The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-02-06
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Senator Ransdell of Lou-
issiiarla' ian Pr Presents L
.ss.af BiEI. .'.'.s'
NOT RADICAL,
III sCL.AIMED
Separation for Cause WiEhpue Per.
riiiaiOilni Il 70 Remasfhty win Be
the PurpO4st fof slle r
Bill.
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H. washington, Feb. b.--tDlyOrce with
ut the right toremarry would be pro-
hibitedtoreycr inslthe United Stases
and in all places under the nations
Jurisdiction by an amendment TO the
federal constitution proposed by
/ Senator RaHsE7ell. OF, Louisiana. En-
! actment of the uniform marriage laws
for ALI atRtes and territories, with
provision, for separation without
pertasssion to fefnaEEy would be di-
fected by Inc arnendment.
! with the states OK the union grant,
Ing twice as mBny dixJIccs as all the
rest Of Chrfstendonl combined. Sen.
ntor Rans5ell told Lis eolleaeu IS
that the time had come for the ma
tion to put down this menace to
the chief hulwark OF society, the
home-the maker OF good citizens
and the model on. which every wise
government is founded"
he remedy by5 constitutional
prohibition is drastic said the sem
ator, "bnt the mnlady is 80 fatal that
nothing short of it VIII prove effica-
cious. The United States divorce is
!, spreaaing With alarming rapidity. 1t
has pefmeatedi every Kalk of life. a1ad
Is prevalent among every class of
people. Tie tctaf nuFas1er OF divorces
gfanted iR ] s6T slFa5 et937 or. 81 per
10000 population. Forty years
later, In 1906. there were 72,062 dis
ydreetprS S6 pef 100. .Ge0;5 thus in actual
numbers tHeye were more than & tin q
as many divorces granted in 1906, as
in, 1861 or allow ing for, the increased
lttiat dirorce had 4 .iaofeaseA
3I9 per cent. e.
n IETFOFce5 muFTIpty at the same
rate IN She future as IN The past,
thege Is, every Indication that tiley'
will 5Ilere&se fast item befofe the
misille or this century We win have
annually In tles Ullitsd Etascs 275
divorces per i0e. 900 reputation, or
one divorce for, every five marriages.
Not asRalleA1 Sep
II inc Jiniteu ~ states were TO
write ii the soEEtt II ssE an amend
nent prohibiting absolute divorce, It.
wonld not sbof talsing such q radical
sten il might at first bettitongist;S but
oif1s fss Il issss tiis:
Our o1n state Of South Carolina.
oil aloanra to- her-forSi6s dfrofee.
II lis ufHpfutpiy prohibited In SpaiIk,
1tals ptid fsytJ-fs inIls ne he. nnnl.le-
ton OF Aust trIa- Il ingary, while the
I4lfiI-A A1neEican countries OF ic0;
Argentine Repaid IL, Brazil. PePjl,
Chile. and others have similar laws.
While many excellent people are
divorced and some of them make new
homes. the inevitable trend OF divorce.
is 20 break mp many more homes than
1t bull ida up. and to materially reduce,
thenun8ber of chi ldfa1. When mar
flage Is dissolved the .tflse home
cetsea to exist tho parents and .flie
children are separa7sd, and dithe sweet
tics that bin a. fat her ana I7letiier t6
tsbir offsprls 8, and to each other,
arg hfo ken fareg geF. 81
-. a. re Ison!aIis CT old
lobked isuit m q s,a as s.ssfe!l. and
held tsie scnetfty OF the home inyso-s
late their arnsscs were inyiinera abie
and Rome became mistress OF the
eyorhis Bnt wttd tie accumulation
OF go oliossal weait came great laxitS
of nt0rais: Marriage becGyae a Jest,
and child bearing. o nseiea burden.
The I,ixnrlous lost all respect FOR
female Cd ltg: the heroic virtues
Sf their curly years Were forgotten.
ana then the eiiinife fell. tue victim
Of iuzlirg ana titsresa ard for3the bind
frts eFfefta Is Sc,
Shall nps tie United Sfates take
warning from Roina,s egamDie.H