Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1874-06-05
THE COMING GIRLS.

The other day the fair daughters of
Eve signalized themselves in the Oakland
local option election. They carried on op-
erations in an intelligent, business-like
manner, and achieved very handsome
victory. Their success in the cause
which they espoused. will probably in
cite them to make further efforts in other
directions, and their influence will be
thus more and more directly felt in the
conduct OF public affairs, and the choice
OF candidates for places OF honor, trust
and profit 1t is not very fattering re-
mark to make, but the fact is, that the
present method OF selecting public Off
cials has become so horribly corrupt that
a change is scarcely possible that would
not be an improvement. The appear
auce OF woman as an active participant
in such matters, would probably assist
greatly in purifying them, bat might not
be very beneficial to the ladies them
selves. However, if they are willing to
undergo the risk, we do not know that
us men folks ought to demur. Ordinary
elections, however, would differ greatly
from the recent one at Oakland. There
the ladies were all on one side, and were
victorious as they generally are, when
they have only men to oppose them.
But the election of public officials would
be a totally different matter. Then each
party and each candidate (without the
latter was most luckless eer do weel)
would have its and his lady supporters,
aud then the feminine war would wax
fierce and hot With US men, Heaven
help us; the ladies have some patience,
they pardon our indebtedness and take
pity on our general blunderheadedness,
with calm feeling of self-possessed
superiority; and after they have clearly
demonstrated our weakness they kindly
forgive US, in the faint hope that we
may possibly do better after time.
We, with the rest of the masculines,
after wild and useless struggle to assert
our independence, always quietly SUBJ
NIT, and, on the whole, do not dislike
the disciplne-that we carefully keep
to ourselves. But with their own sex,
the case would wear quite a different
aspect Then, if Greek did not meet
Greek, woman would meet woman, and
the result might be equally terrible as
regards the tug of war. Then tongue
would emulate tongue, eyes would flash,
heads would toss, disdainful looks be ex-
changed, and terrible commotion be the
result. We fear that like lion, after the
death of Hector, society would rock on
its deepest foundations. and such ter
rible catastrophe follow, that in the far
dim, misty future it would be sung in
Homerc measures by some descendent
of Macauley's New Zealander. Then the
melancholy burden of his song would be
to relate the woes, caused, indeed, b,
the same charming source Of perplexty,
lovely woman; but instead of the Tro
Jan Horse, it would be the Oakland loca
option election, which was the entering
wedge OF all the direful sorrows, the
tuneful songster would recount in mourn
full cadences. Well, as the song says
I'VE can only hope and pray" that wher
the ladies do become suffragists and pro
hbitionists, and all other sorts of lists
they will be as merciful as hitherto an(
pardon us unhappy masculines who d.
revert occasionally to the days when
bright eyed. rosy checked girl thought
good deal more about o gay dancin
party, or q delightful drive, than shut
ting up whisky shops, 1t may be an oil
fashioned prejudice of ours, but it give
US horrible fit of ague to think thai
in the pauses Of quadrile, if they ar
weak enough to dance quadrills in thos
days OF supernal excellence, one wi
have to discuss finance, fares an
freights, Brigham Young and his wive
and Heaven knows what jail beside
Gracious how we fellows will sigh fl
the time when the girls thought firth
was good fun, didn't wear spectacl
and limp dresses, carry cotton umbrell
and were not blue stockings generally