Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1913-04-22
ACTS
Of M|L|TANTS
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WINDOWS
ANNE MARTIN DECLARES METH
Cd is ONLY SUCCESSFUL
WAY IN ENGLAND.

Miss Anne Martin, president of the
Nevada Equal Franchise society, lee
tured last night at the Nevada the
ater on militant suffrage in England
A fairly good attendance greeted the
speaker.
Miss Martin declared that the wo
mans vote has been constructive
wherever it has been tried, as wit
ness the conditions in New Zealand
where the infant mortality has been
decreased by one-half through the
efforts of the women to secure proper
medical inspection and careful in
spection of food and the milk sup
ply. In Utah by the direct influ-
ence of the woman's vote minimum
wage scale for women has been pass
ed by the legislature. Utah is the
only state with such a statute in
operation, and it was agitated and
passed by the women after the late
reports of the white slave commission
in Illinois which proved that in order
to stamp out prostitution it was ne,
eessary first to establish living
wage under which girls could de-
Gently maintain themselves, The Col
orada laws for the protection of
women and children were judged to
| be among the best in the world by
an international commission for the
consideration of the laws that APP
ply to women and children. These
laws were passed since the women
became voters in Colorado and these
facts should prove that the women's
vote is along the lines Of constructive
Legislation therefor, that every state
needs the woman's votes.
Miss Martins explanation of the
English situation was most illumi
mating. In the first place she gave
slight synopsis of the English laws
as they relate TO women, showing
conclusively how valuable property
is in the sight of the English law
and OF how little Importance is the
! person of woman She gave many
Illustrations of the way in which the
/ law operates in the hands of bat
, men, but they should be drawn il
: such a way as to protect women ant
! children from bad men. This th'
! English law does not do, as witness
+. the fact that the punishment il an,
that is inflicted upon man fo
running a child is but 30 shilling
. fine or Is days Imprisonment, but
woman who breaks a window costin
. three shillings is sentenced to 81
. months at hard labor. This show
a the sacredness of property and ho'
r little the life of child is value
by the law.
The women of England have ag
!. tated constitutional reform for tn
!. last so years. The work has bee
q quiet and in no case militant unit
q the last five years. During Thu
n time three suffrage reform bills wei
passed which affected the suffral
of men only and every one of the
was the result of demonstrations
force and rebellion on the part
the men, even going so far in OF
place as the burning of Nottingha
palace History proves conclusive
that England has not granted al
constitutional reform except after
= demonstration of rebellion Witne
our own history for confirmation
j this fact. The women of Englal
have come to the conclusion that tn
must employ the same tactics,
NJ The attitude of the press has ad
ed to this conviction for during
of these years that they have be
petitioning the government for reli
they have been ignored, NOT or
ne by the government but by the pre-
vi Gatherings of 10000 people wot
On never be mentioned in the papt
%. but let woman break a window
Ist chain herself to the door post OF t
IN. prime minister and Immediately $
We received a column In the pre-
ke Thus the militants found that tn
to could break down the press b
colt and by turning the attenti
of the public to their acts they hs
he been able to educate the people
to proper realization Of the inj