Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-11-07

right ofsufrage, after which the endeavor to
disfranchiss classes will naturally follow.
The voters of this country free born and
naturalized must prepare to meet this issue
il the clan sThug"i is to continue to hold the
balance of power. The question naturally
arises, if the Thug" holds the balance of
power how can woman be enfranchised:
| In answer to this it Is thought by some that
on direct issue, Invested of every other
issue except Intelligence VS.. Thuggery, that
intelligence will win the poll.
My reader may say this is "fenaie suf-
ragist." Not SO; am in favor Of cutting
Town The present vote, but feeling the
weakness of my cause when confronted by
the mass Of ignorance, the weight of party
'elfshness that will not loose its grasp for
wen brief moment, for fear that its oppo-
ient msy gain a point, and the general
ietnagoguery pervading all political classes.
| am convinced there is no power in this
great sovereignty to cleanse the Augean sta
bles of our political system except through
The ballots of independent voters, who care
more for purity than Office, more for decency
than power. more for the general good of
-ociety than party, more for the diffusion of
Useful knowledge than political prejudice
md tenets, more for home and the comforts
hat surround and adorn it than political
caucus and the curses that follow it, more
or lecture rooms that hotel balconies, moro
or measures than for men, more for that
which is right than that which possibly NAV
'ot be wrong, more for statecraft than party
craft, more for that which tends to develop
race morally, socially, physically, intel
ectually rather than financially.
five can weed out the rank grasses in
our political meadow, with the svcles now
IN use, well and good, but if resort must be
to the TRANSMISSION of other seeds which will
gradually root out the rank ones, then wo-
msn must eventually vote; not 10 satisfy
her wishes but in response to the demand of
men.
Woman. as political factor, will purify |
and not dominate over the ballot box. am |
nota female sufiragist, yet 1 am more in IA
vor of women being tie balance of power |
in elections rather than ignorance and vice
stupidity and cash. There is more declam-
,tion than argument in the opposition to I
women voting, more prejudice than reason,
more assert ons Of the manifold.ncompetency
than proof Of it, more rhetoric than logic
have never comprehended the force.of any
reason urged against women voting. It ,
may be said l am duh of COMPROMISING.
While this would be witty. it would not be
representative.
Women voting will be no greater shock
than the colored vote WAS 1t is within the
memory q most men that our great OBJ
lection, 70 snigger voting" was that it would
become fashionable for white girls to marry
"niggers-' 1t is said that the per cent Of
'nuattoes is not as great now rs il was he
fore the wah"
Women voting cannot be SO great a shock I
to our refined and tender sensibil;ai.s AZ were
the Hast Married Women Statutes" oen--.,
ferrIng equal rights on women in the pos
session OF property, ara it was urged against
this Legislation that the result would be 10
break up families, destroy tho tender ny :
-lon of husband and WIFE, have two IN ode
m family, lessen the husbands auth ,r;,,
ETC. But how has it resultede
On the broad rrairies Of Kt~ ,sos tina
Married Women Statutes haya. ,ondoro,.
% make the marriage relatiip in tba I,n-
yuage Of Sama,il Weller, ''r1or ,.pdo, g, far
The reason that the 'shc" I'm many cases, .
owns everything. and the abe, works cor !
his wife year ny year. anti goes on the wit !
ness stand and swcaTs that AS a inoncio- and !
money-getter' she" has no equal. These |
disbolical married Woman Statu.e.s7 have
enabled many women onto r,ise :,
family and keep the alleged her,d Of the !
family out Of the poor house. A woman
who is the practical head of q. family. and
has all the property in her own name. tex
cept that which is exempt freq, execution |
ought to vote
yeoman, with whom coaverscd on !
this question. almost Lad an apoplectic fit |
SO great was his indignation. He said no
woman who waEted 80 vote should ever eat
ut ms table; rs q rYsscser of fact, his table and
kitchen furnituIe, team, wagon and harness.
pl,sidcr and homestead are in his
wi'e's name. sad threatened repeal of the
married woman statutes, would shock him
worse tiap an electric battery
l am aware that much merriment has
been created by rhetorical picture Of a
nan going to-church with constable, o r to
he opera with justice Of the peace, or on
BRIDAL tour with county or state official and
am also not unmindful that there are many
aides who would deem themselves insultcd
certain officials that have served in Sedg-
wick county should have offered to 20 with
hem. 1 am not Ignorant of the fact that
he duties of officials are of such a nature
hat they require sagacity, tact. statesman.
mp, honesty, sobriety, and genera, com
,rehenslveness such as the female brain ia
supposed to be too Anticipated" to compre-
lend: nor am | ignorant of the fact that
ome years ago, IN response to a demand. |;
he legislature of Kansas passed "A law with
special reference to the punishment of
in county officials.
The law makers evidently would not have
'assed the law unless inebriety was becom-
ng Common amongst officials. The recog-
'isson Of this habit tends to prove that our
political system needs overhauling. and a
hange in the quality Of voters will result in
he repeal of the act against drunkenness in
tiicas. The passage of the act was u pub
cation to the world of our shame and po-
tictl degradation, its repeal will be decla-
alton of official sobriety.
Yours, fora change in the quality Of voters.
KS "
CROOK.
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