It makes a great difference, apparently, to moral and virtuous
women whether the erring Marguerite has a famous tenor on one
side of her and a famous basso on the other, or whether she has
on one side of her Bellevue Hospital and on the other side
Blackwell's Island.
WHY WOMEN SHOULD VOTE
In this country and throughout the world women progress toward
the full possession of the ballot, and toward equality with men
in educational facilities.
In one State after another women are beginning to practise law,
they are obtaining new suffrage rights, they flock to newly
opened schools and colleges.
In England and Scotland, but a few years ago, only a few men in
the population were allowed to vote--money was the requisite
quality. To-day, in those countries, women vote at county
elections, and in many cases at municipal elections. In Utah,
Colorado and Idaho women as voters have the same rights as men.
They have certain rights as voters in nine other States. In the
great Commonwealth of New Zealand, so far ahead of all the rest
of the world in humanity and social progress, the wife votes
absolutely as her husband does. ----
The woman who votes becomes an important factor in life, for a
double reason. In the first place, when a woman votes the
candidate must take care that his conduct and record meet with a
good woman's approval, and this makes better men of the
candidates.
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