The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-08-27
VOTES FOR WOMEN,
SPEAKERS DEMAND
Mrs .Redding Cole Says That
Equal Suffrage Would
Benefit Nation.
SHE ATTACKS TEDDY

I'VE are all weaVers of the web of
life" said Mrs. J. Redding Cole, in
her address last evening at the Chau-
tauqua, on Women Who Toll"
Each of us has our part. A nation
which neglects its children goes to
ruin. Men and women alike must
study political economics SO that they
can regulate these things The shops
are full of children and young women
who toll twelve and fourteen hours a
day and receive a small wage The
time has come when the women who
toll shall have the right to regulate
the hours and wages. Equal suffrage
has been opposed on the charge that
the women are unfit to vote Has the
other half of the population always
been capable? The morals of a ma
ton seldom rise higher than those of
its rulers.
Lawmakers incompetent
Our lawmakers and men in office
are many of them incompetent, it is
one of our common faults. They are
also incorporate. The morals of
Washington are fifty per cent better
public men are subject to bribery, but
the time must come when we can send
men to congress who cannot be pur-
chased. Our public money is unwise-
ly disposed of Every woman in Rich
mond who owns a lot should have a
voice in this. These are some of the
general reasons why the women
should vote. Such conditions are ex-
listing in country where only half of
the population is represented, and ev-
cry serious thinking woman is op-
posed to them"
She Attacks Roosevelt.
Mrs. Cole took a stand directly
against Colonel Roosevelt and scorned
his race suicide theory. "Multiplica-
ton is not necessary in civilized tribes
and the slogan of the country should
be not more children, but better ones.
Until the I'D is removed from the bal
lot box the fewer babies in the era
die the better.
"Our friend, Judge Lindsey, has
faith in the American boy. I have
faith in the American girl. She is the
most splendid creature in the world
and I am here to ask for her rights.
1t has been said that women should
not vote because she cannot bear
arms. If the number Of men who were
unfit to bear arms were DISTINGUISHED,
the polls would be as lonesome as a
bathing beach in December.
Many Men Unfit for War.
Out of 1000 editors 745 are unfit to
bear arms, and out of the same num-
Der of ministers 954 are unfit When
ever a S ldier is born a woman risks
her life, and for years she does picket
duty around his cradle. 1t is said by
those who oppose us that woman's
suffrage would increase the ignorant
vote. Now statistics show that there
are eight times as many educated wo-
men as men. The beautiful sentiment
of the saying, the hand that rocks the
cradle rules the world would be true
If women could vote, but any polite
ian will tell you that it is the hand
the cradle rocks which does the ruling
now"
1T is said that women are incom-
petent In Wisconsin the state spent
100000 for the protection of its game
and fish and only S17.O for the main
tenance of her board of health. If the
women had made such an expenditure
as this they would never have heard
the last of it. In Philadelphia there
are 10000 more school children than
seats in the school houses can accom-
modate, and yet at the same time that
city spent $4,000 to entertain the
Elks"