Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1914-04-07

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as text books we find chapters or
sections on Ten and woman suf-
frage. To quote only two:
Professor Hinsdsle text book.
The American Government" dis
cusses the>whole question of suf-
frage and the terms under which it
is given to men and women through
out the United States, on pages
392-396.
No n can accuse President viii
son of wishing to force the oaes-
ton of woman suffrage into politics
or the public school system. Yet
we fad that President Wilson in
his text book for high schools and
colleges. 1.-THE State" discusses the
terms on which the suffrage is
granted in American states and for.
eigh countries and even discusses
woman suffrage on pages 49O-491.
If the terms on which Suffrage
is granted : to black men, brown
men, yellow men, and white men
in the United States is a legiti-
mate subject of study in these text
books used by our schools, who
shall say that study of the term
upon which it is both granted an
ienled white women in the United
States shall be prohibited! To n
courage this study already outlined
in text books in use in our public
schools is the whole object of the
COLLEGE EQUAL SUFFRAGE
LEAGUE ESSAY CONTEST.
Let us state firmly and unequi-
locally that in a broad and not a
partisan sense woman suffrage is
a political question. Politics is
defined in his broadcast sense as the
science and art of government, the
sense used by philosophers and his
torians from Plato and Aristotle
down through the age and in this
sense it embraces all law and all
government. In this sense woman
suffrage, the general question of
human suffrage, on which the
theory of modem government is
based, is politics; eff politics" in
this is to be- barred from the
schools, the study Of history of
civil govern nent, political econ
omy, everything that pertains to
the science and art of government
would also have to be barred. If
our opponents persist in using the
word .eligion" as applied to the
schools in the same way nothing
involving religion could be taught
in our schools, the history of the
early Christian mar ) rdom, the
Christianizing of the Roman En-
pire, the Lutheran reform ton,
the Cromwellian wars, all discus
sion even of ethics and morality
would have to be barred, and the
plastic minds and souls of the chill
drel CT Nevada injured by this ar
bitrary inhibition.
Only partisans politics is barred!
and only s~ectarian religion, other
wise the education of our children
without the inspiring discussion of
the growth of human liberty, de-
mocracy, gradual enlargement of
the bssis of suffrage and govern.
ment would be as barren and futile
as it would be without knowledge
of the growth of Christianity, Of the
reformation or the founding of
America by the Pu'itans.
We have no doubt that there are
many sincere and honorable peo.
pie who fear the results of equal
suffrage, bat may not the action of
our opponents be interpreted as an
effort to draw the school into poll
tics, as an attempt to crush free
dom of thought and freedom Of
discussion of a great public ques-
tim, because they fear the success
of Suffrage at the polls next No
vember?
Nevada will inevitably join stead
lily increasing ranks Of equal suf-