The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-10-06
MRS, HALE TELLS WHY WOMEN
SHOULD Be GIVEN THE BALLOT


the millennium is coming when woman
is given the ballot. Women ask thai
they BE- given the ballot that the town
in which they live may be made cleaner
and better, and to obtain Il cleaner al''l
better town they will put up clralIcr
and better candidates."
Too Many Voting Now.
Mrs Hale said that she he'd heard
and lead the argument OF the organized
politicians and the ants that there we're
loo Eany voting now; that i'll giving
the vote to women too many OF lne
common class OF women would vote. she
denied il ard declared that only j Very
small percentage OF the women III the
segregated district now wished 10 vote.
whire' the ants IN opposing the vote OF
the women declare that only sIHa!t
percentage OF the better class go ID he
polls. which she denied and gave stalls
tics L" Substantiate her statement. She
declared that another class or mea WHO
were opposed 10 women suffrage WAS
the one who have men, women and girls
working for starvation wages IN their
shops, who are compelled TO exc uut an
existence In the sweat shops .: the
cities and the ill-ventilated and unsan'-
tary rm-breedinS places. hey Know
that lf the ballot is given the women
that these conditions will Dc cnangcd,
said the speaker.
In speaking of the good that the suf-
frage movement had done III states
which have granted The franchise. Mrs
Hale said that ii had been conclusiVely
shown that il has remedieu many de-
feet; made better living conditions. SA?
declared that this was demonstrated py
the fact that every year sees anothSr
country or state coming into the rOldS
OF suffrage; and that since Shc came ~
this country in 1905 such had been the
case annually. II it IS right and just
what men should vote. then 1t IL rlsnt
that women shoulC have the ballot. II
the men do not believe that the ballot IL
democratic for them, then they shoulu
20 to L country like Turkey or Russia
where the men have no ballot.
wonan's Place at Home.
Mrs. Hale said that the cry had gone
ur from those who were against suffrage
deny tina, any one ever wanted woman
to be any place else but in the home,
but home" does not mean TOUR walls.
IL means that she will have the right 10
assist her husband or fUthcr III making
better laws for he childen, bette SAM
tay Surroundings 10 he little onrs IN the
schools; il tueans bette housekeeping
uf = municipality and by having better
housekeeping Is Ia put better house-
Keepers at the head of the city or towh'
The only thing that woman ASKS III ap.
nealins TO men To give her the vote Is
to put hGr IN the same position that ShS
was a hundred years ago. Ihat Is.
cont inued the speaker. not III the sent
barbaric days, but when she taught her
own child its lessons, raised her own
vegetables for the table and the homG
remedies for the sick. Time mas chans-
ed all these conditions and has lett her
without Il voice in the matter OF resulat-
ing the schools. the mar Hettug OF tresa
vegetables and tn" reputation OF Ut u5 20
| do not say that hy women voting al
these conditions ran be rapidly changea,
but ther can be materially helped
don't say that there will not stu exist
Il certain amount 0t corruption III pn'l-
tics Thrn women are given the bailot.
Thnre will always be some who can be
bought or made 'rertatcrs. but Inc aver
ne. for woman will be smaller than The
men. as has been shown In states IA
which the franchise has pecn granted.
been such a success III the west liit
there could not be found l. roputahle
citizens of any or those states that
wnuld not say that 1t was well ana
good that woman had been given the
~ Replies to Attack on Divorces.
In closing Airs. Hale said that she
had been attacked by the ants Oil the
book she had written In which her OPP
nonnnts say she advocated divorces.
rus sh'. denied but said that in case the
couple cannot live happily together mat
they should separate, just like TWO part
ners In business; that in SD doing II IS
better for their children and all con,
cerneu. IN lnlS 'GpiHSSSAph @'S 800
that. the antis had circulated report
that the Rev. DR.. Anna Howard ShaW
advocated free love. This she emphat'-
calIy denied. and paid DR.. SHAW as y
minister and pure mined woman d n'oss
loving tribute. IL
Mrs. Hale took up the question iE de-
tail Of the !nfantlle death rate IN coun-
tries in which suffrage had long peer
granted and compared them Win tnosc
that LID not give woman the ballot. She
said that New Zealand has had suffrage
for sixty years, stood at the head OF me
list with only fifty infantile deaths 10
every 900 births. while GERMANY was
at the foot OF the list as deficient
country, with 1913 deaths Of Infants our
OF every l.h60. She attributed such 20
better conditions and visiting nurses.
etc i'm countries where women have q
voice in making the laws.
Several Asks Questions.
At the conclusion OF her address, NJ RS
Hale said any one who wished could asi,
her questions. After considerable time
q motto was sent up asking If suffrage
carried in this state would women serve
on iuries. Mrs. Hale said they %ouio
not. az the state law provides that only
males shall do jury duty.
Another note reading. Colorado IS 2
shining example OF suffrage STARE
Mrs Hale explained the condition Or tho
state es being politically corrupt TWEEN
tv-three- years ago when suffrage wax
granted. but i, has improved in mahy