The Red Cloud chief., 1881-10-13
Pa Ia W@s.'s ce.sns


lieye a. he does. He told Us ON
new thing, and brought TO MAD
some old ones. His style Is vigorous,
forciDle and positive. IL carries CON
yictioa To the hearts cf his many
hearer.
Mr.. Wiitenmeyer. the Temperance
lecturer, was present, and it seems
nom her own story that she once Was
a ~Sutiragist, but has lately fallen from
grace" the flint instance Of such n
fall in this cause ! have ever known.
She MAS called upon for a speech, but
declined, it being too late for a dis
cussion. In a little talk with q few
after the close Of the meeting. she
gave n reason for her change Of views.
She said, There are three classes OF
women, one, the first and best. on
,ains those who are bright, smart, aud
intellectual, who inform themselves
on all the questions Of the day and
who are ever ready for any good word
and work. They will vote. The
middle and by far the most numerous
class, consists of those whose minds
are entirely occupied with home al
fairs, You ask them 10 90 toa lecture,
or To attend a meeting for public I'M
provcmcnt, and they will excuse
themselves; something after this
manner, "Jimmy's socks have got To
Ice darncd, "Susan's apron finished"
cor the pickles and preserves must
be attended to-" or, Il have got 80
much TO do, | can't get time to go"
Even / cannot reach them. They
would never vote. The third c,ass,
the low and vile would vote and
outnumber the good ones
"But" said one, II think that mid
die class can be reached by the
ballot"
ooh no." said she, "it has been
tried"
where ?"
"In New Jersey"
20 more than a hundred years ago.
We have progressed since them" said
one man.
at has been tried in Wyoming"
said Mr.. Correll, land all the good
women vote"
That is not a fair test" said she.
But we could not find out why i,
is not a fair test. She probably judges
of the west by her knowledge of some
eastern state.
Iagree with her, in her opinion o
the first class, but il is a more numer
Gus class in this state than the las
one she mentions.
The middle and indifferent class W,
have, / know but | think they car
he reached. | can give you an IN
stance where II Of them has alread,
been brought out to vote ut n schoo
meeting.
In a town not n hundred miles from
here, the ladies lwho had been muci
dissatisfied with the school board
thought they would take advaniag
of the new school law and try am
elect temperance men. There was
lady whom they had no thought c
asking to go To the school meeting I
help them, because she was go devC
ted to her home affairs.
= But her husband who belonged I
: the other party, hearing by chanc
what the women intended doing, salt
!, IF those are going to TN
school meeting 10 vote, my wife ca
90 too"
= The ladies were surprised to 81
him come into the meeting accom-
= panied by his wife. She took a set
;, with the other ladies and when the
commenced to ballot, he went to h
and said, MARY here is a ticket Il
:. you to vote, / have prepared it f
you" keep it YOURSELF" said sh
Il have my ticket already, l shall vo
as these ladies do" He wisely sa
- nothing to her, but vent off mutteril
~ to himself wei my vote will kill he
anyway"
Another story has been told me
!: a woma who has lived in Wyomir
In a certain town, nearly all t
ladies who voted were republica
and influential temperance worke
-, But there was one whose husba
was a democrat, and she also lean
that way herself, she did no; care abo
voting, but her husband and
democratic friends induced her to
to the polls, and tried TO impress up
her mind that it was her duty to W
as they did, but every time, when 6
got there she would vote the rep'
=. lean ticket. This shows also Il
women have a greater influence o
their own sex for good, than a CT
many men do.
- There was n man in Grand lsla
who had said and written a great d
"a against woman suffrage and temp
No. ance. but he happened to want to
elected on the school board
spring, and he went all over the to
his with his carriage on the day of
400 school meeting, gathering up
o- women to go and vote for him. {:
he did not get the temperance won
T.. either. 1t was this middle class
brought in, but he did not get cleo
after all. BETsE,
"A. 1890