The Iola register., 1889-11-29
WORD FOB THE WOMEN.

MR.. EDITOR: Please tell me why .
woman is considered mans superior
in all fashionable circles, and yet il
considered so far his inferior in all
public affairs. If a woman be born o
the same parents as man, raised uS'
der the same influences, educated in
the same school and graduated with
equal honor In every respect, why
should be, the brother, be given such
great political advantages over her,
the 81 ster?
Why is it that in this fair land OF
ours, where we brag of our great
school advantages and our church edi.
fees and our tame christian charac.
ters, that if one of our mothers or sls
ters talks of casting a vote for those
that she wishes to rule over her and
her fs mily, she is called hard names
and b issed at by those that claim to be
gentle men of ability and honor? Why
is it hat these mothers of ours can and
do bring us into this world, care for us
while, we are growing larger, mould
our very natures as well as our bodies,
un til the job is finished at q, and then
have US say to them, when we come
tn the ballot, "Mothers. stand back
y,otl are unworthy subjects. You are
wornen, and your ability will not ad
NIT of your casting vote"
Now please tell me which one of
these is likely to be the most intell-
igept subject 10 chose the ones to reign
over us. In the majority Of cases the
mother is the property holder and in
| ltwenty.nine cases out of every thirty
! che is sober, honest and law.abiding.
while in the case of the son it is fire.
uuently the case before he arrives at
| the age of twenty-one that he has
strayed and wandered away from his
mothers good advice and in many il-
stances he is drunk en- sOt and dead
beat but then he is male and is cOnse-
quently the greater power in the eyes
of the law. He has not a dollar on
which to pay taxes, while his mother
and sister have thousands, but our
laws keep them silent. Is this right
| and Just as it should be?
Again, If a woman wishes to run for
an office She is almost ashamed to let
the fact be known, knowing that there
will be sighting and even dirty re-
marks made about her candidacy. No
sooner does a woman declare herself q
candidate than we bear some dirty
mouthed men begin TO make sighting
remarks about her. Why cannot q
woman hold any Office if she can get
elected to it?
I believe the time Is coming when
these will be considered the dark days
of America when one half of the
intelligent of our country are deprived
of the right to vote in American poll
tics, and We men declare them tn be
the better half, too. l think an educa-
tional qualification would be far better
than this entire refusal of the rights of
woman on account of her sex. Let
Z, ,ur government pass law compelling
very body to read and write, at least.
IL ltelligently, before they are entitled
q. the ballot. This would encourage
,d ucation at present, and that law
80, 1lG be SO amended as to still require
..i re aud more intelligence as we pro-
zee d. BY So doing we would encOur-
age, aud almost compel every one To
het oUle an intelligent, worthy voter. /
say, away, away with all this foolish
Ress;. and let us make people out of our
Eadi E, iustead of servants, as they now
are. L. +. KELLEY.