Wichita eagle., 1889-02-13
SAVE THE HOME, SAVE THE
COUNTRY

The Topeka Capital discusses briefly
but approvingly the recommendation OF
the senate committee for woman's
suffrage amendment to the constitution
of the United Seates and reiterates the
stock argument (which is no argument,
but simply begging the question: that
''when a man is willing to intrust the
care, control and education of his chill
dren to a woman-and that is what every
father does-he is stopped from saying a
woman is not fit to take part in the COM
mon government of the people; when a
man asks woman to marry him he
admits that she is fit to take care of a
family, and person who can manage a
family can do good deal towards man
aging a community" The fact that
woman is recognized as ''fit to take part
IN the common government of
the people, places her by
universal consent in this country at least
in absolute control of the most import
ant part of such government, lie. the
training of the young for the proper dis
charge of the duties and obligations of
citizenship when they shall attain to that
station, and we undertake to say that
the manner in which that important part
of the common government is admins
tered depends in an infinitely greater de-
gree not only the character OF the COM
munity for the future, but also the char
acter of the government itself, than does
the efficient administration of govern
ment by woman's active participation in
its overt manipulation. Ii this new bur-
den should be imposed upon the women
of the country, thereby causing or en-
couraging them to neglect the more i'm
portant duty they owe the community,
as it would, God help the community and
the government, for no human wisdom
or power could save us from anarchy.
There is no use to try to disguise facts
because they are unpleasant to contem-
plate, and it is a fact which cannot be
denied that the tendency of the times is
strongly toward the condition mentioned,
and that this tendency is the legitimate
sequel to the teachings and influence Of
this maudlin standardization in regard
to woman's rights. Is proof of this
wanted2 Go look into the average home
of the advocates of this idiom and
ask where are the children? Gf you find
any body there to ask and if there hap
pens to be one or two-if there are more
it is an exceptional case-in the family,
and the chances are you will not learn,
because their whereabouts is not known;
on the street, anywhere. everywhere,
nowhere that they ought to be through
the day and hours in the night when
they should be in bed
Then go to the court room and scan
the docket and note down the actions for
crimes and miSdemeanors, and also note
the ages and sexes of the accused,
and while you are there see
how many suits for enforcement
there are pending action, and we
apprehend that 1t will not be necessary
to follow up the details of each particu-
lar case to satisfy the unbiased inquirer
that the primary cause for an over
of a proper exercise of the duties and
of those who should per-
form this most important part in 1.-THE
common government of the people, the
management of the family conse-
quently the management of ''the COM
munity."
Until this lamentable state of case is
changed and the real cause of the exist
ing evils is remedied we shall protest |
against the introduction Of any innova-
ton under whatever name or guise that
can have but one effect and that to in
tensify and aggravate instead OF remedy
and amend, as cannot but be the case
with the proposed scheme if it shall sue