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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1898
Page
12
Readers challenge the Des Moines Register for anti suffrage bias. Women from multiple towns urge public support for equal suffrage, recount petitions, tax fairness, and the need to vote. Letters defend rights, criticize lawmakers, and advocate citizen participation in shaping state policy.
Editor defends the right of all citizens to vote under a democratic system. The piece argues denying half the population the ballot due to birth is undemocratic and contrary to sovereign power exercised by people through the vote.
A compilation from the Marshalltown Times-Republican and local letters exposes strong anti-suffrage sentiment. A January 2 report quoted in Paullina urges the party to avoid woman suffrage, warning it could devastate Republican support. The letter-writer, signing as Mrs, argues men should vote while women stay home.
Washington D C February 10 Editor Register notes that the Massachusetts association opposed to extending suffrage to women sent Iowa a sheet titled The Remonstrance containing an interview with ex Representative Haynes of Colorado. He denied the interview and supported woman suffrage saying he had no fear of repeal. The denial appeared in the Denver News. the group circulated the bogus piece months after disavowal.
Alice Stone Blackwell argues that opposition to female voting is rooted in antiquated bias and that extending suffrage strengthens families and society. She cites Wyoming and Utah as examples, notes high voter participation by women, and asserts married women lead reforms without harming homes.
The letter argues for women's suffrage linking taxation and governance. It asserts that governments derive power from the governed and that women share equal claim to the ballot, suggesting the struggle may take several summers but justice will prevail. Rev W J Suckow of Sioux County signs the piece.
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