Greenfield Evening Star, Greenfield, Hancock County, 5 October 1905 — Page 4

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Women Granted the Ballot in Foor States, Denied it in Others.

BY DAWILLA SPANNUTH.

.Women are citizens of the United States under the constitution. The Federal Constitution says: ,Article 1, Sec. 1, "All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein the\ reside."

Now, my gentleman reader, is your mother, your sister, your wife or your daughter a "person"? Is she under the jurisdiction of the United States? If so, then she is a citizen of our glorious country as well as you and I, and is so declared by the Constitution. And if a citizen, then what? Her privileges can not be abridged. The next sentence of the same section above I quoted says, "No state shall make or entorce any law whiph shall abridge the priv- ., ileges or immunities of citizens of the United States." Now, ^therefore, since woman are citizens of the United States, no state has a right to make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of the women thereof.

What are some of the privileges of the citizen of the United States? It is their constitutionally guarded privilege to participate in, and be a governing part of the govenunent as well as the goveroed—that is —to have the'privilege to be a candidate for any office of the United States and of the citizen's respective state, county, city, town or township and be eligible, if elected, to hold such office and to have the right to vote for such officers. Therefore, as women are citizens of the United States, and as no state can abridge, by law, the privileges of the United States "citizens to vote ani hold office, and as women constitute about half the citizens thereof, so it logically follows that women have the right to vote in any and all states of the Union and may not be deprived of said right by any law in any state thereof. The United States Constitution does not deny the right of suffrage to women, but prohibits any and all states thereof from depriving them of said privileges. "Persons" and not man, "peoples" and not men, are the words of the Constitution, thus recognizing and including women and not excluding them. If it had been the intention to forever exclude women from participation in thegovernment, nothing would have been easier than to have it so stated specifically. The substitution of one of the smallest and most cotn-

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ficed, but this was not done. The inclusive and not the exclusive words are used, •t As an external proof of the ./fact that the Federal Constitu^tion does not forbid women the ballot let us cite the fact that in ^four to forty-five states of the

Union women exercise their right of suffrage. If the Federal Constitution forbade women suffrage this could not be so. The state constitution which grants women .«r£frage, (we should not say "grants," for they have already this privilege guaranteed by the greater constitution and the lesser constitution only expressly informs its womenhood o* her privilege under the constitution,) would be unconstitutional. If women suffrage is constitutional in one state, yea, in four, then it is in all states. We know of no state Which expressly denies suffrage to, women, some expressly grant

it to males, but are silent as far as a specific declaration in regards to women is concerned and this silence gives consent. Most state constitutions use an inclusive and not an exclusive term. No state, we believe, would dare expressly deny woman suffrage for to do so would be in violation to the Federal Constitution.

A woman from Wyoming moves to Indiana. In her former state she enjoyed with her husband the right of suffrage for gthirty-five years. It was her constitutional privilege as well as his. On her becoming a citizen of Indiana, retaining her same higher citizenship, can said state deprive her of her right o: suffrage? We hold that under the greater cons^f"+ .^n the state has no more right to deprive her than her husband of said privileges and that any attempt to do so would be discrimination between United States citizens and an act unconstitutional.

The entering wedge, to secure the active universal suffrage of women in this country, is driven deeply into our laws and customs. Idaho with 161,772 people (census 1900) Utah with 276,740 Wyoming with 92,531 and Colorado with 1,070,752 population have conceded to woman her political rights. Thus about one out of every seventy of our women are made men's political equals. These enlightened and aggressive sisters, of destined to be great states, on moving to other states will jealously guard their constitutional rights and some day will leaf! a legal fight for it in behalf of their sisters, taxed and governed in other states without representation.

At the next election, Oregon, destined to be one of the greatest states of the American Union, will vote on woman suffrage, and there is no doubt that a large majority will vote in favor of it. Thus Oregon will become the fifth consecutive empire state to give women their full political rights. These five states comprise about one sixth of the United States, exclusive of Alaska and the island possessions, a territory about two and a fourth times the size of Germany or equal to thirteen states the size of Indiana.

Also the new woman, who has entered all professions and occupations with man, will begin to investigate their rights under the greater constitution, as citizens bearing their equal shares of the burdens of go/ernment. It is now the opportunity of a century for one of these bright and deserving spirits to claim her right at the election booth, and on being denied her privilege carry the case of womanhood to the highest tribunal of the land and there demand her constitutional rights.

The United States Constitution needs no amendment specifically granting women suffrage. Women need but to claim their constitutional rights, refusing to be longer classed with the "idiots, insane, criminals and the illiterates" or infants, and if need be, fight the usurpation of power and tyranny of their respective states before the highest courts of the land. If 1 were a woman as I am a man I would claim the right of suffrage at the voting booth of my state and if there refused, then I would appeal for justice in the Supreme Court of the land.

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John Munden and wife returned to their home in T- ion, O., Tuesday after a Un days' visit with friends here. ,, 4

Mr. Davis, our new black smith, is now occupying th^e property recently vacated Eliza Kinder. *. James Pratt has returned home from a visit with friends

Colorado. Cordelia -Hendren nee Bennett

formerly of this place and Mrs• Adern Sheppard of Cumberland were entertained Wednesday by Marion Philprett and wife.

Mrs. Ellen Thomas spent Friday at the home of her daughter, Clara Maxwell, north of Knigbtstown.

Dr. M. M. Hess of Morris town was shaking hands with friends here Friday.

John Leamons was at Indianapolis one day last week on business.

John Scott of Greenfield called on his sister, Mrs. Cox and family Thursday.

Zenith Bundy of Greenfield and A1 Jessup were transacting some official business before squire John Duty last Saturday.

Thomas Bishop and wife ol Rushville were guests of the Shields families Saturday and Sunday.

Conrad Shields and wife visited Marshall Grunden and wife south of Ogden Sunday.

Glennie Roberts is visitingfriends atj Maxwell at this writing.

Miss Goldie Andrick of Greenfield enjoyed Sunday with her lady friend Miss Clara Wagner.

Morris Lemay has returned to his home in Barten, North Dakota.

Fletcher Lemay is improving slowly under the careful attention of his physician Dr. Allen.

Charles Miller of Knightstow^ was the guest of Arnold Miller and wife Sunday.^

Wesley Lineback of the capital city was home a short time Sunday.

Miss Elsie Knight of Greenfield and Ernest Green of Knightstown were guests of the Misses Erma and Glennie Bell Sunday.

Ernest Young of Indianapolis spent Sunday with his parents B. F. Young and wife south of town.

Kern Derry and wife were the guests Sunday of Frank Rock and wife.

Chester Hill and wife of Carthage were guests of their parents Frank Stinger and wife Sunday.

Alice Bender of New Castle is spending a few days with, her sister Mary Daubenspeck. pv

Luther Lamb and wife of Greenfield were guests of friends here one day last week.

The angling party has return, ed from a ten days outing on the banks of White Water.

Mrs. John Wagner and children visited in your city Frida}^. Daniel Burk has returned from a visit with friends in Richmond.

Mrs. Kiser and daughter of Mooresville were guests of Riley Finney and wife last Sunday.

Arthur Leamon of Indianapo lis was in town Friday. Charley Wood and Nancy Lineback attended yearly meetng at Richmond Sunday.

Margaret Cross and daughter accompanied by Miss Mabe Walker, visited Mrs. Luther White of New Castle last Friday.

Curtis Millikan has accepted a job in the car shops at Columbus, Ohio, and left at once to begin work.

A surprise was given Mrs. Emma Cox Sunday in honor of her thirtieth birthday. sfe-

Minnie Medlom of Indianapolis is visiting relatives.here this week.

Mrs. Rebecca Reddick, living south of Knightstown, visited her brother Frai\k Stinger and wife Tuesday.

Martha Pittman of Cambridge City was the guest of her sister Nancy White and family Tuesday.

Lena Ijane and Elsie Steffy spent one day last week with Frank Chandler and wife. .. Rose Shields and Mrs. B. P. Stinger spent Monday afteroon with Carthage friends.

Frank Stinger spent Sunday ternoon with John Holt and family near Spiceland.

notice ef Commissioners' Sale of Real Estate.

The undersigned commissioner "by virtue of an order or tbe Hancock Circuit Court, made and enterpd in a cause therein pending entitled Elmer J. Binford vs. Ralph c. Binford and numbered 10510upon the dockets thereof, hereby gives notice that at his office in the Wilson Block in the city of Greenfield, Indiana, on the 14th day of October. 1905, at 9 o'clock a. m. of said day he will offer for sale at private vendue at not less than the full appraisrd value thereof, the following described real estate, situate in the City of Greenfield, in Hancock County, in the State of Indiana, to-wit:

Commencing1 at a point on the north line of Lot Number Thirtv-seven (37) in Block Number Seven (7) in the Original Plat of the Town, now City, of Greenfltld, Indiana, sixty (60) feet west of the of the noriheast corner thereof thence continuing west on the north line of said lot and on north line of Lot Number Thirty-s (36) in said block, a distance of sixty (60) feet thence south parallel with the east line of said Lot Number Thirtj'-six (36) to the south line thereof: thence east on said south line and on the south line of said Lot Number Thirtyseven (37) a distance of sixty (60) f^-et thence north parallel with the east line of said Let Number Thirty-seven (37) the place of beginning, excepting six (6) feet in uniform width off of the south side of said tract of land, which has heretofore been deeded to the City of Greenfield, Indiana, for allev purposes.

Said property to be sold upon the following terms: One half the purchase price bereof to be paid in cash and the remaining ie half of said purchase price to be paid on or before twelve (12) months from date of sale, deferred payments to be evidenced by note of purchaser and secured by mortgage upon such real estate and to bear six per cent, interest from date until paid and attorneys' fees: or the whole of said purchase price may be paid in cash, at option of the purchaser.

Full possession of said premises to be given to purcnaser on the loth day of November, 1905. VINTON A. SMITH, w3t-dtd Commissioner.

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