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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
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Wonderful Trench 83 JfJlcg ."Txmg
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ne Directors ef the RHtl.h Ra.h),
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ot'li TiS?t.l1en nrel'nlnary ruffling
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iur ulhes few spectacles 'so
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h ih - fh.t" .hV"."mf a.nt 800 feet
. " H"esii nas dug for
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rieL tThe river dropi 400 feet in ne
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f?od. and In place? wS;rih?Klu'5!
J. ;2 ?roke? cataracts the vegeta
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wlls is drenched wlthapffy f th-6
i he falls were discovered two genera
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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
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ngo by Mr, Syke tfthm BrlSK 3h
11, , 'T-1'' ,wul report Is not
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,ir. .-mes mt, itmpiokigh and one or
tv uKum have nw seen the gorge st
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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. ' ---.:.''.--
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. - The explorers tolling along the top of
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