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MARYLAND SUFFRAGE NEWS
MARYLAND SUFFRAGE NEWS
SUPPLEMENT TO THE WOMAN'S JOURNAL.
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BALTIMORE, DECEMBER 7. 1912
IN TIME OF PEACE
The suffrage campaign goes' on front year end to year eneL I'jtnfwtay
i- uo^irfO Hy fheX-omVlion of someone "thai 'the cause of equal nflmfe
is just and expedient. Kach day the circle of inlluenee widens. Kach
day the light of success shines brighter.
We must not forget these things, became opportunity i> merged with
ilutn. The attitude of the neM State Legislature will lie determined
largely by tlie events which are taking place today, and the event* of today
are of tremendous significance to suffrage.
I his is a tjim. ,,f peace so far a* our Legislature is coucerueil. Hut
RCXl summer In the primaries ami county conventions the first skirmishes
of war will take place and the personnel of the Legislature will he largely
determined. Evett now candidates are (Baking their appearance. This
i- the time to make suffrage work effectne. Let no candidate in your
neighborhood arise without meeting promptly a nuestion as to his inten-
tions toward an c<|ual-sitffrage hill. Make him reply definitely, in writing
if possjhle—at any rale in such a form that lie cannot he misunderstood.
Remember the question at bane i- equal st$0fagt.
In the primaries e-pccially a canditlate can he helped or hindered.
After the nomination is decided men are tew willing to he open in their
statement*. Suffrage support is no longer tu he sneered at, and men who
are seeking nomination know it full well. A refusal to answer a <|iiestion
in regard to suffrage is ei|uivaleni iod;n to a refusal to snpp,,rt an equal-
sttfTrage hill. The auitudc of candidates j.. important in connection with
the campaign next sttnnuvr, and we proptne in so far a- possible to make
litis known to suffragi-t-.
If we hrgin urn* ami continue alert in these times of peace, we can he
ensured of a Legislature which will submit the question of equal suffrage
In the people. 'I hi- i- the first great step. Every candidate must know
of our intention t,, support or oppose him. And we must, in turn, make
good our word and see to it that the came of -uffrage play- no minor part
m the next Legislature.
CIRIOSITY
We have never -eeii Dr. Nicholson. Ihi- we regret exceedingly,
because a good look at him might go a long way in explanation of hi*
assertions. Dr. k. L. Nicholson i- "a Washington -tudent of aniliropol-
ogy" who has come 1<» the conclusion that '"curiosity i- tin- common bond
between woman and the monkey."
It appear- from pre-s reports that Dr. Nicholson Bases his eoticlu-ion
on ex|»erience. I le ha- found that when he posse* a cage of monkey- they
ru-h to the bar*, and rxamine him from head to foot with the most avid
curiosity. We are left to infer that he has the same effect Upon women.
I'nder the circumstance- we confess oitr-elves a curiosity to sec J)r.
Nicholson. If he thus affects women and monkeys, we wonder whai men
think of his looks. Perhaps men are teas observing, or maybe their sex
locally preclude- any expression of their feelings.
THE APPEAL OP THE POLICE COMMISSIONERS
Tin: Hoard ut I'olice t'oinini-sioticrs of Halliuiorc has issued a statc-
i! iiit in regard Id tin- »o-callcd Sunday blue laws. This statement is, in
effect, an appeal to the public la define its position in relation to the
widespread conduct of hu-iucs- in the city 00 Sunday. We arc seldom
net with such honorable frankness on the part of public servants.
. -ually -tich individuals know in advance what the pnlilic wants, and
somewhat curiously these want* of tin- public at targe agree explicitly
with the wishes and point of view of the officials concerned. It is there-
lore a matter of profound gratification that our present BoNea hoard is
apparently able and willing to divorce private opinion from public duly.
Mr. I'lonapartc and others have of late ably demonstrated that the
intent of onr government is to deprive entirely officials chosen to enforce
the law of am rights in the making or interpretation of the law. The
people and their cho-cn representatives make the law for good or for hail,
ami public official- are chosen as needed to enforce that law.
In the present case the officials are in doubt as to whether the public
-auctions the law in question; s|iecilically they final that grand juries will
not indict shopkcc|Kr- arrested for illegal selling oil Sunday. And they
pro|nise through public discus-ion to approach a solution of the question
raised. We are not directly concerned with the right or wrong involved
If there i- such right or wrong. It ap|icars to us, however, that no great
bard-hip would lie wrought on the limine, public by the Sunday closure
of shops: the public can lie e\|iected to develop sufficient foresight to
know on Saturday what it will need on Sunday without am glad) effort.
I hi the other hand, the workers and those involved in the -ale of goods
ui|uire imperative!) one day of rest in seven. To he sure, the shop- in-
volved probably do not employ many "baud-." I'.ut with the establish-
ment of the principle of Sunday optttntg the necessities of bu-iness com-
petition would quickly compel the larger -hop- with their many "hands"
to remain opfn as well. We may. therefore, consider the question from
the point of view of the gWaWal material good to the greatest nmnber.
ilence we incline to the view that "rand juries and other similar bodies
of well-intentioned people refuse to indict the law-breakers because the
logical expansion of the principle has not occurred to theiii and the single
offense involves, in their minds, neither ami—octal perversion or indi-
vidual turpitude.
The po-ition taken In the I'olice Hoard is commendable. Hut this
position involves an extension of the plan which ha- not been suggested
lo them. They should endeavor by interview- and public -|icechcs to
make the question in its practical as|>cet- clear to as many people as poa-
siblc. and then they should aa before the next Legislature with an amend-
ment to the law. which, in their opinion, will cover the case in point If
the Legislature sii-lains the law a- at present written, no further choice
i- left the police authorities—they must proceed vigorously and conscien-
tiously to an enforcement of the law. And if they fail to satisfy the
people as to the value of their efforts, they have hut the dun of resigna-
tion from office.
The (Mattel weakne— of our bod}' politic today, as expressed in the
conduct of public officials, i- the toleration of unenforced legislation. In
a healthy government this condition of all'airs would ghfe place to a -in-
luiv eff'ort on the pKTI of-those who desire it to amend the law. I Ifficials
would then be CugnliaM of the public will and could be expected to gov-
ern themselves accordingly. We hope that the position now taken by
our I'olice Hoard i- indicative of progression in this direction.
WOMEN AND PALLIATIVE MEASl'RES
Dr. Kelly's letter to the StvnAtj Sun (November jd), in which he
appeals to the women of llaltlmore to give practical aid to tbo-e unfortu-
nates who -eek reclamation from a life of shame, points one thing clearly
—the community is most decidedly dependent upon women in the com-
munity-scll-c, i. e.. outside tile home.
This work of reclamation is obviously women'- work, t 'nenfran-
chiscd they have struggled with it these many years, and now the wiser
of them seek enfranchisement in the firm belief that reclamation, like all
o'ber ills, has a side of prevention a- well as one of cure. Without real
power—the power of cltilenahip—they have been balling a leaky boat,
attd now they propose in the wisdom of experience to -top baiting for a
moment in order to obtain the power to stop the leak. The reclamation
of the past has not reduced the number ill need of reclamation.
In spite of the very strong feeling among sultragi-ts, a- above set
forth, many will doubtless be glad to help in the work suggested In Dr.
Kelly. Hut the work will lie a little work, almost an Insignificant work,
until the political voice of women sounds loitdlv in the ear- of public
officials.
ORGANIZED OPPOSITION
line paper say- Mi-s Morgan-1 larding of Pittsburgh, and another
•ays Mrs. Caasatt of I'biladelpbia. originated the astonishingly brilliant
idea of spanking suffragists to stop their propaganda. It appears as if
the idea, like moving pictures, was "released" in several places at once.
As clippings conic in we c.x|icct to find it credited to -till other people in
other place:—it i- so verv clever.
ONE REASON WHY WOMEN SI I Ol T.I) VOTE
Among the many reasons win
the suffrage -bould be given to
women, none i- more impelling.
perhaps, than that the votive inllu-
ellce of women would be given to
correct the age-long iniquity of so-
cial vice.
Some progress i- bring made in
tin- reform, hut the actual improve-
ment is very slight. The laws are
fairly adequate, hut not enforced In-
die officials whom we pay to enforce
the laws, and who have sworn to
do so. The police force in alltlo-t
every town and city, instead of sim-
ply doing their duty and putting
fi'ilh their utmost effort to carry
out the laws against social vice.
place themselves in the position of
deciding what laws should lie en-
forced, and which should Dot, thus
raising themselves above the jieople
wlm make the laws and are re-|n>nsi-
blc for them. ( learly, it is the duty
of the poftee to enforce the laws,
and the act of enforcement will
prove whether they are wise laws or
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BOX
Addr#ss sit commuoiratloss for tbe l*ttar
Hoi to Mrs. CbsrlM J. Ketlir. ttt West
Monument etrert.
(orrrnpoudeota to the Uarii.ami
Si mum: Xnws erf requested to uw
SM Hide of paper ml?. t> leave
BBOfS tor li-iiiJliiir. writ- leatblf, and
laws testes in «uch ciodltloo that It
eat ba forwarded hiiutr>dtat<*ly to the
prlntir.-Kii.
What Wltl You Do?
/>ct/r litiitors;
I was among those who helped
to sell a few of the Christmas seals
at the National Convention, and I
found people very grateful to me
for offering them the chance to buy.
Every suffragist seemed to realh
wish to have a few of the seals to
put 011 her Christmas gifts, ami
some of the postals to semi with a
greeting to friends OH Christmas
day. If we can ont> get enough
people to help sell the seals ami
cards in the shops on Suffrage Day.
a great deal of nmuey can be made
for the cause.
Very shteerefy vurs.
' M. i:. L.
"Opportunity Knocks Ones At Every
Man's Door"—Could This Bo Your
Chance to Bring Some One Into the
Ranks?
Ih'ttr litiitors:
I am delighted to hear that Mr.
Max Kastman is going to speak at
the suffrage rally on Tuesday, De-
cember 10. When he wa.-. last in
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town I took three friends who had
formerly heen determined antis to
hear him. ami thev all became con-
vinced of the righteousness of the
cause without any further delay. I
am writing to urge all suffragists
to make Bee of this great oppor-
tunity for converting their ami
friends. Uring members of your
own family who do not tielievc with
yon. ami you will ftttd home more
congenial in the future.
Yonrs truly,
Kl.SA I.OM.WOKIII.
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