The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-06-11
MARCHING ON.

NhAAAN ON.
The history of womankind is a
story of abuse. For ages men beat,
sold, and abused their wives and
daughters like cattle The Spartan
mother that gave birth To one of her
own sex disgraced herself; the girl
baby was often deserted in the noun
tains to starve. China bound and
deformed women's feet. Turkey
veiled their faces. America denied
them equal educational advantages
with men. Most of the world still
refuses them the right to participate
in government, and everywhere wo-
men bear the brunt of an unequal
standard of morality.
But the women are on the march.
They are walking upward and on to
the sunlit plains where the thinking
people rule. China has ceased bind
ing their feet. In the shadow of the
school. America for half century
has given the women equal educa-
tional advantages, and America, We
believe, will enfranchise them.
Wherever women have voted there
are only words of praise for the re-
suits. Wyoming enfranchised her
women in 1869, Colorado in 1898.
The legislature of both these States
have passed resolutions declaring
that women suffrage has been a de-
cided advantage to home and State.
Utah gave her women the vote in
1895. Hon. William Spry, Governor
of Utah says: THE women of Utah
have been exercising the right of suf-
frage for many years to the advan-
tage of the State, the home and the
women themselves Idaho enfran-
chised her women in 1896 by a vote
of two to one. The Hon. Burton L.
French, United States representative
from Idaho. says: "My judgment
is that woman suffrage has made for
better government in the States
where it has been granted" Wash
ington bestowed the ballot on her
women in 1910 by vote of three
to one. Hon. Ernest Lister, Govern
or of Washington, says; The re-
suits in the State of Washington have
certainly indicated that the women
OF the State assist in public affairs,
rather than otherwise, by having the
right to vote"
California gave her female citizens
the vote in 1911. Hon. Hiram w.
Johnson, Governor of California
gard equal suffrage as having justi-
fled itself in California. The women
have proved themselves a great force
for good government In several
particular instances the women have
waged battles in this State in behalf
of decency and good government
that challenge the highest regard for
them as voting citizens''
Kansas, Arizona and Oregon adopt
ed woman suffrage in 1912. Hon.
George H. Hodges, Governor of Kan
sas, says: Il hope the time will
soon be here when we will have ma
tion-wide equal suffrage" Hon.
George w. p Hunt, Governor of Ari-
zona, says: in my own mind there
is no doubt that it will make for
cleaner and better politics, that real
reforms of political evils will be
more sincere and lasting, and it will
lead to higher political morality in
general, Hon. Oswald West, Gov
ernor of Oregon, says: "The women
not only register and vote, but they
vote for those men and those meas
ures that make for decent govern
ment." Illinois women gained the
vote last year.
We can do little to help and not
much to hinder this great movement.
The thinking people have put their
o. X. upon it. 1t is surging forward
to its goal just as surely as this old
earth is swinging from the grip of
winter toward the summers harvest.
-Leslies Weekly.