The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1884-12-18

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The friends Of Woman Suffaze
have cause to Be thankful for the
growing interest felt in the subject
b. men Of al classes No longer do
We ind sta dfmeult matter % discover
. man in q community who honestly
and Eealousiy faFora Woman Suffrage
The true affection which the n1sn Of
America have for their wives, moth
eFs and sisters is gradually conqu8rinE
the senseiess prejudice sgainsf allow
ing woman q voice Ia important mat
taFs Of govefnmsnt. Candid and fair
minded men everyWhere are beoom-
ing convinced BIZ tbs logic Of events
and BIZ q dIspaesionato consideration
% the subject that majority Of the
women OF the land ere a. well quail
6ed % vote a. q majority Of the men.
The fact that few Women give much
attention 10 political matters instead
Of being an argument against Woman
Suffrage is becoming q powerful one
90 its favor. IL 81 desirable that
women should know more about az
fairs Of government; but how can
they be expected 10 pursue such In
vestigatlon with aYidity when the
stimulus "a wanting. What class Of
men, forbidden the right q suffrage,
would care 10 inform themselves Of
the history, character or pecuiiarities
Of The different political parties2 II
women had the right 70 vote they
would want 10 vote right. They
would apply themselves % the ex-
summation Of matterB political. They
would investigate the character and
worth not only Of parties but Of can
didates. The husband or brother
who sought TO influence their action
wOuid be required % give g reason for
his choice, and how frequently
would they result 20 mans CONVEX
sion? What man doubts that n
Woman Suffrage prevail, the majority
believed 10 be right2 No one denies
thar woman is IS competent 10 Judge
Of what IL right as man.
Does it not then necessarily follow
that ell who wish 70 see the right pre-
vail should favor Woman Suffrage
We have many ignorant, illitefate
voters. They are sometimes in the
majority and control elections. IL
women had the right 10 vote the
proposition Of intelligence and moral
lily among voters would be increased,
and vice and illlteracy would be less
important factors In political com
binatiOns.
alFs. Francis D. eags.
Mrs. Francis d. Gage was among
the first Of woman Eufffaglgts; having
been present at the second convention
ever held to promote that cause. She
was q pioneer suhragist, and spoke
and wrote for the cause almost TO the
end Of her full life. She was q most
Industrious and conscientious worker
for the advancement Of woman, while
her duties to her eight children were
always carefully performed, But
while she ministersd always 70 the
numberless wants Of childhood, she
failed nOt-as do 50 many devoted
mothers-to continue the cultivation
Of her own rich mind; and when her
children were grown, her motherhood
was glOriOusly crowned BY their ad-
miring and reverentlai love. She
was proud Of her "thirty-six feet Of
boys, as sheOften playfuily described
them.
Harriet Martlneau wrote to her,
more than thirty years Rgo-"With
your eight good children, you are
exactly the woman to appear IN q
wOmanis rights reform. No one can
call Il an old maids CROCHET, or say
that you don't know what life and
its objects are.'"
Mrs. Gage was born poet; she
published one volume Of poems, and
. great deal more Of prose and verse
en- q transient way.
She rendered grand service among
the soldiers In the hospitals during
the war, IS many q boy who wore the
blue can testify. She served I've years
without receiving any pay. A man
doing her work would have been
paid.
At one time she was governor or
Of the Sea Islands Of South
where the freed negroes
needed just such kind, wise care as
she was sure 70 give. She had been /
3 widow several years, when she died
on the 18th ult., Of partial paralysis,
At her home In Greenwich, Connect.
cut. 7. M. J.