Evening journal., 1920-04-20

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Women who has come 10 d laware
from The suffrage states 10 hight FOR
The ratification Victory. spoke OF ne
~ stcru situation as an oregon Vo-
ter.
III is the strangcst Thing In the
World 10 me 10 realize" she said,
that 20 long as | stay in my home
In Portland. oregon. am citizen
OF the United states In perfectly good
standing able 90 tNpr ~ my opinion
on STATE measures aud national meas
urcs. ] cross few imaginary lines
OF boundary and ! become a disiran-
chiscd citizen and my political Opin-
ions are scraps OF paper
This Is the condition that western
NOm e feel an equal responsibility In
rcmcdylng. 70 is very curious % be
q ciilz-n IN one section and not an
oihcr know as every western
woman does. exactly what snfirape
has done for The West IN states ll
Is not academic matter. II Is truth
Every politician Who values his 20.
litlcai future In my part OF the coun-
try prcicnds he Is suffrlgisi. even
II he Is not. II IL an anti-lcss coun-
try. II Is only when we com. elsl
hat we hear the ants hiring hail.
10 tell how terrible the laws OF Col
I orado. urcson and California are
and they are careful 90 pick out non.
VOTERS 10 tell the story TO-
Everyone knows out West that th
passage OF suffrage In our states wa
a signal for. clean up. 10 meant th
unu. ln nf The vice districts long be
fore the United States abolished An
segregated districts as war tim
measure. 10 meant better laws fo
women and childrens Following lh
passage OF suffrage both oregon an
California Immediately passed amin
imum wage law that forbids the "A
ploitatlon Of women and children /
Industry, In trades. In the shops Mac
boards decide how much aNages shoul
be paid In all lines. and no rich a,
pariment stores and no factory Ownr
can longer exploit women as In m
past. Neither can he work them mor
Than eight hours a day. These ",
men, voiclcss, could not protect then
selves. DO YOU now believe that an
politician would dare 20 work FOR a
repeal OF these measures? These ai
the facts that you do moi hear frol
The ants / do not believe that m
Stale or Delaware is finally 10 belilt
lie own splendid past by dcfeatir
suffrage and leaving the victory ar
the honor 90 other STATES ID il. a vi
tory. that can be delayed but for fe
! weeks
Mrs Hilles. chairman OF the Sal
branch OF the National Women
D Party, placed emphasis on the pos
b lion n Delaware should this Sta
fall TO ratlfy the suffrage amendmcn
"The men Of the state OF DelaWar
In the front rank of the corcncrsiOr
: thirteen States" she said. "will :
placed in the singular position OF a.
nying liberty 10 half the nation
short twenty-seNen men In the DE
aware House. II they persist In the
/ opposition, VIII actually refuse 10 e
franchise twenty million women.
l. believe that this Is actually imp0
= siblc. After all, 70 is not up 10 q
-, state OF Delaware N 10 could. 20 :
Z, back the hands OF the clock. WOm
/. are on the very brink OF a long al
I, hard-fOught victory. If the men OF N
I, state wish TO belitue ihe splcnd
past OF their own state and repudia
n the pledge OF their own party the
IN are other states that Will come I,
Ia ward and liberaie our women.
~ "Whal hurts a Delaware woman
In the realization that the men and wo
"a en- Of other states are watching ID
~ aware with an inientness that
"a slightly mixed with amusement. tn
81 know women are close on Nicio
y. They know That victory can DC p0
10 poned but few weeks at the be
They are amused al the politicians
our state who are still trying 70 sWe
back the sea with a broom.
Delaware men and Delaware VOL
en- are undoubtedly fortunate In tn
traditions and their laws but she
are blOts on our statute books 81
that the Woman's voice would o
have permitted 10 remain. There
our unequal guardianship law, I
Instance. that denies 10 the moin
no matter how unworthy the M
hand Inc protection OF her O'
= child state after state as the 81
frage tide has swept the wcsi a
penetrated the east, has changed su
Of laws az these.
- doubtedly does not know ihe cAl
FL ence of such laws on the sta'i
IT, hooks. They do not enect her. Z
a., In these DAYS when WOmen's pl9ce J
ia ceased 10 be In the home, no mat
of how much she would care 10 Keep
there. The woman who has 10 80
N and share in the earnings 1i a Nv
M hood. must protect herself. II IS.
~ the ideal situated woman who hl
- efils from the passage Of suiflD.e. II
.Iss the vast army OF women In iniusi
IA women In business, women. IN p
~ fcsslon VINO for their own sasas m
ed be given a voice in their own goNe
ments."
hhe Many have turned The Wants
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