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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-09-07

The Man BufTraBO AGaoc4&1U2S OB@
pc=ed TO Political Sunr@@w for wO-
nen. recen61y drew up @gt Gf m~w-
enty-stx questions which were puG %
representative Of the 6l9nSRGR4 mx-
versatfes for the purpose Of s@cert&An-
ing the attitude OF college pEofeG~orn
on the subject Of woman suffrage
since these questions vim b. unSA ~
the antis during their campaign. and
since they have never published what
ever answers they received, Tho WO-
man Voter, a monthly magazine pub
nshed by the Woman Suffrage Party,
thought it worth wEflO to gather their
own answers.
Is the right to vote in national and
state elections to be regarded az a
natural or moral right OF every sane,
law abiding membsr of the body poll
tic? Or 10 it to be regarded az a
grant OF political power?
This question suggests q scholastic
quandary IN which It is not necessary
to involve oneself. The term natural
right" originated at time when Moth
ing was known OF mans actual origin
and nature; It Is now q meaningless
anachronism, for our whole civtliEa-
ton. including our social ana polfta-
cal system. IS highly ARTIFICIAL, not
natural. and 4S therefore a matter Of
expedtency and social 5ugt1ca. not OF
natural rfgEat.-PFof. James Harvey
Robinson, CURaznlaa TAmaVswwaEY, New
York
Is there any traditional or logical
connection between taxation and rep
Tesentation in the samS community?
Do the objections raised In the eGEh-
teentA century against the so-eAlled
virtual representation OF Americans
by British voters hold good aeaanst
the representation of New Yer3E wO-
men by New York monH
There IL some tra6148ouz1 ana wem
more logical connection between tax
alton ana representation IN the same
community. Taxes fan, In the last
analysis, upon the productive members
and the spending Of the revenue from
these taxes certainly should be in the
hands OF these producers or their Fap-
resentat1ves. with the exception Of Eha
knowledge is 80 limited as to inca
pGcttate them from acting with any
degree Of wisdom.
The objection to virtual represen-
tGtion" still holds good. though II n
probably not 50 serious a matter in
practice now as It was IN tho edgh-
teenth century, because the New York
men probably have the interests of
New York women more ct heart than
the British voter haA at heart inter
sstS Of the Amer1canW-PPof Maurice
Parmalee, City College. New York.
Is the existing system Of manhood
suffrage 1sst3habIe On the ground that
the determination Of national policy
belongs the organisation OF the physf-
cal force of the community, and does
not the maintenance Of the legal order
rest, In final instances. upon physical
force?
The law actually enforced by physi-
cal violence is relatively small part
Of the law enforced. and the fact that
physical force is occasionally neces-
sary is not sufficient warrant for de-
prtving women OF the vote. Public
order is as well maintained in the
woman sur rage states as in the man
hood suffrage states-and one ounce
of experience is worth a pound Of aca.-
denic theory.-Prof Charles A. Beard. |
Columbia University, New York
Granting that property interests and |
educated intelligence should have their |
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-09-07

II woman has the ability to teach:
then she certainly has tina capacity TO
vote
II IL is right to tax a womAnAs
property, 1t is wrong to deny her
voice as to how the revenue derived
thereby shall be spent.
II woman IS fitted to train the mind
OF future statesmen. then II In I'm
reasonab Bile to say that she IS incapad =
tated to legtsIats in his behalf. too.
Since woman is essentially the
guardian Of her home, therefore she Is
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-09-07
THE RURAL SCHOOLS
OF ESCAMBIA COUNTY
BY MARGARET RAY

Kings and princes may flourish and
may fade,
A breath can make them as a breath
has made,
But the sturdy yeonnanry, nations
pride.
When once destroyed can ne'er be
Supplied.
These lines. penned years ago in
another country, under conditions
somewhat different from those of to-
tday, are still significant. Our sturdy
1yeomanry' is the pride, the strength,
the hope of our country for it is be-
ing realized that it is the strong mid
die class that must make our govern
ment more stable and develop the re-
sources of our country.
From our rural communities must
come the energetic business man, the
practical mechanic, the sturdy farmer,
the minister, the poet, and the rural
teacher who is willing to carry a light
to other places moro remote from edu-
Cational Centers.
1t is the policy of the school board
and the county superintendent to i'm
prove the rural schools as much as
possible with the limited means at
their disposal.
No place so remote. with population
so sparse, but boasts of its little red
schcolhouse nesting among the oaks
and pines.
The rural schools OF Escambia
county compare most favorably with
those of any county OF Florida unless,
it be those covered by special tax
school districts. No school in the
county has a shorter term than four
months. and no teacher however in
experienced receives less than forty
dollars per month for the first year
and forty-five dollars for the second
year.
A system of grading salaries accord
ing to grade Of certificate and sue
cessful work done is now being in
auCurateG.
There are at present forty-tw
white rural schools in the county en-
ploying seventy teachers.
One OF the pet plans" of the
present school board and superintend-
eHt is the Improvement of the rural
schools by consolidating the small
schools. furnishing transportation for
the children and employing better pre-
pared teachers for longer terms. They
consider the very best none too good
for the country boys and girls
Two small schools in the extreme
northern part OF the county have been
consolidated with the Century school.
giving all the pupils eight months of
school and employing six teachers.
This is the largest rural school. Rob
crts and Muscogee each employs four
teachers.
Bluff Springs, Ferry Pass. Ward
Vile and Oak Grove each employs
three teachers.
The following places employ two
teachers Moliuo. Burnville. Myrtle
Grove, Beulah. Big Bayou, Brent, Bell
view and Brats.
\ handsome brick building is now
being constructed at Molino. She is
leading the county in this line.
There are tweuty-six schools en-
ploylng one teacher each.
All schools have ample Fairgrounds.
The grounds Of the larger schools are
enclosed and attempts are being made
- beautiry them.
Ferry Pass has all enclosed vege-
able garden and has actual demon
STATIONS in agriculture.
The humber Of white pupils enrolled
in the country in 1928 was 1928,
while the city enrolled 2.GO1.
In 1924 the county enrolled 2.429,
the city 2,Ss2, showing a gain of los
- the country and 81 in the city.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-09-07
Anti Queries Answered
by Unbiased Thinkers
What Suffrage VIII and Won't Do Elk
planned by College Professors

Gu@ pUR9ttcAl tnffusnce, WIN uuAvur@aB
women suffrage tncrSa&a the pEupaP-,
tacn of prOperty holding voters or oG
eeUcA&ad vOterWT
Probably not NrAlv guAnrawe Ao~r
not depend upon property or tubsni-
gones In most states.
When ia foreign born voters ar.
taken into account, Will not woman
outrage have a contrary result con-
stdsrfnS that In tho countries from
which at present most OF our immi-
grants come, there Is little provision
FOR female education; that the male
immigrant frequently leaves his wife
or his betrothed at homo until ne has
saved a considerable sum; and that
his naturalization carries with Il the
naturalization OF his wife no matter
how brief her residence in this ooun-
twill not universal woman sur
GUS than men, so that large proper
ton or illiterate and unintelliFont
voters?
Women immigrants are less numer-
Gus than men, so that a large proper
ton OF women are nativa-Prof.
Howard 3. Woolston, City COIlsEo
New York.
IL the average woman moro warmly,
interested than the average man in tho
welfare Of other peoples chiidren3 II
she more keenly interested In the well
fare or women in general?
1t In strongly my imprsnsioa e4ua
the average woman I'm much F1orms
warmly interested than the aworaRo-
man In the welfare Of other pnuulutui
children. think she also lg aUa 10
DO more keenIy interested In tho wua-
faro OF women in general than arg;
men.-PrOf. Emily q. Balch, wonou,ags
College =
VIII woman suffrage further o.
movement to restrict child labor andi
female labor?
wOmaa suffrage VIII furtAsw fhoi
movement to restrict child laSnE and
to humanizs the conditions under
which women work. for thu sutEmnna
of women into politics means a change
I'm emphasis. The human and per.
sonal side OF life win be aoosn4ed more
strongly. Politics Is losing it's formal
character. Women win help to sin
further humanize politics-Proe. Mary
K simkhov1tch. Barnard College, New
York
VIII woman suffrage promote GeEaots
er regulation OF the liquor traffiaY Or
viii II widen the area Of prohibition
The immediate effect Of woman's
suffrage would be to promote strietsr
regulation OF the liquor trafio In some
districts and TO widen the area OF pro
hfoition in Otfers.-Prof Frank w
Biacltmar, University Of Kansas.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-09-07

John Mitchell, Ex-Prssident United
Mine Workers Of America-Tm IN
perfect harmony with the declaration
of the AMERICAN FEDERATION
OF LABOR, WHICH HAS EN-
DORSED the demand that women be
given the right to vote. It's a sure
thing that any adult who is amen
able to the laws of the country should
have a voice in the making OF those
laws. under which he or she 10 gov
eFnsd.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-09-07

The Manufacturers' Bureau OF Sioux
City. recently offered prizes to the pI1-
pills Of tho public schools for thu best
essays on the advantages accruing Co
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-09-07

FRANCIS E. WILLARD-n prayer
and woman1y influences are doing so
much for God by INDIRECT METH
obs, how shall It DO when that oAsc-
trio force is brought to bear through
the battery of the ballot box7
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-09-07

q City BY the locating GhOgO &c tn
duseraaI establishments. OF the glnGr-
teen pr4xes @warded by Gh@ 3ndyNw q
the essays. twelve we've ww@R2@6 &O
girls and one to a bog.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-09-07

Rabbi Stephen Q. Wise, New York
cifv-A certain minister says women
ought not to vote. because suffrage -
NOT A NATURAL, BUT A DE-
RIVED RIGHT. So is the right OF
children to a common school educa-
ton. So is our right 10 sanitary and
police protection. It is not natural.
Heaven did not make policemen. But
who will say that girls should be
shut out from school, or women from
police protection, because II IL not a.
natural right?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-09-07
CEIVALRY.

CEIVALRY.
BY Alice Duer Miller,
It's treating a woman politely.
Provided she isn't q fright;
It's guarding the girls who act right
ly.
If you can be Judge of what's right.
It's being-not just, but so pleasant.
It's tipping while wages ara low,
It's making a beautiful present,
And falling TO pay what you owe.
New York Tribune.