The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-12-07
UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE
WOULD PREVENT WAR

country in 1920 in New York state.
The conservative individuals declaring
That IL would ruin the health OF the
girls. that they. would lose interest In
what was most noble in the character
OF woman But II did not do this. "
said Miss Clay. She declared that
conservatism retards progress She
then took up the various arguments
advanced against granting woman the
franchise of suffrage, saying that
some asked who would attend the
baby while she went out to vote. The
same person who attends the baby
when she goes out to pay her taxes, =
said the speaker. She. told OF an en-.
terprising candidate who held babies
outside OF the booth OF a polling place
IN a western state while the mothers
went in TO vote.
Men Uneonseaously Cruel.
Concluding. she declared that mans
laws had pushed women into occupa-
lions that were not suited TO them:
that that men did not understand this.
There cannot be- a blow TO fall upon
woman that will not affect man. Sew
tnty per cent OF the women in England
are unht Tor motherhood. and for that
reason the English recruiting stations
had 10 reduce the standard for enlist
ments because OF their sons physical
condition. She said that IN woman had
hand in making the laws that sons
would be stronger. because woman
would not b. made physically weak by
Working at occupations that are dctrf-
mental to Their health. Men are not
naturaily cruel. declared Miss Clay.
nut they do not understand woman,
ana by their not permitting woman TO
most cruel
Miss Clay said that man and woman
20. H...-
err that man usually was the aKrfc,ll-
turalist. and woman looked after the
nome. but that the government mu-
nicipally and nationally is controlled nv
mans vote. even the schools: that nut
men in control OF them by their vote
directly or indirectly. that the affairs
OF me land were controlled Indirectly
by the ballot in the hand OF man She
sald that as man looked after the az
flcuitural and commercial end was DEM
ohsuatcd by the government a few
Years ago IN making an appropriat ion
or three million dollars for better breed
ing OF hogs. while about a tenth OF that
amount was appropriated for the scien-
tho rearing OF babies She said that
n woman had the vote and tbe no,,-cr
20 hold office that things would be- dir
terent in that line. She pointed out
that since the vote had been given wom-
en- IN New zealand THO Geath rate among
infants had been reduced in the nasf
Nv years over 80 per cent. because
there were better sanitary laws and
AAaAAA ANA haAhltHs lnat such has
also been the case where women are
sho"ed TO assist in making the laws.
Miss Clay told OF the mother OF Lem
uei OF biblical days; that she made mer-
chahdlse and sold them in a shop. he
cause she took interest In public affafrs
ana That her children called her blessed
she said that there is no danger 81 n
woman losing her dignity by voting
and that woman was not Intended 10 he
SIMPLY mother. but that she must ron
der other services TO the state nv her
lhuorsement. and that Endorsement
comes only through the ballot
Women Are For Peace
Miss Clay declared that she was for
peace' That she disliked war among ma
IONS. she emphatically declared that
preparedness did not prevent war as H.
shown By the fact that for fortv-tvo
Etars the lighting nations In FuroDe
nal been preparing for battle She said
~. ther that II woman was given the
Note lhat she could use her polf1icaI
Ilsht IN preventing war. that a mother's
instinct would prompt her to carry ouf
tne popular song. I Didn't Raise Nv
BOY 20 be a Soldier. Miss CLAY said the
american men were not towards but
tuat iney arc too brave 10 fight she
concluded by saying that she believed
lnat the dove OF peace would overshad-
oN TINS country forever. n the ballot
was given woman that she mirhf ms
me hand OF suppression on man when
nlH Ilsntlng passion arose and war was
HetIs lhat the pure wOman's love and
Hlolher endearment would pron1nf a
better course than strife and blood
ue@th ana destruction and the rnaking
or widows and orphans