Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-02-01

cerncd. Mrs. Otcy said. the suMragists
have the case. The other side. she said,
who want women to lead empty. beau
tiful lives. like Il piece Of Dresden china
on the mantelpiccc have only scnti-
mcnt upon which to base their plea.
Mrs. !. L. whitncr. of Roanoke.
spoke on behalf of the country woman.
who. she said. is the most important
woman in the world to-day our
country" she said. faces greater re-
sponSibility now than ever before in
It's history. Great problems are to he
faced and solved: urgent needs must
he met and satisfied. The Glrm is said
TO he the backbone of the country, and
woman is certainly the backbone of
the farm II VIC are to bring up our
children to participate intelligently in
public life. we must be {; part OF that
life ourselves. We do not feel that we
are now. Womans suffrage will he tho
supreme expression of motherhood
WICKER WANTS ARM
OF WOMAN EXTENDED
Rev. John j. Wicker, pastor of the
Leigh street Baptist Church, would
lengthcn the hand and arm that rocks
tho cradle of the nation so that it may
rule the nation" Tho spirit of al
truism. he said, is going on, and the
time has come when woman must be
liberated from slavery. "A woman"
he said. who hasn't the ballot and
boasts OF it is IL slave who Is proud
OF the fact woman can vote just as
intelliGcntly as n man. and three Of
the worlds most conspicuous men
Woodrow Wilson. William Jennings
Bryan and Theodore Roosevelt--bear
n at ton,
Mrs. Valentine said she wanted to
impress the committee with the fact
that in submitting the question of
woman suffrage to the people. 1t would
not be going on record as voting
for it.
In support OF the doctrine OF equal
rights. she said there is one great
argument in favor Of it--that of ex-
pcdiency. with only the men exer-
cisinE the right of suffrage" she said.
Exactly one-half Of the States citizen
ship gives expression to it's views on
public questions. The same privilege
extended to men and women would
mean the development Of the other half
of the body polite.
SEES NO DANGER IN
SUFFRAGE TO HOME
, danger equal suffrage holds out to tho
home. 1t seems TO me that is a theory
built on false premise. We can have
no real home-one in every sense of
the wordz-without perfect harmony
and cooperation on the part of every
member Of the household. The State
is nothing more than great big home,
where we spend most Of our time and
where we touch life at all its angles.
Give us the ballot, so we-husband and
wife-can work together to make it
better and brighter home"
Miss Eudora Ramsay. of Grcenville,
S. c., secuted the idea Of keeping poll
tics out OF the home. Why" she said,
politics como in through the water
pipes. gas jets and almost every con-
ceivablc way. We are drawn into poll
ties whether we will or not And since
we are. 1t becomes imperative that we
have the right of suffrage. Go into the
mems factories and see under how much
better conditions they work than the
women. because OF the power they
WELD in the ballot. Women who are
wage-earners must have the ballot to
protect themselves"
| Miss Adele Clark. a prominent local
suffragist. also spoke.
The committee Will probably take
some action on the resolution next
week.