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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. r r r 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.” ■«»»•»«■»■■■■»•' i -si-mwrw’ xp»»w w -■>- r-te r_ —» jrpn ■ ■HP -i. .. w ->■ . imiil mj « . ,i j . rwur.-T. . .-wa—n~j i ■-iwu ph. . ■.-hh-i —lc m ir ■ i i> ■jr 11 ri__i w •<,«. mmmw rpr- -psbbmmm* ••• ■■-■■.l -i • ri — ■■ . 1 ■ »-rw— m ■ ■■ o : i A/1/' 1 - i vJil lF 1 .4 " % M fl 1 W 1 ■ Air "?■ 7 ilhCi \II 1111 111 8 / ill;! 1 ii i ■■ fc- ' n ml ~ ■ ■ F' i!■ ' ll 11 ' ' I i/Jjf 11 Mi ;: rrmFriiPl ?■ I B it I O!» i|> ■ * Upfe I II 'W Imf' ' || j; ■ .a 1 7 MMBMI 9) i ' F /; 'WIliHf I 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. *». •» M 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. «? ». * 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*