairs. !, means tat
theft and bribery shall no longer be
protected. II means that trai,ickers
In the White Slave trade shall no
longer be "protec,cd;" that men who
buy and sell young girls into dens Of
infamy, shalt h4 brough, 10 justice
and punished. II means better ciyil
and municipal laws, carrying out of
the laws not sliding over, nor under
them, bat obeying all Laws made, and
provided Tor the city, the town, the
state, or individuals, obeying the laws,
IL what the vote for women means.
II means better cducai ional met hods,
the care aud training of poor young
children, improved home life, 4 revi-
sion Of divorce Laws. II means saving
the life Of This great republic from
the fate that beiell ancient Rome.
There are grave questions before tie
voters Of ohio. on the 81 of Septem'
Der, lDl2, no, one more important
than this Of the I'D amendmen,
Will not Knox county give an aiiirni'
ative vote for this great cause, and
help 10 save the nation from the
decay tina, menaces, Men who pay nc
taxes. own no property, many not
knowing why they vote ~ wha, the.
vote for, are given preference ovci
women l. il justY J. II rightY L.
II asking too much, To claim the SAINT
privileges extended To the white, the
black, or the brown MANI
Answer, ye men of Knox county, on
the 3d of September. lola.
MARTHA &. IRVINE,