The farmer and mechanic., 1915-10-26

tNO-NiIlIGS In4S winter II
toth houses Of Congress While we
CT the South do not favor FEDERAL
constitutional amendments affecting
.he suffrage the effect Of the voting
ID the states named Will probably
command the necessary two-thirds
vote IN Congress. The national con
senuon OF ". c. T. L. passed 4 reeo-
Iotion IN favor Of equal suffrage IN
-oo' ana has done SO at every session
'1Hce. Inc same has been done in
nearly every state convention. though
90 not believe this has been done bv
your State convention in North Caro-
| lima
| Having spoken Of the Irresistible
progress OF the movement and the
strong proof thus given by experience
| ol the benefits Of the measure wher-
ever II has been adopted it may be
well TO name briefly few Of the other
reasons in favor Of it
Thomas Jefferson 100 years ago said
| II Is lncomprehensible that govern
ment should refuse the ballot 10 the
pest and most intelligent woman. but
| confer ii on the most besotted and
ignorant of men"
Abraham Lincoln said Suffrage
should be conferred upon all of suf-
: nclent age and intelligence nc
means Olnitting women"
Re0uced to the last ANALYSIS the
/ 1CSuce OF the demand for equal sui
| fraSe and therefore its success or fan.
IRE depends upon the question wheth
: er women as a class have sufficient in
telHgenCe to vote. Stripped OF al
4 sham compliments and evasions by il
opponents. this is the whole question
The Mohammedans were unwillin.
Y to admit that women are the EQUALS o
e men and therefore hold that they hav
4 no souls and can not go TO Heave1
e when they die.
s There are men among Us who ar
q unwilling to admit that women ar
d their equals Of men in inteHigenc
o and therefore they oppose crantin
: them a share in the government h
giving them a vote at the ballot 10,
The Disqualifications
s IN North Carolina the only two di.
d qualifications for suffrage are lack
+ intelligence and lack of characte
st have not the requisite intelligence an
Ie ar arbitrary line is drawn at y yea
l. of age, Idiots and lunatics are d
IF barred because they are mental q
le fcctives. Convicts. because they 81
Of moral detectives. And then the on
Y, other class deba rred are women.
ar We know that they are not debarr'
c. as moral detectives because your ia
V, and penitentaries will show 20 m,
It, or more for every woman therein i
lie prisoned The only ground Of d
al qualification therefore that can be a
II, signed is that they are mentally i
ne competent.
p Illiterates Gf negroes) are disqua
tt fed because as class they are :
of deemed mentally competent w
B. should the mothers wives, daughtt
an and sisters of the white men of Nor
EN- Carolina be disqualified from a sha
of in the government by being plac
an with those disfranchiseG for the abo
We reasons?
If Taxation Without Representation.
ce We fought the great war for Anne
he can Independence upon the propo
so ton that taxation without represe
at tation was tyranny. Men died
that principle and our independen
he was based upon its recognition. 1t
~, said that One-third of the property
a North Carolina is owned by WON
a and that more than one-half of
ne property in the great city of New c
IL is owned by them. In last Sunda
b. issue Of the New York Times appe;
Ter ed list of over 500 persons who h
d been assessed for taxation on mo
al than $1,000, 600 of personal proper
ler Among the 6 names Of the very we
ne thiest 3 We're women. ct not G
ia of them was deemed of sufficient
ch telligence to cast her vote IS 10 n
ne the taxes paid by her should be
hd pended or who should be selected
'eS eXpend them. \ newspa per WI
: has depicted the scene at the !
ne presidential election when Miss lie
-hc Gould (whO is now married. ca
ne down the street on election day IN
- - auto 1t was stated that she owl
-" Nv over $40 900. 600 Of property; that
W paid probably one half million doll
'hS of taxes annually and that when
auto stopped near the voting bo
S, her negro cha u1eur got out and
"a posted his ballot for president {
for all other officials. state and c
while she who by her taxes contrib
u ed so largely TO the support Of
government was allowed no W
Why? Solely because she was GU
IN of the atroCious crime OF being
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