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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY WINSTON PAUL,

President Peoples Institute, Jersey City.
For many years writer's on political
topics have argued that such a war
as we are now witnessing was i'm
possible It Is now seen that the war
is much more probable than we had
previously anticipated. The futility
of armament as a preventative to
war Is now apparent. What is pre-
tentative for war? Is there any pre-
tentative whose effect will be certain
and reliable?
In an autocracy, no, for In such
countries war Is declared to crafty
the whin, or to satisfy the pique of
one person whose power is Individual
and absolute. But what safeguards
has a democracy such as this against
an uncertain and unjust war? The
chief safeguard Is a sound and alert
public opinion IN favor of a peace
full settlement of the differences be-
tween nations.
This proposition must appeal to all
persons who think as sound and
efficient principle. This object, that
of minimizing the possibilities of war,
will appeal to all as highly desirable.
Now, as to the means whereby this
Sound and alert body of public opin-
ion In favor of peace" may be Sc
cured.
Give women the vote.
The influence of women in public
affairs will always be counted upon
the side of peace. Upon women fall
most heavily the ill-effects OF war. il
is the women who must stay at home
and bear the anxiety. which is a more
severe torment than actual suffering
Just stop and consider the tremendous
backbone for public opinion of peace
which would be created II there was
universal woman suffrage. Not tina,
a Just war would be taboo, but hasty
and unnecessary warfare would b.
rendered impossible. BY all means lei
us add this asset to our body polite
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY REV. C. M. DOUGLAS,
Rector of Christ Church, short Hills.


believe in the suffrage for women
because believe in democracy. 1t Is
undemocratic to deny to one-half of
the intelligence and patriotism of the
country the opportunity to share In
the choice of its public servants and
in the determination of It's policies
The divinely guided tendency toward
wider democracy among the most
enlightened peoples of the earth is ap-
parent to every student of history.
The campaign for woman suffrage Is
simply a part of this democratic
movement of the world.
The true democrat perceives that
suffrage for men only is but way
station on the road toward govern
ment OF the people, by the people and
for the people" The half-hearted
democrat is content to halt the train
on siding. Wherever the democratic
principle is wholly trusted and ac-
cepted, the suffrage for women must
be inevitably an article of political
faith.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY REV. J. ELLIOT ROSS,
Phi. D., C. S. p,
of Chicago, author OF Consumers and
Wage-Earners.

of Chicago, author OF Consumers and
Wage-EarnerS.
From coast to coast women have
put towns in order. They have got
ten public parks and Fairgrounds;
they have made war on billboards,
ash heaps, and garbage cans; they
have gotten drinking fountains for
man and beast; they have shortened
hours for women and eliminated chill
dren from industry; they have put
seats behind counters and started
shop early campaigns; the Red Cross
Society and the war on tuberculosis
are the result of woman's efforts; she
has established day nurseries and
public feeding stations; she has OBJ
tanned medical inspection in the
schools.
And where woman has the vote she
is concentrating her attention upon
such laws as those for a minimum
wage, anti-child labor, mothers pen
sions, equal o-guardianship for chill
dren, vocational training in public
schools and other State institutions.
Certainly man needs womans help
in governing this nation as In govern
ing the home. AS has been said, man
has by long absorption in commerce
been trained to think in terms OF
property; whereas woman by Inn
memorial custom has been trained to
think in terms of humanity-the
home, husband, children. We cannot
afford to have our laws made by any
narrow, one-sided class as men have
| been and will continue to be. It is not
only just and proper to give women
the vote-it Is good policy. For we
need the influx of their humanity In
dealing with our problems.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
MARK HANNA'S
DAUGHTER IS A
. WOMAN VOTER
Mrs. MediIl Mccormick to Tell
Newark Suffragists of Univer-
sal Franchise in Illinois.

One of the distinguishing marks of
the present day suffrage movement
is the type of woman whom 1t at
tracts into it's ranks. They are wom-
en- of the executive type; women who
do things. One of the ablest of them
is Mrs. Medill Mccormick, of Chi
cago, wife of the owner of the Chi
cago Tribune. Mrs. Mccormick was
Ruth Hanna, daughter of the late
Mark Hanna, and she is using the
organizing ability which she inherited
from her father as the chairman of
the national congressional commit
tee of the National Suffrage Asso-
citation.
Mrs. Mccormick will speak on tho
evening of October 5 in the hall of
the Newark Young Women's Chris
tan Association, under the auspices
of the Women's Political Union of
New Jersey. She will speak as an
Illinois woman voter. Two other
women voters will speak, Mrs. Edwin
A. Slosson, of New York, wife of the
editor of the Independent, who was
for years a voter in Wyoming, and
Mrs. M. G. Church, of Elizabeth.
who was formerly a Colorado voter.
The occasion will be a State con-
ference of the Women's Political
Union. Delegates will be present
from all parts of the State. The
meeting of the State executive board
will be held at 1920 in the morn
ing, followed by lunch in the Y. w.
G. A. dining room. In the AFTER
noon there will be reports from all
the branches of the union and les
son in public speaking by Miss JENNIE
Morrow Long, of New York, follow
ed by dinner at the Y. w. c. A, and
the evening meeting.
Delegates from a distance will be
entertained over night in the homes
of local members. Mrs. Frank Fl.
Sommer is chairman of the commit
tee of arrangements. All meetings
of this conference are open to the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY LEWIS T. STEVENS,

Assemblyman rom cape May County.
Having for some years been in favor
of woman's suffrage. one Of the few
planks in my platform last year.
when I became candidate for nom
nation to the House of Assembly,
was a declaration for the principle.
When the amendment to the con-
stitution came to a vote in the As
sembly last winter I inquired as TO
the wording of the amendment, to be
satisfied that the words We're differ
ent from the proposed amendment of
the preceding year, which had, be-
cause of somebody's blunder, been
advertised too short a time before the
last November election to make pro-
position legal in it's presentation to
the people. This year the amend
ment is properly advertised. If I
should be elected to the next Legis-
lature. / shall again support the
amendment. I favor equal suffrage
because I believe in the equal intelli-
gence of the women
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY WALTER G. H. RYAN,
Editor Nutiey Bulletin.

The development Of the sentiment
for equal suffrage during the past
two years has indeed been remark
able. The advance has been so rapid
that many of us do not quito realize
how much has really taken place.
1t Is not 30 much O. matter OF
States that have adopted equal SUI
frage-although these are important
enough, lin that list for instance. Ia
the really great State of California;
the significant thing is the growth
that has taken place in every State.
III every community where the ques-
ton has been put the actual num-
Der of votes polled among the men
for equal suffrage has surpassed all
expectations, being highest where ed
ucation Is strongest.
We have passed the point where
we could laugh 1t off as a fad of the
moment; we are face TO face with
the fact that there is large and
growing sentiment among men for
equal suffrage, as we'll as a quiet
awakening on the part of the great
mass of women who take no part In
agitation, but do their work in the
home. Perhaps one of the clearest in
dications of the trend of the times ID
that all of the truly progressive lead
ers-men who are building, not merely
for one campaign, but for the years
to come, are believers in equal suf-
frage.
A factor that has aided the women
OF our State IN their most worthy
fight for the ballot is their interest
in political questions. They have
gathered first hand information on
all civic affairs. They have not &C.
copied, as We fear many men have
hear say opinions, but have made
careful Investigations and have done
diligent research work. AS for mere
man, II he does not get a figuratiys
move" on himself and really learr
something about the political ques-
lions he discusses so vociferously hi
will find himself outdone by womeI
in the very field he has so long pre-.
einpted for himself
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY REV. FRANK C. DoAN,

] believe In equal suffrage because
I look upon women as human beings
and therefore living part OF the
body politio. Just as the eye cannot
say to the ear, 81 have no need Of
thee" so. politically speaking, man
cannot say to woman II have no need
of thee" This, think. In the an
swer to most Of tho arguments
against votes for women. That wom-
en- are different from men, e. g.. is
an argument not against but in favor
of their voting; the eye needs the
ear precisely because the two are
different In thir functions. Or. take
the claim that woman, as It is. do
vote practically through their infiu-
ence over the votes Of their men.
This is about as sensible as II an
anatomist should recommend the
splicing OF the auditory nerve onto
the optic nerve In order that we
might hear with our eyes, or see with
our earsl
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14

the State and nation. In the States
where they have already been al
lowed to vote there have been writ
ten into the statutes excellent rem
edial laws, which have raised the
status of womanhood. We judge the
future by the past and anticipate
that the effects in our own state
would be as beneficial as they have
been to our sister Commonwealths'.
The argument that women do not
wish to vote is not only asinine but
puerile. 1t Is not the question wheth-
er all of the women, or even the
major portion of them, want to vote,
but whether they have right to be
included In our citizenship, with all
of its privileges and responsibilities.
The same Is true of the specious
argument that the ballot would de-
stroy the home. Experience has not
demonstrated the truth of such state
ments, nor have / ever seen any
proof which would establish them
even as theoretically true. Women
have shown a deep political and hu-
manitarian interest In the welfare
of their sisters and brothers, an In
terest that is not felt by many OF
the. men now eligible to cast their
votes.
Women Can Be Trusted.
Many who express themselves as
fearing to trust the ballot to the
women do not raise their voices
against allowing the suffrage to men
who are not only non-citizens of the
United States, but who are entirely
unfamiliar with It's traditions and
basic principles. 1t Is fact that In
nearly one-third of the States of the
Union citizenship is not necessary
qualification for the ballot. and men
who have been in the United States
comparatively short time vote not
only for local officers, but for the
President of the nation.
If we can trust men with centuries
of foreign traditions behind them and
who are unfamiliar with the English
language with the selection Of our
officials and give them participation
In political affairs, how can we re-
fuse 1t to women upon the plea that
they cannot be trusted?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY ]. r. VAN RIPPER,

believe in extending the elective
franchise to women because 1 know
that they have share In all the bur-
dens which are the fruit of govern
ment; because believe they are in
tellectually as well equipped as men
to deal with the problems of govern
ment; and because l believe their
moral and ethical standards are su-
perior to mans, and the Introduction
of such an element into our political
constituency will necessarily elevate
If
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY ABSALOM GRUNDAY,

Because believe IN the same
standard for both men and women;
that is, that which is right for a man
to do is right also for a woman to do
under the same circumstances.
Because women have to pay taxes:
therefore they should have a voice in
the framing of laws by which prop
erty is governed and taxed.
Because the women have the most
to do with the rearing of the chill
dren; therefore they should have
voice in the framing of laws concern
ing children.
Because I believe that my wife,
mother and sisters, and the wives,
mothers and sisters of others could
and would exercise the right of voting
more intelligently than many Of the
men who now have the right of
voting
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY FRED w. M'KEoWN,

AS @ school trustee I am convinced
that the women to whom we entrust
the training of our boys and girls
are perfectly competent to form an
intelligent opinion on the issues of
the day, and should be allowed to
express themselves by the use of the
ballot.
Furthermore, hold that women IN
all lines of human endeavor should
have a voice In regulating the condi-
and live.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY JAMES B. FURBER,

l cannot remember the time when
I did not believe in Votes for Wom-
en-" and being a candidatae for the
Assembly on the Progressive ticket.
can do no less than indorse its at
titude on this important question
and say: Until we have women suf-
frage 1t Is idle for us to talk of rule
by the majority. There are two
things which the corrupt politician
fears-the growing intelligence Of
men and the activities of women"
When l am unwilling to accord to
my wife mother, sister or daughter
the same rights or privileges that
demand for myself l shall feel that
1t Is high time for me to be marooned
on a desert isle in the deep blue sea.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BYLoUIs D. BRANDEIs.
Special Counsel to the Interstate Com
MERGE Commission.

Special Counsel to the Interstate Com.
merce Commission.
My conversion to woman suffrage is
the result of my own experience in
the various movements with which I
have been connected in which we have
tried to solve the social, economic and
political problems that have presented
themselves from time to time. AS
years have passed have been more
and more impressed with the difficulty
and complexity of those problems, and
also with the power of society to solve
them; but I am convinced that for
their solution we must look to the
many, not the few. We need all the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY REV. D. MATTHEWS.
Rector Grace Church. Nutiey.

believe in equal suffrage because:
Everything that can be said in
favor of manhood suffrage applies
with equal force to equal suffrage.
1t is fundamentally just.
A discrimination against woman
suffrage is an anaohronism. 1t is a
relic Of the day when men assumed
and women did not deny that woman
was an inferior. 1t represents obso-
lete psychology.
Women are equally under the law
with the men and should have a hand
in framing the conditions under
which they live.
Sincerely yours.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY w. F. WEsTERFIELD,

Superintendent of water System. HaIedon.
My reasons for favoring the right
of votes for women are: We are liv-
ing in an age when woman is COM
PEELED to earn her living. outside Of
her home In thousands Of cases. The
result is competition between the
sexes through improved machinery.
The profits go to the owner OF the
tool of production, and, naturally. he
chooses woman, who has no chance
70 express her protest, except to
strike, and that deprives her OF the
small wage she gets to live on. The
result of this is that many fall by the
wayside. and society in general looks
on with disrespect, not thinking that
it itself is responsible. That is why
/ want woman to vote, and when she
does she will free herself.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY r. C. WHITE,

One reason why I favor woman
suffrage Is because believe that
women could, and would, support the
public welfare with their votes more
generally than Is possible for men,
and that consequently the proportion
of votes for the common good would
be increased through giving them
the franchise.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY REV. {. A. QUIMBY,
Pastor of Cedar Cliff Methodist Church
Haledon-

FNstUf OF CeuHF CIIn Meth0ufst Chufcb'
Haledon.
I believe in woman suffrage be-
cause 1t is just. Women pay taxes
and should not be without the ballot.
Because the home Is the backbone
of the nation; the stronghold of civic
and moral righteousness. Women are
homemakers; legislation affects the
home, and woman should have a
voice In that legislation.
Because women are capable. Their
intelligence and their instincts are
as worthy Of expression through the
ballot as mans.
Because woman is mans helpmeet.
What man lacks In delicate discern
ment and moral insistence woman
will make up in politics as we'll as in
other phases of life.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY JOHN COTTON DANA,
Librarian of Newark Public Library

Librarian of Newark Public Library.
Most men do not wish to let women
vote.
Most women do not wish to vote.
What does this prove?
It proves that most of us do not
know how to cooperate properly In
the management of our institutions.
OF a society, half of whose mem
ber3 are not permitted to share in
that society's management, one must
say that it is not an efficient society
and that half of its members are
serVile
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY F. w. ELLSWORTH,

am in favor of equal suffrage, and
have been ever since I was old
enough to consider the subject In
diligently, because / believe that 1t
Is the inherent right and duty of all
citizens in good standing, regardless
of sex, to exercise equal power and
responsibility in the governing of
themselves.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY LLOYD THOMPSON,
Of WestAeld, former member New Jersey
Legislature.

Legislature.
The tendency of modern politics
Is away from the limitations of the
functions of government that have
heretofore existed. Its scope has
greatly broadened, and is being
brought to include a great variety
of social problems that used to be
left chiefly to charity and private
effort for their solution. For the
work of remedying many of our
present day social evils women adj
mittedly have a peculiar adaptation,
and as the solution of such prob
lens is now being sought largely
through political channels and gov
ernmental agencies, it logically fol-
lows that women should have the
ballot, that they may participate
with men in the selection of those
through whom society hopes to i'm
prove itself.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY W. L. LLOYD, D. D. s.,

/ have been asked why l am in
favor OF woman suffrage. It is be-
cause / believe In democracy and no
government can be democratic so long
as 1t wfthholds the ballot from one
half of it's people II uphold the prin-
ciples for which our forefathers
fought in the Revolutionary War, IL
1 believe in liberty. In justice. I must
advocate the ballot for women.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY ARTHUR r. CARR,

Director Department OF Streets and Pub
lie improvements, Nutley.
"If / owe anything to womankind
1t Is at least equality"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14

"a government IL mot yet complete
that withholds from its most snifght-
ened women what II gives freely to its
most benightcd men."-Thomas Jeffer-
son, author Of the Declaration Of INDIE
pendence.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY THOMAS CARELESS,

I believe women should have a vote
because, In my opinion. they are the
equals of men IN intelligence.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY GEORGE F. BINGHAM,
of Summit.

I believe in equal suffrage because
can see no reasons or arguments
against it.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14
BY HENRY w. EVANS,
Mayor of Westfield

property and must conform to the
laws, I believe in equal franchise.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-14

II so for sharing the privileges of |
the government with all those who
help to bear its burdens. by NO means |
excluding women."--Abraham Lincoln. \
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-10-16
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Another new lot Of up-to-6ate hats
and late millinery at the Morse
Store.-adv. Il
For breeding purposes see 5sekest's
thoroughbred Poland chinas-
f. L. Bower. auditor of Gooding
county who was shoshone visitor
yesterday. has figured it out to a
mathematical certainty that Gooding
wiz remain the county seat.
Farmers, you may be sure OF getting
the right kind of breeding hogs from,
the herds of Beckett Bros. See }. L.
Beckett. Shoshone.
FOR SALE-Fine new house With
lots at a bargain George W, Lin
gard. Il
Poland China pigs may be secured
BY applying to ). L. Beckett, shoshene.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-10-16
LOCAL BREVITIES.

The Guild of the Episcopal Church
VIII hold a meeting on Wednesday.
october q. at the home Of Mrs. a. E.
Bowler.
! The Morse Store coats this season
as always. are the best style, quality
and value to be gotten in shoshone or
the county.-Adv. tt
r. f. EzsIey Of the idaho Irrigation
Company came down from Richheld
Monday morning and again Tuesday
night on land business for the com
pany
/ Harry TanlguchL a japanese res
taurant owner at Gooding. Is num-
bered among the Automobiles in that
town He drove his car to shoshone
on Wednesday.
A 25 horse power Gaze gasoline
tractor and threshing engine went up
to- RichfeId Monday. to be used in
place of a horse power outfit for one
OF the local threshers.
State Senator Cheney St. Clair OF
Idaho Falls was in Shoshone on legal
business over Monday night. He and
Fred W. Gooding were in the Senate
together, and were the unquestiored
leaders Of the legislature at that
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry ". Anderson
and Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Melrin were
in Boise for the weekend. returning
to Shoshone by No. s Sunday night
Editor John D. Minis Of the Jerome
News was a shoshone visitor OF
Monday, having driven up with Com
missioner Heiss.
shoshone has gained another good
family by the removal here from Wash
ington Of Mr.. and Mrs. Math Miller
with their I'VE children. The MiIlers
intend TO go into the dairy business
renting at first bat buying as soon as
they can find a suitable location near
town. Temporarily they have taker
residence in shoshone, on the North
side.
Re- 4. y. Brown. formerly located
lin shoshone as pastor Of the Baptist
church. has written a long letter from
Australia telling Of new conditions II
that far-oT land where he is now To-
Gated He states that Australia has
already sent 10000 troops and two
million pounds sterling to help tbs
mother country and that patriotic
feeling is at fever heat. Mr.. Brown
states that he finds himself drawn
into the thickest Of a fight now on Il
restrict the sale Of liquor. Spring i
Just now opening in Australia, viii
the national flower the little waffle
; coming into its own.