Milford chronicle., 1918-06-21

wonderful improvement in the whea
crop all over Delaware
IF THERE BE man sitting in the
United States Senate today, who can
stand before his God and truthfully
say that he believes that the women
of America are not worthy recogni-
tiOn as fellow human beings and also
entitled to all the rights and privil-
eges of men, then that man has failed
to think of the action of woman dur
ing the past four years, and is far
behind the real political conditions of
the world. Women have proven their
ability to think. to do things and to
get results which are relieving the
suffering, and ecOnomizing the re-
sources of the country. 1t is the
women of America who have held the
Nation to its highest tenets of mercy,
of charity, and of the economical
systems which are so necessary for
this country to maintain, that it may
be able to help its allies win the
greatest war of all ages. Even those
who have persistently, but blindly.
opposed the enfranchising of women.
are now willing to admit of their err
ror in opposing granting simple JUS
tice to women. The editor Of the
Index, at Dover, who is accredited to
be James H. Hughes, Esq. has so
far reversed himself, as to print the
following as an editorial in his paper,
viz: AS a war measure we believe
woman suffrage should be granted.
We are in this awful war to secure
to all people the broadest liberty.
Until we accord to all our people.
women as well as men, the right to
vote and hold office, how can we pre-
tend to stand for the highest and
broadest liberties for other people.
With the men, the women of the land
are fighting this war. They are pay
ing the price of sacrifice, labor and
heartache. The war could not be
fought without them any more than
it could be fought without men. Let
us accord them the same rights and
privileges that men have. Women
will eventually win the vote, why not
give it now and strengthen the nation
when it needs strength" It is possi- |
bic that the fact has at last dribbled |
through the heads of Democratic !
leaders in Delaware that their oppo-
siton to giving women the right TO
vote in Delaware is so we'll known IN
the people generally that to continue
this political fight against women will
be a weakness, rather than a source
OF strength to the Democratic partv
II this be the case, then it is due the
TWO Senators from Delaware. TO he
informed of this change of opinion
on the part of the thinking leaders of
that party, and it viii be equally right
Tor Senators Wolcott and Salisbury
to cast their votes for the amend
ment to the National Constitution
which has already passed the House
and will come before the United
States Senate in a rev days, to cast
their votes in favor of this submis-
sion to the approval of the states. Af-
ter all 1t is the States which have the
last say in the matter, ana in MANY
the legislatures have already given
women their rights and the sentiment
Is growing. When a sufficient num-
Dor OF states have joined with thosa
already permitting women to vote
then will the right, with the might
force all Of the country to do Justice
TO the women. In view of the splen.
did work our women have done for
the world during the greatest of
wars now being fought by the civiliz-
ed world, and in view Of the fact that
women are doing the work of men
everywhere, both mental and labor
ious' we petition the Honorable Sem
ators from Delaware to arise above
petty political partisanship, on a
world wide question. and cast their