The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-07-21

last n!Rnt came our Tor women SUI
frage He declared t'iut he would ask
no political rights for himself that he
was not willing to grant his wife. and
announced that his intention of sup
porting tho proposed state constitu-
tional amendment extending the
franchise to women to be voted upon
in Nebraska next November.
Woman, Dir. Bryan said. had proved
herself equal to every responsibility
Imposed upon her and would not fail
society ip this emergency. Above
all other arguments In favor OF giving
!:Gr the ballot he placed the right of
tho mother to voice In the moulding
OF the environment OF her children.
"T'he mothar' the secretary said. "can
Justly claim the right 10 employ cv-
cry wn1pon which can be mad, ecc.t-
Two f'ritlc protection OF those whose.
..l'rcstJ rhc GuarlJ. and the ballot
Ill bnt within her reach all or the
= 'ii'flsl'i'.'- Cr government, in
.A ~ i.u,ior power"
i'l,e :fnienicnt follow: IN full:
Tho" vfsttrs 0f Nebraska will. ut the
slcciioa next November. adopt or r.
1ect u proposed amendment extending
puffraRc to- women on equal terms
IA
1t will be my duty To participate in the
decision 10 he rendered at l.c polls.
have 'deiayed expressing an opinion
on this subject, partly because have
been seeking Information, and partly
because my time has been occupied
with national quc3tions upon which
the entire country wa9 acting; but
now itlAt1 tho Issue is presented in
my stuteto'Itnke my position. ] shall
support the amendment. shall ask
no pblitfcal, rights for myself that l
mnot willing to grant to my wife.
AS ifIhM and woman nro co-tennnts
OF the eprth and must work Oh. their
destiny together. the prcsumptioE ~
OH, IT'D osiis bf. equality OF treatment in
all that pertains to their Joint life
and ith ht6Rp6rtunitics. The burden
or proof Us oh those who claim for one
an navBhtRgH over the other in deter
mining tho conditions under which
hoth sE1Ir live. This claim has not
hech estkbIishcd In the matter OF suf-
fraga! I'll the contrary, the objections
ia atBedin u woman sucrnge appear TO !
mo to- 30 invalid. while the arginents
advanced, ienspport OF TIC proposition
nre fl fHly Judgment, co}Hincing.
s. The first objection wlA&h remem-
f6Av To- ll,aHe heard was At us woman
: icanuoto bear, arms she snld not have
8 vpisenin deciding tions that
anltght require nm nrIe their en-
7s1orCpy pyHlt - = enr is sell
dom dom ioifs lis FedS as reason thht
oboy ye,a 'be1d,isS $i# an express
: aion of The pts H9h. not merely
sbocause a.. they ;4|fHder and lead
Eel,iRd fbefn.! EA. .v7R we look back
,.oveTiIthSi h|S nqqst..s q 10y well wonder
whathepnthe ped ovement would
not hav6 grown rapidly than 1t |
has Asa wS,aan ,ns o,,s sucers y, more more
been d IcqlRiAspg!ted before hOstili,ics be-
l.i III I s3sRTISjpssea 3RTjpas BY aabmo thu. woman's
life ID, lFrd hlFdSdy fuil OF care and that the |
.additioA; ;pf Suffrage would other over |
burden fYcr or turn her attention away
from. the, duties Of tho home. The !
ans&af made to this is that the exer-
ciBe fnf the franchise might result In
a change o Thought and occupation
that, i,wSuld relieve tao nonotony OF
woman sfFwoEk and, give restful varic-
ty t9,bRn activities. And surely the
hoMH8 8GgiH q not suffer II tho mother,
-tha fdhiid's first teacher, is able to in
5telli2ently: discuss with her family tho
scterice io2 government and the art OF
sucqh hssfully administering It..
SGHiEN, u many we'll meaning men
aid SNCnS6 6slii]r that suffrage would
work l;nlhpym to woman by lossening
the respect In which she Ia held. This
argumeht, would have.m weight had
had sit noe been employed against ev-
cry proposition advanced In favor OF
the enlargement Of woman's sphere.
This tob5eotion wac once raiDed TO the
higher, education of woman. but 1t, is
tioh .wla / offered each time the door
has orjenGd and woman, instead of suf-
farlng, Naturalization. has risen.
.These objections, however. HON
estly Fad dSanced. hnvo proven impotentiI
to .retnrdIa n3umnn'p progress. May
not the anffrage be found to be as
grdun6ieas as those tnat once forced
= tho wi ttsoWsin EAstern India TO ascend
the funeral pyre, or as those that now
exclude Moiinmmedan women lruIn
the social benefits and responstbili-
tjes which the woman OF the Christian
world share?
eAnd are not the, second end third
object tiGn5 above stated refuted to
1aoSie gxtenE at least. by tho fact that
I'M the eshtes which have adopted wo-
man esufferihgs (and in the other
ntiona that have adopted IT. there is
\ \ no aE itasf0n for a return to the system
under. which Nah has Q monopOiy OF
1 tho right to vote? In IL :.ot fair to
l nsaume that an effort would be made
! 10 corr Sstt tie mistake II woman's suf-
sffage had really failed to give satis-
faction .fP the people where 1t has