The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-13
SUFFRAGE CAUSE
ABLY PRESENTED
BY MANY WOMEN

III s9I3ltsI WUielLlI
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of the policies OF State II your Con-
stitution doesn't ft tho times, then
chp nge It."
Mrs George A. Barksdale, OF the
Summer Rest for Girls. said that after
the war she had recommended the car
rying OF firearms by girls as measure
OF self protection In lawless times. The
women OF this day needed the ballot as
tho women of that day needed the
bullet, she claimed. for their own pro-
lection
Itaps President Wilson.
What do you think OF a President
who tells us lie is bound by party
platform. and so cannot even express
his private opinion on the matter of
suffrage, and then comes up few days
later and upsets a plank Of that plat
+ form In the matter or free canal tollsg'
She demanded "1f he is not bound by
the free tolls plank. why Is he bound
by any other? ! don't know how long
we Will remain Democrats. The other
parties have treated us n great deal
better. In New York state every po-
litical party has suffrage plank In
Its platform"
Rev, w. a. Cooper pastor of Central
Methodist Church. said In his Judgment
81 was right that women should have
tho same privileges as a man when they
perform their functions TO human SO
ciety with the same Ddelity. Howard
u. Coivin, secretary Of the State Fed
Grafton OF Labor said that the unions
believed In woman'G sufTrage--that
there could be no such thing as democ-
,acy where one-half OF the people were
In subjectlon To the other half.
Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett, OF Alex
andria. president of the National Coun-
Gil of Women and OF the National Flor
ence Crittendcn Mission, made a very
graphic and striking talk on THE Kid
on the Corner" The compact had been
that the women would raise tho KID
and the men would look after the cor
ner. From her observation OF some city
corners sho believed the men had made
nm awful mess or it'--that tho women
lad come much nearer TO accomplish
ing their part
Mrs. Valentine Ansuers Dir. Love.
Delegate S. II. Love. Of Luxembourg.
characterized tho suffrage movement as
an attack tho foundations OF our
civilization" The strength Of the M
ton had been built up on the strength
OF the home. lie believed the women
OF Virginia to-day were being de
oaived By a serpent Just as Eve IN
the Garden Of Eden was thirsting for
power. 40 the women OF to day desired
10 become the equal OF man"
Mrs. Valentine took Mr. Love up
sharply on his quotation of Scripture
The Lunenhurg delegate had quoted
the passage which refers TO man as
having been created In the image OF
God" Mrs. Valentine took up the verse
and went on With the quotation: Male
and female created He thcm-and gave
them (not him)--domln over the
creatures" The present movement
~ Ngrgr lF- ta n
recognize this equal domination OF man
and woman over tho whole earth.
Women OF Virginia. Mrs Valentine
said, did not relish q pedestal on which
they could work for ten hours day
on starvation wages, when the work
ingmen of the State have eight hours !;
they did not RELISH mothers being ig-
norcd as the equal guardians Of their
own children; they were given no
chance to say what the nge Of protcc-
ton should be: they did not care 10
be put on q pedestal In State which
appropriates not one dollar for the
higher education or wornaIi--a pedestal
hhared with idiots, children lunatics.
criminals and paupers who are denied
the right TO vote.
Not Failure, Says Mrs. Putney.
At the night session Mrs Stephen
Putney. OF Wythevie. a daughter OF
the late Senator Withers. OF Virginia
Il ''Ils .H|iiiE PRESERVATION VI Tic
cause OF suffrage She demanded to
know. whether women had been such
a failure In the work intrusted to her
that men should hesitate To trust her
further. whether she had not done the
work Of ChristianlzlnE the world.
If she has been such failure as n
wife or mother or home maker" she
demanded. why is II you ara willing
10 trust her with the rearing Of your
children" How many homes "a, the
close OF the war had only q woman at
their head?. These women OF gentle
birth. who had sacriiiced everything,
broke away from The traditions of the
past and became wage -carncrs 10 pro
vide bread That WAS the beginning OF
sufinge--the army Of women wage
carners has been increasing ever since,
until the time has now come when a
woman is no longer forced 10 accept
the first apology for a man who might
offer marriage, 10 save herself the dis
grace OF being an old maid. After this
Is adoptcd-as 1T will be, whether you
want IL or not--you will wonder how
YOU ever got along without us. In sani-
tation. in child laws. in education