The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-10-03
LEGACY Won
BY WOMAN
For Her Stand Against We
man Suffrage.
Justice Brown Leaves 81, 900 to
Mrs. Goodwin---Law Fol-
lows Sentiment.


Goodwin, of New York, member Of
the National Association Opposed b.
Woman Suffrage, ha, found that "
pays in more ways than one to be
AN "anti." At meeting Of the o.
ISOLATION, held September rs at IT,
New York office.37 West Thirty-luth
street, Mrs. Goodwin received Con-
CALCULATIONS on q legacy Of @1,0eo
from former Associate Justice Brown,
of the United States Supreme Court
THE codicil in his will giving her
she money said
ITO Grace Duffield Goodwin be-
queath the sum OF $1,000. not only -
a token of my personal esteem, but
Of my appreciation Of her services
in upholding the dignity Of woman-
hood and defending the historic pc-
sition Of her sex in our scheme Of
government"
Mrs. Goodwin, in speaking Of her
work, said:
| Eve who sincerely and seriously
opposed the programme offered by IRE
suffragists think the women who ad-
vocate the acknowledgements Of wom-
en- fail to demonstrate the remedial
effect of the ballot when granted
to women. We frankly admit thst
individuals and groups under exist
ling conditions frequently endure tn
justice; women in the industrial world
suffer under heavy wrong; individual
who own property and pay taxes
with no voice In public matters euf-
fer a form of injustice. Suffrasfsts
and anti-suffragists alike are eager
to see these wrongs righted. but they
differ seriously as to the means for
this end. Nevertheless, we submit
the proposition that American WON
en-, judged, not by the individual, by
the group or the class. but as a whole
are suffering under no wrongs which
need for their redress tthevi olent ov-
erturning Of the entire political ma
3 chinery Of the nation.
1.-THE suffagists claim that the bal
I. lot in the hands Of women Will
tlcleanse our national life from The
, dread evil of intemperance and pros-
titution. If this were 20 there would
Snot be an anti-suffagist in America
! The women who live by the social
Q evl would be thrust out II they dar-
ed to face the simple question Of
starvation. Just as the claim fhet
: votes will raise wages betrayed con-
o fused thinking In the matter OF pol
Q itics and industry. so this claim DO
d trays confused thinking in the mattes
d of politics and ethics. Public seni-
e ment, the result of an aroused puoaAe
i conscience, goes before the law and
;. follows after Vt. No Cav can be mad
q or enforced without such sentiment
h The terrible weaknesses OF human
: nature stand in the way Of prohibf-
ton and abolition OF the social cyl.
" These dread things still exist IN
It suffrage States. and several of thes'
Is have had from sixteen to forty-twt
q years for experiment and proof. Oul
D. only sure knowledge OF what can o'
" done must be based upon what ma
y been done and II 1t cannot be done II
n small and sparsely settled communal
y ties. and we must do women the jus
ne tice to suppose that they are unaoa
and not indifferent or unwilling. nov
le shall 1t be accomplished in region
to with close population and congests'
ne cities, where these evils are IN
he strongest?
n 1.-The country Is thoroughly awak
to the peris of the white slave trai
fic. Let the suffrage States lead IN
way. Let them give US practica
Is demonstration of communities whic
re have cieansed themselves by On
lrt votes OF women. Let them prove thsi
n contention by abOlishing, "a the
he claim they can with the ballot, thes
terrifying evils In Utah. Idaho. Cal
at ,.foruia. Colorado and other State
". where women vote"
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