Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-10-24
LEGAL


Tl, Emil ullVi influence. Il is merely an in.
sPm.gt Of convenience in the trans.
''iaa Of the business Of government.
nm, reform begins, not in tho ballot
Of m The halls OF legislAtion, but in
~ ,r.Ile. in the nursery in the school,
~ tAe church, around the family fire
I,g there, without the ballot, woman can
A. more toward making better world
", ANYTHING men or women can posi-.
n. accomplish through politics.
Women react upon government Just In
,,oooruons as they are alert intelligent.
P1 informed and public spirited, through
~, creation Of an intelligent public
Piron'
IsriSlAtion Is merely crystAli1od public
.oiniou And In tho creation OF such
ngblc opinion women now have tre'
YT,SJous influence The question OF how
su,stion that eoncerns not particular
.i'n Of women. but THE AVERAGE
And The average woman Is found in the
Aome with thres or four children, doing
1sr own housework and rocking her own
cradle
. rule mare Incidents In women's lives.
Tha Instinct OF tho normal woman is
not 20 work for somebody for wages, not
4.
sr.isssions, but 10 form . life partner
Lip with some man and raise family.
iS for this, reason that women re-
r,in In industry but from five 10 seven
yean on tho average when they graduate
Iato mAtrmony.
yn, industrial woman are not selfish in.
4 ,,I,sk II they were she would be help.
iSs, with the vote or without IL. Her
rssl interests on the contrary, are com.
Hunity interests, and tho community takes
e.re Of them ~ = matter of self protec.
ton,
| III. question for tho voters, therefore.
4 1, NOT how the vote will affect the won.
An In industry, but HOW WILL IT AFFECT
THE AyEE1A,GGEE, 1,GE, woISAASS,i, IAS,i, WHO WIS IS a 4
WSi.e less than 10 per cent OF tho
women citizens OF voting age in any
t1Io express a desire for the voto. the
most undemOcrAtie act OF which tho men
IN that state could bo guilty would be
Fourth: The fundamental principle OF
democracy Is tho consent OF the gov
srned
This implies majority rule.
And IA st least 30 per cent of our won.
90 citizens, so far as we have any evidence,
consent to our form Of government, and
express no desire for . change, II is cleat
hIt the interest Of democracy demand that
their wishes be oonSidered, rather than
! In revolt against our government and de-
mLnd that unweloome and injurious bur-
4 dens bs placed upon their sisters.
The demand for is Justice for women, +"
Very well But for WHICH woment
TOr the 10 per cent who DEMAND Or
for the 90 per cent, who PROTEST or
who SAY N0THINGI
let us by all means be Just 10 women
But let us be just by respecting the
RIGHTS OF THE MAJORITY WHO CON.
sEST TO OUR GOVERNMENT, for in
and to ALL WOMEN, eysn-though they
nay not know ito THE MINORITY
Who ARE IN REBELLION.
Fifth: Woman Suffrage Ia demanded
By Socialist and Feminist as "a means to
an end'--the end being - complete
SHth: The women OF this country are
Dot taxed without representation.
Every woman taxpayer gets for her
tIIes what every male taxpayer gets-pub-
lie improvements and protection OF life
And property.
And she Is represented by all the male
taxpayers in the community, because they
eaonoi represent themselves without rep.
FesentinE her.
Their interests ss taxpayers are idsu.
ticAl
Furthermore, As . much smaller percent.
ere Of woman than OF men pay taxes,
he enirnnehisemeut of women would great
" Increase the percentage Of non -taIpAy.
Ing voters; and thus assuming for the
sake Of argument that there is rela.
non between taxation and the ballot.
votes for women world leave the woman
taxpayer. Gs we'll as the male taxpayer,
ma worse position than before.
The fact Ia however, that taxation and
hs vote have no connection whatsoever.
" + Ii
nd town may GH sSo gss g1E'rs s1osp. en- ''Is tSs $S
sSere be lives, yet he can vote only In
III, one where he lives.
Minors and aliens arc fully taxed on
their ,property. but are excluded from the
fpnehise
A system Of government based on prop.
eH would give the rich man . power
ewr the poor man that would destroy
oeraiie government and give us in its
>, Seventh: Equal pay for equAl work"
4 y implies that women working a. many
boar, and as efficiently as men are dis.
.rininated against in ths matter of pay on
seoount OF sex, and that this would not
80 y women had tho vote.
In tho first place, there Is little II
On such Discrimination
IN the second place, the womAu's vote
eoula not do away with Il II IL existed.
because work and wages are regulated By
we universal law of supply and demand. ].
esmuel GomPers says women get less
,~ meir work than men because they ask
hi. is true In = senoe. But Il Is far
ircm being the whole story.
Inc TACT 10, that unless they put o
Gnia price on 1t themselves. and unless
OF inferior quality women are not
nSpKIe Ie" than men when they sell their
y when they sell their TIME that
.ae difference between mems and women 8
pay lppeArs.
And this is = matter the ballot cannot
NS. because Ia controlled by the
pa{heAi facts OF nature
IN The general recognition OF woman 9
~ Of special protective legislation we
AANs lhe proof that women are weaker than
men physically and cannot compete with
sSS,R, mn ~ industry on a footing OF absolute
Employers Of labor pay for skill and ex-
~, Swn,onee, for quantity and quality of out.
They do not pay for ser.
ne question OF the difference between
Msn,sp and women's pay. there, is fundA.
has nothing whAtver 70 do with poll.
q. The vota" says Samuel GomperS.
So.oen ! mean job, and equal suffrage
Sos,nn' SSSsn mean mean equal pay for equal work. -
NToh traveller, May II, 1915.
u.@t, Gompers ought 10 be a good Judge.
~ mas been interested In labor for many
va,S lie has also had tho ballot. His
n,.,, therefore,, ought to be accepted as
XIV conclusive evidence OF what the
So,S S' cant do in the field of wages and
M colorado women have voted for years.
~, Sne ballot raiscd women's wages in
ior FNaH' FS'a.H' Has l. given them Equal pay
n, IN ur uher book entitled Equal Suffrage, "
VI; heen Sumner says:
Taking the public employmsnt as A
sAoie women In Oolnr,hn rnrnirn rnnsid"