The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1912-08-03

Wntoa Anan - UuuOWca. IkcE
b. ain was not created to perform house.
hole duties alone. but, with proper edu-
cstir,n and active experisnoe in the
prf ormance OF what 10 termed manly
duties. on the rostrum OF in the halls Of
le gisllation, she is and viii become
&C ually competent with man to distin.
gnith right from wrong in public duties
ai,d TO educate the people 80 that they
mar with understanding determine
q cir rights under our constitution.
A great deal has been and still 10 being
q i'd about the inability Of women TO
Art - Jurors. In less than . week sf-
tar they were enfranchised. the women
of California we're summoned for jury
d ltyr and. lin every case they have
been highly commended by the judge
far their promptnessin in accepting service
AID for the satisfactory manner in " nich
they discharged their duty"
Tae women in the State of Washing,
tn have been doing jury duty ever
. nee they were enfranchised tNovem-
bar 1910. Their acts have met with
judicial and popular approval.
The record Of women jurors in dif-
f,rent States all reflect great credit npon
,ein. In one notable case, ia the State
OF Washington, after many actions had
been brought against . fish trap com.
T anv. and tried without conviction, for
,iohsting the law in the use of their
t-sIs. which is serious legal offense.
l. was wholly through the determine
on Of . woman that fnal conviction
was secured. Time and again the jury.
imposed wholly OF men, had failed to
convict. Finally o mixed jury was se.
cured and ON the first ballot disacreed,
as most OF the men voted for acquittal,
but there was one woman on that Jury
who argued for seven hours and at last
sotght the men over 20 her way Of
thinking, and for the fret time in the
history of the Puget Sound fish industry
. really important conviction was
secured.
Jury duty for women 10 not as new
IS il would seem from the arguments
we iomstimes hear ani read about it,
The women of Wyoming have been
,oti az and serving on grand and petit
uri,s since 1869. Chief Justice Howe
said in 1879: "After the grand jury had
teeu in session two days all the unde.
sirat,le characters fad out OF the terri.
tory IN dismay 60 escape the indict-
raents OF women jurors. have never
10 2ii years' experience in the courts Of
the country seen . more faithful and
reso utely honest grand and petit jury
During his many years as chief JUS
tioe. he constantly summoned women
urors.
A former governor Of Wyoming has
said "The only dissenting voices against
Woman Suffrage have been those of
con, lets tried and found guilty by
women jurors;" and again. They not
only performed their new duties with
out osing any Of their womanly virtues.
and with dignity and decorum, but
good results were immediately seen.
while Attorney General M. q. Brown
said: women jurors see the truth of
a tn ng &C . glance. and their minds
,ncs settled. neither sorhist. logic.
rhet ,rio. pleading. nor tears win move
rhenl from their purpose. A guilty
,ers,n never escapes a just punishment
Shen tried BY women jurors.
Tie experience of one woman would
undoubtedly be very similar TO others.
and one of our California sisters assures
As that she did not have any experience
,f a disagreeable. nature in the perform
lnce Of jury duty. Common sense she
said was the chief requisite. She put
aer house in order. did a weeks baking.
and left her home in charge Of her
iaut 'hter. She says the three dollars .
lay was the easiest money she ever
sarusi and wondered If the bugbear
about women serving as jurors was not
raised by the men who want to keep
the job for themselves"
Instead Of women shirking the duty
Of juror or judge. in most cases they
would not only be willing bot anxious
to serve. for thev readily realize. THAT
. voice in making laws is not fully ef-
fective unless it extends 20 their en-
forcsment.
Berkeley boasts Of Q young lady
lawyer, Miss Dorothy Schunk. who in
tends devoting her time TO the cases Of
won en- and girls without friends who.
as sie says. can tell their stories better
90 . woman attorney than they could TO
. man. She was the first woman at-
torny 20 appear in the police courts OF
San Fraacisco. and modestly admitted
thar she might be . candidate for city
sttof aey in Berkeley next year.
To climb from the disfrict attorneys
seat up TO the judges throre is CON-