THE DAILY BEE-OMAHA MoKDAY , OCTOBER 1C
SHALL WOMAN VOTE ?
Joint Debate Between
Susan B , Anthony and Ed
ward RoEowater ,
An Exhntmllvo RevUw of the \Vo-
xnnn'i SnHence Iiino-
The hour nllotcd to Miss Anthony
having expired , the president Miss
Couzous called tirao and introduced
Mr. Ilosowatcr to the audience.
Mr. Roaowntcr said :
ta IVustdrnt , Ln'lliiiiJi'l llinU n n :
Una bright morning in March ,
1881 , I stool upon a platform n great
deal inoro elevated than this , 1'Viicy
an audioneo fifty times as numerous HO
that which is wwembled in thU bnild-
ing. That platform was erected in
{ runt of the main entrance of the cast
wing of the capital of the Untied
States. Upon that platform was to
bo inaugurated the president of the
United Stntcsof America , and thn vast
concourao of people below wore aooem-
bled to lutneaa the ceremonies''of in
augural. Around him on that plat
form were congregated the dignitaries
of the nation ; , thcro were there the
general of the army and the generals
bilow him to the rank of brigadier ;
there was the admiral and commo
dores of the navy , nil in full dross
uniform ; there was the sotmto of the
Unifed titales and as many members
of the houao of representatives as
could find 'room. There was the
diplomatic corps representing all tdo
nations of the earth. In the first seats
aat the judges of the supreme court in
their flowing roboa and in the center
eat the president and president-elect.
Immediately behind thorn sat two wo *
men , Eliza Gitrliuld and Lucrot'a Gar-
fiold. After the chief jufltiou had
read the oath of ollico to the president
elect , and ho had repeated it in a clear
voice , the president kiaeod the bible ,
and then , turning around , kiosod Inn
mother und Ins \viio. ( Applause. ) In
the nnguat presence ot that vast as-
Bcniblagu this was the moat sublime
epcctaclo that uvor I beheld , and tome
mo it proi onlcd the highest ideal of
Amoriotin manhood and American
womanhood. ( Applause. ) That duti
ful sou oiruring u tribute of love to hip
wife and mother in the presence of the
nation was the highest type of niiih-
hood. The do voted mother and torid
wife were the highest ideal of Ameri
can womanhood.
I hold in my hand an envelops
directed to KHz * GarfioldSolon , Ou -
ahoga county , Ohio , and on the mar
gin is written J. AGatfiuld , M. 0.
I secured this memento through the
family of the lamented president. This
memento speaks for itself. In
my estimation the highest aim that
woman in this country may huvo ,
more than nho ever could achieve by
the enfranchisement of bur sex to
bo the mother of a manly man , liku
James A. Uurfield. ( Applause. )
That wife , sitting on the platform
ranked higher in the estimation of
mankind than any woman that would
ait in the United States aonato. Cor
taiuly if women were enfranchised in
this country and put upon an equal !
ty with the negro -as my friend Misi
Anthony would have it' ' ( laughter. ) I
don't believe they would bo the poor/ /
of the tffo women that sat there 01
that 4th day of March. And when
that dutiful son was stricken down by
an assassin , the last thing ho wrote
was a letter to his old mother in Ohio ,
Haying to her , bo calm , sooner or later
I ahull bo with you again. And the
fortitude and heroism of the wife ol
James A. Gtirfiold as oho staid will
him in the ohambur of sickliest und
death for weeks and- weeks elicited
the deepest sympathy and ndmirationof
the American people. Allot us ruapoot
that woman , und wo all believe her Ube
bo the highest typo of womanhood , and
honor her juat as much as if she had
been raised to the pimmclo of fame
into the presidential chair , ( Ap
plauae ) .
INHK11KNT ItHJ 111 * .
Now my followcitizous , the question
bafuro us huro lo-niijlit la , have wo.
men boon degraded ? Are they op
proasud ? Is the withholding of the bnl <
jot from them unjust la suffrage an
inherent and natural right which
belongs to themIt / ia claimed
and assorted by the advocates of wo
man aulTnigo that the declaration of
independence , which proclaiiu.i nit
men are created tree and oquil , und
entitled to the inaliunablo right *
of life , liberty , and the pursuit
of happinojs includes women and
their right to protect thomaolvcs by
being parties to the government. Now
I deny that proposition in toto. I
assort in the first place that aullVago
ia not nu inherent right , because
any right that ia inherent
belong to us all at birth.
Life and liberty are such rights , but
the right to vote U a privilege coupled
with duties which only men can per
form and burdens which woman owing
to her diaabilitioa
organic cannot as
sumo. If Buii'rago was inherent it
would belong to the foreigner the mo
ment ho lauds on American soil just
aa much as to the native American ,
But how is ill
When ho lauds upon
oar soil ho is confronted with the fact
that the national constitution author
izes and empowers Congress to onuot
naturalization laws and prescribes the
conditions under which ho may ac
quire the right of antfrago. With these
conditions ho has to comply. 1IU
concent i not asked and wua not ob
taiued in the framing of the constitu
tion. In the first plaoj ho is required
to take un oath that ho forawv.ira al
legiance to any king , prince cr potuu
tate under whonu government ho wan
born , and in the next pluco he swuara
he will uphold and difeiul this govern
ment agiinst all ita uni miuH , foreigner
or domestic. DJCS that imply that ho
ia in condition simply to premise und
not to fulfill ? Why is this oath takeni
It is to compel oboJienco to the Jawa
and bind man to defend thu govern
ment in cue of domestic insurrec
tion or against attacks of feroign ene
mies. It U presumed ho ia able to
comply with thi * condition aa a roqul-
eito for becoming a voter.
Mies Anthony Don't women also
take that oath ?
Mr , R. Yea. She does when aa a
widow ebe goea to enter a homestead.
Widows are entitled to homestead
rights as heads of family the same aa
men , but they simply premise t ? obey
the constitution and laws , She also
hns to forstro.tr allcgianco to foreign
government * because the country in
which she is born may impose certain
obligations on all natives , I go further
than all thu I claim the right of sut-
frago was acquired by the founders of
this republic. Thtiy fought for its in
dependence and they acitiired the
right by thflir ability to m.viitftiti their
freedom. There ia whore suffrage
oriiinatod. $ There who cannot defend
the lUq and compel obtdienco to our
laws have no right to make laws they
cannot enforce , nor force upon us warn
which they cannot Tight out ,
A few months ngo the women of
Mwenrhusoils applied to the legisla
ture by petition for the right of suf
frage. Maftacliuactts is MI onllchl-
( ; ncd state. There are more educa
tional institutions in Massachusetts
than in any other state in the union ,
and n loss number of foreigners. They
cinnol bo charged with being over-
nwcd by foreign ignorance or preju
dice ,
What did the legislature of Maso.v
cliiUL'hs do ? Aftitr u thorough in
vestigation by A joint committee ,
they iruilu a report whicli.contiurm the
following extract :
"It wna stated by one of the peti
tioners that she considered that the
franchise ought to bo , like air und
water , open and free to all. Proba
bly she did not really moan quite all
that this might imply , but simply that
there nhoutd bo no Hex line of division.
Every humin being ccmos into this
world in a condition of guardianship.
Without the protecting care of nomo-
body , oven the right to live could bo
enjoyed but for n very brief time. So
far even aa admission into the duties
and trusts citizounhip in a frco re
public are concerned , wo are born
into u condition of probation , and can
exorcise public trusts and perform
public duties only under the rules
which wo Find laid down by the so
ciety into which wo enter The
question , therefore , is not what rights
in administering n government men
and women may have been born pos
sessed of , but whether the rogulationn
of the Docitity into which they are
born nro , upon the whole , and taking
all things into consideration , wleo nnd
reoMvnnblo , keeping in view the na
tural righto , the adequate protection ,
nifd the best interests of men and
woman , and keeping also in view the
extent to which thcao regulations are
/founded / upon the deliberate sense
and judgment , not of the men ex
clusively , but of both women nud
men. "
On thin report the legislature of
Miisanchuflctts declined to grant the
rijjlit of suffrage to womon.
TAXATION AND llKl'llKSKNTATIOrf.
Now , then , our friondson the other
dido claim and asaert that taxation nnd
representation must go hand in hand
in this government ; that they uro
the fundamental principle , nnd that
women being taxed and govarnod
should have n voice in the govern
ment. That proposition I also 'deny.
The objection made by the Ameri
can colonies against the rule of Great
Britain was that in Great Britain eiti-
zonship and government was conferred
exclusively upon those who were taxed ,
but the colonies bning taxed were de
nied representation in government
and therefore the fundamental prin
ciple of British julo was violated. Ia
that the rule A > f our government ?
Does taxation really underlie the
foundation of this ( republic ? I deny
that. I claim right hero that taxation
hns nothing whatever to do with the
system of government under which
wo live. My friend has amply illus
trated this fact by the don coy btory ,
If donkeys , for instance , had votes
men might as well stay at homo
( Laughter. ) An a matter of fact it i
manhood nufi'rogo that govarna. It i
the rule of those who nro able to DUO
tain and maintain the government mute
to enforce the laws may under it ,
What do wo moan by the word en
force ? It means to compel those who
roniot the luvva to obey. Wo nro told
by the gentle HOI that in thin nine
teenth cuntury force is no longer nee
jssary for government. That when
nromon vote all wars wil
soaso , and all force in gov-
jr..mont will bocomn unnecessary.
iVnd yet my friend , Miss Anthony ,
: olla us that the police of Now Yotk
were required in the great atriko it
S'ow York to prevent murder nnc
jloodshod. Will woman's vote otoi
iot ? Will women over stop quarrel
ing among themselves ? ( Laughter , )
3o to the police court of Omaha nnd
, -ou will tiud u majority of complaints
undo by womtm against women for
ilanCor and for doing nil sorts of
maginablo mischief that has no pun-
aliment by law.
And now lot mo define taxation ,
faxes are levied upon property , not
ipon men. Property is capital nnd
luiilul is simply the prodnct of labor.
Capital or property is taxed to pay for
ho cost of protecting men and women
n the oxorclso of their natural rights
o lifo. liberty and the pursuit of hap.
linoss. According to the United
Itatea supreme court the pursuit of
lappinoss ia the right of every person
o become the owner of property. In
ithor words the inalienable right
rhich men and women have alike to
he pursuit of happiness is their right
0 enjoy the fruits of their labor ,
taxation , therefore , is simply the
iromium paid by the owners of prop-
irty for thojprotection of their persona
n Ha use. This premium , or tax , ia
mid by corporations and aliens as well
is by individual * , but uobidy con-
on < iit that corporations and aliens ,
> doui90 they are taxed should have
hu ii ht to vote. The man or wo-
nau who paj a a premium to insure
lU li'ituo or personal property against
ire 11 by no means ontitlnd to take
1 > rt. in the management of the insur.
, ne * cwipiny , ( Applause. )
1'hti .locirine I Ixy down hero ia that
f taxation moan * consent corporations
, nd nheno uro taxed without their
ousHut. What part have they in the
loverouiont ? Aa my friend Misa
Uithony remarked the poorest man
ivitig in a hovel-or hut is the equal in
iur ropiibho of the man whoao iucomo
j a million u month. The woman at
he wash tub ia in every respect equal
a far aa inUUatmblo rights are con-
ernod , to the lady in the palace , rock-
! iq in the tildod rocking chair ( p-
lauae ) , Now wo come to another
uoation that is
WOilEN UNIJEK TUB LAW ,
These ladles have all come to urge
pen you the neceaaity of an amend-
lent to the conatitutfon of Nebraska
to eliminate the word male from our
law * . They come here to say it is
your interest and the interest of both
men nnd women that this change
shoul bo made , and they assort thnt
because they have no voice in our gov-
fcVnmont they are degraded , but the
laws of this slate disprove that they
could enjoy more advantage if they
were voters. I don't know what the
degradation of woman is in the State
of Now York , and 1 don't carp. If
thcao ladica deairo the amelioration of
the condition of women in Now York
they must go tr Now York to do it.
I speak for Nubniaka. No state hoa
been more generous and liberal , No
state in this union haa given women
such privileges and immunities an the
state of Nebraska.
Eleven years ago when I was a mom-
borof the legislature , wo passed n bill
to confer rightn on married women ,
and that bill still remains on the
statute book , J will road it to you ,
because many of you do not know
what protection the laws of Nebraska
do give to women , I myself had for-
gotron until recently I examined the
records to confirm my impression that
I had voted for it.
AN' ACT
Kcipectin the rlfjIitH of married womnu :
lie It enacted by the legUlr.turo of thu
SJnto ol Xeoraiku :
SecnoM 1. That the property , real
and personal , which any woman in
this State may own at the time of her
marriage , and the ronto , issues , profits
or proceeds thereof , and any real , per
sonal , or mixud property which shall
oome to her by descent , device , or
bequest , or the gift of any person ex
cept her husband shall remain her solo
and separate property notwithstand
ing her marriage , uud not to bo sub
ject to the disposal of her hunbund , or
liable for his debts.
Now what does this grant so far as
married women are concerned ? All
property , poisonal and roul , belonging
to her before marriage can bo retained
by her atd : can bo willed away if nho
KCCB lit. How is it with men i When
a man marries the moment the mar
riage ia solemnized the woman be
comes the absolute owner of one-third
of his real property. Ho cannot dis
pose of a toot of real estate without
her consent , and cannot mortgage it
without her consent. This ia a mat
ter of fact and no ono will assort that
there is anything unjust. It in the
simple recognition by man of woman's
dependence und man'a doairo to pro
tect her.
SKC. 2 , A muar.'pd woman while
the marriage relation subsists may
bargain , soil and convoy her real and
personal property , and enter into any
contract with reference to the eamo in
thti same manner , to the same extent ,
and with likp effect as a married man
may in relation to his real nnd per
sonal property.1
Well , woman may deed awuy her
properly , she may dispose of it nt
pleasure , aho luuy , if aho desires , go
into business , iho in ut liberty to do
anything aho aocs lit with her money
or propurty , and no man can interfere
with her without violating the law.
SEC. 3. A woman may , while mar
ried , BUO and bo auod m the sjuno
manner as if she were unmarried.
There have boon three decisions in
our Bupromo court covering this BOC-
tion. A woman may sue her own
husband. Ho deeds her hia property'
and then she may turn around , buy
up his notes , sue him and recover
against him.
Wo know women in this city who'
own property , but when their hus
bands incur debts oven for Ihoir main-
tenanca you cannot collect from them ,
but when n woman incurs a debt for
anything classed us necessary the hus
band haa to pay for t'hom. Further
than that , if a married woman uigns a
promisory note , unless it is secured by
real or pomonal property , you cannot
collect a dollar.
I know un instance hero whcro alady
who owns properly- endorsed u note
with her huabund to secure money expended -
ponded for her. She refused pay
iiient nnd the creditor can't e-jllec
from hot.
SEC 4. Any married woman may
carry on trade or business nnd per
form any labor or services on her noli
and separata account , nnd the earning :
of any married woman from her trade
businoaj , labor or services shall bohei
solo und eeparato propurty , und may
bo need und. invoatt-d by her in ho
own name.
Wo have heard from this stage tin
moat heart-ronding fttoriea , and ocean
of tears havu boon shod in this nouai
over the misery of women tha
are compelled to give thoi
earnings to a drunken husband. .
Aa u matter of fact the law give :
her every dollar she earns and tin
husband can't [ jet u dollar unless aho
gives it to him. If a woman will give
her earnings to u drunkard she do
Bcrvc no pity.
SHU. G. Any woman who shall huvo
boon married out of this ututo ahull , il
her husband attarwurda becomes n resident
idont of this state , enjoy all the right
an to property which aho may huvo
acquired by the laws of any other
state , territory or country , or which
she may have acquired by virtue nl
uny marriage contract or settlement
made out ot this stato.
Now , what docs this imply , Wo
bnvo not only given woman all the
rights our men have legislated for
; hem , but wo have given her all the
rights they have acquired in other
itatos nnd other countries oyon iu
Europe , Could woman do any more
for herself I Is there any woman that
would do uny more than that I
Bliss Anthony. Yes.
Mr. It. I don't know what aho
would do unleaa aho would take nil the
ins baud haa got. ( Uproarious laugh
er. )
Miss Anthony. I admit that every
loint of law Nubri k bus onnotcd ia
[ nod , It U so iimuii juatiL-o given to
romon , und Mr. H mewater has ahown
it Nome cases where injustice has
looiidono to the men ; but mark you
hat men madu the injustice thorn-
elvi-B wo didn't do it , Yory few
narried women have any money of
heir own for inhoritnnco. They have
o earn their own living if their par-
nta die , What I want for women of
\obrutka in u law that elmll BCO that
ho wife is equal owner , ua woH a.s the
mabaiid , of the joint earnings of the
narriago co piruierahip. The wife
oes her aharo of the work and ia en-
it led to her aharo of tUo earnings.
Mr R. 1 don't know what woman
rould do if they had it all their way.
'hero ia a coao in this city. A gen-
Icnmn who ia quite wealthy married
lady who at the time of marriage
aa very poor , in fact , working for a
ving but that u no disgrace , The
husband found it convenient in some
business transaction , and perhaps to
protect hit wife M well as himself , to
transfer his estate to her. A iow
months ngo that lady died , nnd after
her death it was discovered that she
had willed a mansion worth 825,000
to her BOO , leaving her girl and hus
band without a homo , and leaving the
husband at the tender msrcy of his
boy , i *
Now a tow more points about law.
Divorce is sometimes as common in
Nebraska M in Massachusetts. Our
statutes say :
A divorce may bo decreed , on com
plaint of the wife , when the husband ,
being of sufficient ability to provide
suitable maintenance for her , shall
grossly or wantonly and cruelly refuse
or neglect oo to do ,
The court may cither during pon-
donoy of suit for divorce or after de
cree make such order as to the cus
tody of minor children and their
ii.aintonanco as it shall deem bast for
the children.
This means that n noman may aak
separation from her husband , and ho
is compelled to provide liurnmplo sup
port to live without work if the seas
tit to bo idle during her natural lifo or
until she gets another fellow to sup-
p''Xt hur , ( Laughter. )
Our laws provide that the huslund
ahull enter into bondo that this
nlmony will bo paid. How is it with
the husband ? Suppose the wife haa
the property , and ho has none. Haa
ho any ohow to compel that woman to
giro him a dollar of that money oven
if ho is a cripple ? Ho must take care
of himself whether ho marries again
or not. ( laughter. )
There urn many ether laws for the
protection of woman I have not time
to enumerate , und many inoro will bo
onactcd-by moii for the welfare of their
mothers , nistoro , daughters and wives.
Every man knows hia wife is liable to
bo a widow , and his sister or daughter
may remain unmarried.
What man in the legislature would
not usohis boat judgment to ameliorate -
ate their condition and protect them
against everything that wotId oxpo'ao
thorn to want or discomfort. Lot mo
now call the attention of the ladies
who wont to bo law-makers to aomo
points that recurred to mo while look
ing over the journals of the houao of
which I was a member. I romembar
two or three bills which created quite
a stir in the galleries when they were
rend in the house. Ono of these was
an act to amend Section ( i of an act to
puiiiah offenses against chastity , mor
ality and decency. The other was an
act to restrain bulls from running at
largo. ( Laughter. ) Now , such laws
are necessary , ana in enacting them
the details have to bo diacusaed. As
a matter of delicacy and propriety wo
man should not ask IOBII in a legislature
to discuss ouch subjects. I maintain
if woman gets the ballot and gets into
loginlaturoa.thorois inoro danger of her
being degraded und debased than it'
they let men do the voting und law-
making.
Now , lot us discuss the
4UESTIOX OK LAKOK.
Wo have hoard a great deal about
laboring man in other states. I want
you to undorcUnd that wo are in Ne
braska all the time. Wo are not in
Massachusetts , Now York or Connec
ticut , but wo are in glorious Nebras
ka , that gives to woman whatever she
could roanonably want or ask for. It
is unreasonable for these ladies to
come ] | ij | ) and n k us to change our
constitution because women have
grievances in other .states. I spent
tour or live days to ascertain definite
ly the wages of women in Omaha nnd
Nebraska , with the following result ;
( 'O.MMOX L.VIIOU ,
Domestic Employment Nurse girls
from § 1.50 to § 2 50 per week with
board , lodging and washing. This is
equivalent to from $30 to $35 po
month.
General housework , SD.oO to S5.00
per week with board , lodging and
washing , equivalent to from § 37 to
? m per month.
Cooks from § . " > to S7 per week will
board lodging mid washing , equiva
lent to from § > r > to $05 per month.
House koopura from § 7 to § 10 pe.
week with board , lodging and wash
ing , equivalent to from $05 to § 80 per
month.
Washer women charge $1.25 to
$1.50 per duy with board , equal to
from $50 to $58 per month.
Domestics on farm from $8 to $12
per month , including board , lodging
and washing ,
MKI.'IIANIU.U. .
Girls in bookbindorioa employed as
feeders and folders , earn from $3 to
$8 per week for nine hours' work
Hoys in binderies from $3 to $10 per
week for ten hours. Men can do all
kinds of work , while women arc uaud
only in apocilio work.
(5 iris employed in shirt factories can :
from $1 to $8 per week. In the
laundry from $7 to $10 per week. The
shirt hands work by the piece. It
they put in their full time they would
got better wages , but they often lese
several hours a day , or whole days
from various causes. The principal
woman in the shirt factory earns $50
per month. The male clerks in the
shirt factories earn from $45 to $50
per month.
Girls employed In millinery nnd
dressmaking establishments earn from
fl to $20 per week. According to
skill. A first-class dressmaker can
Darn $100 per month. This will com
pare favorably with skilled and un
skilled labor of'men in factoriett ,
CLKltKS.
In dry goods stores the fmnalo
alerka receive from $ G to $15 per
week. First oluan s&leswomon from
? ( i5 to $85 per month.
The wages of male clerks In dry
. ends nnd clothing atorra range from
$ ! ? > to $75 per month , thti average
Lioinir about $50. In the Union IV
3ltio land department , ono female clerk
'
recoivoa $55' und thu other $75 , Tno
latter begun nt $50 three years ngo ,
ind haa boon raised to $7U Thu fo-
nalo clerks in the ticket department
receive the tame ealarios aa men employed
ployed nt the sauio desku ,
[ NOTE As a general thing girla
ivork lean hours uud do u good deal
ightor work than the mCm employed
n the establishments , j
Girls employed by the telephone
lowpauy receive from $25 to $32 per
nonth. This class of work requires
cry little skill.
Female operators in the telegraph
tlicos receive pay according to ca-
city , their pay ranging from $25 to
05 per mouth.
UOTEL WORK ,
The Paxton house pay roll shows
the following wages for men and women
mon :
HonsoVceper * 30 per month , b.iard ,
lodging and washing ,
Anilfltant houieiceeper $ > 0 per month ,
bourd , lodging and washing.
Laundress $30 j > er month , boar I , lodging -
ing and washing.
AwUtant laundrm * Sin i er moutb.bojml ,
lodging and washing.
Ironing * Irhi 515 perrnrnth , IwarJ , lodgIng -
Ing nud washing.
Linen Rlrln 815 per month , board , lodg-
inn and washing.
So'UbbingBirh $12 per inonlh , boud ,
lodging and wn hlng.
Chambermaids SI- per inontb , board ,
lodging and washing.
The pay roll of male employes is as
follows :
Head waller 430 per tnonlh and board.
Assistant head water ! ? 30 per month and
board ,
Common waiters $ ptr month anil
board.
All the men have to pay for lodging
nnd washing outaido.
SCHOOL TCAU1IEUH.
Wo have hoard a good deal about
school teachers. Now lot us see how
they uro paid in our public schools.
There arij sixty-fix female teachers
and five male teachers in the public
schools of Omaha. Tno maloa nro all
principals and assistant principals.
At the High cchool Profs. Beals and
Lamed receive $110 each per month ,
while Mrs. Ilill in the same school
earns § 120 per month
Miss Anthony. What docs she do !
Mr. 11. She is assistant principal ,
the same as Larncd and Deals. The
average earnings of the female teach-
era is $ G8 per month , the greater num-
boi6)got 870 per month.but the rules
of the board gives the female teachers
the saino privileges as to promotion
that they do to mala teachers. Prof.
Larncd began at $85 pel month , and
Mr. Marshall , principal of the Lake
addition school , earned only § 55 per
month Iwt year while Miss Aylcs-
worth , his assistant , earned $50 per
month.
In the county schools the fcma'o
teachers receive from $30 to $45 per
month , and the male teachers $35 to
$55.Prof.
Prof. Points , superintendent of
Douglas county schools , informs mo
only the inalo teachers h < tve first-class
cortiQc.Uea , the women being teachers
of a lower grade and not entitled to
equal pay.
Now compare the wages of the com
mon laborer who loses ou an average
two days in the week by bad weather.
If ho earns $9 a week ho docs well. If
ho earns $10 or $11 it is remarkable.
la ho aa well paid as the domestic I
mean fomalo. Wo have no Chinamen.
( Laughter. ) Right hero lot mo say.
1 labored for thirteen years in the tel
egraph service and became quite an
expert. During those thirteen I only
lost ono month , and In nil my exper
ience I never met u woman tolegrupher
that wan first-class. Col. Dickey tells
mo that there are now two women in
the United States who are experts and
they got the eumo pay us the men of
the same grade. Complaint ia made
that women do not got us good pay us
telegraphers as men , but the
fact is they got all they earn.
It takes a coed deal of stamna
and it is a great strain on the
nervous system for an operator to re
ceive 100 dispatches without a broal
or atop as I have done and as naanj
men can do. Women cannot Bland i
and why should she got pay for war !
she cannot do ?
Talk about women's wages , I know
a you' g man who came from Michigan
to work in the telegraph service at my
instance. lie is now employed b'
the B. & M. at Friondvillo. Ho is 21
years old and gets only $25 a month
If he was not a mule voter ho woulc
get juit as much. I don't think the
15. & M. enquired whether ho WAS ;
voter when they engaged him , all the ]
asked was whether ho could do the
uorvico. If it had been a woman she
could not liuvo earned loss than $25
a month. When corporations or indi
viduals employ u man , do they over
ask wholher he is naturalized ? Do
Ihoy pay Iho man who is n volor more
than they pay the man who bus no
vote ?
There ure men working in the
Omaha Smelting Works for $1.50 to
$1,75 a day , uud I know there ia not
a woman in America that could go
down and stand the work for ton days.
( Applause. ) Not oven the Amazon
Miss Couzina apoku of the other
night. The woman with Iho iron jaw
might try it on , but oven aho would
give out. ( Liughti'r. )
This ia Iho only trouble why woman
got loss wages than men. They are
not physically the equal. It is because -
cause I would not be a match for John
0 , Ilconan ; because the race horao is
not the rqual of the dray
horse in hauling heavy
loads. When woman changes
her physical constitution , it will be
time for her lo come and ask ua to
ohango our atuto constitution. ( Ap
plause and laughter )
UTAH ANI WYOMING.
Wo havu boon told that thu experi
ment haa been tried and that it ia a
success.
In Utah women have voted for fif
teen years ever sinca Brigham
i'oung conceived the brilliant idea of
: reating a monopoly in volea. ( Laughter -
tor , ) And in Wyoming they gave
woman the ballot ten or eleven years
igo. I was called upon by two lady
woman suffragists. Ono of them was
Mrs. Wells nnd the other
Miss Emolino Young , u daughter
) f Brigham Young Incidentally
[ asked them this question
ind wrote it down BO I should not
niaquto them , 1 said to Mrs. Wells ,
? is it that the women of Utah ,
who are largely in the majority out
here have not legislated out the
lighting cause of polygamy , Surely
'ou have thu votea and the power to
ilect such members of the legislature
ind govoinmcmt as jim wunt , Mre. (
iVulls frankly responded. It is bo- '
: nusn we uro in favor of polygamy t
iVo believe it to b ? ris ht and ird i
t us u elivine institution , and bacauao t
70 balievo it to bo bolter , and wo havu c
> 3on on bath Bides. I was railed a f
Jongregatioualist in New England , t
aid Mra. Wells , but I became u MotC
nan , und I believe thai plurality uf L
rivra ii perfectly right. tHere
Hero we huvo women with suffrage ,
nlking about slavery and degradation , v
ml what can bo more degrading and ' ' 1
lavish than polygamy unions it be the
oncorus on the lower end of Djuzlas tL
troet , and yet women by their own tV
otea , have kept themselves in that V
ogradatiou , They have said in sub- v
tauce that they prefer to have one
anth or one fifteenth part of a bus- v
> and rather than remain unmarried , li
I hare seen a number of persona liV
who have lived in Wyoming , among
them Major' * Balcomb , deputy U. S.
marshal , and Mr. Swart2 , of this city ,
who was U , S. mars'ial. I SAW this
morning a letter in The Omaha Repub
lican from n reliable goutlcmin who
haslivcd iu Wyoming up to 1878 that
fully confirms their reports. Lst mo
read you thofollowingextract :
"I have had two years' experience
In n territory whore some women vote ,
and where all might if they desired to
do so ; and notwithstanding the olo-
quenc6 of Gov. Hoyt and others , I
jailed to sop any beneficial results aris
ing outlet it. I lived in the town of
lliiwlina , on the Union Pacific rail
road , 130 miles west of Liraniio , near
ly two years. Hawlins at that limo
contained about 000 people. It sup
ported twelve aaloona and ono dance
house und variety theater. Every sa
loon in town was a gambling house ,
and gambling was carried on openly
on Sundays as well as on week diyp.
In thai town nt least the moral influ
ence which wo nro told that vroman
with the ballot will exerl , was not
percopliblo. Aqain , I have never
aeon a country in which poll-
tics were so corrupt ns in
Wyoming Territory. County ollicea
were bought nnd Bold openly , nnd
beer nnd whisky were froelv drank by
both men nnd women at the candi
dates' expanse. I myself was witness
to n bargain in which the votes of
forty women were pledged to n certain
candidiuo for the sum of $10. At the
polls I BAW n gentleman in a gentle
manly way challenge u woman's vole ,
ho believing that aho was not old
enough to voto. Tnis woman must
certainly have thought that women
can light aa well ua vote , for aho
turned and struck the challenger in
tho.faco. A mala friend of hors took
up the light , nnd a general melee en
sued , in which knives and piatola
were freely used. This is universal
Buffrago in Wyoiring as I saw it. "
These facia may help some ono to
BOO that in politics women will not nil
Angels any more than men will all bo
GodH.
Now then so far as the experiment
has boon tried In the territories it does
not in my estimation commend itself
to the voters of Nebraska , and in my
opinion the men of Nebraska who con
sider the wolfnro of their wives and
boar respect for them who love thpir
daughters as those who will marry
ever can love them will not yield to
the tempting .prophesies of the ladies
who c line hero to convert ua to the
idea that universal suffrage will con
fer all the blessings that humanity
craves for the human race. ( Lau
applause. )
Hero Miss Couzens made some remarks
marks about u gentleman from Wyom
ing who reports favoring a Buffrago am
says that only the bad men out ther
art ! opposed to it.
Mr. Rosovrator resuming , said :
To forlify what I huvo said ubou
inhdrcut rights , there \rore quitu
number of foreigners at the outnrea'
of the war , especially in Wisconsin ,
who voted but had not been natur
ulizcd. When the drafts came the ,
appealed to the government on th
ground that they were not citizens
The deciaiou was made that ha wh
votes muat fight. Having voted the
"
were subject to the draft. Now sup"
pose woman had the ballot and yoi
should decree "equality before tin
law. " Could there be equality i
woman had all the privileges conferrcc
by law and was exampt from th
duties and burdens becaus
she could not enforce law
or defend the government
There can bo no real equality as long
us the sexes remain nni qual. Woman
is virtually exempt from jury duty in
Wyoming.
Misa Anthony Letnio tell you why
they uro exempt.
Mr. Ilosowatcr As u matter of fac
women do not sit on juries in Wyom
ing for the tame reason that cripples
cannot servo in the army. Women
have served on juries snvorul times ,
but alter they left their b.hii3 ! at homo
squalling und cquoaliiig in the care of
their husbands it was thought beat for
them lo forego Iho pleasuio not ao
much on account of their husbands us
their babies. Lt us illustrate thi
sullrago problem. Suppose Mrs.
Giouger Koos back to ladiarm
carries Indiana for eulfrugo nnd In-
liana confers the proud title of U. S.
ionator upon hor. Some fine morn-
ng Iho newspapers may make the fol
owing announcement :
Senator Mra. Gougar will bo ubsont
'roni her seat in the donate for
nontha , owirg to u nursery
none. ( Laughter and hiescs )
What would become of the United
States Bonute if thirty-eight female
timtors should happen to bo in the
amo predicament ? Is our govern-
neat to depend upon the incident of
) irth , or , as Sarah Bornhnrdt said ,
ipon thoao little accidents that may
iccur in the best regulated family.
L&ughter , )
Suppose a woman was elected dm-
rict judge and she should bo com-
icllbd to stay off the bench for several
uontha , what would become of the
nminals hold for trial in our jaila ?
Vould that be dispensing justice ? It
t no uao to talk. Women are liable
0 bo mothers , and for that very rouen -
on governments were inatituted by
teji and uphold by men.
WOMAN'S WEAKNESS.
Evoraiuce Eve tempted Adam with
ha forbidden fruit women have boon
raving for things they cannot get.
Take masonry for instance. There
1 hardly u woman in this house that
rould not give a good part of her life
' aho could look into u lodge ever iho
ransom or through the koy-hole.
ho would bo willing lo ride the goat
i the atato of Uvo after aho donned
10 fig leaf to participate in the ritea ,
nughter. ) But if aho penetrated
je l.idgo , whAt would ana discover ?
imply that-tno highest obligition of
10 mason U the protection of the
iot her J , dau htdra and sis.
.ta of nmona. Thui the highest
legation of the m&eon ia the
rotectiou of thu weaker sex I met
10 wife of a Mason on the train from
hicago Bomo months ago. She had |
iion robbtd of her pocketbook con- l
itning money nud tickets , As uoon
i aho made it known she was the
ifo of n Mason , the fraternity ut
oledo supplied her the means to
imo to Omaha , and hero I procured
irough Mr. Morse the transportation
i her homo in Nevada. It is becauee
oman are deprived of the right tote
> to some women want it. Give
lem the right and when the novelty
oars ofl In a year or two as iu Wyom-
g only few will care to vote unless
i y are paid for it , Women have
the right to elect sohool boards al
ready , but out of 0,000 to 5,000
women in Omaha , only five volcd at
the last school clectioi. , and yet
school government is a very import
ant matter
7HR NO-TRl'M.
The ngilalors of women aufTMge )
gointr about the country proclaiming
that the balloc in the hands of women
will be a euro for all the ills of human
ity reminds ono of Miss Anthony's
Wizard Oil man or Uadway's Heady
Relief , which cures uvery conccivablu
disease. A document prepared by the
Woman Suffrage Association , of which
100,000 huvo boon circulated in the
Stale , iiniertft imiong other things
that if you civo woman the billet it
nill stop wife beating. Now if any
brulo of a man comes home and ns-
saults his wife I Ihink n rolling pin era
a flit iron in the woman's hand will go
a good deal further than any ballot.
( Laughter ) , There nro already laws
enough to punish wife beatera. They
tell ua Blackstone in hia English law
savcral hundred yearn ngo allowed a
man to beat lib wife with a atick no
bigger than his thumb ,
Lat n nun do that in Nebraska und
see what thu law provides. But they
argue that in the nineteenth century
this is a government of opinion not of
force , but when the wain * wants the
wife beater Bent to jail , how is it to be
dona without force , if ho roaista ? One
of the ladies that sp ko on thia stage
last week expressed great horror that
the police of No iv York were all men.
What could they do with women on
the police force ?
A1I8UKD1TIE3.
Mr. Itaaowator then dwelt upon the
many absurdities that are bjing put
forth as an argument in favor of
aulfrage. It is alleged , for instance ,
that n/oman suffrage ) will stop divorce.
Now , what causes divorce ? Fre
quently difference of opinion between
man and wife. These differences ure
caused uomctiraca by bad temper , a
vicious tongue or extravagant habits.
When women have the vote there will
bo inoro difference of opinion and
more cause for divorce.
At present candidates seek votes
where they can find them. In the sa
loons , dives und gambling houses.
Give women the ballot and they wil [
be compelled to seek the merchant
able clats of women who will sell their
votes in Nebraska as they do in Wy
oming. There nro 20,000 atroutwalk-
era iu Chicago , there are 200 aban
doned women in Omaha , and when
we talk of purifying politics through
auch a cesspool you will only make it
a grout deal more corrupt. Let an
honest , honorable man run for office
and let him bu found in confidential
cjnfab with a neighbor's wife , or his
servant girl , it ia likely to caueo a lit-
tla domestic circus behind Iho curtain.
( Laughter )
You object to men gelling votes with
whisky and beer , but if woman haa
the ballot , you will have to get votes
with candy , ice cream and byfelors ,
and other little incidentals too nu
merous to mention. The bad vrill not
be contend with anything loss than
champaign and cigarettes. As General
Strickland once eaid in n campaign ,
"It is not morals , but votes we are
tub ing for , und wo are bound to got
them where wo can find them , "
Now , follow citizens , do ycu want
to compel thoao who are in active pol
itics to go to resort ; whore no re
spectable man should go to ? Do the
mothers and wives want their
KHIS and husbands to como in con
tact with a olasu of bad womon. Do
they wunt such scenes as take place
in Cheyenne , where wompn are treat
ed to cigarettes nnd champagne by
the politicians ? D. > you want to make
elections more expensive ? In Great
Britain only rich mon can go to par
liament , and but few of our poor men
> ni go into oonuress. By extending
Iho Buflrngo to wornon you would
jo only increasing the expenses
ind adding to the number of voters
vuhout btiiiofitting anybody. I take
t that there are juat as good fathers ,
ions und brothers as there uro moth
ers , daughters r.nd bisters. A good
leal has bce'n said on this stage about
, ho tyranny of men und oppression of
7omen und ubout the vices and crimes
if men. Wo hear nothing of the
icea and crimes cf women. When u
fomim goes about shopping and picks
ip u pair of gloves , or a piece of jpw-
ilry , eho becomes u Ueptomuniac , but
f man takes ten cents he ia n thiot ;
to is sent to jail for b ing a thief.
) ay before yesterday The Chicago
L'unej contained nn account of u girl
rho titolu Homo juwe-lry , was detected
in her wedding tour nnd allowed to
[ ' part in peace , A man
rould havu been piumhed. I know
girl in thia town who ftolo r. niulo.
Iho livrs within u few blocks la now
urned , with a growing family , ni-
pectablo nnd rcapocted. At thu uge
t 17 she unhitched a mule from an
migrant team and drove it to her
ather',1 farm. It was recovered und
lin was not molested. She wan
ffl.cted with innlomnnia. ( Laughter. )
f a young man had stolen that mule
0 would have been sent to the peni-
anliary. Wo are told only men aru
1 the penitentiary , but if you
iquiro at least ono-third aru
lore becauae they gratified woman's
stravogancp. They were clerks or
lerchauts living nbovo their income ,
ho could not deny their wives silks ,
iamonda and the like borrowed or
batraclod were detected and sent
p , Thu woman in the case ia never
card of. These are facts all should
meider , Women und men both com
it crime. Man is brutal , will mur
sr men with knife or pistol , or coin-
it some violence , where woman will
iirhapa poiaon prthroir vitrol to apoll
10 face of a rival , or do some petty
ime which is not easily detected. I
ko it both BOXOS have their faults
id vicff n-th ) nro moved by the same
issiona and impulses.Vt [ this point
. was called ]
Iu replying In Mr. I'o > ewater Miij An-
ouy 'taiil : .Mr , KosewattrJ lias goue
er t lie sain 3 grounds and the utman'ijec-
m th t have hetn tir eil again' * ' ex-
n Icn of the uuirrjge for the paarty
ard. All these objections IKIVC teen
lly anawered and it would bo impoyobla
r nit ; to go otei the ground again eu > u Iu
a briefest po jiblo manner. I waut tu
k you > i > { htnt the boiiiuuiug , euMue all
sso dilli ulti&j du btuiui in the way of
.man'd tnfiaachioetneut is It not wjin-
' place iu thu world to do her duty to
Ip to make the world better ] I admit
nt to bo loved and i > etted U a very good
; a but we must reme-ober that the urn-
ity of men are uot of the kind that
me * A. Giirield wa , about whom Mr.
Mewater haa spoken no eloquently. We
ist remember that the number of male
miuals greatly exceed ) those ofemale
uiiaale ia and out of prison , and the
ijority of the males luve wives and chil-
en who have to gutter in consequence of
