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Newspaper
Sioux County Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1898
Page
2
A barrage of Iowa letters to the Des Moines Register urges the paper to endorse equal suffrage. Writers from Des Moines Nashua Anamosa Panora and Ames argue taxation without representation and seek public support for women’s ballot rights amid anti suffrage critics.
The article defends democratic government as rule by the people and emphasizes citizens’ right to vote. It asserts denying suffrage to half the population due to birth is undemocratic and sexual government, railing against exclusions from the ballot.
Clip from the Marshalltown Times-Republican reprints a letter from an anti-suffrage reader urging Republicans to oppose woman suffrage. The writer warns party danger and favors men voting while women stay home, signing as an old time Republican.
Washington reports that the Massachusetts Association Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women circulated a remonstrance including an interview attributed to ex-Representative Haynes of Colorado. Haynes denied the interview, reaffirming support for woman suffrage. The denial appeared in 1897. the circulation of the bogus piece began months later.
The article argues against objections to female suffrage, noting domestic duties remain strong for married women and that voting increases self respect. It cites Wyoming and Utah as examples, asserts suffrage has not harmed homes, and praises women who seek the ballot to improve society.
Rev. W. J. Suckow of Sioux County argues in favor of woman suffrage, asserting that governments derive power from the governed and that women share civic interests. He predicts a long struggle but faith in eventual reason and justice overcoming prejudice.
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