The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-11-26
NlMLN sIEfRIGE

Labor suppoitsS Suffrage.

Labor Organizations and leader
are coming out for woman suffrag;
all along the line. John Mitchell
speaking in Butte. Montana, said re
Gently: Women should have tn,
right to use the ballot for their owr
protection. They say that the plac'
of women Is in the home. ! grant IT
But we face thes fact that In thi!
country there are 100000 womeE
compelled to earn their own living
These women should have the right
to use the ballot in their own pro
lection. On all the great moral ques
lions that effect the home, the great
mass OF women wfi vote right
, They will make mistakes. The me.
have made mistakes, but we CAM
lose anything by letting the womer
have a chance"
German Sutfragists Officially Recog.
nized.
For the first time a German SO.
ciety for Woman Suffrage received
an Official welcome when, at its re
cent general meeting at Elsenach. the
mayor greeted the sutfragists on be,
half OF the town and wished then
speedy success.
Voting at Home.
The new election laws Of Wiscon'
sin and South Dakota have spiked
one anti-suffrage gun in as much al
they provide for the mailing OF bal
lots by men unable to go to the polls
Men physically unable to go to tn,
polls certainly cannot go to war, q.
the opponents OF woman suffrage
claim all voters should be able to do
In fact, two guns are spiked, for Il
voting by mail is legal, mother cat
register her will without leaving
either The baby or or the baking.
President and Premier.
Mr.. Asquith who refuses to SEE
any suffrage. deputation may vel
take a lesson in courtesy and dfplo.
macy from HIr. Wilson. A New Jer.
sey delegation Of ~sufragists, seven.
ty-fve strong. being short for time
decided not to wait until officially
notified that an audience with thu
president had been arranged. The!
just walked up and knocked on thu
office door of the chief executive
Did Mr.. Wilson call for the police
Certainly not. He sent out word tina
| he would see the ladies Immediately
and ina few minutes they were usi.
cred in.
The Suffrage Situation in Canada.
Woman suffrage is making prog.
ross in Canada. Four years ago tni
Canadian Press was PRACTICAL,
closed to the question Of suffrage
Today there are few ii any Canadian
papers which do not discuss it. a:
a measure of the rising tide or as
cussion all the Dominion, the forma'
ton OF an Anti-Sufrage Society IL
:. Toronto is significant. Toronto ha;
six suffrage associations. Ottawa
Fort William and Port Arthur eac!
have live societies and several othel
places in Ontario have the beginnings
I Of such. In Vancouver, Victoria ant
New Westminster. the marriage oIs'
qualification for the municipal fran
chise has been removed. Woman sui
frage bills we're during the last SEES
| sion before all the provincial Parl!a'
ments Of Canada. except in Quebec
where the existence Of two national
tiles makes the work difficult.
Teacher Mothers and Mother Voters
The court decision in the case OF
Mrs. Bridget Peixotte, a teacher
mother, requiring her reinstatement
in the schools. invalidates the ruling
Of the New York city board OF edu'
cation that a married woman teacher
shall be dismissed after absence OF
account Of the birth of a child. As
Mrs. Beatrice Forbes Robertson Hale
| observed: II absence is permissible
on account of nervous %prostration. II
| should be permissible for maternity
since as between a convalescent neu'