The citizen., 1916-04-27

because the rest OF the race was not
intelligent enough TO understand
and use il. An Edison might make a
poor umpire Of ball game, but not
from lack OF intelligence. A judge
Of the Supreme Court might rend-
er a ridiculous decision in Judging
points at a stock show, but not
from lack OF intelligence. A wom-
an would make a poor voter, but
not from lack OF intelligence. Mis-
takes in either case would be due
TO want of information on the sub
ject at hand.
Evidently, then, what we desire
and must have before we can render
just decision. is the other side
Of the question, on the points in
volved in the suffrage pleas.
4. Woman's right TO the ballot,
! like mans right TO the ballot, is
based on one, and only one, consid-
eration-the question OF the great
est good 10 the greatest number.
II is the States right TO regulate,
modify, extend, or withhold the
franchise in connection with any
class or sex in the interests OF the
common good. That woman suf-
frage would add new expense to
the State and another duty TO wom-
en- is universally admitted, and
therefore, its proponents must prove
conclusively that its establishment
would benefit the whole people AMI
compensate for this expenditure OF
energy and money. A prophecy, a
promise, or a hope is not a proof:
the only way in which we can judge
the usefulness OF an article offered
for sale, or a question Of public
! policy, is TO examine how IL accom-
plishes the purpose for which IL Is
intended.
II woman suffrage is to benefit
J the State, 10 must be shown beyond
doubt how IL has done so in the
places where IL has been in effect
, for a generation or more; II it Is
simply to add a new freedom, OF
: dignity, or benefit to women, It must
, be demonstrated that the women with
the vote have attained superior
laws and conditions to those tina,
: are accor I'D TO them without the
I ballot. Otherwise, on the one score
, OF not being worth while, we have
, sufficient reason TO reject woman
] suffrage. Woman suffragists arr
!, proposing a doubled electorate, u
J, support which an increase in th'
) State budget is necessary. There
e fore, the burden OF proof rests sol
. idly on the suffragists TO show how
the doubled electorate can or ha
9 become a better instrument Of gov
r ernment for the people.
/. In this connection, IL is interesting
4 TO note that not a single law, no
}. one Improvement, is or can b.
: claimed as the exclusive result o
: the votes of women. The male SUI
: frage states lead. In mothers pen
J, sions, child labor, Limitation Of hour
s for working women maternity acts
T supervision OF dairies, pure foot
v weights and measures, extension Q
u educational facilities, improved san
e itation, etc, the great eastern state
u have worked out their social prob
q lens without woman suffrage to
O higher standard than that reache
!, by the states where women vot'
: On the other hand, great increas
. in taxation, a multiplicity Of useles
l laws, and a practical doubling 9
public Office holding without an
( compensating gain for the citizen
r is the accompaniment Of Votes 70
!. women"
2. Can one tax represent both
:, il !s a question in politics parable
" TO a question in business as {
whether one partner can represeI
: a firm. As an isolated individua
a an absolute unit OF humanity, wit
u no allegiance or attachment to an
/. other unit, woman would seem 10 re
. quire a vote, IL voting were the onl
means OF adequately representa-
her in Government. But the unit Q
, society is not the individual, but tn
family. Neither man nor woman
complete, but the complementa
: characteristics Of both make up tn
; whole into the smallest safe divisio
} of society, the family-a partnershi
e for the propagation of the race an
!. the happiness Of men, women, an
!, children.
No one would contend that tn
!, salesman does not represent tn
firm, nor that the factory foremal
does not represent the firm. Thou
sands Of partnerships exist, wher
D zone man sells what the other make
0 neither can succeed so well il
%the others place. and each full.
represents the business as to tn
! respective fields OF production ant