The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1886-01-21

nef Tor the men and watching the
lifting ~ the heavy bents by their
husbands and sons, suddenly there
came cry from the boss carpenter;
Women help usl" The men had S
bent half way up. Their strength
was exhausted and they could get Il
no higher. There was danger OF its
falling back and crushing those be-
meath Il. Women help usi" was the /
call from those men 10 distress. Did
they reply,-"Ohl no, we can't, that
would be out OF our sphere, that would
be unWOmanly - unladylike. We
couldn't think OF such q thing. Be-
sides Paul tells Us that we must be
Keepers at home'; So it would be q
violation Of Scripture % respond to
your call2 Did they make such q
heartless and senseless reply a. that
and pat such q stupid construction
upon Scripture OH no, but with
wOmsnly sympathy and self devotion
they ran and added their strength 10
that Of the men, and cheered them
by their presence, until the trembling
timbefs were fixed firmly IN their
places, and the men themselves were
Out Of danger.
Nov we men, seeing how the liquor
business was cursing the country,
have been trying 10 raIse up against
u strong Temperance edifice. But
our progress has been slOW-very
slow. The work - too great for Us 10
do alone. We must call in the wO-
men 20 help Us TO lift at the same
bent we are trying 10 lift and can't
get up slOne-the bent of the ballot
box. They responded in war times
and went in car loads and boat loads
10 the hospitals and nursed the sick
and smoOthed the pillows Of the dying.
Was that unwOmanly. or wrong, or
out Of their sphere-it certainly
was not keeping e home but would
you have kept those angels OF mercy
81 home washing dishes because Paul
has said they should do the hOuse-
work No indeed And 20 IN many
great emergencies when the interests
Of humanity are imperilled, they have
always rallied 10 the rescue; and I'm
this greater warfare OF the saloon
against the home, covering the whole
country and not the South only, we
need the help Of the hOusekpeDer to
protect that home against its worst
enemy. And we have no right TO
by which she can successfully protect
her home against the enemy she has
10 fight-the POOeT Of the ballot Dor.
When, rs 10 countless cases all over
the land, q man who Is u husband and
father, goes 20 a saloon instead Of
going home when bis days work Is
done, spends his money there that he
ought % buy bread with, and staggers
to his own door late at night, a terror
to his weeping. brOken-hearted wife,
whom he promised before God to love
and cherish, support and protect aud
to his children who went supperless
10 bed. when he who Is bound by
every tie Of nature and honor to be
their loving protector becomes
their tyrant and OppressOr through
drink-it Is time that somebody came
10 their rescue. Such men don't mean
70 be bad men. When sober they
are good husbands and kind fathers.
But when they go to the saloon they
getdrunk and are then maniacs.
Whose fault Is Il? Partly theirs,
and partly the rumselleris. / do not
screen the drinking man. He is 70
blame and to be blamed. But the rum
seller knows he blights the homes Of
his patrons. He knows that he is the
deadliest foe Of domestic happiness.
He knows that he makes money only
by reducing families 70 beggary, by
crushing the hearts Of helpless wO-
men and children and Just because
these tOOneu must be keepers at home.
u you chOOse To insist upon Il as their
proper sphere, they have the right 10
see To IL that their. homes are fit %
keep-ft TO live in-hOmes that will
keep their keepers. So long as the
rumseller continues his dreadful bust
ness Of destroying homes they will
make Il their business TO oppose him
and his work In every way they can.
Put the ballot In their hands in every
State and the saloons will all be
swept from this broad land at the
next election thereafter, never to le-
turn. Men in the liquor business see
this clearly enough, and hence the |
National Brewers Association de- |
nounces woman suffrage. But for all !
that they'll yet have the ballot. !
They'll yet have IL. And they'll use |
Il too. I've no fear on that point.
/ know there are some very nice Ia |
dies who are unGer the impression |
that IL would be vulgar for them to /
vote. And there are some dOll-baby |
faced, exquisite, empty headed |
hold / will not be |
severe, but check myself when 1 re- |
member that they have never |
had the opportunity nor the re- |
spOnsibility laid upon them: and |
remember too that although /
they are not all drunkards' wives. the /
drunkards' wives are their sisters, the /
children appeal TO every /
wOmanly aud christian feeling In /
their hearts. They want 70 help /
these sufferers. They are bound to do /
so ~ far as they can Oy the very in
stincts Oftheirsympathizing. womanly /
nature. They know that the only /
etieciual help Is to shut up the saloons
and crush out the whole damnable
business In secret as well as openly.
The way to stop the spread Of hydro
phObia IL to shoot the mad-dOg. So
long rs these vendors Of that which
'biteth like q serpent" are at every
crossroads and street corners, no.
DOdy's husband and son Is safe.
Put the ballot In wOman's hands
through out this whole nation aud
hey will sweep the business Of
Notwithstanding In all its forms,
phases and guises-in saloons and
irugstOres alike-from the whole face
" our fair republie,-fr Maine 70
California and from the Gulf 70 the
Northern Lakes. And the vtxed
question Of Temperance in politics
VII be settled forever, because settled
light by the help Of those women
whose strength we need 20 put up
his trembling bent that we men are
juggling At, and make Il stand firm
nd erect-the glory Of the whole
and, redeemed at last and forever
rom the worst thraldOm that ever
ursed the world.
Nanna ~ 4 afnrn