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f f ' f PAGE TWO \ LANCASTER EQUAL SUFFRAGE LEAG OFFICERS: President Miss Mars Secretary Miss Nannie Treasurer Mrs. ! Press Chairman Mrs. Ler WHY SUFFRAGE | men a failure, becau FIGHT TOOK 50 YEARS that a dependent clas satisfied with it as to d Iveader Tells of Ilimlciihtirg Iiine of in remaking it. Germans Itroken in West, CiUvos' Of these ol?staeles Political Sidelights, ami Finds prejudices and resentu Causes for Victory's Delay. it; these various imp ??? been the most difficult Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, tho (3.) The third ca gifted and brilliant president of the^ the realm of "pure p National Woman Suffrage associa- form of our counstitv tion, has a most illuminating history and state, is su?Ji that of the flftv-year suffrage light which that tho members of was published in last Sunday's New or congress voting 1 York Times. The article seems en- amendment which air tirely too interesting to cut down, chise a class are oblig< and it therefore copied here in full, amendment on to the ? the class to be enfram By Carrie Chapman Catt. celved its vote. Legis The passage of the federal suf- iprived thus of the sup frage amendment by the United ful voters, newly States congress on Juno 4 should be while forced to meet t credited to no man or woman, nor tlon of that part of the group of men or women, nor to any torate which does no one political party. It should be extension of the suffn credited to no particular method of mate account of the t form of campaign, nor even to our frage legislation reveal own generation. Any attempt so to this has probably been limit the credit betokens gross igno- lific source of delay, ranee of American and world his- (4 ) An iniquitous tory. The passage of the amendment times powerful and is the result of fifty years or more threatening, has grow of concerted, never-ceasing effort. system of politics. In Some pronounco it evolution, porations, or groups True, it is evolution. Hut behind the pulous intention have evolution there have been evolutors he a certain protectioi ?hundreds, thousands of them, who, fl8h interests, when 1 in order to push the demand for wo- legislation, to be on go man suffrage forward, gave every the parties in power a possibility of their lives to the jnf, men 0f logislatur cruise. All that they had and all presses. To this end tl that they were went to the service large contributions to of woman's emancipation. Although paigns. Where their women were the chief workers, there ests. as in the case of tl have been men who, like the women, ncss, have become a 1 lived in strictest economy so that their contributions li there should be more to give to the hoth parties. All si woman's cause. A long array of have unfailingly op| such noble souls rises in memory as suffrage and have prei one looks backward over the years; sequence the norm.' women who had the vision of the Wlthin tbo political p righteousness of the equality 0f j tlio recognition of worn ricllts bet w een the spyps mnn who I ~ " a great and prowinp ii dare to espouse a despised cause. m . . , . . These, then. are Tho victory at Washington is, .. e . , . , the obstacles that ha therefore, no sudden development, . , . .. case against the fed no unexpected event. On tho con.... i , amendment, as apains trary, it is a long-overdue climax. < i i , , woman sun rape per so Tho federal suftrapo amendment . . 10-.0 come the first two n was introduced in congress in 18 ( 8, , , , ,, v. , r?r l continued campaign o torty years ago, bv the National Wo-. ? , c rr ... , . cation, one tbat went mans Suffrage association, and has ... . | spread out wide. For been pending ever since, each new , . . , fourth it was necessan session witnessing its earlv mtroduc... ... . ., . sentiment of that ed tion. while with weary watching and .... , - , to bear on politics and working tho years have succeeded , , I such ways and with ! each other. . that it could not be ei The ( onstitution of the T nited . , I verted. States is not an easv Instrument to ... ? , , , W oman suffrage bv f change, but it lias been amended , . . . ? i incut was very near three times between 1818 and 1919. ^ , ratification in 18<8. w 1 Had the federal suffrage amendment . , , . ., I trounced bv the Nath been passed and ratified when it was _ . A. i Suffrage association, iidreduced, it would have been the' .. , . I result of the years of sixteenth amendment As its case , . ... , women s rights which stands it will be the nineteenth ., , ,. the war and the negro when ratified, amendments tbat pro-|Minnf f ?, - , | vide for an income tax, the direct 'V' ''. I that had spoken most 1< - vl?Ction of senators, and prohibition' nfh. in its bpbalf having successively displaced it. hy doalh or rptimnent The impatient, uninformed new- I|fo nm, n g,ow pi>rio(, comer into the movement has justi- am, orRanizatlon was flably failed to understand the delay. | ? js a wp?_knmvn One not closely acquainted with faP, )hat pvopy Krpat the entire history of the movement. fo,;OWPll hv a pPrlo(, and especially our political psychol-' ucoopdpd soon by onf ogv. could not do otherwise. | OU3 rpaHlon> 0ur owr The delay has been due to four no PxoopUon to thp , main causes, all others being sub- ypars bPtwePn lR80 a, sldiarj.^ 'small hospitality to an (1.) In the beginning of the cbange jn our |nstKui movement the entire world, includ-, whilp |bp |pa(jPrs of , ing women, believed confidently that ,ParnPt, two lessons women were mentally, physically, thpm vvp? Many mpj morally, spiritually, inferior to men. wnul(, nPVOr votp for , with minds incapable of education. nf ,,ny )av>. inPrPjy bPca capacities too rudimentary to per- P(1 t0 them as rlghtf jt mlt of their even looking after their , Pn<>llt ?f tbp fllturP n own property, bodies too feeble to ? ?... perform the simplest tasks for which anf, legislators do not men earned wages. 'constituencies at home (- ? The illiterate, undeveloped .,K1(,r tn ,i,0 |mpor man held the view of the cave man legislation. It was rlr that the woman belonged to him to s,.ntiment behind do with as he pleased. She existed was necessary before for him to dominate. In the refined, possiblo to secure th< educated man this primitive instinct ?????^ developed Into a chivalrous, high* minded spirit of protection. Between these extremes the views of men to- ^jy\p,p' ward women ranged all the possi- 9 bil i ties. The very suggestion that woman should control her own property on?h served as a reaction upon man's withstand attacks of , .... . , .. ? . bladder and stomach tr honesty or ability to do it for her. . etaeanos connected wit For a woman to want education an<1 build up health organs weakeni implied that man was incapable of These most Important o doing the necessary thinking for the JLV^iowt^Sn^s1 thV' females of his family. you ar? doomed. .. . . , Wearlnees, alaepleaanei To propose that women should despondency, backache, speak in public implied that they had hi a. pains In tba loins . , , , . do man, graval. dimcutty ideas which could not be expressed tn*, rheumatism, sciatic by their natural protectors. j XJ^gmdLd1MBDALJfa To ask for a vote was equivalent to declaring the government of a the fact that! WOnt *? suffraKe? lwo primary) glo answer. In the I the most pro- 8U"ra80, an(* the legislatures of lar sentiment rontroli twelve states have conferred on wo-|try. Votes may be b men the right to vote for the next j influences may round s>stem, some- preBh|ent nf u,e United States. Only to defeat a question at all times Bmau part this great harvest was but in the long run n up in our reape(j during what we may call the not tolerato that sort divlduals, cor- ?e(|uctntional period"?the thirty business, therefore, with unsoru- year8 which lie between 1880 and arouse popular sentini found it to J91Q That was a seed-sowing time, real truth to the p< I tq their sol? and it is the most uninteresting, un- there were ears to h thieatened by even^ful. and unpicturesque portion read, od terms with 8UffragP movement. | The next task has b .nd with lead- great educator in the removal) that popular sentimei es and con- prejU,lice proved to be woman suf-l political parties realiz* ie> have made fraRO jn operation. Although the largest contributors political cam- wh0je world scorned the little pion-j party are not so imp special Inter- cer border settlement of Wyoming, tions as the support o he liquor busi- jn j(g j,rave endeavor to do justice to! the people. In the lo >owerful issue women it nevertheless carried a. control of the machii a\e gone to greater influence than it is now pos-: parties want their wo ich interests 8jhje t0 measure. Yejtr after year and their parties to to.sed woman ,j1p women voted. The testimony( only real thrill of r ented in con- Pontinued that they voted wisely and nient is found in an il movement | weu; that they were independent : , versy. honestly fought 'i?8 tow ? rd | that they were high-minded and paigns and tlie opinio an sulTiage asj recOKnj7>P(j the necessity of contin- corded at the polls. ! ued improvement in political nieth- gratification in a game fundamentally ods. I have been loaded. 1 ve made thej Wyoming people moved over into tirians when convinc eral suffrage tp0 adjoining states. .t\td by the. laV sentiment will sup t the case of leaven of their influence so strength-] been glad enough to r To over- encd the popular belief that when, to the popular will, c leant a long- the question was submitted the cam-j narn ial interests still f public edu- paigners found a receptjpn to tlieirj How lias final suece in deep and views not known olsei^ore. From plished? the third and Wyoming as a centre, woman suf- The National A me r to bring the fire spread over the great West. Ilea ted nublie .. politicians in stretching from the Canadian borsuch strenpthlder to the southland through North y*. . ade<l or suit- and South Dakota. Nebraska. Kan? sas, and Oklahoma. ederal amend- Tlie Hiiidenburg line was compits adoption and od of Gorman citizens who had re- MI ien it was in moved to Russia to escape cop. scrip-' anal Woman tion some 2J10 years ago. They its the direct were illiterate when they migrated agitation for to Russia, and there were no cduoahad followed tionaf facilities in the home of their s enfranchise- adoption. Two hundred years later >d. the voices Russia began to conscript her men. nidly and elo- and the entire colony removed to the were silenced, I'nited States, finding homes and from political free lands in the great west. In alt of education of these states men votiMl on their uhsered in j first papers, and it was always an Ftrr.passtnttr psychological ensv matter with a little money to J ourtnt <-?' two ounlwar has been J control any election through these urysMs. / o. b. factory of liberality,] Illiterate voters. That was repeat- ^ of tremend- edly done In all of thosd states, and i country was] woman suffrage in its march eastMile, and the ward was effectually checked for id 1805 gave some years. y proposal ofj In few Instances did any political tlons. Mean-, (party strong enough to hope for the movement state control indorse woman suffrage, anil learned'in its platform or lend its political \ n in congress] machinery t<> the carrying of the he enactment suffrage amendment at the polls. On use it appeal 'the contrary, these political parties ^ ist. or for the as a usual thing lent their inachin-i Vi "S " f the country, cry to the opponents. The opposl-, > government, j t ion was not. as Is ordinarily sup-! m f(?rcet 'h-dr posed, the little group of women who' Rs9c .vim may not. do not wish to vote themselves, and // t:ihf(? of siiirh ulw? lwnf/\ " /vr.1^1... ? * * \?: - :r that p??i 11 sex that th<-y contend that the entire congressmen' se\ is too Inferior to have a share in it won d lie politics; instead, it has been, and is. o suffrage by great interests which believe they _ _ For Hi iTLE REMEDY - \V2SJrW! BRINGS SURE RELIEF Pir>AT. Hmrl^rn sules are the r?m?dy ycu nMd. Take g humanity to three or four every day. 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THE LANCASTER NEWS, LANCASTE the federal route. The National Suf- have something to lo UE. frago association hail been organ-1 enIranchisement of w ized in 1869 for the express purpose The most hostile ai of concentrating on the effort to se- ponent of woman suf ftire suffrage by federal amendment, the liquor interests i aret Moore Yet the workers of that early day The National America Hili Moore were promptly confronted with thej frage association, w S. Ij. Allen fact that Ihnlr domanilo <> < ? ' ' uvuiuuuo vu vuugiooo- jcaia UiU} 1UUVVU IUI W oy Springs men rebounded as from a blank wall. ly under its one bann Those demands were not backed by Kquallty for Women,' se it denoted V?te8 pressed an ?mdaI ? .. There was, therefore, nothing for question. As an orgs 8 WHS SO (US. . it but to get some votes, and there- never worked for or emand a share upon was projected the supplemen- bition. Nevertheles! the primitive ta,y p'an ?r state campaigns until dealers reasoned thai ^ , . , enough states should have been won were not the manuf nents involved A , , .. .. , to make the voting contingent back quor or the consumer Mentions have . _ ... ... , of tho demand for the federal suf- were the greatest suf to overcome. . ? . , frage amendment too considerable evils, a larger propor use belong in joiitics " The t0 overlooked. It has been some- could he depended uj . . , times said that the National Suffrage prohibition than men. ltlons, federal , i association has worked for suffrage I Other corporation? it is necessary , . ? . . . . . , . a legislature ? y y 8tate referenda. I wish es- great interests have eg s a ure jpecjajjy ^ stress the order of the contribute and to len to submit an ? ? . ? ns to enfran na"ona'8 program: influences to the del , . ' First?It was organized to work suffrage. Twenty-odd ?d to pass the . ..... . . . . . . . . for a federal suffrage amendment. knew that the woman slectors before 0 , T . _ , . ohised has ? Second?It supplemented and was won, so far as th . . , strengthened that work by the win- telligent people of th< lators are de- , ? ... ... , , ning of states to suffrage, full and concerened, and that port of grate. . , . Presidential. had narrowed down t enfranchised, . ... he condemna Third?it massed the voting co-operation and the existing elec s,renKth fifteen and a half mil- the political parties. lion women over voting age behind that responsibility has t approve an , ... . .... the demand for the amendment. letn much discussed, i ige. An intl- , , , In all, fifteen states have been sion has never resulte ilstory of suf 1 years ago we \r/^l 1 * f ?vkky pound sold in an suffrage cause yOVUT taDX?. l?omau^?... ..Ttd.c? r country were W JlT jiT1|IGp' : our struggle llUwkg^ if 1 I JJ^nSI ilLsJ) 0 securing the Coffee Indorsement of mi _ ? m , ^4 How to meet Redy-Taylor Company s been a prob- AfGW OkIqGKS | the discusd in a sinong run, popu1 in this coun- Suffrage association has had a hear-! UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROought and evil] ing before every resolution commit- UNA ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS up such voters tee of all dominant political parties now and then,' for the last twenty years. It has cir-; Entrance examinations to the Unisentiment will cularized and interviewed the dele-i versity of Sduth Carolina will be held of thing. Our gates to political conventions for the,by "?e C?un*y Superintendent of Ed, , i ucatlon at the county courthouse has been to same number of years. It has never prjday, July il, 1919, at 9 a. m. Enlent, to tell the failed in every succeeding congress trance examinations will also be held >ople, wherever to introduce the federal suffrage at the University September 17 and ear or eyes to amendment, to follow it up by a *919. hearing before the committees to The University offers varied ., . . ? . . . . . . . courses of study in science, llteraeen so to direct *hich it had been referred in house ture hl8tory( law and bU3ineS9. The at as to make and senate, and to interview mem- expenses are moderate and many e that even the] bers of both houses as to the possi- opportunities for seir-support are ofto a political bility of its passage. * fered. A large number of scholar . . , T-. . . . ships are available. Military trainI From its national headquarters it j?K compulsory for freshmen and f the masses of j has not only reached out to Washing- sophomores. ng run. men in ton, but through its auxiliaries has Reserve Officers' Training Corps, les of political conducted the same kind of work For full particulars write to rk to be clean with the politicol parties and the'; President W. S. CURRIBLL. bo honest. Tho legislatures of every state in the' ^ niversity of South (.aiolina, Co>olitical excite-j Union. It ha.i circularized and in- 'u,n^'a' U. honest contro-' tsrvtnwnri nnuntu -..a > ? ? I through cam-; with the political parties and thn + ns honestly re- has organized in the precincts of * PROFESSIONAL CARDS * There is no every town, city and county in the + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + where the dice country a constituency of women1, 'herefore, poll- who wish to vote, and who make it, DR. J. KKKth hUXDltRJIURK, ed that popu-j known at home. Dental Surgeon. port them have, years \\i have card-indexed ??ce H?or*. lee in response nien, both in our national ond our 8:30 t? 12:30 A. M. von though fl-J state work. "Yellow card men." and 2:00 to 8:00 P. M. oppose. "blue card men." and "white card **>' Appointment. ss been accom- nien" have enlivened our file-boxes Office Phone 180. Residence Phone 52. riean Woman (Continued on Page Three.) Office over Lancaster Pharmacy ands That Rocked the Cradles Irive this nrw Essentially sertire car, it also folded in an envelope suspended jring Car with affords maximum comfort, con- neatly above the tonneau. A ice, and safety, enience, and refinement?-it is a^ The Moore Multiple Exhaust finger operate* sound investment! 4*,-System, with which all Lexingtons 1 , , , ' are provided, conserves fuel by 1 It is made for nvS passengers, but producing more horsepower per malitiM nf this there are two folding axillary seats piston displacement. untitles ot tins jn the tonncaUf for emergency use. Thi include. ma?? ? and passengers The front seats are individual, with ..J* nake motoring an aislewav between ordinarily listed as extras, even on 1 of roads, hills an aisieway between. the mo#t |uxuxk>us cars. Let us The curtains, when not in use, ar* demonstrate. EVANS & WILSON, Agents, Lancaster, S. ('. tngton Motor Company Connorsvllle, Ind., U.S.A. mSSSSSSSSSSSSSBB^Sm I R. S. C. TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 1919. I the H omen. ' H r?tl effective op- H frage has been lUZf/QiNt ouarantu D .? ,1,. ml^TZ ?X II, aftnr using thn nntlfn H )f the country. contrnla ul nil according I in Woman Suf- | htch for Arty ^ ^ ^ Assr^SLiSi I am consistent- "V ll^T?9 "T I M H er of "Political m W has never ex- M w t m M pinion on this K # * I ini/ation it has M K M W m J H ,agar c; V w Ot I ioJCr."""". Luzianne is a clean A I fGrors^'froni "it?I cx>fFee. It is not touch- I uonate numb?r ed by hand from the I ion to vote for . . # g-\ / , i time it is first receiv- I LTKE5 ed in New Orleans I !L!h!!,r until von RprvA -it- nn I