Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1920-04-02
SECOND OPEN LETTER
TO WISCONSIN WOMEN

By Theodore W. YOumans, Associate
Chairman, Republican State Central
Committee.
Women have not heretofore been
greatly interested in politics because
politics seemed far off, remote from
them and their interests.
When women see that politics are
touching the every day life of the fam
lily, then women are going to be inter-
ested and are going TO use their influ-
ence to bring about better conditions.
After all the high sounding defini-
tons of the students, government IS
only the transaction of community
business, national community business,
state and local community business.
Under our form of government this
business must be done by the people,
everyday folks like ourselves. 1t is the
plain duty of the citizen of the United
States to do his share of community
business He may shirk that respOn.
sibility-many men have shirked it
but the responsibility is there just the
same 1t is greatly to the interest OF
the individual to promote the welfare
Of the community because his own well
fare and that of his family are init
mately involved.
1t is easy to see that the government
nearest at hand the city government,
has direct effect upon the individual,
and light and sewer systems health
regulations, sidewalks, streets, parks,
Libraries. are of concern to each of us.
But the county government is impor-
tant to the family too, as slight inves-
tigation of the functions of the offices
at the county court house will prove.
The state and national government
seem far away but the state legisla-
tureS makes laws which we must all
obey and which have a great deal to
do with our prosperity and happiness.
National laws are of vital concern to
us too, and who shall deny that the
power of national government, in re-
spect to war alone, is Of supreme mo-
ment to every woman?
We women shall soon have the full
vote and may then use our influence
on each of these governmental units.
The great power Of the ballot comes to
us through the progressive spirit OF
the Republican party. Anti-suffra-
giSts have made violent attack on
Will H. Hays. Republican national
Oh Loo no ha
his influence to hasten the ratification
of the federal amendment. The truth
of the accusation is something i'll
which Republicans glory Mr.. Hays
has undoubtedly FASTENED the ratifica-
ton and you and | are grateful to him
for so doing.
The Republican party stands square
ly back of Mr.. Hays in his promotion
of woman suffrage When the federal
amendment abolishing sex as quail
fication for voting came to its last vote
in Congress in May and June 1919, the
vote in the house showed POI Republf-
cans for the amendment, and u against
the amendment. In the Senate also,
the vote in favor was much larger
among Republicans than among Demo
Gratis.
At this writing thirty-three states
have ratified, of which twenty-six have
Republican legislatures and seven have
Democratic legislatures.
The black belt of the south, s0lldly
Democratic has been an obstacle TO
the acknowledgements of women that
only the favor of the Republican party
could possibly have overcome. Wlscon-
sin women must not forget that the
Republican party gives us our vote.
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