Omaha daily bee., 1916-04-26
WO2nen' Haze
Proved Worth
as Voters
ny ELLA WHEELER WILSON.


the question asked by antl-suffragettes
and the people on the fence. Colorado
has had It's women voting for twenty
years; California for one year. II IL
said Colorado represents the old with
its oyolutions; California stands for tho
new with its revolutions"
Here are some of the laws mothered
by tho women Of California. tThis COM
pllatioB IL verified by Francis J. Heney
and Judge w, r Lawlor) Raising the
age ~ consent from ID 10 Is; Juvenile
court amendment separating dependent
from delinquent children requiring fath-
era 70 support illegitlmato children; re-
curing certificate OF health from mon
M a precedent TO the marriage license.
minimum wage law workmen's compon-
satlon law; mothers pension law; tea n
erS pension law; granting pension Ct
800 year TO teaehors who have been IN
service thirty years; Joint guardianship
law; requirement Of q wifos signature TO
the assignment Of husbands wages; y
prison reform bill. raising the age OF
child workers from 70 70 49, billboard
nuisance act and an amendment 10 tho
liquor law, hitting particularly At San
FrGncIsco's sll-night sale, the red light
abatement law, placing tho responsibility
Of illegal resorts upon the owners and les
sees. rather than on the inmates, and
forbiddlng such places.
These are only few Of the excellent
reforms which the women voters have
mothered In a general way this de-
Al
in oil the equal suffrage states. In mere
of tho equai franchise states has woman
failed 40 free herself Of notorious putt
cal disabilities and ancient injusttes Or
neglected 70 acquire what she cons ders
her fun right.
An eight-hour day for the working
woman IL boon possessed by equal
suffrage states alone. 1t took Massa-
chusetts forty years 10 win tho partls
reform that Utah got IN two; that IL.
the compromise Of nine hours IN place
Of ten.
In the matter OF taking poverty ont
Of the list Of crimes the equal suffrage
states lead easily All the equal suf-
frage states except Arizona have moth
ers' pension laws that stopped the cruel
the mother cannot earn enough TO keep
the wolf from the door. Only fourteen
non-suffrage states adopted this humane
measure.
Every one Of the equal suffrage states
has o complete compulsory education
law; every one Of them makes great
and brilliant fight against illiteracy. Tho
ten most llllternte states In tho union
are not equal suffrage states.
The Anti.suffragtsts have made q state
ment that the bad women" control tho
election In the equal suffrage states
BY bad women they mean immoral
women.
One cannot help but wonder how many
yirtuous men 90 TO the polls.
Idaho has a law prohibiting persons
OF lewd life from voting. In Wyoming.
where equal suffrage Ii 10 years old.
there are two members Of the iegisla-
ture and a number Of women serving
as suferintendents Of schools.
In Colorado there were two women IN
the legislature in the lower house and
one IN tho senate in 1914; Utah had three
women In the legislature, Washington.
two Oregon and Arizona have each one
woman senator. Instead of being In
| reterate offlcc-seokors,' as they have
been accused Of being Mr.. George croel
declares that voting women have re-
fused TO show the interest In offto-
holding that Is ontallcd by their per-
centage OF tho vote.
AS far as divorce statistics may be
trusted the equal suffrage states point
to the fact that there Is not an instance
on record OF divorce arising from any,
thing connected with the vote. This state
ment is laid down as a challenge. In Colo.
RADIO there Ia an equal suffrage aid
association composed OF the most prom
inent men in the state organized for the
sole purpose Of denying falsehood and
refuting ISLANDERS. nt would be well IL
every neighborhood contained such
society,"
Senator Charles s Thomas. an ex.
governor southern born, and the possess
sor OF voting wife and voting daughters.
expresses TIE male sentiment Of Colo.
RADIO when he says;
The one offensive feature OF enunl
suffrage has been the flood 81 black.
guardly abuse heaped upon our women
by foes OF the movement The supposl.
tion that inclusion In the responsibilities
OF citizenship implies the instant deg
radiation OF our wives, mothers. sisters
and daughters can only proceed from
mental peryeraion and degeueracy."
Mrs. Grenfell a brilliant citizen N
Colorado. SAYS "rhe opponents % equal
suffrage never tlre az declaring lbat
wnmans place il in the home ! agraa
with them most heartily, il Is because
of The homo that want women o. have
ths vote, there arc fully Sm.a women
forced % work outside ,hs home ~ the
necessities 81 existence n thls vast army
q uuderpald overNofked t0liam 10 have
ne raiee Ml all"'
ID an address before the Navy league
81 She United states a. Warrington. Nlrs.
oliver y E Belmont said
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aud the men gathered here aFe tsps-
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