The Pensacola journal., 1914-12-20

Lamar Bldg. Atlanta. Ga.
i 100000 women in the United States
who are wage earners, and whose
health an dthat of future citizens,
through them, is often endangered by
! evil working conditions that can only
be remedied by legislation, have a
| right to vote equally with men.
! She believes that as women suffer
| from bad government just as men do
they should vote equally with men.
| That mothers have the right to make
| their children's surroundings safe and
sanitary through proper legislation.
| That the women Of leisure who at
| tempt to serve the public welfare
| should be able to support their efforts
by their votes. That busy mothers
and professional women can best
! serve the State by the same means
| that busy men best serve the State
| by casting their ballot.
! She believes that through the baa
| lot women will be trained to a higher
sense of social and civic responsible
| ty, because such sense develops with
| use. That women are consumers, and
that consumers need fuller representa-
tion in politics.
And, above all things, she believes
that as citizens of a government OF
the people by the people and for the
people, women, being a very large part
of the intelligent people of this coun-
try, have the right to vote equally with
men.
She believes that the women do
not need the ballot any more than the
men and the State need the women.
| That the women ought to give their
help, the men ought to have their hsfL,
! and the state ought to use that help
to its own betterment.
But not alone, for these general rea-
sons does Mrs. Jacobs ask the ballot
for herself and her country women.
She reminded the men in her au-
dience of the fact that the western
states now have full suffrage and that
nearly all the middle west and the
Eastern states have partial suffrage,
and that only the Southern states
have no suffrage at all. Mrs, Jacobs
Illustrated this with a large suffrage
map, and pointed out that these suf-
frage states were all neighbors, and
that suffrage had spread from the one
neighbor state to another neighbor
state, because it was worth while, had
oeen tested, and had been found good
for state and it's people.
Mrs. Jacobs spoke Of chivalry and
said:
"The most beautiful act Of cfliva1ry
Of which 1 know was that OF the men
of Wyoming. These men gave the
women of their territory the suffrage.
And when at last the time came for
the state to be admitted into the un-
ion, the men asked the federal gov
ernment for the suffrage for the
women as well as for the men Of
Wyoming, and were refused.
The United States Government re-
fused to admit the women on the
same status that they admitted the
men. SO the women said:
"'Do not let us keep you back. You
have a right to your statehood. You
gave us the ballot and we have not
misused it. But we do not want to
hold you back, II 1t Is to be the price
of your right to statehood. We are
willing to give up the ballot that
Wyoming may be admitted to the
union
But the men Of Wyoming said: No.
They would not accept their statehood
at such sacrifice. They had given
their women the territorial right to the
ballot and unless these same womes
had the state right they would stay
out of the union, and Wyoming did
stay out Of the union for two years
and would not accept it's statehood un-
til the women Of wyoming were ad-
mitted On equal terms with the men"
This is Mrs. Jacobs idea OF chfvalry
and from the applause Wyoming re-
cefved it was easily seen that her au-
1ience agreed with her.
Mrs. Jacobs does not believe that
chivaIry is a product Of any special
class or section. She found chivalry
in Chicago, Just as she finds IL in
Alabama and Florida She thinks well
bred men are the same every where.
Ilist as well bred women are tho same
everywhere.
And sh gave these Southern men a
ringing challenge.
ST do not give you this as a threat"
she said, but as a warning"
''The western states have given their |
women the suffrage. These states viii |
have large representation in congress. |
It is only a question OF a short time |
when many other states now having |
martial suffrage viii have full suffrage. |
The southern women believe in state /
rights. They believe that their own
men should have the privilege Of CIV
ing the southern women the ballot and
not be forced to give it to them
through a federal amendment Suf-
frace is coming. Women see it. Men
a acknowledge il.
Mrs. Jacobs believes 1t to be not