Wichita eagle., 1888-04-04
A WOMAN WHO DON'T APPRECI-
ATE 1T.
To the Editor of the Daily Eagle.


Permit one woman, at least, to congratu-
late you upon the stand you have taken
against woman in public life. Ii L
should indulge in but q faint portrayal of
the feeling of disgust-yes, that's the.word
! which came over me while witnessing a
scene at polling place which happened
| to pass yesterday you, even you, might not
think me extreme or morbid. superior
| intelligence" comes in a disparaging tone
| from my husband at my elbow: but one
swift glance revealed both ignorance and
| brass and-must say it-in petticoats. IL
was man and ] had wife and she had
| made up-well, L amt a man, but | hope /
am guided by womanly instincts. OF
course the protests of these OF whom l
speak could easily drown all I might say,
or all that the five or six thousand other
| self respecting women of this city who
could not be coaXed or coerced into making
! spectactles OF themSeives-lnto playing the
hypocrltes because OF the notorlety and
! publicity such an attitude affords and
makes possible, might say, yet | say that
| am proud, nevertheless, OF the fact of
that dlSparagement, proud that there are
| in this city five or six thousand women,
against the three hundred of yesterday
who evidently think the only way a woman
can demonstrate her equality to her broth
er or husband is to make such display Of
herself A MOTHER.
fears of the racket of the three hundred
that is if she will permit US to become
her champion and defender. There is
nothing in the world that the majority Of
the advocates of woman voting love as
much as publicity. They pant and sigh
for it however much they deny it, and
are always ready at the drop of the hat
to pitch in always and anywhere, in the
prints, on the rostrum, at the polling
place, SO it is only public, while this is
the second time in which woman on
the other side has ever mustered up
enough courage to write us her cOnclu-
sions. That the leaders will fire back
there is little doubt as its a long time
until they can register and vote again
and they will have to do something
public in the meantime if its nothing
more than to stir up the editor of the
EAGLE, for the reason that he thinks
and agrees with the five thousand
women Of Wichita who wouldn't regis
ter rather than with the three hundred
who did, a great majority of which
three hundred were probably wheedled
into the step by self-constituted poll
teal lady guardians who want to pull
politics into the home-into their own
homes especially.
But then, again. it takes all kinds of
people to make world, and if it adds
any to the happiness of those three hun
dred to vote it needn't disturb the five
thousand other ladies who can't think
that way. Its the law of the land, there
fore legally proper, and the average
American is too much OF gentleman to
permit any lady being insulted at pol
ing place. This law was passed at the
solicitation of comparatively very few
women, and if the majority should con-
clude to side that way they could not
only demand the right to do all the vot- |
ing but to hold all the offices. That |
might not be so Objectionable as the |,
present way. However, some very
bright ladies in Wichita deem this vot-
ing business a privilege, and being bright
and so deeming it, want to enjoy it, and
as we can't help it. let 'em.