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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1895)
- s WOMAFS EDITION. A1 . : rat it adth wro i as I (li.BAJlE, Edook and Proprietor 1&3 glTBSCWPTIOX XATZS. OMlMr,di teadruce,... Mx.MmAs, catkin adraace ....?1.. 75 Cents. XertfePUtta (Xebnaka) retoeeu laa matter. Dept. Editors Con' B. McDonald: Worn tioos, Eunice Babbitt; "Mart E. Hosfobd; Bailroai D. Blood. City Editor, - - Anna B Assistant. - Blanche B. Business Manager, - Eva M. Baldwin. Assistant, - Mary M. Grimes. Li SJaiBaiBaiBaiBaHBBBiBBlBBBBfer k it is is' To Friends and Subscribers. We hope you will like our paper. Though edited entirely by women done in the interests of the Ukt T.ndies' Auxil- FC. A. We are lodicali used in the Y. M. C. A. rooms. We want to help the men young and old. They have certainly helped us in this enterprise. First the editor of The Tribune has turned . over to our use his press, paper, . time and patience. The business men of North Platte have given us their advertisements without which our plan would have proven a failure. Our first impulse was to settle in this issue all questions of the day, both local and national such as irrigation, the financial question and woman suffrage. On second ""thought we concluded to leave room for discussion of these sub jects for the men, in the future. We have given you correspond ence from friends from all parts of the country. Articles on education societies, both public and private, and other articles "too numerous Jlo mention." With this issue we retire to our usual avocations, leaving the men in peacetul possession, for which, the editor we are sure will be thankful. J?3 it- Ohe 4 Now that the question of the rights of women to the ballot box res is no . longer a t, 1 mttet soon make up her mind- Does any thoughtful man really believe that he has the natural right to deprive another of the means of self-protection, and that he has the wisdom to govern indi viduals and classes better than they can govern themselves? England's experiment with Ireland, Russia's .with Poland, the Southern states with Africans, the Northern states with women, all prove the impos sibility of one class legislating with fairness for another. The bitter discontent and con tinued protests of all these subject classes are so many emphatic de- nials" of'the rights of one man to govern another without his consent. Forbidden by law to settle one's quarrels with the rude weapons of . savage life; and denied their sub stitute in civilization. The posi tion of the citizen is indeed hope less, with his right of person and property wholly at the mercy of others. Such is the real position of all citizens who are denied the right of suffrage, hey may have favors granted them, they may enjoy u many privileges, but they cannot : beSaid to hive any sacred rights. But we are told that disfranchise ment does-not effect the position of womb because they are bound to t!e governing classes by all the ties of family, friemdship and love, by the affection, loyalty and chiv alry that every man owes his mother, sister, wife and daughter. The rights of person and proper ty must be as safe in his hands as in her own. Does woman nee'd protection from the men of her own family? Let the calendars of our courts and the columns of our daily pa pers answer the question. The disfranchisement of woman is a terrible impeachment of the .-oyalty and chivalry of every man in this nation. And even if all zneuwere wise, generous and hon orable, possessed of all the cardi nal virtues, it would still be better for women to govern themselves w wvnc lucir own capacities and powers in assuming therespon- aujiuues oi citizenship. TT71 -i wucucver ana wherever the right of suffrage has not proved Denenciai it nas not been because the citizen had too many rights, but because he did riot know how to use them for his own advantage. H s Individual freedom and selt gov ernment, citizenship and suffrage are synonymous. In demanding their own disfranchisement have women been pursuing a shadow the last half century? In seeking polit ical power do they abdicate that social throne where their influence is said to be unbounded? No, No! the right of suffrage is not a mere dow, but a substantial entity, t the citizen can wield for hia protection and his country's Ifarc, an individual opinion on all questions of public better than indirect in- jlfrever so far reaching. majority of American womanivant. tiie oaiiot tneywiu get it. You never met a man who who did not assent to this convic tion, and who did not second the following .assertion, that the worst opponents to female suffrage are women themselves. Women must take an interest in politics and throw all their influence on the side of honest legislation. The republic cries aloud for patriotic mothers w nere are are our uornenas. it is not a woman's diamonds ihat help the state. It is the jewels of true manhood and womanhood in her children, it is her own dignity and integrity of thought and deed. What we need is a campaign o; education. Women must be inter ested in politics beginning with the government of their towns and counties. When their eyes are opened in this direction, when they see where the ship of state is drift ing, then they will demand the ballot to save their children from the worst despotism ever conceived- the despotism of ignorance, anarchy and cranks. The right of suffrage is the only untried remedy for the evils into which a government organized and administered solely by men has plunged the nation. Contrast the revelations of the Irexow committee with the results given us by the women of Lexington. It is not enoug to say, in explanation of the splendid spectacle of the defeat of Breckenridfre that women did it without the vote. The more sier nificant fact is that if women had had the vote, the contest could never had occurred. If women had the ballot, no self-confessed de stroyer of woman's honor would ever be named for public office,. In AVyoming where women have voted for, twenty . vyears, . it is Universal that the most notable feature .of their politics is, that no political party dare present a candidate whose life is known to be unclean. to De quite iranK, women may not use the ballot at first to good advantage. She will not use it worse than her brother man. When women are given the ballot the two will work together in the political field, each will correct the failings of the other. The political world then find woman quite as necessary as the family does now., The exercise of the right of suffrage to women will supply an element long needed to ensure the lasting success of a republican form of ffovernment. are inseperable com- &e witn There is no doubt that the silver question -will "be the leading issue in the next national campaign. It is a subject of which botlTthe great political parties are afraid, and one indeed, on which the people in both parties are greatly divided, but the country at large demands that it shall be considered. We are confronted by facts, not theories, There is too little srold I in the world to make it a satisfac tory currency. A fact, too, thatj none will deny is that there is a direct connection between business prosperity and the amount of primary money. History shows that prior to 1873 or nearly two hundred years, there was littic - fluctuation m tiie rela tive value of silver and gold from the ratio of 16 to 1, even though England had demonetized silver early in thejeentury. But when in 1873 the United States dropped silver, followed so soon by the re fusal of nearly all the European nations to maintain its coinage, the effect was inevetable. That erold 9 should have rapidly increased in value was a natural consequence, since it has had double duty to per form, the law of supply and demand holding good here as well as with other commodities. But while this is true, the pjice of all other articles of commerce has decreased. Here, too, the most serious ques tion of debt confronts us. The payment of a debt must be met in the number of dollars promised, and if those dollars have increased in valud the result is evident. The laborer and all producers of raw material are the first and most direct sufferers, in that manufac tured articles are subiect to ko many other influences than their primary cost of material, but all must be affected in a greater or less degree. The philosophic historian, Hume trulv savs and fRisery paniom. , , . . ; Wearir face jto face question, what is to be our money? Will it be possible for the United States alone to restore silver? If the United States and her people were free from debt it would, not prove a difficult task: Our natural resourses are great, indeed im measurable, but we must have the capital of older countries to develop these resources. Our great enter prises are in large measure upheld by foreign .capital arid, as in the management of any commercial enterprise, we cannot hope to win favor unless our business methods meet with the approval of those with whom we'have dealings. But is it not probable that Ger many and France, and some other European nations, would follow our lead in restoring silver, as they did in demonetizing it in 1873-4? This dependence of our commer cial life on foreign approval is but one of the difficulties in the way of the restoration of silver, some real, some imaginary. We are told by the" monometalis'ts that Europeans would buy silver at seventy cents an ounce and exchange it for our wheat and cotton at much lower figures than they now obtain them. But we find that during the war and the teri years following- its close Europeans paid adequate prices for our products, though we had only a depreciated paper currency. And even if an international agreement cannot be reached, after the restor ation, of silver by the most resource ful country of the world, seventy cents will not buv an ouuee ot silve'r in any of the European markets. Anyone that asserts that coin metals have not a law value as well as an intrinsic has certainly read and thought very little. Aris totle said: "Money is a creation of law, not of nature." The ultimate triumph of silver is inevitable. The country needs, and will have the unrestrained coinage of both guld and silver. This can not be accomplished at once. The people must first, be educated to see its necessity. Among the many reforms inaug urated by the women of this country is the work of the village improve ment society; In the March number of the Forum the subject is ably treated by B. O. Northppresi dent of the village improvement as sociations of the U, S. Forty years ago the first incorporated village improvement ocpty, ther Laurel; Hill Association, of Stockbridge, Mass., was formed. The idea originated with Mrs. J. 55. Goodrich who, after repeated efforts, aroused enough interest to call a towii meeting and the society was organ lzed. The Stockbridge of the present time is noted for its "beauty, while then it was a most forlorn place. Very few trees or sidewalks were seen, and the cemetery was a deso late spot covered with weeds and surrounded by a broken down fence. At the first annual meeting, the amount paid in in cash and labor was $1.3. At this meeting- prizes were offered to the planter of the best fifteen trees, to the one who planted the most and best trees by any of the public roads leading out of town, to the one building the longest and best sidewalk, to the one making the best improve ment in the grounds around his dwelling, etc. About four thousand trees have been planted and the society pos sesses the income from $4,000 of in terest funds together with individ- 'llms prices ual subscriptions. This societv. by offering to bear one-half the ex penses, persuaded the railroad com pany to add an acre and a half to their grounds around the station id erect a fine building. The im provements made by the associa tion led some of the wealthy resi dents to donate- a. fine library lecture hall -and similar benefac tions to the town. The value of all land and other property in Stock bridge has risen as a result of the work of their society. Of course this is is only one of the many examples mentioned in the Forum article. I wish that the paper could have been printed in full for one can scarcely read it without becoming enthusiastic when one sees the varied and great benefits which have sprung from these organizations. The work has spread vary rapidly since the first organization, and the middle and western states take the lead in en thusiastic work, J. Sterling Morton has done more for his own town and Nebraska in general than any other person. Owing to the influence of Arbor Day it is claimed that Ne braska annually plants more trees them.: paint Pfethi sfibi influ affai Hi a. comi all reli can&il - MUfsl dress.ii Modex speal the old dealing!! luded. philaat bottom, ambul picking.: fallen occur the top preveat'i The: be few been provet teres" te which do. Mt prover roads, yards, and foul ries, ai among cieties necess membc ships, tures, ) entertal women-; i study oi awake' could being gressivi staf. petent kind wc method attract I ! 1 Upon: years sil deuce iz was m that ont where hj the Herd 4t ma must; standi iz ac proi uiuiaci The, rado at for eat unlike' years ai possibl point wa reached Then tl simply enough j quentlyJ tion toj silent,' ityof A tnis opj hopelea T4bis, butH Susan time, ai ment vfi equalif aw whi and idic Durii years aj ure vi The the sex chanics become to some distinct that to arid r of its la wouTdJji special j would court. TherJ opposit the for vbt c 1 forme than any other state in the union. have The majority of these societies are composed of women, some of both men and women, while others only admit men as honorary members. In some places the school children form auxiliary societies for the pro tection of flowers and shrubs, and man. keeping the streets clean by picking up scraps of paper, etc, and putting f t.-v- T JTRIBONE ERlML VJifliflU, , '-Si, . 1895. wfrich are nicely tiuvarious parts associations i vfrom political J ail municipal ices one of the lization has rdfreligious tities, for it is twhich people of political beliefs 4n a recent ad- -oa. l ne r lace oi .v,i. .. , jniiantnropy, wence between 1 methods ot icipal affairs, al- LTimr tnat once v so busy at the ioice witn tneir . and bandages people who had -that it did 6t i a iikc auuug aad thus ills , The Tim e d t The Opportunity I! r j1 v a ! J V -abi."2 your For you to save yourself many dollars by buying dress goods for your mother, your laces and embroideries for your sisters, ribbons and side.-combs for your cousins and your groceries for your aunt and candies and fruit for your sweetheart at w society should i tmoffsnave mi A TT' T3l other im-1 JLiit; xxiiiuiau uuuumg i-'thosia are ln- lything societies cannot rm, sanitary lm- Jnprovement of irks and scnpoi jlrinking tanks unding free libra- ii . lBgl nuisances are is vhich these so- l obtain, t Tue cpild be raisted by by lile-memDer- I sribiicriptions, lec- erts and other Why cannot the jfiaxie mane a ct? Withawide- i North Platte reputation of it! and most pro- its . size in the ization of a com- society of this e than aay other e this place and rs. on Front Street W. T. BANKS Sta.rn.d-, ZDlTrid-ed. "We Fall Therefore patronize home industry by giving your work to the North Platte Steam Laundry, Satisfaction guaranteed. Work called for and delivered at any time to suit patrons. HAINLINE & GUPTIL, Props. Ollen's Shoe Store i Ludlow's Ladies7 Shoes, Lilly, Brackett & Co.'s Men's Shoes, J. B. Lewis' Boy's shoes, Little Red Schoolhouse shoes for children. The above are the best shoes made. Prices are low at Otten's Shoe Store. equal interest with men in deciding- vital points of government, as open saloons, versus club rooms, prohi bition, etc. Fourth Solemlv affirmed All women would vote lor srood men only for office, thus purifying poli tics and instituting reforms. To trie nrst proposition was re sponded, that if all women were well educated or even well-informed, there could be but one answer to the question, and that a most em- dwith the idea Pnatlc "xes." But among the again 'begin ignorant foreigners whose right to One finds with vote 1S challenged, tnere are prob- hat '.'the world do aDlv as many women as men, and urning wanderer "ese female foreigners acquire the .views, find new nffnt ot suffrage with the males. No one can go so far as to claim that the accident of sex makes an individual either- educated or re fined, and whereas the man foreig ner goes abroad among his fellows, acquires our language, and some information as to his political iffrage. f,to Colorado two seven years' resi- unty, 1 think I "cath on" to as t est he can. place his fellows. nsation in Colo- was the campaign but it was so same object, as is main at home, speaking their native e. The objective J tongue, and not until the second generation grows up, do they be come Americanized, We cannot double our intelligent vote by equal suffrage without at the same time more than doubling our ignorant vote which sounds like an Irish bull. Proposition second carried to its logical conclusion, makes the prop erty the responsible voter. Many years ag-o the law ot an eastern state required each voter to pay taxes on at least twenty dollars worth of property. One young man especially desirous of votincr, but lacking the necessary dollars, per munciation of the saded a generous uncle to make cd her with infants him a present ot a aonney ot that value, when he at once became a duly qualified elector O, E. D. The donkey and not the man voted. The writer holds, however, that the terms donkey and man were synon omous, in this connection, as any man above being classed with the long-eared creation would have rustled for his dollars instead of begging them. Logically speaking the alien, the minor, the mentally incapable, and boarders in the pen- e, pat it was different road. argument was i did ot know which was f re- it. Paul's injunc- ur women Keep tly the major- brethren held le measure was fe, not Reminiscent, Wit' t r rei&ember hearing my speak at that t.of an able argu-l )f woman's mental in this connection, means what it stands for in the mind of the speak er. Manv excellent women think that man only truly good, who is a church member, or at least a regu lar church goer. Another large class do not insist upon this re quirement. but exact freedom from all large and most small vices, while still others conaone many sins if the man and brother is only good in his domestic relations, and a public spirited citizen. Dearly beloved; don't for an in stant imagine that political influ ence is going to do for woman, what she cannot do for herself. 'The hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world." I do not believe the accident of sex raises more than half-of Jiunian- ify, above the influencec. heredity and environment. I utterly refuse to believe the average man any worse than the womankind with whom he comes in contact, The mother who bears and rears sons, the sisters who grow to ma turity with brothors, sharing alike their father's influence, and the maiden who enters her life work with the husband of her own selec- tense, in all they undertook; they would carry their politics into their parlors, and discuss men and measures, when they should be con fining themselves to tea and toast. They would take such a striking interest in their political faiths that they would presently find themselves cultivating unbelief in their friendships, and "The goblins will git you If you don't watch out." There seems a quality in human nature which makes the infant cry for the moonrfind the' adult strive af teethings equally unattainable; this qualityMvill so dominate 'the women of Nebraska, that they will use their best endeavors to reach w 1 I fold it. It is my ideal of what" should constitute the qualifications of any elector. Equal suffrage to all men and women alike, who are twenty-one years of age. or have lived twenty one years in America; who are able to read the Constitution of the Uuited States in English, and write tion. hnve no incentive to strive for higher levels than those trodden by' lebl 'J 1,aa-l!f1' xiienu.nu liicu uuijf win j. campaign ot two iment of that na med in my hearing. il advancement of Iture, art and me- bs, by which it has second to man as pear lirst, is the e of the age but ling, is "another nres a newsoaoer it to say he who at line of at the present time out of ill laughed fery little genuine )lorado to extending rage to woman. inence placed the the pale of experi- general sentiment it if the women in- "why let 'em trv 11, she will, you may In, short the popular le educated up to ige idea. il arguments were rists in canvassinc E itelligence of women interrogative style. ir refined, well in ly educated -woman ight tb a ballot as lan foreigner who Ion our shore?" cation without rep- ranay." "Should .property, have at Ight with indigent matters requiring avenue.'" !not all women an itentiary, are tyrannized over on this proposition when they are de prived of the ballot. ' Third All women have an equal interest with men in deciding ques tions of political economy, but ex perience does not prove that the large accession to our voting popu- lauon maices any aitrerenne in re sults. . ;Iast year our neighboring town, Evans, "went dry" at the spring election and a great flourish or truimpets announced the hand of the women voter. This year, after twelve months' experience with closed saloons and 'open club houses, the town "went wet" once more, but I have as yet heard no claim that the womeu "did it with their little hatchet" this time. I presume with no especial knowl edge in the premises there seemed a choice between two evils, and the voters chose what seemed the least, as they had done before, when men only wielded the fateful ballot. The last claim that women will vote good men only into office, puri fying politics, and hastening the millenium, is the most attractive bait presentsd that large class of visionary reformers, who would like to dwell in a modern Utopia. In the first place the adjective good, the men who rule their affections. 'Resolutions never jro backward." Nebraska will sooner or later join the procession, and its residents will find themselves in the throes of a suffrag-e campaign. I will here say to those who advecate the meas ure, that I have found that one ab solutely unanswerable affirmative argument. A prominent business man of Greeley said to me that he advocated and had always advo cated "equal suffrage." Why? Be cause its right. No men, or set of men have any just right to arrogate to themselves privileges which the deny to others simply because they can, Might never makes right "and still with the heel of assertion he trampled my argument down" if I had any, which I didn't. In conclusion I wish to add my con viction, that the right to vote is of no advantage to the average woman. It may become a duty as it now is in Colorado, and then every woman slipuld votp as earljy and often as any man. There are two vital reasons why woman, for her own sake, should pause before demanding the ballot. The first is as old as Eve and is simply that a radical difference of views on either politics or religion imperils domestic happiness. Every wife has an undoubted right to her own political belief, but not all have the judgment to realize that sometimes "silence is golden." Not many men can walk up smil ingly to the ballot box and see his wife nullify his vte when that vote is the outward sign of his most cherished belief. If there is anything, better, sweeter and more desirable than happy and peaceful domestic rela tions, I have not yet found it in forty years experience, The second objection is that a difference in political views very frequently destroys friendly rela tions, outside the family circle. Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, the famous lecturer, warned us of this, in a social address to women delivered at the Oasis Hotel in Greeley last fall. She said women were too in- cease to consider the desirability of equal suffrage, but welcome the duties and responsibilities of a citizenship which places men and women alike on the broad platform of freedom and equality before the law. Katharine A. Stimsox. THE H. M. BUTT J McDonald Block, North Plntte, Neb. Everybody KouJs Who Is posted upon the subject, that tho McDowell System of Drew Cuttintr and Fitting le the most perfect plaa which human skill has devioed for this purpose. In the larger cities this method is taught through schools of instruction. 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