Salt Lake Telegram | 1920-06-01 | Page 12 | Voting by Families

I Voting I By Families While American legislatures dawdle over the granting of ot r suffrage to women our l neighbors bors are considering con con- a bill now before the chamber chamber chamber cham cham- ber of deputies which provides not I only for the enfranchising of ot women j but for giving political weight to minor children Many families whose male malem m members gave their lives for France f now have no voice in the affairs o of government The head of the family man man or woman is to cast the votes one for each member including I minors The fact that In ip the case cas of ot a family fam fam- I fly ily consisting of father and mother and minor children the father Is to cast i. i the votes for ZOr all of ot them disregards to some extent the principle of individual representation which is the basis of I our laws While the single adult 1 woman oman is to have the right to vote the married woman will have the right 1 only if the husband is dead ead in which case case she casts the collective votes voles for h her r minor children if there are any I Perhaps the real purpose of the bill billis is 3 Jo to Increase se the birth rate The more I I children J li the more votes Of course the provision for or the representation of Orphans Orphans' an and illegitimate children might seem to tobe be an argument against this assumption but that may be a abit abit abit bit of camouflage in the name of equity and aside from the primary object ob ob- ob- ob J Sect ct But whether designed for the or not bill if passed may mayWell maywell well veil have a ari arl in influence luence on the birth birthrate birthrate i rate ate which has been a serious problem In In France New New v e York Tribune Tri Trl- bune hune Rep Bep