The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1914-01-07
OUR OWN MILITANTsl


mirst," might point with pride" TO
The fruits Of her mission. The Amsri-
can women suffragists, or a consider
able section q them. have come to an
acceptance in principle Of the militant
Obey 50 LON illustrated BY Mrs. Pank
hurst's following n England. Or Anna
Shaws exortat.on and Indictment to
the women 10 refuse to make returns
for the income tax to the federal gov
eminent is essentially an act of law
Iessness comparable with the doing5
Of the ENGLISH suffragettes. 1t mag
marx the beginning sc extreme meas
mes for the enforcement upon the
national attention Of the demand OF
the women Tor the ballot, though ,hat
1t is likely to command respect or TO
advance the interest Of the cause IL
hardly 10 be believed. The woman
outrage movement in the United
States has made substantial progress
and real tories for the cause have
been achieved. Nothing can retard its
ultimate triumph whatever opinion
may be held of It's wise purposes ex-
oept acts Ct supreme folly OF the part
q It's opponents. Or. Shaw's PROPOSE
.iCn apparently involves cAactly these.
The income tax law has been enacted
after 'iong effort 10 bring the system
CT direct taxation Of resources into be.
ing as a part of the national fiscal pol
icy, and IT is, undou5t IDLY a popular
Jaw in the fullest and broadcast sense,
since the great ma5orry Of the clt-
Gems Of the republic VIII be, by ~
very terms, exempt from its operation.
But the very majority that has imDos.
I'd 1t upon the country and expects
to enjoy the advantage of its enact
ment viii insist upon its rigid applica
ton to all who may be liable to its
requirements and can be made contrib
utory to the national revenues. They
wnl soc that no guilty person escape
neither men nor women. Dr. shaw Is
putting herself and the suiira lists who
are following her lead are putting
themselves III the path Of great and
determined movement ana they may
ind themselves rather rudely shock.
cd from their expectations and even
shaken fl ~ Bcme OF tLeir achieve
ments. II the women vote seekers,
who have made such sui stantial pro
gless in the country, having obtained
Tor themselves the right to vote IN ten
CT the states, are to put themselves
outsids the pale Of the law that has
protected them and which has been
made TO embrace their own demanded
privilege IN so many cases, they VIII
md the law less yielding to their de
sir2s than they have found it hitherto.
The tmpatienee OF Dr. shaw is illus
tratiye OF tie spirit OF the more ey-
IRENE suifragists, and 1t may be signi-
ned CT new phase of tie movement
in this country, which Is not absolute
IS new, however. as having had exam
pie from the Pankhurst element IN
England. From the passive resist
aEce advocated by Or, Shaw to the IN
come tax, by refusal to make return
Tor assessment, to aCctive resistance
to collectors and agents OF the govern
mont FOL. realizing the tax is but d
comparatively short step, and we may
see, before the coming year is far ad
yaneed. militant women drawn up in
rhalanX against the forces Of the law
and tesortine TO disorder and furious
.tt!e against the agencies OF the GOV
en,ment. Gr. Shaw has started j
course tia, may lead TO eXtremitie,
which even She may find lamentable
But there is no use to argue the
question With the dear women. II
they went return their possession,
and resources Tor taxation they viii
.tg UpC.e san may harden his hear
AGAINST their sacred cause.
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