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HE CAN VOTE. SHE CAN NOT.
HE women of this country "ill
have the right to vote—and
Hflk lhey will have that r * Rht S °° n
The politicians who have
laughed at woman suffrage
and those that would not
even mention the subject for fear of seeming
ridiculous are suddenly interested in
and their opinions.
A good many of them are hypocrites in
their protestations of belief in woman’s intelli
gence. But hypocrites, going in one direction. |
do the work as well as sincere mcn-when the
hvpocrites are numerous enough.
Every candidate running for ’ sident ’•
the United States to-day has declared himself
H favor of votes for women, either at once, or
•*bv and hv.”
Never before ’bo b»«forv of the 'ovn iiv
„ ...nous f" r Vr'’“ i ' l ' , " <v in
.M nortics <terlur..> n U1- in favor of
xvnTM-i” '•u < Tra°'o.
Til AT IS PROGRESS. IT LEAST.
Readers of this newspaper have done as
mneh ns anv agency, as anv body of citizens in
the country, to create public opinion in favor
of woman suffrage.
Everv intelligent reader should make it his
business or her business to continue the agita
tion. demanding on all occasions the light to
which women are entitled, until the disgrace of
Massing women with “children. Indians, and
idiots” shall he wiped out. in every State in the
United States.
It is a good thing, in your argument, to ex
plain the ballot and its meaning—the character
of those that advocate woman suffrage.
It is important, also, to explain the opposi
tion to woman suffrage, and the character of
those who oppose it.
The ballot is the weapon that men use in de
fending their rights. It is the voice with which
men express their opinions, their wishes, as to
law. in the more settled civilizations where the
halhd i« ’he recognized power.
Little hv little, the mass of the people—that
is tn sav. of the men—have got the ballot.
Originally. there was no ballot. Savage
tribes held disorganized meetings, and shouted
their opinions. The loudest shooters won. and
the man who could hit the hardest led the
others.
Little hv little, the big man formed his own
nn : n ; f . ny> alone reached his own decisions, and
the others had nothing to say. The expression
nf minion was confined to one. or to a few
ladders ■•atliered under a chief, or. where re
p icr ruled opinion was controlled by the
ariests in the old temples making up their
minds what would be good FOR THEM and
torch i their will on ignorant people.
For man> centuries ’he kings, the nobles
and the priests ruled—and the people had
„o’ ir.. «o s-av. MEN \NO WOMEN ALIKE
v> I RE WITHOUT THE VOTE.
!. it«le b\ little, the men got the vote, and
now. ir. civilized countries, universal suffrage
Is <ho rule. AS REG ARPS MEN.
T be women are shut out because men al
ways l ;r e had the idea ’hat voting was in some
w:p connected with fighting. Their thoughts
went i •••k to the old savage mob shouting its
doterm’vation to attack and kill—leaving the
women r.t home. And the ignoring of women
persists, although little by little the voting
power has been used, not to make war. BUT
TO PREVENT WAR.
In England, the Commons, representing
the voters, used votes to preveit the King from
fighting by refusing to give him money.
Now. in every country calling itself civil
J zed, the chief use of the ballot is to express
ideas of peace—justice. The ballot that was
one- the expression of man’s lighting quality
h now the expression of his BETTER NATURE \M)
FOR HIM REASON IT IS TIME TO GIVE THAT
HALLO! IO THE BETTER HALE OF THE HUMAN
RA< E. TO THE WOMEN THAT HAVE CIVILIZED IT.
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The weapon ol power, the right to decide WHAI
Will You Kindly Hand This Picture to Your Friend Who Opposes
Woman Suffrage? Remind Him That There Are in the United States
Hundreds ot Thousands ot Men Like This Permitted to Vote to
Regulate the Liquor Traffic, Decide on Permitting or Forbidding
Prizefights, Gambling, etc. And Remind Him That There Are Millions
ot 1 omen in the Country Like This, Working Hard and Patiently, All
Through Their Lives, Contributing to the Nation, the Children ot the
Next Generation, and the Nations Moral Force--And Forbidden to
Express Their Opinions at the Ballot Box. Any Man Who Opposes
Votes for Wot -en Is Narrow-Minded or PVorse. The Woman
Apposes Woman Suffrage Is a Doll, a Professional Parasite, or a
Lackadaisical “Clinging Vine.”
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SHALL BE DONE is the weapon that the ballot box
gives to the people.
1 his weapon, at first in the hands of a few, was
used to decide questions of battle, and to devise meth
ods of taxing the poor and weak lor the benefit of the
nch and the strung.
Now, the majority of men having taken power into
their own hands, education and civilization gradually
replacing brutality, power is used not for oppression,
but for justice, enlightenment and for the general
good.
it u time, therefore, to permit women, represent*
ins' justice, —Kf v anf j everv <»ood dement
in human nature, to play their part in the mak
ing of laws, and to share equally with man the
right to say what disposition shall he made of
the children that women give to the world, and
of the property that these children produce.
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Supporters of woman suffrage are, and for
many years have been, THE BEST MEN IN
THE COUNTRY.
Wen that are unselfish, just, scorning ridi
cule, and proud to vindicate the rights of their
own mothers and sisters, have long demanded
votes for women.
The women that have worked and fought
for the suffrage have been, bevond all com
oarison, the best women of this and other
countries.
Humorists used to talk of “short-haired
unmen and long-haired men” as the advocates
of woman suffrage. I
That is a foolish and false division.
she women with good foreheads, earnest,
" cn le and dignified faces have heen the advo
cates of,votes for women!
c women with low foreheads, plastered
uifh hair, the women with their faces painted,
he women with a hundred thoughts for dress
and no thought for anything else, have been
the opponents of woman suffrage.
And the men brutal, conceited, looking
upon woman as a piece of propertv for
man s pleasure or for his service, hatfe been
THE MEN THAT OPPOSED SUFFRAGE.
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Luckily, the day of ridicule, slander and
sneering has gone by.
Wherever women have voted, THEY HAVE
BETTERED CONDITIONS.
In Colorado, where the men had acquiesced
in a plan to defeat a just judge, the women
elected him.
In New Zealand, where women long have
voted, there is not a man so foolish as to sug
gest a change to the old and unjust system.
True, there are SOME good women that
oppose woman suffrage.
And there were some good, well-meaning
slaves that disliked Abraham Lincoln for his
nroclamation of freedom. They wanted to
stay slaves, and still depend on “Good 01’
Massa.”
There are some nice, dull, unimaginative,
ignorant, well-meaning and good women that
wish to remain slaves, and depend upon “Good
01’ Massa” the man.
But for one good, gentle and well-meaning
woman who attacks woman suffrage, there are
a dozen whose only thought is for the admira
tion of men, and a Hundred whose lives are
made up of vanity, flirtation and folly. These
last, especially when they have passed fifty
years of age. are striving in every ridiculous
way to attract men’s attention—usually in vain.
One of their favorite methods of attracting at
tention is to profess their own weakness, and
express horror at the thought that they should
ever vote or escape from the protecting coat
tails of man.
Another class opposed to woman suffrage
is the most dangerous class of all.
That is the class THAT WOULD KEEP IN
IGNORANCE WOMEN, AND MEN, TOO IF
IT COULD.
Those that prey upon the ignorance and
superstition of women are anxious that women
shall know as little as possible. They do not
want the women to vote. FOR VOTING
MEANS THINKING, and thinking means free
dom.
But women WILL vole, and the vote will
come to them soon.
In man} States of this country women vote
already. The other States will follow, for this
coming election, with hundreds of thousands
of women voting, will convince even the dull
est that woman, who has borne the heavy bur
den of life and its struggles through the ages,
possesses the power to think and to decide
every question of importance to herself and to
her children.
We shall not always see the shameful con
dition which this picture so strikingly portrays.
It will not always be said that the woman
who scrubs, washes, cooks, mends and goes
without sleep to take care of her family is de
prived of a voice in the community, while the
vile drunkard, whose vote is for sale for money
or for whiskey, may vote to maintain the con
ditions that suit him, live upon her earnings and look
down upon her as his inferior, classed with the idiots,
(he Indians, and the children.
Women W ILL vote, and you who read this news
paper should work to bring about an end of the pres,
cut unjust systCD*