The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-04-30
Rsmensirsnt Thsory.

At the heating Of The. Massachuses
Reneasttknts, exlf dee were "a
fFOm rAmehlet y Mrs. A u
Wmtbgy fem Out q these eStEse
we 10 ia f5llowiig ksertionAbsaA
tifal in theory, but contrsdicted by
facts
Ifindividual woman may gals eud
influence individual man, and % the
manpOwer in affairs,-a body Of WOm-
en- purely as buch, with cause and plea
and re1s[an, can always have TIE ear
and attention Of bodies Ofmen but 10
do this, they mus tome straiRht from
theiFhone eanctities, as rgpressnt iEg
them-as able 30 represent them 9TH
erWise than men, because OF their
hearih-priestessbood not q politi-
eianq, bred and hardened In the pub
Tina ray hlls thssrs ,tDSrlls outside
Of the pages Of novels, was very clearly
illustrated not long since q Albany,
Missouri. Il was decided that the
vvOiee OF the people" Of that town
should decide the question Of license
or no license in that place. It 30
happened that there were within the
corporation q number Of respectable.
iaxpaying wenren ctisens, who were
the widowed mothers OF sons whom
they Desired b 'mothsrnia The higlE
est sense Of the word. In order to do
this, they found Il necessary TO do all
in their power 20 ward away the
temptation Of drink, while these boys
wera grQWinE up aud = forming a g
habit. - thee - r ying, VI lIGf e
mOtlsrs, cba =. 3 a. tt ff0ra d ii
honat sa1e AID BE- the aexerofse
Of tha highsa nnttlDn knOWh % ID
sex-the TIspfh eng a Tia world
through the children - nut their
names upon the petition with those
Of the nale citizens who opposed the
licensing q the liquor tfafIle Ga Al
lrany; and now for the result. Did
these women, purely a. such, {" and
coming straight from their home
Eanctiiiesn have the ear and atten-
ton" % tie body 81 men'' composing
the officials Of the town Of ALBANY ?
7aosc men decided tt0t thcsc kdr1JdVinQ
tDOnicR citi-Cns could not LAWFULLY BE-
counted, booalts8 they teero guilty Of
being lnOmcR. This In the face Of the
fact that the Supreme Court OF Mis-
snuFi had previously decided that
women do possess the right Of petit
ton, and the right TO have their
namea c0unfed ID such a.caae.
The truth Is that the difference be
tween Theory and pracliee Is often
great. 10 sounds beautiful to say that
wOman's lovely, beneiicent, indirect
influence Is very great. No doubt Il
De- great, bat how can anybody say
that a wOman's direct influence Is not
greater, lOveiier ana beneficenL In
direct influence is't0Hf~ilfe" infiusuee.
10 Il impossible for any man or WOni-
an to do ~ much good for a cause out
side Of g a. he or she could do inside
Of %. Can any man dOas much fora
church ~ an outsider e. ta can q n
member? Can he do as much Tor a
school, a charitable organization or
any other organization, outside off
~ he can inside O.? And yet women
are told that, in spite Of their femi-
nine weaknesses, their emotional ten
denotes, and ineXperience and ignOr-
ance, they must do their share Of the
worlds political aud civil redemption
~ considerations adding 10 their
sO-calied disabilities the additional
burden 81 working at a sOre iiEsdVan-
tage-hOw sore a disadvantages was
deeply felt 10y the petitioning mothers
In Albany, when the license was
granted and dram shops opened over
their protest, TO tempt their young
boys into ruin.
Ifthese widows had been voters,
their names would have been counted, |
and would have compelled the deci-
sion against License. i
Wonen have agaln aud again mot |
Withstanding they were the farthest |
20 al women from being politicians, |
and came straight from their home |
Ianctilies," been refused "the ear
and attention Of bodies Of men" with ]
the WOrds-"lou are not our cOnstit-
uents, you can't vote US out or in" |
With which could woman have nc |
complished more in this instance
her indirect influence or her vote