Show M M tW lL W WAXES f INDIGNANT 1 lb T Honorary President ol ot the International Inter International national Council of Raises Protest WRITES TO MRS E B 0 WELLS Seeks of or Utah to toSco Set See New States Siales Have Suffrage In Iii Constitution Mr Mrs Irs I 13 11 W today re reo til lb following communication II I 01 which was waR to ss Addressed to the women of this HIB Pulled of oC America arid and sign e n nM M Sd by May Wright Bewail Sewall honorary president of ot the lie International Council 81 Of Women Some weeks ago ngo I received a n litter letter that flint I should add lilY tny to 10 many man others which were to u a protest t against the he of at amia UI mart macit states Into the tIme Union Colon under tinder con providing lot for the Iho distrait n of ot women I gladly nc i to 10 the tho t but hut confess I 1 tint I 1 did not riot at Rt Hie the 11 tint tin quite understand tl the of ot the tho off ense which trout from my point of view In Is being committed l womanhood 0 III II II h hat Had I II II II I I should have mile wished to Ic writs 10 my In ii capitals mid anti long ago 10 have to 10 my lily m countrywomen to Join joint nil nid In lit an nil expression of ot resentment the time bill b II proposing the lIon ilon of ot four lour of or our territories UN ins two tOW tew states state which I understand la Ins nowa now III n a tu 1111 hands of lit if the committee on ten tel No objection have hitte hI I to having ito Iho territory and Oklahoma New Mew Mexico arid alit Arizona puss ia from the hue tutelage of ot territorial government into rib the joy mind and dignity of at sovereign sO tnt hood Jut hut I do protest against ha hang Ing ng any bill looking to this transition to the Incipient states that the they hey may be admitted to 10 the lime Union constitutions which dl their heir women I consider the terms torms of ot this bill particularly obnoxious It teems seems that the following allowing occurs twice appearing nut first In paragraph live see sec section tion thin three of ot tho the bill huh and repeated r In ml paragraph Ova five of oC section 21 Tho The part of t C the bill which excites my resentment resentments is s ai its follows That said 8 ld state elal shall never enact I any law restricting or abridging this the I right of ot suffrage on account of ot race meo color or previous condition co II on of ot servi judo tudo or on aim account of ot any Iny other condi condl condition tion or qualifications save lid e city any except on Ott account of ol illiteracy II II te minority sex sea conviction of ot felony mental condition or residence provided however how vcr that tiny any 1111 such restrictions shall shah ho be uniform anti and applicable alike to all Tho The prostitution of ot II a bill Including this obnoxious paragraph In Congress apparently gives to the mont of ot women not only a passive ac nc on Oil 01 tho the l part art arl of the general government but It teems seems like Ilk un an ox ex precision of ot Its active desire Note Nole tho Iho of QC tho the word sex Placed he be the phrases minority anti and colt oon I ii of felony It tt Is made to seen scout either n a condition of ot partial develop I or of ot absolute disgrace More MoreoVer Moreover oVer this condition being born to bo be beecho echo como ft i 1 woman however how vrr It may have hlo havel h l lIl ett regarded r by undeveloped It itt III former lormer times has always been Is by b developed at ant to o particular sacredness am anti dignity dignify Tim Tha passage of ot such a I hill bill can enn hot but bitt have a tu I degrading social IiO ence enc It 11 Is 18 equivalent to a it 1 declaration by the general government that It IH a ut t bl t un tm or evil ovll thing to bo be born barn a 1 woman The general government on nil ruil or tic C declares what lInt till all good patriots are lire hound to tn believe that t In tho the republic Is Ie a n lofty privilege that Clint ClintIn In a 8 republic the sign of ot sovereignty HH Its Instrument and Ana Ha Itu II weapon Is the tho lie ballot With the lie exception of ot women all nl 1111 obsess which hl h by b this thU bill are arc excluded exclude l trout from tho the exercise of oC tho thie ballot billiot suffer stiffer from a I limitation which In Its 18 very na no n lure litre Is la or may be bc temporary Minors Minoro have havo only to wait for their jubilee birth birthday birthday day dllY Illiterates have havo to exert them themSelves Selves only to learn to road recd felons may by the expiration of ot tho the term torm of at yearn Involved In n tho the sentence be bo restored to society or with or with without out nut repentance may receive tonsil pardon and K gain H therewith tho lie elective franchise Ever Even lunatics tony may bt be b re to sanity or without such restoration to freedom It a Is humiliating to have aspiring territories for or Into Inlo tho thu sisterhood of oC states bearing a n proposed constitution which looks to the of half of their adult population but to have hlo the tho thoUn Un Ln ted t l States government say SI sit to 0 an nil territory that lint lie tho constitution to be bo acceptable must brand woman womanhood hood hoo with wih Indignity Is a U still moro morn thing thin to 10 bur bear This condi condl condition tion 1105 In Pt l to bear bOr now JIW that lint In four states of ot the time Union women do pos poe possess ps peel sess sel the power lower of ot acknowledged citizen citizenship citizenship ship than It II was wh n women through throughout out Olt hi the IhA country were equally helpless anti and disfranchise It I Is hit II tl t Improbable Improbable improbable able that members of ot Congress tram front Wyoming Idaho Waho l and Colorado wIll wi I vote In lIt II favor of oC this section of the proposed bill bi for tor where women til ni ready red the right of oC suffrage men mon mento nt pa y to their heir opinions the real mil homage which theoretically IH he II alwayn alwo given to o olie the lie eternal feminine J i rail call the Ihl particular attention tent n of othe the women of or the Ihl country to the tho lh feet fact fot that on the Sib ul day of ot June at a 1 business I session siMlon of the tho Third of ot the Council the I hives Uns of ot nineteen notIonal national councils In Including I eluding an Individual membership of or several millions milons of at women all without one anI dissenting voice that thenceforth the time International council should stand sta nd everywhere evel committed led to 10 th Ih the policy Included In the following declaration That Inasmuch as al nil all ni governments equally affert affet I Ier I the Iha men main anti and women liv Ih living I ing In under them be It re resolved reo solved that under all al government governments I I whether nominally Republican or Mon Ion Monarchical i whatever political rights or privilege art or accorded to men ought ough on i corresponding conditions to bo be 10 Recorded accorded to 10 women The debate upon 11 this subject oc occupied three hours hOls Tho The for tor the time most port nort concerned only the form torm under which this largo large larIe conviction of ot tho the council should bu be expressed Th There r was Wa material agreement the women of o nil nih ni countries embraced 1111 within the tie Council concerning the pro prUty 01 am o the essential proposition In Inthe Inthe the end erni It was uses In the tho form torm cited above the broadest In which It I was presented that the Iho proposition w WM uma n unanimously voted While It U Is 18 quite true Irue that by Ihl th constitution of ot the council counci every affiliated council Is loft lof free tree tint nd may mav mn abstain b from active support of ot council propaganda It I Is chro to be bo observed that greet great moral mural support J Is II given f to propaganda bv by the vote Sote ote of ot so 80 0 r pre tentative a 1 body AS the of tho the International Council of oC WOm n There Ther he l ll n its Itu 1 llio thio n ht of ot ofte eI te teen n of ot II nations composing como It I representing a n great rent not nol only ani of ut but even of ot rici pl H until a 1 1 larger lir or diversity of oC tongues lonte faiths I until and governments but all w nt that the tho hour ha uius struck for tor th iii abolition of at overy very II thi political and nl minim uris rh Je 9 of ot men mel and tutu women under what owe over OVe form torm of ot government they may 11 ox let 1st which tune are based upon MX sex sexI I appeal in mm II tho thin minnie namo of ot this the Council Counci If I Women to everyone of ut my lY countrywomen liv jiving Iv log ing In lit state or territory who utho through In iii 11 any nit unit lion lon l wih the Its National Council Counci of t our own country countr Is II thereby con coni connected COl with whIt wih the time International Council to recognize time the strength which the lie vote soto oto cited gives KIe to her lien Individual opium opinion Jon ion and In iii li title thin I appeal l to 10 her tier In n turn tUMI to tu to II the tho rep relenting h her iter r elate In itt li the ho United c States a i protest th passage of ot the thE tic section above cited cite In II the bill hi under mailer which It I li Is proposed to add two bore mor to the galaxy of ot states will tho Iho ao taken by n it 1 world orld hotly body In lit wi the tile capital city at of a 1 military empire become bole effective Oil an ant al agency In giving Ih ing enlarged liberty to 10 women In iii II n a re republic reo public V overy over woman under whose eye eYl this Utter hatter Iter inny fall fail to 10 send at once alice Olce to ton for u to copy cop of ot the Iho bill referred to and anti to 10 follo tolo bi of ot the tho bill and this up nit by a n close chose study bi thin the by tin simm fil Individual protest against sections Indicated hl I am 11 with abiding faith Iton In mm the principles of ot II to aid aki In anti and with wih an ant al 11 developing our nominal Democracy I into II to ton a n genuine I republic lh great greul esteem for my mw countrywomen |