The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-11

ton Of the subject, Miss Bronson will
probably retire from the local field,
but will be followed by other speak
ers throughout the aso n until
next November when the election is
held.
Among Miss Bronson's contentious
is that woman suffrage and socialism
are q deadly parallel. In addition to
this she says 1t Is strongly linked
with the feminist movement, the real
signif1cancegof which she is sure has
What Leaders Say.
"If people here could have a con-
tinued and intimate view Of what is
going on over on New Yorks east
side, and see the strides that social
ism Is mixing through the suffrage
movement, they would be startled"
said Miss Bronson.
1.-THE Inscription on one banner car
ried in the Washington suffrage par
ade said 1000 900 socialists work and
vote for woman suffrage On hun
dreds of other banners in that parade,
1t said, every socialist is a woman
suffragist.'
ION page 400 Of The History Of wo-
man Suffrage, compiled by Susan B.
Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and
Lucy Stone, 1t is recorded: A union
Of souls alone constitutes and sancti-
ies true marriage. and any law or
public sentiment that forces two I'M
mortal, high-born souls to live to-
gether as husband and wife, unless
held there by love, is false to God
and humanity. It is no only woman's
right, 1t is her duty to withdraw from
all such unholy relations
1.-THE Rev, DR.. Anna Shaw, president
of the Equal Suffrage association, has
said, L would make motherhood a
governmental institution. I would
pension all mothers and have them
provided for first to last by the state.
/ believe that motherhood should be
independent Of man..
"'Alice Hyndman Rhine, a prominent
socialist-suffragist, has said, social
ism aims to benefit woman by recog-
nizing her as a perfect equal of man,
politically and socially, by fixing wo-
mans means Of support by the state,
SO as to render her independent of
man
Miss Inez MilholIand said in a Phil
adelphia speech. acid throwing and
bomb throwing have their places I'M
der certain conditions
Charlotte Perkins Gilman says,
the woman should have as much to
w LII ~ LASILIO eS biAO AAAO41 LS - y
Who then will take care Of the sick
babe? The nurse Of course II the
child is not seriously Ill, the nurse is
az good as the mother. If the child
is seriously Ill, the nurse is better.
When this change is fully established
O. man would no more think Of having
his wife become his h~ouse-servant
than a would Of marrying her
butler and retaining him in that ca
pacity.'
susan B. Anthony in The History
Of Woman Suffrage, said: motherhood
liz a purely animal function, q cat is
a mother, a COW is a mother.
Carrie Chapman Gait, former pres
ident Of the National Suffrage assoc
citation, in an address at the Washing
ton convention. said: lie the consti-
tuition stands in our way, let us tear
1t up and make a new n Women
win sink out of existence in the body
polite and will rise again as citizens.
II a woman possesses ability, great
or small, talent, genius. noble purpose,
lofty deals, shall she contribute these
directly to the welfare OF the world
or through the doubtful channels OF
husband and children?'
"Eiizabeth Cady Stanton, pioneer
~suffragist, said at a meeting of the
Wonlan's Council at Washington; q
have often told men of the present day
that the next generation of women
will not stand arguing as patiently az
we have done for half a century. The
| organizations Of labor all over the
country are holding out their hands
TO women; the time is nj far distant
when women will strike hands with
labor, with socialists with anarchists
and you will have the scenes OF the
revolution OF France re-enacted III
your own republic
Mrs. John Brennan. daughter Of
Charles "A. Dana. in an open letter tt
The New York Times. said; 1T 4.
quite possible that If the eastern
states continue 10 deny enfranchise.
ment to women. while the western
state continue to grant IT, the worner
thus discrin1anaked against may find
even 1aiiitancy ~justifiable.s
Mrs. "a. H. Il, Belmont lii an inter.