Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-10-09
Pro Suffrage

To the male SuiIidglSl the IDos1 III
tating and at the same time the most
pathetic antagonist of suffrage is the
female ANTI The college freshman
who gravely descants upon the sphere
of woman and views with alarm the
possible political activities of chorus
girls and scrub women is bad enough,
but the female anti reaches the
limit of our patience. The best arga-
ment for suffrage is the female
"anti.p Her attitude is as significant
as it is unhappy. 1t is a well known
fact that when Abraham Lincoln was
about to free the slaves he received
more than one petition against emah-
cipation from the slaves themselves
In thelsame way the anti women are
fjghtina their own freedom.
The woman anti is violent because
she is ignorant and mllllan1ly
afraid, and undemoeratic To her
suffrage means not merely pollleai l.l4ai
readiustment, but the utter collapse
of her whole dainty chiffon world. the
brutal invasion of her drawing room
bv the ward heeler and her tiiiid
alliance with tho ward heeler CO
borts. the disappearance OF chlVaify
and the decay of the arts OF chlNaily,
the hanishment of the graces To tne
realms of political chicanery Inc
eanctitv OF the home will disappear
She walls: woman will no longersoe
the angel of mercy, the sweet loIis
suffering, all-enduring sister, lhs
gentle comforter of the race, an. III.
then--and this is more serlohs-it
isr,t cutie decent" for q woman to
80 peeentlv n vote on suffrage
,,,as taken Mt n home for WayWard
pirIs THE vote WAS UNANIMOUSLY
@anti" The girls explained that IL
wasn't "ladylilee" for n woman 10
vote.
No Degradation.
Women need have no lear
~ either dethronement or degra-
dation from the exercise OF SUI
fr,aa once a year. Those women
ryno shrink faona suffrage as from the
plague are suffering from an aeuae
case OF inverted logic. They attripu'e
TO suffrage the spread oil 'oeas u
which it is innocent. ,. -
In what way the gentle hover o,
maj genuine chivalry which Is easea
NOT rnon woman's abstentton from
activity in certain fields, but upon
mans intelligent perception of WON,
an,s neculiar physical and intellectuai
structure. will be strained OF TAR
nished is quite beyond the nnoer-
etanding of mere man.
The problem in the male suffragist
mind is not the effect or suHfase
upon man, but its effect upon woman
and upon politics. He thinks poli1,cs
win be cleaner than they are no" no
lsnows that they will be more Just,
more democratic and moro American
I'm that they, will be the expression
of the will ofaalI who have something
AZ stake in the economic and social
welfare of the State. That subtle
ainfluence'' of which we hear so much
from the antis will, be exercised py
woman, not merely in the drawing
room sand through the medium p
early morning curtain lectures, but III
the determination of the conduct OF
tba state as the interest of woman,
NOT qua woman, but qua factory
hand stenographer. teacher, doctor
or LAWYER. may dictate. The conflict
OF politics will impose upon woman
a new freedom" but also, and what
is more important, n new direot To-
sponsibility.
THE vote will not only enfran-
chise women, 1t will free and unity
and hence strengthen the state by
removing women from beyond lne
male OF the State and saddling them
wonnan,s vote will make for the har-
monv and energy of the State by sub
iecting II to one influence, and one
influence alone. the direct assertion
of the interests of all its inhabifants.
And the responsibility which the vote
will entail will give stability and
poise to the political intelligence OF
woman.
= ta1EA In
IN the history of woman suffrage in
Canada that wyoming has taken in
the United States. Premier Sifton
has announced that the government
will back in the next Legislature a
bin giving full suffrage to men and
women. IL history repeats itself
woman suffrage may be expected TO
snread from Alberta over all of west
ern Canada, and in the meantime
the people of the conservative East
win gravely discuss the question as
though votes for women was some-
thing new under the sun.
1--WE expect to have the vote he
fore New Years Day. writes Mrs
FIettle, of Manitoba, to the Woman
journal in regard to the promise OF
The Liberal premier of Alberta to put
through bill giving equal suffrage
and she adds. They promised us th'
vote if we could get 10 per cent. IL
signatures of the votes polled at th'
election of 1914. Ne expect to hay,
at least so per cent
II the Spokane Daily Chronicle Il
any authority, five years of woman
suffrage in the State of Washington
has resulted in putting fresh suppor
behind every lawmaker and ever,
official who cares more for humanit.
than for dollars and multiplied tn
list of independent voters.
June In Denmark saw the signing
BY the king of the new constitution
under which women were given equa
suffrage September in Holland say
the opening of Parliament at whic
Queen Wilhelmina announced tina
the government would introduce
bill which would clear the way for tn
acknowledgements of the women of tina
country.
''Why, TO say a woman's place
home when the census says 1t ism |,
saws Max Eastman lis like sayin
the earth is fiat after a hundred thou
sand people have sailed round It,
and he adds, do YOU know that az
cording to the census of 1910 MOI
than one woman in every five i'm tn
country is engaged in gainful en-
ployment? Woman's sphere is In II
home! Do you know where yor
soap comes from?"