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r THE OREGON ! SUNDAY - JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNING MAY 10. 1803. Jhy Hoi Woman's Suffrage?! On eddress tlvn rfcfiitlf it the" T, M. C. A. hall In Portland by Clarence i rue Wilson.- Ui V.) "When two irrnlea face, each other In lattle the army of aggression, before It can engage the main body, must drive in th skirmish lines ' of the enemy. The woman's suffrage propaganda has thrown out certain akirmlsJt alines J in the publlo thought and these must be driven In before We can come to the main argument First. then, those who claim that the ballot ts women' right quote from the declaration of ln iTienience that. "Taxation witnout rep. refutation i tyranny." .. But the quota tion Is not in point, for that sentiment was uttered with no possible reference to. Individual voters, male or- femalu. It w&a a declaration of the represmta tlves of the IS colonies that unless these colonies could have a reoresen tative In . the parliament - and In the cabinet to protect their interests King George should not' ask us to pay duty, it had no reference to the casting of ballots, for men voted in every colony, but it was a declaration that one . gov ernment ought not to tax anotner, wlln out. due representation. Protection tor Women. ' la order to make It refer to woman's suffrage It would have to be proven that women are not now properly rep resented by their husbands, fathers -or brothers; that the, government does not protect tnem in tueir property miw sts.-and that thev do not get value recwyed. ror tneir money. - : . . . The question of voting lias no refer1 ence to the paying of taxes .We pay our taxes in return- for the protection to life riu) nronertv- bv the laws of civilized nation. Borne men who have no property vote and many who have no vote pay large taxes. Numerous young men and women, heirs to large estates, pay immense Bums to me gov ernment. , but iiave no vote. Corpora tions pay Immense sums in taxes, but have no vote. Persons residing lu for .cign lands tar who bave Uvea In this country only a few years ..pay taxed, hut have -no vote. , In fact voting has too reference whatever to taxes. 2. It is claimed that voting; Is a natural right and men have no right to denrlve women of their rights, I deny that any one has a natural right to vote; man in his natural state is .purely an individual until he settles ana forms a family. The family then bo comes the unit of society. . When the representatives -of -various families gut together and form themselves into a 'church or state, then the voter acquires his right, either . by revolution or by ; grant .The power to vote Is. therefore delegated power given by society and mot a natural right In any case. Our sisters 1 who are, clamoring : for the ballot as their right have a strange Idea of voting as if it were all a right lor privilege; those of us who have It Book upon it rather as a stern duty Im posed upon us by society. The honor Fwe have not discovered. . ,v t . ? . . ' Wo Women on. Juries. . V;, Distance - lends enchantment ' to ' the ivlew, If to our sisters the privilege of voting promises , to thrill with de tllght Indeed where women have been sriven the ballot they have had to be exempted from -the duties. that accom irany It Colorado .women are not re quired 10 sit on juries, nor pay ino poii tax. to serve in the militia or respond ho the sheriff's, call to act on posse tcomitatus-aor- oven-oa-the- ,poilee loreej iier anilines, to serve me government in au mesa aepartmenta snows mat government is not her forte. Of coutsa i jeome men are disqualified, but they ara 'exceptions. It would be an exceptional ; woman who should be qualified to quell 'a riot. -- .,..-,, -f-'j..,' .., J. Some people base the supposed. Will the men enforce the ordinance In which they do not believe though out voted by women? The power that de crees is the power to enforce decrees. Government that cannot back up Its own laws by police, . militia, - and if needed the whole army is no govern ment at all. Its law Is only advice. Its stability a chain of sand. And be cause government implies force, I be lieve that woman reigns - without a rival -qeeeri of the home, and that men ought to1 rule without a rival In polit ical government. ; . j - Another claim Is that the right , to fovern depends upon the consent of he governed. , But who is able to speak ror tne women or our land and state that they are dissatisfied with the laws under which they live, and can " prove st that they are in rebellion again rule, which makes a man the exponent the of his home In the political arena? Woman act Htr Bights. - The ' question Is not whether the women have a right to vote, but It is whether we have a' right to compel them all to vote at the dictation of a very small minority of their own num ber. It is certain the vast majority of our women do not wish the ballot. The laws for the nrotection of women are improving steadily with the years and j every mterost or ners if as wen Bare guarded as that of any men. If you wish to nrotect the rights of Women. ask yourself today, does my wife want to vote, does my sister, does my motner claim it to be her privilege? If they do not, what right have I to cortpel thera to do it by my ballot? 6. But it Is said we need the ballot of Woman to aid us In government But is -it -expedient? Will society be lm- f 'roved by the granting of. the ballot o women? ' Will the better element of women come to the front as political workers and fill our offices, or will the worse? Which Is the better element of women? - The . oulet ' and unassuming queens or our homes, our mothers, .sis ters, wives and sweethearts, or will pol itics be. controlled by the clubwomen? xms is not an untried . experiment. Four states have given - the ballot to right of women to vote on the grouni or the equality or tne sexes, nut what do you mean by equality? Women, aw not similar to men; they differ physU cany, mentally. morally, -spiritually. emotionally and temperamentally. These differences - are '-as -marked as the . Al mighty could make them, and they in d Irate his will that they should work together; not as competitors, but that each should e supreme in a different sjiIhto. ' ' What Is this natural division of labor and responsibility? Why, Ood has made mnn strong and combative, that he might fight the battles and conquer nature by ; felling trees and tilling the soil, battle with tne elements and when need is, fight-his fellow-man, Woman Is differently constituted and fitted for a different sphere. - it 1 hers to- refine - and elevate by the subtler and more quiet influence of her finer nature, fihe is as much out of place In the cornfield. ine oaiueump, tne jury box, tne array or the police force as a man Is patch ing crazy quilts, making doll 'dresses- or giving pink teas.- But, ; seriously, the problem is whether 'voting is of the nature of man's work or woman's, or of both. Government Is force, . - Whea Law's a Xooxery. - The ballot' that is not backed by , fighting force is no vote at all. A law 'l V. n .. nnllu .... J - ....... fiiu ia s mucnery. 1 here is a difference between an elec tion and a discussion. A debate is a clash of opinions, an election is a clash K of wills, with an agreement - Wnra. hand that the minority will submit to let the majority rule.; But it is always implied that that majority will enforce its decision. - That principle was acted on in the election of Lincoln, and it way have to be again. , Suppose, for Instance, in this city or state the wo men sad men Jointly voted on the sa loon question and Prohibition should be enacted, but It became known that the women voted for it and the men wn "fh JlWh0 Jirforwi the law? .1 A the women ask the men to enforce ii m sains! ineir own Judgments? women unconditionally, and after SO years of women's voting, politics has not arrived at the moral standard of our own stateln Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho or Utah.' - But. you say. "there are not aa many women as men In Wyom ing." Tes, but in .Utah women 'are so Plentiful that seven or eight of them club together and keep one husband be tween them, and with this numerous company they have not closed the sa loons, - or . closed the . brothels, or - pre vented gambling dens, or purified poli ties. Indeed, there are not four states In our Union where politics la so cor rupt as la the four states where women vote, it is a Baa picture wnere a man, for the sake of office, sells his Integ rity, but It ts a sadder, and a common sight in the states where women vote, to see women sell their virtue for of fices. . ' Can Give Specific Incidents. ; j I can give specific incidents with names, places and dates, where women, desiring to be assistant ounty clerks, etc, are sent from the candidates" office to the political boss to there offer her all at the shrine of a man. who. but for politics, would not be allowed to enter her home. In every woman's suffrage state, the proverb has had a double em phaRla that "Politics make strange com panions." Is It expedient in this day when Q IHny Jnf luencea-dislntegrattT home life, to drag women out of that protected shrine, to compete with men In the wild ocramhle for office? You know that the darkest pages of the world's his tory have been written with the names Of those, women who- have sought bv any possible means to dictate noiitica.1 policies. It has been the presence of wuicen uning tnetr cnarms uion the men Ir. 'oriental courts and on European thrones, from Cleopatra and Herodiua till now, which has caused more de bauchery and vile prostitutions of -governmental powers than alt other sources Whenever women are driven from th sacred precincts of the home Into busi ness or politics, social conditions are abnormal. There are 1.000,000 working irumcn uinwue or nomes. There Is a man unemployed for every woman at work. Women are doing for $5 n week wimi men usea to get lis to 1 25 for. The two greatest evils of our dv m out of this evil condition. The employer Who saves IIS on everv man ha cnarges ana woman he employs, gets rloh by that amount every week. Here Is the most fruitful cause of ih sMm. jng oreacn oetween capital and labor. imuw wvunm men. inui n Mnirii compelled to work for a' woman's winn marry, na support a wife. 4 and the girl away from1 home on- Inade quate wage, cannot live.- Here you have urn i-miBH or ma social, evil, as It exists I ana grows alarmingly in all our cltlan. This abnormal condition nf thin ought to stop, but woman's suffrage gives it a long push still further In th wrong airecuon. i am nm rnhin.i i enuugn stui to oeueve tnat the family is the unit of society; the safeguard of the nation and church. That the ideal woman still presides a queen of the sacred Dreclncts of her hnmt; lnnin br her ; flr.e sentiments her hinhinii to do his best in the outward world and nnngs up ner cniuiren to make her In fluence reit far and wide, while she lives and to tnanlre them after she Is gone, and that this kind of women are not clamoring for the ballot and making welkin ring with "I want my sphere.15 They are not telling ,"they cannot re spect the laws because they are not re spectable." but they are quietly saying to the men, "Give us good laws and we will-give -yoti good homes." It Is this class of women that I propose to vote for at the June election by stamping "No." 817 X no on the official ballot 1 4-9 DO HEADQUARTERS FOR STEEt!.;;RAIGES Furnishing a home of your own. .Our' credit system is meant to encourage the' younger generations into establishing an independent home of their own. It fits well with the ambitions and plans of newly married people. Let us explain it to , you a small payment down, a little .each week or m6nth and we will furnish V as cozy : a little home for you; without embarrassment or worry, as you could desire. ' Agents for the Two- Flue Con- structed LAUREL RANGES ''ISJf "Quality z I Ranges Agents for the , Celebrated A Quick-Baking Range, complete with warming closet, duplex grate for wood or coal Free! Free! Free! Tree! - Free! DURING THIS WEEK WE WILL GIVE AWAY 4 SOLUTELY FREE! A Beautiful Oak or MAHOGANY LIBRARY TABLE, worth $16.50, WITH EACH $100 PURCHASE. A Handsome 50-PIECE Semi-Porcelain White and Gold DINNER SET; with ". W-J ;" ' wv each $50.00 Purchase. 1 A Swell MAHOGANY ROCKERCobbler Seat, with each $25.00 Purchase. during this week. ' Free! Free! ZAMBESI'S CANY0X. . Wonderful Trench 83 JfJlcg ."Txmg 'ug dj urcat African River. ne Directors ef the RHtl.h Ra.h), Africa company are now taking steps to ,lve the wonderland of the Zambesi f?j?Z0n. re"cr.vJ from settlement, or It iiir K or h8 enjoyment t. ni t over tne world, nf iZ'il lonf, ttme tetortr this be! or eounlry can all be made accesslbli ,S""i?'.cttu" u lB Mtremely ir.fi wv"""-.muun oirncuity, and it Jhi f00"' additional attraction for fn. Sfril8U who visiting Victoria t J tn Jar"er numbers every year. tJtVv'f nowB the Zambesi as the wiS S"86-. Th5 Zambesi, the fourth ion? -Ilnl !n low" emoothly lln'Jiri.le to w,dtn- Vnt twlnk ot'li TiS?t.l1en nrel'nlnary ruffling or us. waters. 1t cours ov h. khS - an Amrm AAA -. ..... iur ulhes few spectacles 'so Wuck ! 5t rise the h ih - fh.t" .hV"."mf a.nt 800 feet . " H"esii nas dug for hteh itself. up waYeVbutfCtVAe'rrn the more contracted pans it th f ch.n rieL tThe river dropi 400 feet in ne roap before it enters the gofie- it droSS l.ouo.feet more in the Krs " P It Is a torrent lashed tn t e about 69 miles. Tha walUor the Yeverberate with the icr of the ry.h f?od. and In place? wS;rih?Klu'5! J. ;2 ?roke? cataracts the vegeta tion that -roots In- the . chink. V Vl wlls is drenched wlthapffy f th-6 i he falls were discovered two genera tions ago but until Ust year 5o oe had any Idea of the lensth of the orS trmt .rrles.the Zambesi to th. oule? i.-he of Its lower coure. It hasleen climated at from 30 to 46 nTiLiS 6i miles long. . - t .- . aDOt It wan purtly explored several vmf. ngo by Mr, Syke tfthm BrlSK 3h 11, , 'T-1'' ,wul report Is not it puMished: ana tne reasonthe kotkI Iihh not bn entirely revealed bifni vyn ts that the country on eUher .? ft It I tin rnKeed that th rni. 1 i 1'iorrs hove been far to the north or K. It f jt. . - . ,ir. .-mes mt, itmpiokigh and one or tv uKum have nw seen the gorge st frequent -. Intervals along Its entire lengtn, tnougn mere are parts or It that no one has yet seen. A good general idea- of the , whole canyon has been ob tained. ' ---.:.''.-- A peculiarity of this rockbound gorge Is its extremely tortuous course. It continually doubles and twists on Itself, turns sharply -at right angles and zlg eags in most intricate fashion. This trench was dug by the Zambesi, and whenever it came to a softer bit of rock the flood attacked it, and thus It was continually .changing its course to fol low the line of least resistance. - . - The explorers tolling along the top of the wall have often been baffled by the soruyt. turns- in iutj nver . iney uave seen it glistening far below them and then suddenly-it has seemed to plunge Into a tangle of rock and disappear. The native report that in places the Zam besi flows beneath the rocks is supposed to be based upon these apparent dis appearances or the river, it is in theso sinuosities ' that the scenery of the Gorge attains its greatest diversity and iterest. ' . 1 At Niagara the ride n the 'cars along the side of the gorge Is regarded n. ?f the finest experiences at the great alia of America. But the Niagara e-orare is after all a small tlilnr In m. parlson with the canyon of the Zambesi TERRORS OF PALACE. ' 1111 Traffic Episode in the Life of the DowagervEmpres of Russia. f 'l From the 'Westminster Oasette. "5 I The reported discovery by the csarlna of a terrorist death sentence lying on the bed of her sleeping sdn recalls two similar tragic episodes ; in- th Ufa of her mother-in-law, the dowager empress. . On one occasion sho found on her hus band's dressing table a curious and un familiar iewel case, and on nlcklnv ft up to examine It more closely was both surprised ana aiarmea , at its : weight. nurrying wim 11 into nw own . room, she plunged It into a basin of water an.) summoned the-perfect of police, who pronounced the innocent looking Jewel case a bomb of -a particularly deadly tm anotner occasion on - entering Alexander's - study the csartna -fancied sne neara a sngnt rustling sound be hind the window curtains.- With s rare presence of mind she took her husband away under pretext of bidding his chil dren good night in the nursery. On leaving the oora she locked ths door and gave the key to party of sol diers. -who on entering and examining "s iutjjr jiinua me' stnrtnng uiscovery that tome one, had made -his escaoe? . . -.' in MA I TC --V II Hi - ? f I.;.:. I : 111.-. I I I 11 vuviuiiii-i j: 1 50cWeek. firTy. h 1 1 through the -window." 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