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DOES ROMANCE DIE SI WHEN WOMEN VOTE? Case From Montana is Cited for Information of South Carolina . ~ Senator. 'n ju When the bill for the referendum for woman suffrage came up in our by St. 51 fp QAnflfp Ano nf our QQnatnrc oh. tG jected to equal suffrage on sentimen- w< tal grounds. He said that if it were tis granted to the women of South Caro- Sc lina romance would immediately swoon m away and die and he also pointed out w< that no man could make love to a "seasoned politician." His argument so is entirely refuted by the following: no Some years ago, a man and woman ran for the office of attorney general ln in Montana, on opposite tickets. The *h man was elected. Thereupon he ap- P11 pointed the woman as his assistant at- be torney general. Later the two were HI married. HI ? vo WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE. th I have been asked why I believe in ur woman suffrage. ^ I have been in favor of woman suf- pr frage ever since I knew the meaning fr, of the words. I have been an advocate of the cause for many years, 0f though at a dsitance from the active tr< part in the West. I have had a num- ej( ber of letters, in the past, from the <jc West, inviting me to come out and as- pj sist them in lecturing for woman suf- so frage. It was not convenient for me ^ia to go. I have believed for the last e]( 30 years that woman suffrage would y,j, be here and I am very happy that it fr. lo CA nOQ V Wnmon oVi/\iiL1 Ln?r/\ Aminl IO ou IIVU1 ?f UIIICII OIIUUIU IIClVC CUUcU 1^0 euffrage because it is justly due the01. c;t They pay taxes to help support the as government. They are governed by jjh the laws of the land. They should have p0 a voice in choosing those by whom ^e they are governed as a means of self- ar] protection due to all. Every year I have more faith and hope in its sue- pr cess, and a desire to use iry influence Cq for its advancement. Woman suffrage de is right and practical. It tends to elevate. Women's votes will improve the jn( education" system generally. I believe the work for equal suffrage m( i* a Christian work. I believe equal (je suffrage is divinely doomed to come tu soon. Eliza A. Garner. Kelton, S. C. es COUNTRIES IN WHICH WOMEN VOTE. f? bu Ques. What countries have woman suffrage? Ans. In the United States Pa ^ women possess full suffrage rights in ex 12 States and have limited suffrage in most of the others. Abroad they have ? fall parliamentary suffrage in .Australia, New Zealand, the Isle of Man, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland. They have municipal suffrage on the same terms as men through- Nc out British Isles and in Sweden, and _ . _ / . some measure of municipal franchise rights in nine Canadian provinces, the cities of Belize, in British Honduras, Rangoon, in Burmah, and Baroda and jnj Bombay, in British India. Women su who own property are allowed to cast arr their votes on various communal mat- Qf ters either in their own persons or wo through proxies in certain districts of cja Austria, Germany, Hungary and Rus- eje sia. In Belgium, France, Italy, the ejc Netherlands, Rumania and Switzerland women have no political rights ?r whatever but are allowed to vote for ^ certain administrative boards?educa- g^ tional, philanthropic, correctional or industrial. WOMAN PRESIDENT OF R. It. The recent death of Capt. J. T. p^ Jones, reputed to be the wealthiest . ou n man in Mississippi, leaves tne management of his interests, including the presidency of a small railroad, in the hands of his daughter. Owing to the ability with which Miss Jones has handled the work since the beginning of her father's illness her services as president of the road will be retained, T . ., mi it is said. , , m ab THE PRESIDENT'S GREETING. so The following is a part of a congratulatory letter sent by President ?f Wilson to Gov. Frazier of North Da- m: kota when news was received that the te North Dakota legislature had passed fe the bill giving partial suflTage to the Ai women of the State: f? "My interest in the extension of th suffrage to women is, as you know, ca very great, "and I feel that every step V(> in this direction should receive the eh most cordial indorsement and recog- re nition." ^ What a pity the governor of South Carolina wasn't given the opportunity to receive such a letter! Y, In a speech at the opening of the sp convention of the Congressional Union Pr for Woman Suffrage at Chicago re- to centlv. Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont, of New ev York City, predicted that politicians in of every group would be taught some- as thing about their business this year by Pr the women. She said: "Woman does not ask the vote for her own selfish interests, for her own individual protection, but as a demand against the injustice which has excluded one-half W( of the human race from the right to jn speak for itself and vote for itself." ju A Spanish bell -bearing the date ?' ,1247 jig still in usa in Oakland, Cal. as I ' " ' faLv i ^. ' ENATOR E. D. SMITH SIDESTEPS ON QUESTION (Continued from page one) 1 suit, piled upon ingratitude and instice ? ' The fallacy of the argument, that ' giving women the vote, thereby exnding the same privilege to others; Hild be disastrous, is proven by stajtics. Our census shows that in the >uth, the white population far outimber that of any other?therefore, ere the ballot given to all ,the vote the undesirable element wwuld be far in the minority that it could ?t count for much. And the. intellisnt vote would be increased by givg our women the ballot, since twoirds of the number of pupils in our tblic schools are girls. It can also i seen by our last census, that the iterate men greatly outnumber the iterate women. Isn't an intelligent te better than an ignorant one, even ough it be the vote of woman? But if our white men can keep this idesirable male element from votincr. en the same means can be used to ( event the female of that same class , om making use of her ballot. With 91 electoral votes, the women , the suffrage States held the conailing power of the last presidential ; jction. That was why each presi- , ntial platform contained a suffrage ank. Equal rights is gaining ground , rapidly that by the next presidenil election the party whose man i * jcted will be the one who pledges mself to give the vote to the uninanchised States, because that w;ll the party to win the vote from the ate whose women have the ballot, ( they are working to whiten up the ack States. With the controlling , wer in their hands it won't be long ] fore these women can get almost lything they ask of our government. No party henceforth can elect a esident who is not an advocate of ual suffrage. Therefore merits and ( merits of the question. Thomas Jefferson said that it was , conceivable to him "that any State ould bestow the suffrage upon the , ast ignorant and besotted man, and < ny it to the most intelligent and virous woman." j Abraham Lincoln, one of our great- ] t Americans made this statement: , go for all sharinf the r>rivi1e?r*?? nf w - C"? * ?^1 vernment, who assist in bearing its , rdens; consequently, I go for all , rites to the right of suffrage who ] y taxes or bear arms, by no means , eluding the female." , Giving women the vote would not ipardize white supremacy, but on j b other hand would strengthen it. T. H. , CHARM AND THE BALLOT. ; i w Zealand Reports That Her Voting A Women Are Still Beautiful. i "In New Zealand we have not found it making a 'pencil mark on a votr paper' once in three years has reIted in any loss of grace or beauty ] long our women, or even in neglect home duties. On the contrary, the iman's vote has had a distinctly irifying effect on the process of . nni -1.1 ?' i * rciiunrs. j iic um evu memories 01 iction day the ribaldry, the fighting, * ve been succeeded by a decorous avity befitting people c;ercising eir highest natural privilege," said r Joseph Ward, speaking as Prime Inister of New Zealand. PIONEER SUFFRAGIST. Mrs. Virginia Durant Young, of .irfax, S. C., deserves mention in r Suffrage Edition, for she was one tne pioneers of the cause in South > irolina. In the days when any men- ^ >n of effual suffrage was unpopular 1 d "Women's Rights" were ridiculed, ^ e stood firm in her convictions. She ^ is a woman of forceful character, 1 d left her 'impress upon the com- ' inity in which she lived. It is tracele now in the varied* activities for ( cial betterment, and moral uplift. 1 ? ] Miss Alice Paul, national chairman the Congressional Union for Wo- , an Suffrage, recently received a let- i r f rom a noted member of the BlacK- 1 et Indian tribe which read: "To the 1 tnerican Tndian belongs the credit < r the idea of woman suffrage. In 1 e early days before the white man i me the Tndian woman had equal ' ice in the council and even was 1 scted chieftain: so you see this is a ] al American idea." < An organization, known as the other Police, composed of BOO woen, was recently founded in New i >rk City. The movement is rapidly reading to all parts of the city. The imary object of the organization is protect younjr working tfirls from il influences. Other matters affectK the home are also included, such sanitation, fire-escapes, play- , ounds, etc. WOULD SIT AS JURORS. Colorado women are asking that the ?ie constitution ne revised so that >men will be allowed to sit as jurors < trials. In order to decide cases i stly where women and children are < solved there should be women jurors i well as men, they arprue. 1 WOMAN SUFFRAGE. 1 The new woman suffrage map has ;hc States of full suffrage, where wonen vote same as men marked white. 1 States where women vote for presiden- i ial and municipal suffrage are dotted. 5 States that women have partial suffrage are shaded. States where wonen have partial suffrage are shaded. ? States where women have no suffrage * ire marked black. There are fourteen I >f the United States marked black, [n all States of the United States where women do not have equal suf- 1 frape bills are being present- ^ ;d to legislature and in many States * ire given favorable hearing. From 1 Main to Texas suffragists are expectint, hopeful and triumphant. The governor of Ohio has lately signed the bill and Ohio is the 14th State to let ] women vote for president. Women now 1 i factor in 120 electoral votes. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and presi- 1 lent of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance, prefers action through * congress to state referenda and points out many reasons in support of the federal method of obtaining woman suffrage. A woman has lately been elected ( mayor of Unatilla, Oregan. She ran * against her husband and heat him in ^ the race. When one of the office seekers inquired why women put out their ticket the new mayor answered promptly, and to the point, "Because ^ women were tired of masculine inef- f fieieney." j Cardinal Gibbons, for years a strong ^ anti-sufTragist, has declared himself ^ open to conviction. The statement ^ was made to a number of Catholic suffragists who visited the cardinal last week. , The women numbering 24 and rep- j resenting Boston, New York, Philadel- ] phia and Washington journeyed to , Baltimore to have a promised audi- ] ence with Cardinal Gibbons. They < pleaded with the cardinal to support ( suffrage. While he withheld all prom- j ises, he said he would give the subject earnest thought and that his mind is Dpen to conviction. 1 This question of suffrage for women 1 is most important and far-reaching. \ He told his questioners woman's ] sphere in the world is becoming daily ( more influential. They have done j more than the men to develop and j ? ii._ i T? . . .in mtiniii/.c nie nuiiiiiri race. DUX It IS i hard for a man who has entertained iecided views on a subject for fifty pears to change those views. < These items of news are sclectexj j from the latest copies of the Woman's rournal of Boston, Mass. I hope the ] ;ditor of The Union Times will con- ( iider them worth printing. Such news ] s interesting and encouraging to all 1 ,vho are in favo of woman suffrage 1 ind they seem to be increasing in ] lumber daily. E. A. Garner. Kelton, S. C. WOULD BE WISE STEP. Nation, Before Entering War, Should Give Women Ballot. The Independent, in commenting on -,he war situation, points out that the ;reat war has demonstrated that the , svomen of a nation are one of its most valuable assets, not in a sentimental sense, but in a practical one. In the ,var countries the women have taken jp all of the industrial burdens in irder that the men may be released ;o take the field. The article concludes: "It would be an act of cold, calculating wisdom for the men of Amor- , ica, as they enter the great war, to ?ive the women of America equal part in the government of the nation. Wo- ( inert should be given, here and now, the vote, not as a bribe?thank God, they need no such incentive to effort 4?u sacrmce?out as an am to enarged usefulness." Charles A. Beard, professor of ;conomics in Columbia University, who with his wife spent a month at Pine Ridge Camp a year ago, says: "The fatal error was made when women were taught to read and write *nd the gateway to knowledge were thrown open to them. It is now too late to turn baek the hands of the dock. They will penetrate the 'mys- . :eries 'of masculine government just 1 is the comman man penetrated the mysteries 'of royal government. They <now more now and are better prepared for the ballot by far than the :omman man was when he received it." A CONUNDRUM. it's a burden and a favor, without doubt: It's a privilege, a duty and a task; It's a thing most men can't bear to be without, But for which they think no woman ought to ask. ?Alice Duer Miller, in New York Tribune. AKMY COOKS. A ~~i ? ??-J. x. i? n stnuui ivi uanun^ wuiiiuu iaj uc" come army cooks was ope|ed^r?centiy in ETngland. Women between che ages of 17 and 35 are eligible to join and already over' 1,200 graduates have beea sent to the front. V v v ' ) s. >VHAT PROMINENT PEOPLE THINK OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE Men's Leagues for Suffrage have >een formed in Tennessee, Georgia, \labaina, Florida, Texas and other Southern States. Representative McGill of Arkansas ;ays, "I believe that all good men are lenpecked and being myself a husjandette, I vote for the suffragette." Alexander M. Scott, of Indiana legslature: "Woman is God's first and jest gift. To vote now to complete ler civic power is the proudest monent of any life." If woman suffrage were not desirajle for any other reason, it would be worth while merely because it would' nsure better pure-food legislation.? Dr. Harvey W. Wiley. Some men say they do not want to jee women at the polls, but did you iver hear one say he did not want to jee a woman pay taxes??Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer. Mrs. Z. G. Wallace, of Indiana, from whom Gen. Lewis Wallace drew the portrait of the mother in "Ben Ilur," >aid, "If women do not fight they give to the state all the soldiers." As Lady Henry Somerset says, "She who bears soldiers does not need to bear arms." "The surprising thing to me is that diere are still in this country a sufficient number of well-informed, patriotic, law-abiding, respectable women to form a National Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage."?Hon. 11. E. Williams, W. Va. "We have in Colorado the most advanced laws of any State in the Union for the care and protection of the fiome and the children, the very foundations of the republic,' 'says Judge Ben B. Lindsey, of the Denver Juvenile Court, in The Woman Voter. "We )we this more to woman suffrage than to any other one cause." It is the duty of women to have the ballot; it is the duty of man to give it. We all need woman's help as we try to solve the many and terrible problems set before us. In the solution of these problems, we should use the full and not cramped strength of every man and woman in the entire common ti-L rr\i i wcann.? ineoaore uooseveit. "Judge Ben B. Lindsey says: "The case for equal suffrage could well afford' to rest on the record made by voting women. In no single State have they failed to bring a better, cleaner and more independent note politics; and there is not a statute book on which women have written that does not contain more humane laws as a result." iAicy Stone said, "Some woman risks her life whenever a soldier is born into the world. Later she does picket lnty over his cradle and for years she is his quartermaster, and gathers his rations, and when that boy grows to a man shall he say to his mother, 'If you want to vote, you must first go and kill somdmdv'' Tt i? n v#r - argument." WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN GERMANY. As recently as 1805 women in Germany had almost no political rights. For them to attend political meetings was entirely against the law and all their attempts to hold such meetings were promptly headed off by the police. However, they began to grow restless as time went on and women in other countries began to have a voice in their governments, and a meeting was finally held without interference by the authorities. This was the first non-socialistic political equality meeting that was ever held in Germany. Encouraged by the success of this undertaking they endeavored to carry the work rapidly forward hut for a number of years all efforts in this direction were met by stern government opposition. In 1904 Susan It. Anthony succeeded in holding the world's congress of women's suffragists in Berlin, though it was in direct violation of the law at that time. Here this American leader commissioned a number of German women as delegates to organize a branch of the international suffrage association in Germany. From that time the movement continued to gain strength until the German Alliance for Woman's Franchise was orcanizpd in 1007. Tn tOOS flor. many adopted a new law which granted women the right to attend and hold political meetings. Several other suffrage organizations have since sprung up having different platforms and views but all working toward the one end?woman's right to vote. FOR THE ASKING. Any one desiring suffrage literature can provide it from Mrs. W. H. Cobb, Douglass Heights, Union, S. C. Mrs. Cobb is the new chairman of education for the State Suffrage League, and will be glad to hear from those who wish information on the subject of equal suffrage. "i ' ' . . im. EFFECT OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN COLORADO. Mrs. Walter Duncan, Aiken. Women were years ago engaged in the pioneer work of civilizing Colorado, transforming its wilderness into places of peace and sweetness and security, so likewise are women today | engaged in a work of civilizing Col-' orado, transforming its wilderness ' into places of peace and security, so likewise are women today engaged in a great pioneer work broader and nobler and grander, to make the world a better place to live in. In the pioneer days on the frontier in Colorado the women protected the home with the bullet. In the pioneer times of to day, she is standing shouider to shoul- j der with the man, no longer with a ' rifle in her hands, but more cnlight- ! ened, with broader sympathies and! with a more perfect understanding of men and measures to protect thenhome not from the night prowler, but from the evils and the vices of organized society?and her weapon is some- ' thing more effective than the bullet, j for she has the ballot. (Mrs. Duncan is an ardent suffragist and a woman of force in her com-1 munity.) ? QUESTION BOX. ? I Do you know that South Carolina has no law against prostitution? -o.ioj ipnos ui imp a\ou>i noX op lina a father is sole owner of his ' child, therefore we need the equal guardianship law. Do you know that the age of con- | sent in two of our Southern States is as low as 10 years? And in only seven non-suffrage States is it as , high as IS years, while all suffrage I States make the age of consent IS years, with the exception of Nevada and Illinois, whose age is 1(5. Do you know that South Carolina needs the injunction and abatement law as this has been proven the most I effective weapon against commercialized vice, because it is directed against i the owner of the property, and puts ' the power of action in the hands of I every citizen. Do you know that, the women of j Washington begged for the eight hour i day for working women for eight j years, before they were given the vote ? It was given to them by the first legislature after they won the franchise. Do you know that the women of Massassachusetts were 40 years getting the nine hour law for working women? Do you know that the women of South Carolina prefer the dignified alternative of voting to lobbying? Do you know that the cost of elections is a very small portion of the ' cost of government? Do you know that Kansas, a suf- I frage State, on Jan. 1, 1910, paid off the last dollar of it s i-e dent . Do you know that .'100.000 babies die every year in the United States f?U per cent, of these is due to preventable causes? Do you know that we have a national appropriation of $600,000 for uur nui^s, ana ^m.),uuu lor our Ixahies Do you know that the infant death rate is lower in the suffrage States than in the non-suff?*age ? Do you know thaL every congressman who comes from a suffrage State is in favor of a national amendment, and votes for it? Do you know that until 1874 a man had a right to beat his wife provided the stick was no larger than his thumb? Do you know that scripture is not against women enjoying equal rights | with men, for was not Deborah a successful general and a great judge, and for 40 years ruled Israel, and that during her reign "all the land had peace." Do you know that in South Carolina there are 5,289 white schooi teacher? in the public schools? Of this number 4,380 are women. Hence it i? left to the women to train the future citi7*r?n c r%f PnrAlinn ?* / *.wl men are willing that the women influence the lives of their sons, instill in them Rood or bad principle^, implant in their souls the ripfht or wronjy kinds of ambitions, hoip in the moulding of their characters, yet refuse to let these women vote. ENEMIES OK SUFFRAGE. Preudice and ipnoranco. Through prejudice people '-efused to listen to arguments on the s;de of equal stiff rare, and in their ignorance they make false and harmful statements. The women of the West have nobly vindicated their qualification to exercise the ballot patriotically and intelligently. They refused to be herded and handed over to any candidate by their leaders, and t.hey Rave the bulk of their votes to the man who has maintained peace with honor for the American people and helped to swell the Wilson tide in the West.?Knoxville Sentinel. In all the equal suffrage States women teachers and women in public service f?et equal pay for all equal work. CONVERT CON AN IMH I.E. English Women Win Famous Author to "the Cause." Every few days some prominent Englishman comes out in a public statement for woman suffrage. This is due to the fact that women are doing so well their part of the work of the nation forced upon them by the great war. The latest convert to the suffrage cause is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the famous author of "Sherloc kllolmes." In a letter to the London Times November 28, Sir Arthur says: "Hats off to the women of Britain. Even all the exertions of the militarists shall not in future prevent me from being an advocate for their vote for those who have helped to save the state should be allowed to help to guide it." A COLLEGE WOMAN TO OUR ALIEN CITIZENS. (Thought sin a Naturalization Court.) They know not our hopes and our fears, They know not the laws of our land. Our language is strange in their ears, And their oath is an upraised hand; But at least they are warm in their plea, At thftv ...1 pared, At least they desire to ho free, At least they have cared. O Yosef. Pietro, or Van1, C) Yinsky, or Yonsky, or f'h Our country will ask you a man? May American women he free? Recall, on that day, how like you We women have struggled and cared; 0 sovereigns, () masters, y u. t Once strove and despaired! ?Alice I)uer Miller, in New York Tribune. A NEW SUFFRAGE PROBLEM. Will Congress Take Ballot From Women of Danish West Indies? The purchase of the Danish West Indies gives a new suffrage problem to congress because the women of the islands now possess rights of suffiage equal to those of men. When the subject of Danish West Indian legislation comes before congress officers of the National American Woman Suffrage Association will urge the retention of the rights now possessed by the women of the island The women of Denmark enjoy full suffrage. The parliament granted them municipal suffrage first and after a few years extended full suffrage to them. -WHY I BELIEVE IN EQUAL SUFFRAGE." ! A Woman's Reason. My belief in the political equality o" men and women rests fundaments' 1 y on ;h princiyie of justice. "Male 1 and female, created He them," toj gethcr they were to carry on t'r.e race 1 togethej 10 build up society. In the nature of things there was no question of the sunerioritv of one sex over the other. Without either the rare ! would die out and society cease to he evolved. Where there is equal responsibility in justice there should he equal adj vantages. For one sex to arrogate to 1 itselt' the one instrument that in a ! democracy gives its possessor sover[ cign power?the ballot?means gross injustice on the part of one and an | undeserved abasement on the part of j t{ie other sex. Harriet Powe Lynch, President S. C. E. S. I,. A Man's Reason. Woman suffrage is an inevitable step in the advance of free government. The right of women to vote is j the outcome of their present right to ! monogamous marriage, to freedom from chattel slavery, to education, to [ control of their own persons and nrop! erty. In a Democracy political i i are merely the right to he consulted ; when community interests are dL | cussed. Men vote not as exercisine a sex-function, but as human heintrs. I Therefore, women should also vote. This does not mean disturbing the ! balance of sex, but merely pivinpr each of the two halves of humanity its i proper weight in the general council of the community. L. r. Chamberlayne, Ph. P., Ancient. I Janguages, University of South Carolina. CLUB WOMEN'S WORK. j Club women in Portland, Ore., are I supporting a bill which will be pre' seated to the next legislature that will IlinfVC 11/ CUIII|IIIISUI y nil IWUII3 IU il 11I point a certain number of women on juries in both civil and criminal cases in which either a child or woman i9 a principal. In the final anaysis, the burden of war falls on the women. They carry | the cross and it is only just that they have some voice in the government which declares a war in which they suffer.?Irvin Cobb. An aviation school is about to be opened by the Chinese government. . ^ *. %? , *\ ' * ^