Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-10-23
VOICE FROM KANSAS
What a Kansas Woman Believes In
Regard to Equal Suffrage and Pro-
hibition-Co Conclusions Based on OBJ
servations and Experience.

In letter to the Tribune, Mrs. Eve
Gasche writing from her home,
Waverly, Kan, October 18th, says
that during her recent visit in Fulton
county, friends asked her to give a
public talk on Suffrage and Prohibi-
ton, but during all the time she was
here she was too hoarse to permit her
giving public address. She was also
asked to send answers to some ques-
tions to this paper for publication.
publishing herewith:
The same classes hight woman's
suffrage that have fought prohibition
in all the states where either, or both
of these policies have Heen before the
people. The same misleading and un-
true arguments are used in Ohio that
were used in Kansas, and other west
ern states in prohibition and equal
suffrage campaigns.
The question for each Ohio voter to
decide is "Shall | help the brave men
and women who support American
principles and ideals, or shall join
the ranks of the distillers, brewers,
liquor dealers and consumers, resi-
dents of slum districts, most foreign
bred citizens, and politicians who are
willing to trade on the vices of the
people"
A vote for or against prohibition
and woman's suffrage will help one
or the other of these parties, which
shall it be, my brother, which will
you be proud to have your children
see you aligned with.
Do you not know that the prophe-
cies of disaster, social, political and
financial, that was such vital part
of the prohibitory campaign in Kansas
has been proven false by over quart
er of century of experience. Do
you know of any state that has given
woman the ballet that has tried to
take it from her?
To answer some questions was
asked while in Ohio:
Woman's home loving and keeping
instincts are not injured or destroyed
in the short time it takes her to go to
her voting precinct and cast her bal
lot.
The act of voting, or the study of
questions of State and National policy
does not lessen her refinement or her
moral and spiritual standards. The
just men who protect her in the home
and in public and who voted to give
her equal rights with them, guarantee
that no discourtesy shall be shown
her while she is in, or near the voting
precincts.
No saloon loafers, no bribe givers,
or wire pullers were to be found in
the precincts where our rural women
voted. This was gathered from the
reports of large number Of rural
women at county grange meeting.
Does any sane, thinking person be-
lieve that our American men cannot
be gentlemen when they meet women
in the voting precincts?
Or that our educated, christian peo-
pie would tolerate woman's suffrage
if experience proved that it was in
iuring her moral and spiritual being
The question was asked: "Do as
many women as men vote ?" Not SO
MANY voted at the primaries.
"What kind of women vote?" Very
generally the best classes.
"Was not the vote of the bad wom-
en- of cities very large?" No, the vote
of red light districts was small.
"Was not equal suffrage forced or
Kansas by cranks, populists. slun
residents, and ignorant classes?" Nc
suffrage societies and towns, the W
C. T. u. Women's clubs. the grange
and other farm organizations all sup.
ported the equal suffrage amendment
These societies do not hold the ignor
ant riff ruff of the state.
Many of the Grange men of tn.
state said: "The pioneer women Of
our State stood Loyalty by the men O.
their times while they struggled anG
fought. and voted to make Kansas ;
free state"
Many of them and their daughters
stood and worked faithfully to max,
it dry state.
Only few lived long enough to set
their fine sons and grandsons vote tt
give the women of the State the bal
lot, and we gladly join hands will
them in granting justice to the brav,
loyal women of Kansas.
Kansas women remember that i
was the votes of our men that mad,
this free state, then made it a DIR,
state, and lately has made it a stat
just to its women citizens.
Kansas women appreciate, and ar
proud of the fine spirit our American
bred men showed all through the suf
frage campaign when they said to tn
world: american standards an
ideals of right and justice for ou
American women" and Foreign borl
and bred men shall not dictate tn
laws and rules which shall goverl
Kansas"
Prohibition means protection t
the youth of our state.
Woman's suffrage gives the add
tional protection of mother love.
E,yyE HACHIJE