Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1914-02-27
TAXPAYINC WOMEN.
Demand The Ballot Says Baltimore
Womsn.

MNA4aAs
Inits Letter Box. the Baltimore
Sun contains the following letter
which The Capital has been request
"a 20 publish
"A member Of the Maryland Asso-
citation Opposed 10 Woman Suffrage
declares in her letter Of the 18Th that
many opposed &c woman suffrage
felt assured cf its defeat if il had
gone TO the voters to decide. Their
why did the anti" find it necessary
to 20 TO Annapolis 70 importUoe the
Legislature TO defeat the suffrage
bill?
"Jlst why a body of women viii
band themselves together for the
sole purpose OF robbing their sisters
Of their birthright snd personal lib
erty ] cannot fathom. Those who
consider Il too degrading e go TO the
polls could always stay at home. The
defeat at Annapolis of the suffrage
bill was to be expected in a State
reeki lg with political corruption. ]
ask my taxpaying sisters of Balti-
more are our interests safe In the
hands of body of men composed
almost entirely Of men from the conn-
! ties who have no interest whatever
/ 10 ciCy taxation?
They showed the payinR tax bill
| down the throats Of the helpless tax
paying women OF Baltimore, myself
included we bad no say in the mat.
! ter before, alter or since, no means
Of protection, yet / am served with
la notice that if my paving tax bill
for one year is not paid in thirty days
my home VIII be advertised by the
city for sale.
"New paving lie all very we'll for
thosl who can afford it, but can we
give our children asphalt for bread7
Before our street was rspaved, the
youngest child could play in perfect
safety, now It's as much as their
lives are worth to 60 beyond the curb,
because sf speeding automobiles. 1t
seems we are paying for luxury for
the idle rich TO enjoy.
Right here in Baltimore we find
widows left with children of tender
ages taxed TO help support chart
ties, yet they have 90 voice in vot-
ing e eliminate the saloon which Is
indirectly the cause of the need Of
the majority Of the assessments for
charity. We have bad representa-
tives of the city 70 force their way
into our private home g, armed with
notices from the city departments,
as though we were fugitives from
justice. yet we haa done nothing
criminal. Even our household effects
the pallet we sleep upon included,
must needs be taxed. Yet we are
told that to grant Us the ballot viii
rob as Of our womanhood The
taxpaying women Of Baltimore have
been robbed of that long ago through
the struggle against the injustice
they have been subjected TO. | spe ak
from personal experience.
lone objection that has been put
forth against equal suffrage is that If
given the franchise woman would be
compelled 20 defend her country
in time of war. Woman since the
beginning has paid far greater debt
to naturs than all the sacrifice of
war, but she did cot have monu-
ment erected 10 hav memory when
she gave her lite for her country
Let the idle women who hold pink
teas, while they argue that the
majority of women don't want the
ballot, not lose sight OF the fact
that thousands of their less fortu-
nate sisters are praying for the OPP
portunity to vote for sober husbands,
sons, brothers or fathers aud to
have voice in making laws to
protect their helpless children. The
mills of the gods grin slowly but
sure ly.."