Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-11-21


ma" be held eligible 10 any office until
s'e is farfy:tire or.ffly gears Of age.
The reason for this is as obvious,
as that Congressional Senators can
not be eligible to that Office. until a
certain nge. Although age is not
always synonymous with wisdom
yet, usually. age and experience is
more intelligent than youth and in
experience, and this principle may
hoe general application to women
- we'll as men.
But the special application of this
Limitation of age" to woman, lies in
the fact, that womanis in her develop
ing condition, until that time. She
is unripe until she has passed the
period of maternity. TIL n, and not
until then, has she rounded out and
blossomed into the symmetrical and
perfect woman. Then she is fitted
to become the Mother of her
country" and her time and atten-
ton would not, at that period. be
necessarily divided between her ma
tural and her imposed duties.
In my own case, for example, my
maternal duties to my children are
essentially done; as they are all six
of them, engaged in business for
themselves, and are therefore, no
longer in need Of a mothers especial
care and supervision; while / am
now. not only as physically health.
ly and vigorous as when / was mar
ried. but also, am more intelligent
and wise. am less being Of i'm
pulse, and more of Judgment. Less
n-.r in my affectional nature, and
more universal in my pure, God
like love for humanity. 1 am there
fore better ca.ncited to become
mans counsellor in the great anil
important interests of the Govern
ment, than when passing through
the nervous, sensitive, excitable, pc
Rod of maternity.
A hint to the wise is sufficient,
certainly, in this connection when /
am not arguing for the enfranchise-
ment of woman, but simply for her
emancipation!
Another argument for the emanci-
patton of woman, without her en-
reimbursement is, that while eman-
cipatiou will endow married woman
with only her natural rights, as a
woman, we fear that the enfranch-
isement Of woman will, in some way,
trespass upon Gods established OF.
der in the family relation.
Nature and the Bible evidently
constitute man as "the head" of
the family-not woInan-as he Is
the naturally constituted head Of
the government, instead Of woman.
Now if woman is enfrauchised, and
thereby endowed with the same legal
and social rights as man, must there
not necessarily he two heads to the
family? And would not this be an
abnormal arrangement Of the family
interests? To every naturally con-
stituted firm, there must be one
head, not two.
Now since we have found the "two
in one principle" exploded! by wo-
man s development out of it, wi Il you
try to cure one evil by incorporating
a worse evil in its place.? Or, will
you pursue the more sensible course,
to simply do the right thing, and do
no wrong at all. and then fearlessly
face the consequences of such a
course? Aud this right and just
thing you have done, by supporting
my bill, by your votes; for you do
thus simply emancipate woman, so
that she can be protected, in her
God-assigned place in the family
as woman, with not single in
fringment upon the God-constituted
rights of man, as the head of The
family.
Again, by thus Recognizing woman's
identity in the family, as q woman.
you hold q reasonable check upon
this marital head" power from its
becoming a tyrannical power, sucl
as tho present subjective power il
liable to become, while she is hi:
slave. God and the Governmen
have endowed man with this " head
power for the very purpose of thu
legally capacitating him to protec
his wife and family; but not as
license for Subsection. No! Mel
Their does any man want any pow
er to abuse woman; neither doe
any father want to inauguraie an.
man power to abuse bis daughter.
No! American husbands and ia
Tiers do not want any legal licenses
to abuse their wives or daughters
but on the contrary, they do wan
legal power to protect their OWL
dear wives and daughters from th'
abuse of power. And if the mar
riage VOW fails to be that protect
} ton he soughtfor his married daugh
ter, the law should enforce this pro
lection through him, as the legal
co>>,I,uted protector Of the famil
) interests.
Again, as the present laws pre-
I Il IS I,