South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-30
WILSON ASKS FOR
SUFFRAGE LAW
Tells Senate Susan Anthony
Amendment is War
Measure.
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limitations OF parliaments. II is
asked for By the anxious. expectant,
suffering peoples with whom we are
dealing and who are willing TO put
their destinies in some measure in
our hands. If they are sure that we
wish the same things that they do.
10 not speak OF conjecture
A Question OF Faith.
Tt is not alone the voices of
statesmen and OF newspapers that
reach me, and the voices of foolish
and incorporate agitators do not
reach me at all. Through many.
many channels ! have been made
aware what the plain, struggling
work -a-day folk are thinking upon
whom the chief terror and suffering
Of this tragic war falls. They are
looking TO the great, powerful. ia
nous democracy OF the west TO lead
them TO the new day for which they
have so long waited and they think.
i'm their logical simplicity. that de-
mOcraCy means that women shall
play their part in affairs alongside
men and upon an equal footing with
them. If we reject measures like
this, in ignorance or defiance OF
what a new age has brought forth
OF what they have seen but we have
not. they will cease 10 believe in us:
they will cease TO follow or 70 trust
US They have seen their own gov
ernments accept this Interpretation
Of democracy.-see old govern
ments like that of Great Britain,
which did not profess TO be demo-
cratic. promise readily and as Of
course this justice to women, though
they had before refused il, the
strange revelations OF this war hav-
ing made many things new and
plain TO governments as wen as 10
peoples.
Women Partners i'm War.
Are we alone TO refuse to learn
the lesson? Are we alone 10 ask
and take the utmost that our women
can give-service and sacrifice Of
every kind-and still say we do not
see what title that gives them to
stand by our sides in the guidance
of the affairs of their nation and
ours. We have made partners of
the women in this war; shall we
admit them only 20 a partnership of
suffering and sacrifice and toll and
aot TO a partnership OF privilege and
right This war could not have
been fought either by the other ma
tons engaged or by America if It
had not been for the services of the
women-services rendered in ev-
L. in hg sol
of effort in which we have been &C
customed TO see them work. but
wherever men have worked and up
on the very skirts and edges of the
battle itself We shall not only be
distrusted but shall deserve to be
distrusted if we do not enfranchise
them with the fullest possible en-
reimbursement, as it is now certain
that the other great free nations will
enfranchise them. We cannot iso-
late our thought and action in such
a matter from the thought Of the
rest OF the world We must either
conform or deliberately reject what
they propose and resign the leader
shin of liberal minds to others
VIII Give Women Heart.
The women of America are too
noble and too intelligent and too de-
voted TO be slackers whether you
give or withhold this thing that is
more Justice; but I know the magic
il will work in their thoughts and
spirits if YOU give it TO them. l pro
pose il as I would propose to ad-
NIT soldiers to the suffrage, the men
fighting in the field for our liberties
and the liberties of the world, were
they excluded. The tasks of the
women lie at the very heart of the
war. and l know how much strong
er that heart will beat if YOU do this
lust thing and show our women that
YOU trust them as much as YOU in
fact and of necessity depend upon
them.
Have not said that the passage of
this amendment is a vitality neces-
sarv war measure. and do YOU need
further proof Do you stand in need
of the trust of other peoples and of
the trust Of our own women? is
that trust an asset or is IL not? /
tell YOU plainly, as the commander
in-chief Of our armies and of the
gallant men in our fleets. as the
present spokesman of this people in
our dealings with the men and
women throughout the world who
are now our partners as the re-
sponsible head of a great govern
ment which stands and is question
ed day by DAY as 70 its purposes, its
principles, its hopes, whether they
be serviceable TO men everywhere
or only 10 itself. and who must him
self answer these questions or be
shamed. as the guide and director
Of forces caught in the grip OF war
and by the same token in need Of
every material and spiritual re-
source this great nation POSSESSES
Z tell you plainly that this measure
which / urge upon you is vital TO
the winning OF the war and TO the
energies alike Of preparation and Of
battle.
Vital 10 solution OF Problems.
And not 10 the winning OF the
war only IL is vital TO the right
solution Of the great problems which
We must settle and settle in medf-