Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-02-04
Paste These in Your Hat.

=. Under representative form o,
government such as ours who snoul.
make the laws?-A. Tne people
! u. DO the people make the lawso-A
No; one-half the people are forbidden
any share III lawinaking
9. Who do make the laws?-A. Men
! =. Who gave men the riait to MAKE
the laws:-A. Men.
! Q. DO not the laws concern women:
"A. They certainly do.
" May not women take part in max.
ing the laws which they must obey?-
a: ihey may not. Men alone make
O. If a woman transrresea tho ,,u,
who decides the penalty, tries. convicts
and Furnishes her:-A. Men
=. Who sit on the juries before
whom women are tried?-A. Men o.,lv
=. Is this what the Contribution
means by the Judgment of his peers =:
Q. May not mothers help make tn.
! laws which decide their legal relations
to their children?-A. No; men MAKE
the laws and in only l6 states in the
onion and the District of Columbia
besides Idaho and Utah, whose guar.
dianship laws are, in effect. practically
equal-has the married mother the leeaJ
right to her children.
q. Why is the law so one-sided?-A
alone.
Q. Who make the laws which decide
Of separation:-A. Men only.
Q. When a husband brutally assaults
MS wife who determine the penalty
q. Who make the laws concerning
the property rights of husband AMI
wife:-A. Men.
G.. Who pay the taxeso-A. Men and
women.
9. Is the property of women taxed
the same as that of men?-A. Often
@. Who assess collect. and expend
the tax money paid by men and wom-
en?-A: Men onl''
Q. May not woman who manages
ner own business have a vote in cleo
lions which directly concern her own
interests?-A. No; but the most in
capao M, man M IN her employ may do 80.
moral. and law-abiding woman vote?-
A. No.. but an ignorant, Incorporate,
immoral. and law-breaking man may
9. May not women who teach the
boys in our schools vote A. No: but
the boys they teach, when Il, may do
Q. The mothers who have brought
forth. carefully reared, and given their
sons to the State-may they not vote?-
q. Why not?-A. Because they are
Q. Would women vote if the privilege
were granted them?-A. Judging from
experience. they would. since they al
ways have voted In about equal num-
bers with men in all the states and
countries where they have been given a
chance.
q. Why do women want to voteo-A.
First. Because they are American citi-
zens. and the United States Consti:u-
ton says: The citizens right to vote
shall not be denied or abridged on ac-
count of race. color, or previous condi-
ton OF eervitude."
Second. Because they are taxpayers,
ard 1t is principle of our Government
that taxation and representation ougil.
to 60 together.
Third. Because every citizen should
help select those who make the laws
which he or she must obey.
Fourth. Because every citizen in !,
free republic is entitled to representa-
ton. and no person having but one vote
can represent himself and another
even with the latter's consent.
Fifth. Because a vote means power,
and women need this power to protect
the interests of themselves. their chill
dren. their homes, and society.
Sixth. Because. politics. which means
the government, needs the combined in
fiuence Of men and women. Without
the ballot. woman's influence is indi-
rect. negative and irresponsible. Votes
talk. votes count. votes compel respect,
votes decide every question.