The Suffrage daily news. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1914-191?, 1914-11-02
WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE.

AnOSe VINO must OBEY the laws
should have a voice in making
them, and that those who must
pay taxes should have a vote as
to the size Of the tax and the
way it shall be spent.
Because the moral, educational
and humane legislation desired
by women would be got more
easily if women had votes. New
York women have worked in
vain for years to secure a legis-
lative appropriation to found a
State Industrial school for girls.
Colorado women worked in vain
for II till they got the ballot
then the legislature promptly
granted it. #H=-=-. -1%@T~
Because laws unjust to women
would be amended more quickly.
1t cost Massachusetts women SIS
years of effort to secure the law
making mothers equal guardians
Of their children with the faith
ers. In Colorado, after women
were enfranchised, the very next
legislature granted it. After
more than half a century of agl-
tation by women for this reform,
only a out Of 46 states now give
equal guardianship to mothers.
Because disfranchisement helps
to keep wages down. The Hon
orable Carroll D. Wright, nation
al commissioner Of labor, said in
an address delivered at Smith
college, "The lack of direct po-
litical influence constitutes a
powerful reason why women s
wages have been kept at a mini
mum"
Because equal suffrage would
increase the proportion of educa-
ted voters. The high schools Of
every state in the union are grad
uating more girls than boys.
Because it would increase the
proportion Of native-born voters.
According to the census of 1910,
there are in the United States
l29 men Of foreign birth to every
100 women, while among Asiatics
the men outnumber the women
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Because it would increase the
moral and law-abiding vote very
much, while increasing the vic
ious and criminal vote very little.
Women form a minority of all
the criminal and vicious classes,
and a majority of all the classes
working for human advancement.
Because it leads to fair treat
ment Of women in the public SER
vice. In Massachusetts the aver
age pay Of a female teacher is
about one-third that of a male
teacher, and in almost all of the
states in is unequal. In Wyom-
ing and Utah, the law provides
that they shall receive equal pay
for equal work.
Because legislation for the pro-
lection of children would be Sc
cured more easily. Judge Lind
sey of the Denver Juvenile court
says: 1--WE have in Colorado the
most advanced laws of any state
in the union for the care and pro-
lection of the home and the chill
dren. These laws, IN my opinion,
would not exist at this time if
it were not for the powerful in
fluence Of woman SUFFRAGE
Because it is the quietest, east
est, most dignified and least con
spicuous way of influencing pub
lie affairs. 1t takes much less
expenditure Of time, labor and
personal presence to go up TO
the ballot-box, drop in a slip Of
paper, and come away, than TO
persuade a multitude of miscella-
neous voters to vote right.
Because it would make women
mor broadminded. Professor
Edward II. Grigg says, "The bal
lot is an educator, and women
will become more practical and
more wise in using it.
Because woman's ballot would
make it harder for VIGOROUSLY
bad candidates to be nominated
or elected. In the equal suffrage
states, both parties have to put