The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1915-09-25

never seepsan election and don't
know how to vote, and to speak can
didly, I believe they don't care
whether they get the vote or not. -.
-. Some tell me that these ants
II don't know whether to spell it
"anti" or '.auntie'feel that 1t may
reflect upon them, but If universal
suffrage shall come and they don't
want to vote, let them stay at, home.
They ought not to interfere or object
to the exercise OF the right of suf-
frage Of women equal with men. To
deny it is a very great wrong and
injustice. r. $50,
want to- advance this: proposition
from another viewpoint. I doubt that
there is a..sane, thinking man or wo-
man in America, no matter =. how
much he or. she may be opposed to
votes for women, but who in the in
ner recessess Of his mind believes that
women are some day going to have
a right to vote. They may think it
is going to be in twenty years or in
ten years, but all have come to the
conclusion that women are going to
have that right. If the right of suf-
trage is at last Ito be conceded to.
::womankind, then that subject ought
to be. gotten out of the way as soon
as possible and removed from the
arena of debate. 1t ought to be re-
moved as a debatable question so
that we can take up jointly other
great fundamental questions Of So
cial justice to the toilers and to all
of our people. $780,:
I don't know that it is necessary to
make a plea to you, but you men who
are now possessed of the sacred right
of franchise, let me ask you that on
election day in November, when the
question of the constitutional amend
ment comes before you, to- vote that
ballot. And il the constitutional con-
,vent1on now sitting in Albany fails
to take cognizance Of this rising tide
OF protest against wrong, this rising
tide for the demand of justice, and
fails to Incorporate into the consti-
tuition the fundamental principles Of
democracy and liberty and freedom
and JUSTICE and .equality-well, we
will do something to that .constitu-
''on' -. SCI g.: oc-Ec': = -:
And now i want to address the lad
les upon the question Of suffrage it.
self. When i.you. have, secured. that
right, you will need the trade union
organization just as much. as today.
AS time goes on the, need for the
solidarity Of labor in the unions st
labor becomes more essential foir: the
assertion and protection and MAIN
tenance. and promotion; Of the rights
and the interests of the .toilers,
whether men aoE women: III f..
: We want equal opportunities with
equal right to- work, with equal pay
TOR equal work; we want the chance
and the opportunity, to work out our
salvation. The trade union move
.ment Of. America, is the hope for the
light in the life, OF the toilers Of. our
country; it. is the movement which
not only articulates but proposes to
make the rule OF our: life the inalien-
able right or HE, liberty and the
spursuits1of 'hap1iness, bift: proposes to
make the. greatest country on. the
face sof the globe, the United States.
But it isn't good enough yet, and we
propose to make it the great haven
and hope, not only for-religious free
dom: and political liberty, but for in
dustrial justice for the whole peo-
pie Of our country, and the=hope and
the beacon light for the world to
follow in the, line of humanity.