The sun., 1884-02-24
Bill HYE ON WoMIN sufFR4GE.


From the 81. A0Its Rcru,ticln.
There have been many reasons given first
and last why women should not vote. but l
desire TO sa,. in the full light OF n ripe expo
rence. that some OF them are fallaclous. re-
fer more particularly TO the argument that it
will de.rad" women to go to the polls and vote
like a little man. While | am not and have
never been u howler for female suffrage l
must admit that it is much more Of Il success
than prohibition and speculative scirnce.
My wife voted eight years with my full knowl-
edge and consent. and to-day | cannot see but
that she is rs doctlc and as uactable as when
she won my trustin. heart. Now. those who
know me best will admit that am not Il ladies'
man. and therefore wha nay say here is not
sail sal, to secure layTr and grateful SmieS am
that am homelier this winter than usual.
There are reasons why ! believe that what l
may say on this subject will be sincere and not
sensational or selfish.
1t has been urged that good women do not
they have the opportunity and that only those
whose social record has been tarnished good
deal 80 to the polls. This IS not truc
1t is tho truth that good. full vote always
shows list OF the best women and the wives of
n ,hs 1est men a bright day makes better
showing Of Lady voters than bad one. and the
weather makes more perceptlcie difference in
the female vote than the male, but when things
toceln OF war sounds anon. the wife aud mother
putt on her armor and her sea!skin sacquc and
KNOCKS 'HIlAS ttbHr-tyei
1t is generally Supposed thai the femalC voter
Is pantalOpnatlo, linlt horse. half alligator
klnd kHlnd Of a ,wGGmh4 G who !ooks Ike Dr, Mary
has risen hastily In tho night al the alarm Of
fire. and dressed heEseii partially in her own
Il u popular error. In Wyoming where female
suffrage has RACED for years. yon meet ,lu ct
e@afi"on., Hni Eatiant seutenen, aud fair
there ism q loud or proiano word and whcrr
1t = an Infinitely more proper piaro 10 send a
/ in any clty IN the Union. You can readily see
M1y ss I l9 phS nh men Snr aG2a The p2s are
til" rr,son tLnt neither rarty can afiori 10
show the slightc,s4t ruienesS toward .votor.
me nan s"a W2 h bar h"n %nsu 'c hsr 10
E1rehcaisd to let h"r pass on IHcsiay. WihsiIs isiI
she holds smashed ballot showed under the
! the candidates. prostrate form with impunity
and her ovorshoes If she chooses to. =.
inv e oar arH wt The engss s"on m
| tho most livery stables and ear. r.iages Then on
tho eyentIul day ever. conveyance available is
| decorated with Il political placard. and driven
by a polite young man, who is instructed 10 i'm
prove the tipe: Thus eyery woman in Wyom-
Lately however. many prefer 10 walk TO the
polls ana they hey 90 II pairs trios and quar-
ly returning their cookies and crazy quilts rs
though politics didn't Jar their mental poiso u
| 1t is possible. and even probable that msn
and his wife may Disagree on politics as they
| might on re li.lOn. Ihn husband may be ieye
! in Andrew Jackson and relentless hell. while
| his wiiD may be n Stawart and rather liberal
| on tho question Of eternal punishment. II tho
husband manages his vile as no would u
| clothes wringer and turns her through life by
! crank. he Will no doubt work her politically
| but il she has her own ideas about things sho
| will naturally act on them. while the man who
! Is honpocked In other matters till he can't seq
| out OF his eyes will be henpcckcd no doubt. in
! the matter of national and local politics.
| These are few facts about the actual work
| ings OF female suffrage and do not tackle the
| great question OF the ultimate results upon the
political machinery II woman suffrage were to
| become general | do not pre- tend to say as TO
| that. ! know great deal. but | do not know
| that. There arc mill IONS OF women. no doubt
| who arc better qualified to vote and yet can
| not than millions of alleged men who do vote
| but no ono can tell now what tho Ultimate
| effect of n change might be- SO far a Wyom-
| ing Is concerned the Territory is prosperous
and happy. l see. also, that a murderer was
| hung by process Of law there tho other
| day. That looks like the onward march
! Of reform, whether female suffrage had any
| thin TO do with it or not, And they are going
to hang another in March. II tho weather is ia
vorabe and Executive clemency remains dor
mant. as think it will. All these things look
hopeful We can't tell what the Territory would
have been without female suffrage, but when
they begin to hang men by law, Instead OF
When you have to get ~ IN the night TO hang a
man every little while and don't get any per
diem for Il you feel as though you were q good