The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1885-06-25


The following are The verses read ct
the meeting Of the Union Woman
Sun7ee Association
A satirfcai poem
Yes visa ne g write:
NJ dear pFe1iieuf, q yea kneu Whata tght
rs 'rlluFl iucunltlou
To cal On The muse,
Tduid surely excuse
"Tours truly irom thia rrprobation-
Iesbev uygOoa N
ne prcrrnElne 20 en-.
AlthuueA ne result - nothing Eood
WI ret sag n1gi
ln hape you nay ny
she truly hafh aone What she eoald,
EEke Rip Wan WInkle I vake.
To fnd Ehat q mistake
have made 10 sleep Ing 80 long.
Fer uine years or more,
Huuseholi cares b the score
To this euoch ! badly belong
Irue ny drcwIy eyes,
And - ny surprise
The female uorii In great c0mmotioa
C1aeerning the Frauchiar.
Gnd everyUne wise
'Tis the theme irom ocean % oeean-
Not Wishing % lag bohind,
search the hosse % Sud
That ~ uhieh % becoEne eniighienet-
Ncua. free-thonc ht, romance and guaaip-
But nuthiur 90 this one great topic.
Rally there b cause 70 be frightsned.
Eor from out The basr brain
Thoughts cgIne In surEIng train.
AreW e Americnn ciii-c1f OF 10?
ifue arr, give ua . chauce
uur causs % aiFance,
Aa4 our god sense a. the polls Eell show.
Weappeal 10 men Of brain
Do not think ua quite inaaneG
seethe foreign elemeni come pouring IN.
perhnHs yUu'li SO the day
When yea'l need us 10 The fray.
o, tie ti1nea are calling % ud 70 begin
Te study up the case
VIA yuu . Keep pace
Ou an the leading questions Of the day
Always on The side Of right
WrouE and Oppression fght-
LsFe honor and almost obey.
lt il said that mEn has legislated
Tor woman. Yes, bus how Accord
ing 10 the old common law she was
under her husbands control almost
wholly. Her person, her children,
her property, her earnings, were his.
BY statute law he might beat her
when he thought she deserved Il,
with = stick no bigger than his
ghomb! To-day. In many states WO-
men have no legal right 20 their own
children. II a wife dies, en- some
states, all her property passes 20 her
husband, but IL husband dies, the
use % one-thIrd Of the property goes
% the wife. In case Of the mothers
death the husband Is the guardian Of
the children; but when the father
dies, the mother, whom one would
suppose hest fitted % fiil the place, is
81 aside for some other. Too much
proteytion may he worse than too
little!
hut q IL urged, "let women exert
an indirect influence" In other
words, let her have opinion IS she will
and does, but let her seek TO further
aims aud accomplish objects subtilely.
Can q women scheme In this way
without harm TO her better self2 Can
she thus cultivate q frank aud noble
character Not only does woman
nerd the ballot, but the nation needs
her vote. With the Acknowledgement
of women will come the solution Of
the Temperance problem. Fully
thrce-f0urths Of wOmankind would
seek "a check the liquor traffic. Brew
ers aud salO0nists understRn 4 this,
hencF, their hostility % woman suf-
frage. Many State laws relating to
divorce, control Of children, aud
transfer Of property would be
changed.
We do not believe that wOman's
vote will cause the millennium, but
Ne DO lelieYe that as the JOINT action
81 the sexes has proven the best in
the church, In missions. Ia schools,
In colleges, in literature and art, 50
viii u lis in government. Each will
complement the other, ~ Il was in
tended they should; and we shall
have better laws, purer homes, and 3
higher and nObler manhood aud wO-
manhosd- NJ. ANNA WADDALL.