Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1916-03-15

the men with So per cent
This actual demonstration proves
that women are capable and the equal
OF men intellectually. If they can grasp
an understanding Of the sciences and
modern languages with a record of
scholarship that is far above the av-
erage is it unreasonable to suppose
that they can vote intelligently when
given the opportunity.
But we hear that women would not
vote If they had the chance Let me
cite to you the returns from the first
election in California after woman suff-
rage was adopted. Ninety-.ve per cent.
OF the women came to the polls on cleo
ton day and voted. The mems vote had
never equalled that number. In 1904 there
were 2l,oo0O00 men voters in the United
States and in 1912 and 10. e6l $50 votes were
cast-not many over one-half the men
voters Of the United States. Official fig
ures show women do vote largely When
they have the right.
The women of Wyoming have HAD
equal suffrage since 1869. A number o.
years ago the state sent out letters t.
all the other states advising the adoption
Of women's votes. They wrote: we know
it is best because we nave tried 1t They
also challenge any state to the effect
that they cannot find two respect ,blt,
men in Wyoming who will assert, over
their own names, that suffrage has ia
any bad effect whatever.
Some people claim a woman IS not
strong enough to vote. The United States
recruiting Office in New York recently
issued statement to@the effect that only
one man out Of every II examined would
pass the army examination. At 4 .on-
vention last winter one of the Ants
closed her speech by saying Women
should not be allowed to vote They are
too foolish. bright little suitrasist
quickly came back with: Yes. women
are foolish, but you know God taade
them to match men,
What is there In politics the m st 'g-
norant man can understand and an M a.
ligent woman cannot? If women have to
obey laws they should have a hard in
making them.
THE women of - states can vote for
the next President. These states are
" So'i''he' Soioh ouo, = tdfl, luduO, WISn-
ington, California. Oregon, Arizona, Kan
sas. Illinois. Nevada and Montana
THE number of women who can vote
for President are 100000 The women
of Maine will be governed by a Pres den
these women have helped to elect Why
should the women Of Maine have no voice
in choosing their own President but al
low the western women to do so 70.
them? You could move into one Of these
states and vote equally with the man.
IF the women OF Maine vote in as large
per cent. as the women of COLORADO g.
GOO would go to the polls this year. Can
the men of Maine afford to leave out OF
their electorate force a number like this
for the public good? oh, there are SC
many bad women and they would sell
their vote Do the men of Maine dare t.
tell us there are $1,000 bad women in
Maine? Actual statistics show that one.
third of l per cent. are bad That wou,;;
give us $40 who might sell their vote did
they go to vote at all. Other states show
that very small per cent. of the bad
women go to the polls. whereas a very
large per cent. Of the best educated dc
go.
At a recent suffrage convention an
anti was talking with one of the suffra
gists and said: oh, no indeed: l do not
believe in women voting. woman does
not know how to vote The suffragist
said: OF course anyone learns by doing.
II one never went near the ice they
would never learn to skate. but l am not
SO sure all boys of q know much about
voting. either