The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-09-01
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Democratic Lady of Legansport Has n
Few Words to Say to Dir. ID. p. Baldwin,
the Republican Candidate for Attorney

lLogansport Pharos.l

Few Words to Say to Dir. ID. p. Baldwin,
the Republican Candidate for Attorney
General.
ILogansport Pharosl
Il can tell Democratic woman by her slovenIy
dress and unt1dy Appearance I'D. T. Baldwin.
Who ever heard before of politics having
anything to do with dress especially wOman's
dress? Judge Baldwin says he can always
tell Democratic women by. their slovenly
dress and untidy appearance"
The Judge is prejudiced. He is biased
Republican, and an unprincipled one. He
Is becuming imbecile, as any one can plainly
see by looking at him. l have made it
somewhat of study to read faces and
long ago set Judge Baldwin down as being
little '-luny," and now feel positive that
he Is either in his d0tage or off his balance
Does Judge Baldwin think because that di-
yorce case in which he figupsl so conspicu-
| ously, wherein he demanded so for de-
cree of divorce, $50 that should be paid him
before Inc would consent that justice be done
and the divorce grantesf-does he / say. in
tend to avenge himself on Democratic
womankIRd because that Democratic lady
saw INT To expose his charitableness flor it
was very eharitable(?) TO not grant the poor
woman a divorce till he got the 500 Has
his JudgsShip's hate for Democratic women
sprung from that recollection2 know that
Republican women are ~ likely to be
slovenly rs Democratic wo<ssen. and know
many that are far more sloyen than any
OF the Democratic ladies Of my acquaintance,
and deny that politics lEas anything To do
| with woraan's dress.
/ know also that if Jutkse Baldwin will
but look lack a few years he will remember
when some Republican women were very
| glad To get few of those Democratic ladies
dresses 10 make, and that those very women
were near and dear TO his Judgeship. who
now, that he has attained few thousand
| dollars, strives 10 show his abhorrance of
| the poor. Yes, for the Democratic party is
made up mostly of the laboring class, who
are poor, and being poor, Is a great sin in
| this Judges eyes-he who has robbed the
widow and the orphan that he might not be
| poor himself.
| And yet he is poorer than any man
know of, for he has sold his soul for the gain
| OF few paltry dollars. His honor he sold
to Satan to get that which he will never at
tain-the name of being somebody.
| With all his wealth he il nobody and will
live and die as SUCH condemned by his fell
| bowman.
| He thought to become noted, aye yes,
| famous, by taking to task Colonel Bob In
| gersoll, and was repaid by that infdel's
scorn Yes, scorn 1ngersoll read Baldwin
10 be just what he is, a mean, selfish egotist,
one who was anxious to have himself no
| ticed; man without principle without
heart who set himself up to preach religion
but whose tongue and pen gave evidence OF
| no religion in the heart.
Having failed ignobly failed. in this
scheme, he then tried his hand on our most
worthy and honored Judge Horace p. Bid
die, the most honOred man of the State and
one who is loved and respected by all who
know him
But why has Baldwin shown such dislike
| to this great and good man? Politics" dear
| reader; yes politics. 1t has crazed him until
he has even taken us poor women to task.
/ ii mean Democratic women) He has even
stopped so low as to NEEDLE with our dress
this man who is always meddlng with
| somebody else's business. And are we going
| to tamely submit TO this? No. Though we
/ women may not vote We still have an in
| tfuence which every wise man tries to gain,
and Baldwin had better leave his neighbors
alone, for while he is looking for the mote
| in his sisters eyes, he sees not the beam in
his own.
A man who respects women but for her
dress is not worthy of the name of man. 'Tis
just such principled men that drive many
weak-minded women Irrespective of any
parity to destruction. If woman be well
dressed, no matter how vile she may be, such
men as Baldwin respect them, while poorly
dressed woman, who may be the very soul of
honor, will be pushed aside rudely, to allow
those who may be well dressed to pass, no
no matter whether they are worthy or not,
| VI iiOh Sct tiltlT HIT ClDltlcS- Sutu
men as you, Mr.. Baldwin, respect them. but
we do not care what you or your kind think
about our dress. But all women who 60
poorly clad are not Democrats, and Judge
Baldwin should have saved his shafts of
| ridicule. The Democratic party has the
working class on its side, and we are right
glad of it. The laboring people are the
bulwark of the Democratic party, and their
| votes in October and November will plainly
show it. And, Judge Baldwin, we would adj
wise you to employ your mind and unruly
tongue in something more profitable than
rdiculing the dress of Democratic women.
IT'S not our dress that We would have men
admire us for but for our good behavior,
and the many noble qualities that we as
good women possess, and Judge Baldwin
should respect women for the sake of one
| whom he called mother. And any man
| who respect and truly loves his own mother
| willfnot ridieule any other of her sex.
And now Judge Baldwin turn your
| thoughts and your structures to something
| else, to-well anything, but in your canvass
for Garfield and glory do let us women
| alone. / remain, respectfully,
A DEMOCRATIC WOMAN.