The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-05-13
A Girl Tries to Understand Politics.
LWOnan's Realm in PitIsburg Commercial {

WOMEN IlblSDuI6 OOnIHerClai
zetie.
Pap rays there's no occasion for being
alarmed that we'll take 10 voting as netur-
ally as ducks take to water; that he thinks
women are born politicians and hs is in fa-
vor of their voting first, last and all the time,
which only goes TO show that pap's early ed
ucstion was neglected, poor man! He Gays
also that we'll never know the fun we've
missed all these years. until we've voted for
a successful candidate, belonged to y tony
upper crust club and attended q primary
meeting" but Billy Maginnis Gays 1--WE must
attend a fIst-class Democratic banquet and
an Inauguration ball. march with the militia
until our feet are sore and oGr thr0ats
percbed and dine on bouquets and fve.dollsr
bills before We reach the climex of earthly
happiness.
Sam says that when Catholicism and Pot
estantisDl, and Repu biicism, and Democracy,
and aristocrscy, and orthodoxy, are all dead
and buried with the isms and oxys Of the
past; when Woman Su1fragists aud ProbiOi-
tionists; Weman's Christian Temperance
Unions, Universalists, and Spiritualists rule
the world, not only will Lions and lamba"
dwell together in unity, bat bulls and bears,
P,ohibitienists aud Republicans; monopD-
LETS and communists: and people, ana other
people. silly Maginnis says, "he hopes to
be translated before everything comes to pass,
81 be thinks that when 81 the crooked places
sIe made straight, and all the rough places
plain" this may be a very pretty country to
lock at but he is afraid it would be mighty
lonesome one to live in, especially during
campaign.
Aunt Maria says she hopes all this will
come about without women voting, or men
having to give up their little pleasures, or
anybody meddling with anything, just let
the saloous close gradually OF themselves,
and the dear men cease drinking because
they discover that IL really, in time, is apt
to become somewhat in furious if INDUCED IN
to excess, and if the dear communists will
only be patient and industrious and eoonom-
cal they will no doubt in time be in posi-
ton to monopolize, If they desire to do so;
but, OF course, when one OF them becomes q
millionaire he Will soon shuttle of the sup.
er-abundant riches, and see that his poorer
neighbors have strawberry short-caks for
tea.
Our relations and neighbors are of every
denomination aud shade of belief, from
Episcopalians to Infidels, and do you wonder
that q susceptible person like myself grows
bewildered by the time the scraps are ali
gathered up and each one fitted to Its sur
roundings, ! hardly know what to think or
believe or how / would vote il / had .
chance, after Pap has held forth ali evening
on this great and glorious" country under
Republican rule aud has assured Us, over
and over sgain, that ''sll the religion, and
morals, intelligence, wealth, prosperity, good
cines. dynamite aud skating Kinks, are the
result of Republican principles and Republi-
can Ius!' / say, LA me! is that so, PApP'
and he ssps "0i course il is; don't you know
that yourself2'' And Ileally believe every
single word Of il.
Then we 90 over to spend the evening
with Susan, and Billy Maginnis, and Billy
sayf, This country is utterly ruined by Re-
publican rule, or mls-rule; the banks are
csvipg in, the mills shutting down, business
dull, farms morrgsged. the country filling
up with Cinnamon, Hungsrins, NihiIists
| traDps, ffee-thinkers, and free voters; riots.
Communists, strikes, cigarettes and civil SER
| vice reform, 70 say nothing of signal service
| bad weather."
And / say, "Ls, me, is that so, Billy?
| And be says, "Of course il is; don't you see
that yourself? rhere'll be a change now. Give
MS twentY.four years at a stretch, and you'll
see every man uRder his own vine aud ig
tree, and money in his pocket" And
think to myself how very nice that will be-
| I'll Just wait and see. Sam says. "All tbs
folly, immortality, wickedness in high PLACES
hard times and dull times, are the result e
too much orthodoxy. politically as w. ss
religiously; regular Kilkenny cat fighting
| going on ali the time, because everybody 8
sure he's right, and nobody else is. Juss
wait till the great third party comes ia 20
| power-tbe outgrowth OF the best parts OF all
| the old parties-when all men and women
email have equal rights, and equal laws
That will be the true republic. No more
immortality, bat perfect laws truly admin.
isteTed" And / say, La me, Sam,
thought you couldn't legislate morals into
men" and Sam says, swat and see it tried
| once"
Aunt Maria says II wouldn't be compelled
TO enter politics for all the honors ia the
! world; we women have our own places; and
We should stay where Providence 90 evident
~ intended Us to stay; anywhere that we
happened TO be at the time, don't you know
that if we vote we'll havo 10 fight, in case
there's war with China or snywhere2 And
we'll have to 60 to the dreadful polls on cleo.
| tion day and hear wicked men swear; and
see drunken men intoxicated aud be one of
mob. don't know what polls are, I'm
sure, but all the dear men say they are some
thing dreadfully, awfully demoralizing. 1
think, perhaps, it's whist they call the tariff, ,
and We can't avoid 1t. either. IL seems, for
you either require tariff before you can go
TO the polls. or '''polr' before you can 90
TO the tariff" can't remember which, but
| of course the voters will know; and 1 saw
LA, narial is that sol That's what troubles
me-thsre's 70 many things ] can't under
stands