New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-17
World Needs Women S Vote,
Says Bryan; Urges Loan Aid
She Is Mans Partner in Life, Why Not the Pos9 Asks
Commemorate Declares Millions Should Buy
Bonds to Help End War Speedily

Of his family" continued Mr.. Bryan.
His children are his jewels. Is the
ballot more dear than his own sons and
daughters? One he denies to his wife.
The other she has entirely in her
charge.
Woman Is Mans Teacher
"His wife is his business partner.
She shares the responsibility of home
management is the purchasing agent
OF the family. What peculiar defect
is hers. then. that keeps her from be
ing her husbands partner at the polls ?
LESS than 10 per cent of our boys
90 above the grade schools, so that all
their book knowledge of the science of
government comes from their schooling
in the grades. Grade teachers arc al
ways women. Why is it. then, that a
woman who teaches man all he ever
knows does not know enough herself
10 go 20 the polls?
There are opponents OF woman sur
frage-anti- suffragettes, they style
themselves-who claim that women
don't want the burden of the vote.
Women have had the vote in some
states for years. Why don't these
sufragettes go out and relieve
those poor women of their intolerabie
burden? Why do they always conilne
themselves 10 non-suffrage states IN
their activities? No, they know that
if women didn't want the suffrage
they'd get rid of il.
Proves Case for Women
Imagine women bearing any burden
silently that they themselves could
yet rid of by the exercise or their
franchise. The anti-suffragists don
know women rs well as | do.
The anti-suffraCists say the ballot
for woman is a menace 10 the nome,
but women ara women throughout all
the ages, and a woman's home IS al
vavs her chief concern. The women
out I'm suffrage states have homes;
they have children. They even have
husbands who actually believe their
wives make better partners. better
comrades. because thew have this add
cd mutual interest in their family.
Mr.. Bryan then presented MS lam
Gus "unanswerable argument Tor
woman suffrage. which he offered. ne
said. with written guarantee.
THE qualifications of voter" ne
said care intelligence and morality
Prove that woman has these, and you
proye the case for woman suffrage In
The State of Nebraska only , per
cent Of the penitentlary inmates are
women. and the proportion OF women
criminals to men is always low IN
every state But look at your churcn-
Is. and YOU find the women IN over
wbelminC numbers. Now, | say II
woman has sense enough 20 keep out
of ian and is good enough to 90 to
church. she certainly is fit 10 vote.
Addresses I'D Men
Mr.. Bryans first speech yesterday
was at 12:15. before two hundred
nacbinists. bus drivers and conduct
ors Of the Fifth Avenue Coach Com
many. at 10 East 102d Street. Al l:io
he smoke before large luncheon gain
erinc at the Advertisers Club, a. last
Twenty-ffth Street. 49,, -.
He was in his best form with the
advertisers, and kept the room IN
roar before he finally got down to the
business Of suffrage. y
"Nr. BRYAN" said Mr.. Llewellyn b.
Pratt. secretary Of the club. IN intro
ducing the speaker, there are men IN
tbis room who have voted for you three
times and there are men here VINO
have burned red fire three times IN
celebration Of your defeat.
"Nr. Chairman" retorted the Com
roner. ait would be impossible 20 md
an audience i'm New York that did nov
contain at least those last mentioned.