| Show AN interesting PETI PETITION fION springfield ill march 3 an in g petition has reached the nie aBers roof of the illinois general assem bl h it is signed by some of the best known of Chi cagos society ladies and 18 it a protest against the bill extending the municipal suffrage to women and denouncing as false and pernicious all ittem attempts to to secure legislation in that director dir direction ecTOn among the signers are mrs JJ JJ P odell wife of the well known banker mrs caroline corbin wife of lie leftenant tenant colonel corbin U 8 A mrs elizabeth gray wife of judge way mrs E F briggs mrs coulle mcavay vay mrs george W higgins frances 1 I higgins isabella A galt gait the following extracts are taken from the petition busy in the cares of their homes the women have neither the time strength nr nor inclination to enter the public arena and defend themselves against doings which they e earnestly believe to be pernicious RU nd destructive of the true power and ni 1111 fluence of women in their homes the french revolution Be is reviewed and nd authorities cited to prove that woman suffrage would result in hedel he deg ra dation of the sex instances of communistic muni societies etc are mentioned with implied destruction of the finally family relation and the petition adds when the women share with the burden of labor and government communism with all that it imp lies is already begun we rt gard the question of the proprietary rights of a comparatively few women ss as one of minor importance compared with the vastly greater right of women in fit general to maintenance and protection in the home wb while ile theire engaged in the absorbing offices and d duties of womanhood and this paramount right of women is threatened biml with entire destruction st by the social socialistic latick doctrines above cited I 1 we exhort you to remember that abo above all human law stand these great natural laws inherent in the u ui iverse verse which no man nr nor body of men can contravene cont rovene and that these laws have forever established a difference between the powers and privileges of the sexes to disregard which is to invoke penalties by which they are relentlessly enforced we beg you to oon consider sider that the revolution of france could not override these laws but fell crushed under the burden that in so far as auy any political body in this country has attempted to do so it has suffered defeat and we believe that no greater misfortune can attend the forming of a labor party of this country in its attempt to legislation in the interests of the farmer artisan and laborer than that it should espouse the false and pernicious doctrine of the political rights of women we pray therefore that no matter what argument to the contrary may be urged upon you as legislators for the commonwealth bommon wealth you will stand fast by that ancient bulwark of liberty the home remembering that the same power which says to all men behold god to Is your father and ill all ye are brethren ly has joined also the husband and wife as one flesh for the orderly bearing and rearing of children and maintenance of society anti and has given to each their own distinctive and qually honorable share in the labors and rewards of life the ladies in conclusion say they have held communication with many women in different parts of the state and feel assured the petition represents the wishes of an overwhelming majority of the women of illinois |
