St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1913-03-15

every way then, woman II man
equal, though for many years she wa
held in the, background. receivin
little or no education. But ct Ia
she Is coming to the front. It n 4
established fact, that In universitie
and colleges women stand o. high
II not higher, than men IN thei
studies.
When women get these rights. the
will be given equal opportunitie
with men, In every field Of work. IA
Guiding teaching, and they will re
ceive equal pay for equal work, whicl
they certainly do not have now
They will also be equally eligibla
with men for all state and municjpa
positions.
Personally. do not approve D
women parading the streets, demand
Ing votes, and making . scene, bu
nowadays everything Ii Overdraw1
and done in excess. The overdrawl
cartoons Of suffragettes and theil
meetings are a source of much amuso
ment to the public. but when thu
women finally get their vote, theJ
will demonstrate their ability,
In proof of these arguments haNs
put forth to-day, woman has beer
forced to leave her domestic sphere
and demand her vote, because politicf
have been so corrupt under men
rule that it rests upon her to raise
the standard. Furthermore. Cali.
fornia and Colorado and several Othe,
states stand as living examples OF the
success of woman suffrage.
have proven to you that the w0rlf,
would be greatly benefited by woman
suffrage in many ways: BY abolish
ing brfbing, closing saloons and
gambling dens, reducing the high
cost of living, bettering Of public
Institutions. equalizing The wages Of
men and women.
Therefore YOU will all agree With
me in saying that women should
have the right of suffrage
MARGARET BUSHNELL.
The subject before uss u one Of
great value and interest, and at the.
present time occupies the minds OF
the majority OF the people especial
ly the women who are involved in II.
The last speakers claimc,: that vo-
men should not have the flgh4 of
suffrage. This is where . great
many persons are wrong, when they
to make II appear that wo-
man suffrage is trying 10 take the
place OF mans position in the world
Many say that woraan's place Is ii
the home. This may be true. but
does 1t require all OF her time u
vnfn ~ A..l
man ii does. because before and ate,
voting most Of them spend their time
drinking and gambling. a woman
would return home at once to her
children and continue her household
duties, after voting for something
which she knows b for the benefit Of
her country. You can sec by THE
hat she only wants to gain Z wider
sphere Of usefulness.
Take fer instance the American |
woman Of the sixties and early sew
snties. All Of her individual p0s-
|esi0ns passed BY Law 10 her husband /
d deal with % he chose, Without /
I5Rdfanee, the Hion60nt sak1 married
lin, and all that he had to do iDl
Exchange was to give her his nameI
md to keep her from starvation. Tc I
hink that our gfandmothers were
'atisfied with such condition! But
wen then there was talk OF woman's T
lights and finally the majority OF the
american women are awakentng TO
he thought that Il = bound 70 pc [
,ranted sooner or later or to my {
hinE.ng good deal sooner than I
;oB1e people expect.
Not only In this country ana Eng
and that woman has proven that I