Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-15

euteItMN All VINO .ueltgnt IN active
manifestations of intellect, or in the
Imitation on n small scale of the
ancient olympic rivalry of talent The
nrst thing on the programme wNs n
nve minutes address from Mr. Wealth
erly on the characteristics OF the cue.
cessful business man. An amusing
contrast between the lax and unsys.
tematized business habits ofremote RI
valvillages, and the comprehe md
thorough discipline Of our Fort Worth
commercial establishments WAS
sketched by the young representative
of commerce. He evidently enter.
tanned a high appreciation OF the stan.
tnanded, either OF clerks or business
men, to establish q claim to accept
ance among the princely fraternity of
Fort Worth merchants. After this
address followed another by gentle.
man Of glowing imagination, who.
after reviewing the sublime evolu,ions
, Of history through the successive civili-
cations of Babylon, Greece and Rome
down to the present acme
of progress, congratulated him.
self tina. America was the peer and
, the superior of any Of the grand gov
ernments of the past. Miss Lula
Moore then In polished accents read
an essay advocating wider latitude
: of business education for ladies. This
: is one Of the vital themes Of our time.
! A pleasing evolutionary effort by Miss
) Katie Leslie then entertained the audi
/ ence on the subject, Lady Glare. AZ
. ter this n polemic contest on Woman's
q Suffrage opened, with Prof. Pruitt
n and Mr.. Duprey on the Affirmative,
2 and Mr.. Weatherly and Mr.. Snow on
3 the negative. In view of the recent
y nomination of Ben Butler on the
Il woman sufir, ge platform, a compendi-
O Gus statement of the arguments ad.
N vanced may not be uninteresting
II Prof. Pruitt argued on the ground that
any reason sufficient to establish mans
right of suffrage, would by parity OF
reason be equally forcible to demon.
strate woman's right. Why are
women to be politically annulled while
\ men Is to lord II over the
Is realm Of politics in undisputed
81 glory? Are women less intelligen,
T. or less trustworthy than their bearded
partners? Are they inferior In morals
or in conceptions Of political purity
Why then shall the queens of progress
in the household and in society, b,
p. condemned to have no voice in til,
government? Would they not be un
~ compromising foes of drunkenness
e Consider the results of female suflrag
Is in Wyoming territory. That territory
is center of illumination ami,
vast areas of darkness in othe
territories. Woman Is friend o
public schools and of universal temper
of ance. Her influence suppressed sa
"A {, ,,NA al
d. everywhere create an unaccustome,
or purity at the polls, If she We're al
lowed TO manifest her angelic pres
ence by ballot. Not only this, bu
er active participation in politics woul,
elevate the standard of female educa
ton, and give her national theater o.
an which to display her concern for tn
to moral welfare of the husbands, father
p and sons of the nation. /
conclusion. women are entitled I
suffrage on the constitutional principl
that the burden of taxation guarar
- tees corresponding right of represen
We tation. The cause of woman's suiirag
ng is only tardy application to wome
cd of the grand principles that, when al
N. piled to men, produced the rev'
he lutionary war. NJ
". Mr. Weatherly being of conservative
tendencies arose to rebut the logic ,
Prof. Pruitt He did not beliey
women were intellectual interiors
NV men; but he proceeded on the paten
al. fact that they did not desire TO
'ca long haired men meddling in tn
rat noisy arena of politics vacating II
c,r homestead and the parlor for IL
an political convention and the lobb,
ne room. Besides the right toa man
aid position at the ballot-b0x, involves ii
a right to mans position on the 70
lea trum. Furthermore, whatever poll
'sv zeal business she undertook, 81
ara would execute with womanly chara
'ch ter, exactly in accordance with he
ev. husbands opinions, Democratic, RAJ
oer zeal or Greenback. While she wou
be doing this the calves won
90 be bleating. the cows won
en- be uDmilked, ana ]
st butter would be on the table. TIL
hv woman suffrage would result In ma
ing men of women and women
lie men; the specimens OF both as TN
on newly manufactured would be ind
rid. ferent.
5oo Mr.. Duprey of the affirmative ST.
mo- did not see that the right TO Vo
I'd would necessarily involve the convt
Lsp sion Oh WoIileh iuto ihoue"ihh S'un
zoe orators. Neither did he accept M
nd. Weatherly's broad assumption
md proof that women wouu rho
the as their husoahos uie0'eJ diearav
between lady being allowed TO vo
on the basis Of taxation las even n
proes are permitted to do), and for h
ng own protection, and the extreme lie!
-, ~ thair aus,,minu tn discharge q
900 most incongruous offices OF me
ea" Taking the past for comparison, al
v ''a looking over all the departments
,u' society, we may form some conclusi'
al from woman's purifying and elevatil
!. .e ~ influence i'm all these of the intel
ia1a gence and purity that would chara
b 6 terize her ballot, and of u
.,io salutary effect on the politics
, W.; the nation. Man may be able
,;a accomplish more physically and met
&c. physically, but woman IL more pow
~. ful morally and sentimentally.
~, the psn Is mightier than the sword,
IT,, u woman is mightier than man. In
~ ery stage of society woman mas Kt
alike the conscience, and her Int
duction into politics would thereto
y. tend to make politics more console
20" tious. In government man represei
shrewdness, finesse, fraud ana dec'
10, ton; woman would represent shrev
ness, finesse, benevolence and moral
Ytv These are only specimens OF the
dresses that were delivered last mig
De- Neither time nor space ADJ
report of all. The merits. OF
4 debate were decided by vote OF
audience, which stood on the prop
tion of near one and quarter Tor