Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-06-22
Suffrage
News

W. Wv -
AS a stakeholder a woman may vote
upon a railroad from one end of the
country to the other. But if she sells
her stock and buys a house with the
money she had no voice in the laying
out Of the road before her door, which
her house is taxed to keep and pay
for. Why, in the name of good sense
If a responsible human being may
vote upon specific industrial projects
may she not vote upon the the indus
trial regulation of the state -
George William Curtis
Out Of the 4S states Of the Union
only three are out of debt, and two
OF these are equal suffrage States
Kansas and Wyoming.
The state debt of Massachusetts, is
$125, 93,412, with an excess of $50,
042,692 above the sinking fund.
sour state and municipal bonds
sell at a premium" says former
Chief Justice Groesbeck of Wyom-
ing. With this simple sentence he re-
flutes the assertion that woman suf-
frage will raise taxes and work dis
asters to business, for, as he truly
adds, Nothing is more sensitive than
capital in this respect" Women have
voted in Wyoming for AZ years.
Five hundred and seven women of
Sheldon, Ia, voted on issuing a bond
to build a school house and 80 women
and 161 men voted against it. The
election showed that the women did
not necessarily vote as their husband;
did, and it showed that Iowa womer
will vote if given an opportunity ant
that they vote for the best interes'
, of the community.
!, In a circular sent out from the bur
l eau of Indiana affairs in the Depart
> ment of the Interior at Washington
! D. c., Mr.. Cato Sells, the Commission
er, says: There is among the Indian
a marked and tender affection 70
: their children, but too often the wife
:, the mother, is regarded and treate
= as a burden bearer.
The Model Girl.
Every southerener has laughed a
" some of the wise sayings Of Mirand
as exploited by a southern writeI
Dorothy Dix. Mirandy is chuck flu
y of philosophy. No Dorothy Dix ha
u this to say of the modern girl:
q "The modern girl is a suffragis
by instince. She doesn't argue abot
equal rights for m She simpl
takes them for granted. She know
herself as strong, as intelligent, of
much Importance in the world 9
20 her brother, and it is unthinkable
= her that he should have privilege
!" which are denied her, that dool
. should be open to him that are close
to her.
" Such is the 1916 model of girl Thu
- the workshop Of progress has tur'
: cd out, equipped with all the modei
improvements and inventions. She
=. naut that will run over us and cru
= us, or will she pick US up and car
y us with her into the uplands of life
Of one thing only are we certai
/" and that is that she will not like HI
. ~forebearers, run in the old worn ru'
- of femininity, but that she will be
pathfinder along new roads"
Tennessee May Be First
Tennessee may lead the whole pr
cession of Southern States in up-t
date methods and progress. Both Il
Democratic and Republican parti
have endorsed woman suffrage.
will be a fine advertisement for Ten
essee if she is the first state in t
south to give the vote to her splend
women, and southern women sure
~, know enough to use the ballot wise
i,+ Iowa Suffragists Enthusiastic
Bound to Win" is the enthusias
slogan of the women in Iowa, who a
Of working zealously for the ballot. I
question of votes for women will
ho submitted o the voters on June 81
u and it would be a fine piece of ne
,,v to announce to the National Reput
oil can and Democratic Conventio
&c which will follow so closely in tir
geared up to ninety miles and he
and she carries a limited amount
gas. And the questions are: VIII
SO is she going? Whittier is she aki
of us? Will she be a a or a Jugg
zoo and of course in suggestion.
Woman's emancipation began wi
,so the star lowered above the sta
mo in Bethlehem. All down the ninet'
nd centuries since that happy day
shackles have been dropping fr
Tho her hands and the burdens have
liz come less heavy upon her back. Je
r. Christ is woman's Emancipation
the rapturous time is not far av
nm when the Christian civilization VII
he He established will give won
,ile every right enjoyed by man.