Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1919-10-31

dDie 10 print IL IN your paper. Our orSanl-
cation feels that the public must be reused
! to some Of the dangers this letter suggests,
II Maryland is to remain q State in which
the black and white races shall bear a
reasonable relation to each other as they
have done in the past
The Anthony Amendment which forces
Woman's Suffrage on States that do not
want it is pernicous from every stand
point. and in those States which already
have acute racial problems il will again
cause condition that was insupp0rtable
at the close of the Civil war and which
will prove even more disastrous in these
days of social unrest.
The following extract from 1.-THE Woman
Patriot" shows very clearly what dragons
teeth are being sown by some Of the anna
teur female politicians:
Mrs Medill Mccormick, head of the
Republican W0men's Committee. has al
ready received demand from the Colored
Woman's Club, Of New York, that the
white women Of the Republican party take
bold stand for the rights of colored
women; that they desire further enamel
patton and demanding that you welcome
colored women into your organization on
complete equality.
Mrs. Mccormick has not replied. II she
has, it has been by secret diplomacy. But
the Republican party can no longer evade
the demands Of colored men and women
il it wants their votes For every colored
legislator the Republicans force upon the
South colored delegate will sit in Re-
publican convention For every additional
colored vote counted in a national election,
an increased colored delegation will find
its place in the Republican conventions,
Na oh. as...k AZ
date for President, why not a dark horse
of another color at least in the Cabinet. as
demanded by the Negro Messenger Be-
Sides it will be so democratic. you know,
to have the Black and White Woman
Republican Committee meeting together
in Chicago, for instance.
ut is considered great sport when the
Frenchman hunts the tiger. When the
Tiger hunts the Frenchman it is not so
pleasant. The amateur Republican poll
clans are now hunting the colOred vote
They will have only themselves to blame
II the big political riot breaks loose at a
Republican convention. 1t has been dem
onstrated all too clearly that such riots
cannot be confined to the South. The
little Republicans who are busily starting
to build fires in the Democratic backyard
will undoubtedly burn their own hands
first"
A CoLoRED WOMAN Is STRONGLY For SUI
FRAGE AND SAYS SHE Has AS MUCH RIGn
To VoTE AS ANY WHITE WOMAN.
To the Editor Of The Sun-Sir: am O
constant reader Of the Sun and have been
for II years, and have as good reputation
! anu pOlnrab unmnn haa hnUind cd
for my present mistress over seven years
and was never arrested for anything in
my life and hope you will print my letter
in The Sun paper so the white lady suf-
fraRists can see the colored ladies of dear
old Maryland are for woman's rights also,
and longing for the days to come when we
get it. work hard every day of my life
and my husband don't average a month a
year, but spends his time with lot of
other idlers loafing around and have to
work hard all the time to provide for him
and my little girl, and around election time
he gets just as independent and big as can
be. He tells me he Is boss politician and
gets big money out Of politics, but don't
get any of il. He claims woman's suffrage
will be big thing for the colored women
as we can become just as powerful polit-
clans as the men are, but my mistress
says maybe the coored women might be
excluded from voting and that is why
am writing to The Sun to state the views
of the colored lady suffragists Of dear old
Maryland, for will surely fight for my
rights if woman's rights win. Besides
will not let my husband vote for it If we
colored women don't Get our vote same as
our white women folks do.
think colored woman has just as
1 -. IA Il
when we do get our votes we will see that
the laws are made to give our children the
same chance for education as the colored
children get in Pennsylvania. New York.
New Jersey and all other places where real
freedom is practiced. That is one of the
principal reasons am such strong WON
an suffraeist. Why should the cOlored
child be denied the same chance for an
education as the white children get? Even
my good mistress says it is n shame and
a msinterpretation Of the Constitution Of
the United States Of America to bar the
colored children from our public schools.
Besides II makes taxes higher TO main
tain separate schools when one school for
both col red and white would greatly lessen
the expenes and know she is right, as
was compelled TO 30 to a colored school to
Oct my education, where If had the same
chance at school as the colored children in
Pennsylvania and other freedom States
have, would have been better educated
than am.
That is why | am such a strong woman
suffragist and hope every cOlOred voter
will vote for wOmans rights and pass il
by big majority. We want the white
lady suffragists club to know all Of us col
ored lady suffragists are loyal to the cause.
Every colored lady suffragist who has been
up here at Blue Ridge Summit. Buena
Vista, and Monterey and Pen-Mar that
have talked to is strong for woman's suf-
frage and all are enthusiastic over my idea
Of organizing wOmans suffrage clubs and
showing our white sisters how much we
are interested, And we pledge ourselves
to work hard for il. which means better
laws for humanitys sake, better schools
for our children at less expense. like all
free States enjoy and equal rights for
women, irrespective of color, who are just
as well able to vote for better laws for our
State as men are.
hope you will print my letter in The
Sun, as some Of my lady friends are going
! 10 look for it. Some of them think because
am a colored servant you will just cast
ii aside. Besides, we want our white lady
friends to see that great many Of us are
for womans suffrage. We are going to
win our fight for il. Then we will show the
people who oppose US how great and pow
erful we are, and we colored enthusiastics
will be found right up in the front row
when our picture Is taken
MARTHA V. WHEELER.
Blue Ridge Summit, Pa, Sept 10.