Roseburg review. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 1885-1920, 1886-06-11

to the labors of the few earnest won
en- who went forth in the strength of
holy purpose and under the glowing
baptism of the divine fire and power
to beard the lion in his den, the
tiger in his lair. They evidently be-
lieved that one of the duties of a true
woman was to protect her home and
to show to those who would not or
could not see the enormity of the evil
and the gravity of the situation that
sometimes desperate diseases call for
heroic treatment. One of our pub
lie men once said, 81 point with pride
to one fact, tits that lady can travel
this continent within the limits Of our
own country and meet with kindness
and run but little risk of being insulted
by any American" | regard it as one
of the triumphs of Christian civilization
and regard it as glowing tribute to
the purity of American manhood, was
that man mistaken Let us hope that
he was not. l could not urge any
woman to so to the polls and work, as
far as that is concerned she ought to be
guided BY conscientious conviction and
sound sense, but if her desire to aid in
crushing one of the greatest sources of
misery Of this age is strong enough
to take her there, loose here and let
her go if her influence is of the kind
to command respect and strong enough
to cause some wavering voter to cast
his ballot in favor of Home and Native
land. It is more than likely that
there will be men enough at those same
polls to influence any foul-mouthed
hummer who would insult her and like
wise stagger, the aforesaid staggerer to
some extent who may be present on
that day.
The women of Atlanta, rich, and
poor, hightoned and those who were
not SO hightoned as far as wealth and
position were concerned, whose moral
worth was just as great went out on
election day and worked at the polls
They were doubtless as pure as the
women of Oregon, and as far as wealth
and culture is concerned, would COM
pare favorably with the women Of
Douglas county, and it was largely
due to their untiring efforts that the
day was carried, for temperance now
if the women who are in real earnest
in the matter, and think that it is be-
meath the dignity of true woman, to
work in every honorable way to pro-
tect their homes, if they should, as did
the women of Atlanta, prepare nice
lunch, and a cup Of good cefee, at or
near the polls, it might overcome in
measure the aforesaid staggering bust
ness as it were, or at least help it some.
Women have been known to get in real
earnest in this work, they have en-
dured much for the sake of their boys;
many of them would rejoice at the
destruction of the liquor traffic; the
mother, with one son-in the grave be-
cause of it, and another one heading
that way is not likely to be discouraged
by the sneer of moral coward, in the
form of man who would insult her
at the polls. 1t is not the pureminded
women of our land whosare in danger
Of contamination by coming into con-
tact with the wretched aud horr1fying
sights so common at such places, but
the sons of those pureminded women
who will cast their vote for the first
time at the coming election, certainly
need some protection from the demor-
allzing influences of these places. Can
those boys fresh from the hallowed
influence of pure home mingle freely
with such men and witness such scenes
as "Orsini" describes and retain their
purity4 have been present at elec
tions in Oregon, l thought that ex-
,ellent order was maintained, one of
hose elections took place at Ashland.
[ did not see one drunk or disorderly
man while present at the polls. Such
scenes as 'sOrsini" describes have been
common in large cities under the pres
sure Of great political excitement ow-
ing to the fact that the hummer ele-
nent was present in force, and the
police found it difficult to control
them in smaller places. Such scenes
are not common unless the moral force
and the community is below par. l
would saw in conclusion to "Orsini" in
Ill kipdness that those lines have not
oeen penned in controversial spirit, the
writer seldom, or ever writes anything
or publication. have simply sought
o show that there are two sides to e |
adder, and two sides to this question.
do not think that there is any immedi- |
Ite danger of the women of this county |
'ushing to the polls in large numbers. |
PRoHIBITIoNIsT.
DEATH OF JOHN KELLY.
The End pnSnIeae he