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Photos and Illustrations rlLY TELEGRAPH. ST. JOHN, N: B, TUESDAY, JANUARY 16, - ~ ~~L - .- --- ~ ~ - Ill.&iiIrtion. I ,,,t ,I,& ,>,I t ,.,,tilm >\..I? "at ILEADE [EF[[DS ;~<;;.,;;;;,~;~;;;;;~~,-I Ir aod tllr ilroa,1 sI,olll,lcn ~~i.t~~~ nwle to the gliill,t sddltionnl coat ui inmanw to .,mm. the iu-1- wr* keptaepnmtc ,,",I tiie wornen rweiwi ra MILITANT TACTlGS iinruunt on,,. in proportlnn to what they I paid They ,v,.re allm.~dto rmtrik' late luow ti,.,, tiln.~I,cn~e r weak and imt paid tilan acvPa al~~lh~~,aix- rmzee, while tia men rcqeirrd ten shill. OF SRRRGETTES~, . IW If a ,voman g;wc bmth to - n bahs, her hushand rereired the matern- 1 itr ~ilowaneeof thirty ahillmgr. The baby xns hia. lf the ,ma not marlied 1 Miss Pankhmt Hered Says ., a the mdenr ity nlloaanee ierslf, bllt was not paid Force is Necessary tire we~klydl0wence ior ilineas ar she I u-odd have been if it WCR from orb - ?I4 and it was often the r8.e ,that a woman received less fur periormlng the SHE TELLS HOW great wrYiee to the ~tateof bringing into the "ofid 8 new cit'm than he did for WOM~NARE USED =me alight jlineaa. A 1912 article in the Saint John Telegraph-Journal gives an account of militant British suffragist Sylvia Pankhurst's speech at the Saint John Opera House. She told of attacks in England against women who spoke up for female suffrage; she called for equal pay for equal work and many other reforms to improve women's status. -26- A 1920 ad in L'EvangBline, "Women who work need all their strength... to perform, without effort or tiredness, the often difficult work of the office,thestoreor theshop... St Michel Wine." jemmes7 du Canada An early appeal for New Bruns- wick women's vote by then Prime Minister Arthur Meighen, in an ad in No- vember I921 carried by L'EvangBline. WOMEN MAY SOON SIT IN N. B. HOUSE The February 9, 1934story in thesaint JohnTelegraph Journal told ofpremier L. P. Tilleykpromiseofan amendment to allow women to become House members, as a result of "petitions ... from women's organizations, moreparticularly the Women's Institutes". Most other Canadian women except Quebecers had won the right to be election candidates when they weregiven the right to vote in the 1910's. - TAXES-AND WOMEN i- Or a11 the by-laws ever pad by the Town of Serrastle. : - the one meeting with the mwt iadignanl prutesl and condernna + lion of the majority of our tail.-nmdd citizens. is the taration I : of worne~On all aidcs. Pmm every n%lk ,of Ilfe. cnn be heard vchmmnt ohloction to this unfair law, yet the Town Colinrii i - niarwy shrugs its slloulder.~n~i~rrviousto the demand of the ; - cltizen~ that the whole matter be reuDeaed, and filar avote be takan in wder to awel-tain whether the i'ounril h;iw the EUP i : ~brtof the ritizrns in this new taxation. ur wilt-flier it has i - arld III nn autccratic manner and has overstrliged rllv auIi#mit!' - 'elfed i!, il by the will "I the rafrpayPl.9. : with prcthbiy two PXCCP~L~~!~.ihe members of Ui+ Cuu?cll ar i < tho tima this <uatt.utioi~s hy~lnliwus p.lssrd. -rere 111!1 ihc fati?- i - 01 tlaw,ht~~who may soan ire1 tile at~~hrsf rbis larr~ Z 2 ti. d byeve I icyh I I te niitlii i ; city t<, sly that all wornpn 0,i:l. the age ,,I !..\,u,,?~8:,>,,?C'3?. : rill be tared in the TOW" of~ercasiir. ir t:e.r LII),does nrm : 'E uff~ct tlk majority of the ('ounrlllot~s, awl lh~~daie,.I thii - i: fwt they WWR not compatetll'to rotc on x qo,?ti<.n 1ii;il ;t~wi~2!1?i : affects the vrmaiainp ~itiren~or tliis town If wlilihl h:>ve ~*LII 2 i a vise nlore on the, p~rtor fhr Town fathers 11 1,11n; rh? ou*,.- : < tiun ihefom the public l~rloremy derlsi~owas isached i:ee Wi:' z I zr the other.. In this way Lh~yeonld -1 ;rsub'rd that ~haih i was done mbspraiwnr to such rate would he in kprp~ng w~tli thr -z !vi& of the ms;orily .of the citizens of the town. $ I_ It is hoped that the two new members nf the Cauucil are i : not of the same o~inioo.with respect to the taratmi of wm'n. z 'E w em the other wmbers of the Council. It in Piso hoped that ! i the two nw members will biing this Question once amin be- = the fore Councll, and polnt out tb them the iojuarien, hardhhip. 5 and even. UnhappLneas thatlhis la- wlln enuaa if not repealed. - : Not many of our eltizens are aware of the f+ that a *Oman who ls in default with her tax payments mag be taka l6 f ihe Couaty gaol, just the =me as s man. There is oo choice j 3 klven a ainstamle omthe' execution is in his hands. What we ot our eiti- vlshm to ~eethis take place? But rha* is 1 j mat i. bound to hap~enfor we live in no U-PIL ahd there 2 WUI be a certain nWorlty of the women who wiH be unable to i; 4 my Larp3. and the oul, recour *e the low3 w;II have is to ~mePed $ 0n an oxemtion: E 5 i WHEN WE HAv6 THE PICTURE (IF SOYE-OF *AIM 8 ! DAUGHTERS BEING MARCHED OW To tHE GAOL. a"= - 5 COUNCILLORS OF 193536, CAN LOOK BACK A!ID SEPI:OU& OF THEIR INSPIREDHANDIWORK. WE 'vVO<DEii! $&wu~w.~wmw~~~os:I,~~c~~,I.T .mn*;.:l;; rr, ,.r ;...,,r r A late 1930's editorial in the Newcastle Union Advocate by then manager Cecilia Salome-Toomik, now of Saint John. The issue was whether women, being so poorly paid, should have to pay municipal taxes, especially with the prospect that those who could notpay would be "marchedoff to thegaol". Salome-Toomik, then in her early 20's,pointedout that the Town Councillors were not affected by thelaw andso "they were not competent to vote" ... Petitions &+ #~SPd&sembly aftkc $!rouinrr nf Yeio 'idrunshrirk ronuenrb nthrrbrrirhton. Ehie pdition lpmblg ehebrtb; tknt the inte husbnnh nf pour petition% bne elerttb fm Ye Cnuntg of $&stmnrlnnb, a member of #muse of $ee~mhlg nnb that on his ionq to ,Fr~berirkton,for the purpose nf nttrnbing the first ereeion nf the present gnus* nf Aseemhlg, in compnng ioith the other members, for yie Counts ndin the urbire of his rotrntra on the qrnr one thousnnA eight hunbrrb nnb three, he ions unfnrtunntelq hrobneb in the %cnnchc~m~i~Fiver, nnb left qour petitionsr ioithfour small ~irle,nnb preynnnt ioith n em, iohirh kith hiffirldtq hnur suppurt~b$us far, on n eettlrment of mq late husbnnh'e Estate. it bns founb insolbent, nnb mo-. bhole hrmnbame ions mn bob% t11e mnreflof tntrwll mehirtteinrrhpkrb. mb nt,ret,rurtutti~..p nredb bp tl~rQontmiesiu~wreuf Scmrrsfur thr rrurtter, rxrrut, thr,~ Hsuer of .le~rmhlumil. hreluu w tnvr ma bietrreerh situntinn un&r t&ir consibemtion, anb grant me euc; perunin& relid as {q, in their ioiebonc, shnll think proper, the @nus* mnq rest nseur~bthnt nothing but reul nerresit~ cnulb haw obligrb gour petitioner tn apple in this public mnnnerfnrnssistanrs, anb most humbly hope it mag eurrd, nnh qour mnmorinlist as in butp bounb bill rbEr pmg. &ebr ~r~rntqle &etmorlanb 23 %unr 1808 Friends and Foes Andrew George Blair, a law- yer, House member and pre- Alfred A. Stockton, a lawyer mier of the prouince (1883 to and House member for Saint 18961, opposed universal John County, introduced seu- female suffrage for years, era1 unsuccessful bills in sup- judging it unnecessary. port of women's suffrage be- "What privilege or benefit tween 1889 and 1894. "Euery affecting their own interest movement recorded in history and well-being had ever been for the enfranchisement of denied them?", women was a step from slau- he said, in denying them the ery to liberty, and from barba- uote. (P.A.N.B. ~hotoi rism to ciuilization." (P.A.N.B. photo) Alphonse Sormany, an anti- suffragist member of the Assembly, and his wife, Eua Couillard, soon after their wedding. Sormany, a physi- cian from Gloucester County thought that "race suicide" would result ifwomen were let out of their proper sphere. (P.A.N.B. photo) dam Niagara as to stop this agitation."George Robertson, member for Saint John City, 1899. Henry R. Emmerson was a true champion of women's suffrage. As a House member forAlbert County and lateras premier (1897-1900), he sup- ported the idea that women should be in a position "to demand their rights rather than beg for them". (P.A.N.B. photo) "But where is man'splace? In the vast majority of cases his place is in the home, too." Henry R. Emmerson, 1895. William F. Roberts, a doctor and House member for Saint John, said in 191 7 in support- ing female suffrage, "It has also been urged that the sur- Frank L. Potts, the ever- roundings of the polling sta- faithful suffragist from Saint tion would offend the finer John, was one of the few who senses of women, but no fought for women's right to be objection was made to them members of the House. He paying their taxes and meet- was unsuccessful in having it ing with allclasses and creeds added to the 1919 bill giuing while they were doing so".
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