Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-13
HELEN COUGAR AND WOMAN
SUFFRAGE.
Under the head of "Wrong, We
Think" the Belle Piaine Resident con-
taius the following:


Under the head of "Wrong, We
Think" the Belle Plaine Resident con-
tains the following:
The EAGLE Of yesterday contained an
srticle on Mrs. Helen Nj. Cougar. In the
humble estimation of the man with no
brains i. is wrong. The reason this paper Is
opposed to woman suffrage is because 1t
thinks that woman is too refined to mix up
in that dirty commodity called politics.
But thus refined woman is also too refined to
be the subject of such articles. True, the
argument that ssbe hit me first" will bear
truth in the face, but still we opine that is
no cause for controversy on the basis as
that TO which We aliude. Woman has only
her tongue with which 10 fight She is often
jndiscre;e 10 the use of this weapon, but the
fact should be borne in mind that she Is
woman Of the same sex as mans mother ana
wife, and this fact ought to cause US all TO
tuin the OF her cheek. Let them say what
they will, do as they please. act how they
NAV, the Resident will always uphold and
defend that greatest of Gods blessings TO
the world, woman Belle Plaine Resident
This is no revelation. The editor OF
this paper Yields TO no man in his re-
spect for, in his admiration of, in his
loyalty TO woman, either as mother,
sister. wife, daughter, or as man s
equal in general and superior in many
directions. The question of "sex" as
mere abstract proposition commands
little or no consideration so far as the
editor of the EAGLE is concerned. The
proposition of woman suffrage touches
matters infinitely above the question OF
mere Sex. Ii is rather one of the
heart, and of the brain, and of the
wisdom of God, Himself. II touches
the home which involves the welfare
OF not only both sexes. but of all the
pure relations of this life-of father
and mother. of brother and sister. OF
husband and wife. Woman suffrage
involves the well being and the mora
destinies of the race, offering only re
suits which as yet belong wholly to thu
realm of speculation. So far as oul
critic is concerned, we could readily
meet the objection he makes to oul
article, by simply claiming thu
right to attack Helen Cougar
upon the sole ground that sh'
'sun-sexes" herself. And that j;
true. Her every day life, her modes
her style, her language, her speeche
on the street corners at night, all par
take of the cheap shyster, of the pot
house politician, and of insincere, o
at best, deluded demagogue, wh'
howls only for gain and noteriety
There is no fragrance of ''home'
about her. Her life repels ever,
manly man,-every man who finds hi
highest ideals of purity and of truth
al of beauty, in woman. There i
nui fragment of that halo of woman
hood about her which God breathe'
upon the mother Of our race, or O
that spirit with which He baptize'
the woman who as virgin becam
the Holy Mother. Talk not to us o
"sex" Our opposition to all sue
females as the ranter alluded TO, is he
lack of all those endowments whic
make heaven on earth possible, an
where hell otherwise would reign.
Helen Cougar amt built that way
she is an Elmpeeler and, therefore, tn
EAGLE holds to its conclusion that he
life, in her own estimation, is on
single, great all-absorbing regret tina
"she can't scratch match on the lie
of her pants-