The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-03
PREFER JUSTICE
TO OLD CHiVALRY

fCoitii'uSu F'oHl rHSt Idbs'D
themselves on the ballot. ana that one
naturally arrived ut the question, why
should women want TO participate I'm
the anrirs OF government, and why
should men not want women to help
solve the problems which come before
thei1 all? He answered that there
were multitudinous reasons why the
suffrage should be given the women
the trust problem. FOR instance.
Men Not the Only Ones Who SILVER.
Whom does the coal question af-
fcct?' he asked. Does IL affect men
more than women? Does 1t affect
trousers more than petticoats? Tho
men are not the only ones who shlver
The men go TO their clubs but the
{ women have 10 stay at home and cook
ard care for the children. 1t Is not n
MASCULINE problem only. The women
the right To vote. And those who have
husbands would like to vote with
them IL they are right.
Look at the war problem now con
fronting us. You might say that that
is a masculine problem, but when you
see the homes that give up their boys
you Will know that II Is the women
whoS are affected II reminds me OF
+ the story OF "A young soldier who was
npproached by a woman and asked to
vote for equal suffrage. we are the
men, who bear arms he told her; and
only We should vote Yea. she re-
torted. you bear arms but we bear
armies. So upon whom shall we de-
pend for the rearing of armies. if not
upon The women"
He enumerated moral issues and the
& liquor traffic as other reasons why
women should be allowed to vote.
Problems Tint Women Face.
Let the women vote wet IL they
want to-" he said. TT Is their bust
ness, But the mer most interested in
the liquor traffic are those who are
most opposed 10 woman suffrage
Then there Is the problem OF chilli
labor, and do you mean 10 tell me
that women haven't as much sense and
: nbility.as men 10 solve that problem?
They say womon's sphere is in the
, home. OF course, II Is In the home
But isn't Tho home the place that is
the most affected by our laws? Where
came from the women could vote on
4 bond issues. but here. If they owned the
whole State, they can't vote even on a
BOND issue But soak can come up
and vote II he wears trousers" The
crowd laughed ana cheered Yes
he w-rt on. your women can't vote.
but their hired Ken can" He saIu
that the old laws of Scripture such
MS that which forbade women 70 speak
In Clutch, were still enforced against
women; but not against the men.
WHY, a few years ago." he said. Two
s that they had souls. and that they had
as much CHARGE as the men 70 go 10
y heaven. But even then there were
ants, people who said TO the women,
7 why aren't YOU satisfied? But finally
tho clergy found that women did have
souls. end That when they entered tho
next world that they would be on equal
terms with The men. Then the 'wo-
8 men wanted to learn the alphabet, and
they still had ants, who asked them
what they We're Kicking about. why
4 they didn't go and cook geese for the
husbands. ana why they couldn't be
satisfied.
Finally the women got the alphabet.
and then they wanted to 30 to college
and get a diploma. But they were
= told that their duty was motherhood
md tho care OF the home. Finally
y they got the college, but they still had
santls to contend with. Like the poor,
Z :he an'is are always with you.
Want Share I'm Government.
"a nov the women want to vote, to
vote good men In and bad men out of
& offrc And az they should vote bad
men into office, l. is as much their busi-
ness rs 1t Is ours They want to
share in the control of government
When man tells me there Is NO rea-
son for woman suffrage. ] feel like
Il hitting him. Why, when they vote IL
doesn't change their form. or their
tasnion or their sex. Some say that
4 TO drop Il ballot in box will make
= them unusual, will change their form
i&aad make them mannish. WHY. It Is
], nonsepsicaL"
WHO pays the taxes?' man yelled
g from the crowd. The police siienceu
s. him. IA
You men have sense enough to cut
4 cordwoodl' Mr.. Bryan went on, "ana
haven't you enough sense to see thisy
= w omen are strong. enough to bear
armies. they are strong enough to bear
q you. you miserable -----" The epithet
i was lost In the applause which follow
9 cd tlIe verbal violence
Mr! Bryan argued that st would be
/; safe for women to have the vote in
4 tp IRE south. rs It would not develop into
Z: & race problem.
SIT will not be negro problem"
h he said. Tho negro woman vote could
4sbe handled in the same way as the me-
gro masculine vote. and If you are
gfraid of the. negro man vote why
y don you white men get out? Begin
Il by lesting the women tvote In local