Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1891-10-26
WOMEN in POLITICS.

WOMEN IN POLITICS.
1t is not necessary that women should
De able to vote in order that they should
take an interest in politics Politics is
not difficult study Women acquire
knowledge concerning many much more
abstruse subjects
The SANDER that woman's mental
callbre is inferior to that Of mems is
scarcely ever preached now, except to
bring ridicule upon the advocate Of an
exploded dogma resulting from the prac
tees Of our ancestors OF the dark ages
and Of the savage races Of the present
day. IN many respects woman's intellect
is Of finer quality than mans. II is
nearly always equal to the average
intellect Of men. While it Is true that
men have produced the best specimens Of
art and science In almost every branch,
while it is true that the originator Of
every art, every science, every industry,
is man and that almost every endeavor
OF human ambition has been made by
man, 1t is true also that woman gener-
ally occupies q niche very near the top
While nearly every art, science and
trade has a father who Is proud and
prominent, there is also a mother, taking.
often, meek and lowly place. which,
frequently upon careful examination,
proves TO be the most important one,
certainly the most difficult and least
honorable.
We have no idea that women would
purify politics by adding so many votes.
which on the whole, would, make the
average OF virtue and intelligence lower
than it is. any more than they would
spread Christianity faster and more Of
fectively by taking the places Of men as
priests and preachers.
The experiment Of making them
teachers has not resulted in a marked
Improvement In scholarship, though 1t
has some advantages over the old sys
tenn. 1t does not produce profound schol-
ars, it encourages little taste for art, and
does not provoke those irrepressible and
soulful ambitions which develop such men
as Socrates, Mezzofanti, Newton, Glbbon,
Culver, Herschell, Hugh Miller, Agasslz
Virchow, Washington Irving and
Edgar Allen Poe II not repellant to
genius, women have been represslve 10
nearly all Of those men or TO their en-
deayors. Shakespeare, Angelo, Byron
and Raphael worked in spite Of women,
not with their help.
The reasons for these phenom sna may
be various, the facts only are within the
province Of this article and the facts do
not present the same phenomena in poli-
tics, in statecraft and In governmental
affairs Women have had a distinctive
place In political affairs In All ages. In
her somewhat biased and exaggerated
lectures Miss Amelia Edwards attem pied
TO prove that the women of Ancient
Egypt were the chief men Of the nation.
The distance Of time no doubt blends
the enchantment Of poetry with that un
authorized and partial view.
But, however, lit le truth that pleas
ant, but lonely excursion Of woman .
predomlnance may have, there 10 no
question that she might easily acquire
all there is to know about politics Of the
present day and teach her lord and
master few homely truths in political
economy. which he is unable or unwill-
ing to learn.
When woman who pays higher
price for wooden gown OF few tin
utensils is told that she must give Of her
substance, she must work longer, OF
harder, in order that a lot Of men in
some other community may obtain .
greater profit she elevates her nose, and
her voice too in derision. She does not
pretend to understand any hne spun
foolish, sophistry Of protection, Of in
} FAINT industries" Of "home industries.
} II anybody is in need Of charity, he
hand, and her purse, are as ready as he
heart which is the quickest, tenderest
} and biggest thing on earth But In buy
ing supplies for her family she wants th
o same privilege that John Wanamake
has to buy the best and the cheapest.
You cannot fool a woman with politi
8 cal economy which makes her savings
g prey to a class Of rich manufacturer
g Elk Speaker Reed said the women d
y feated the party which robbed them
q their shopping money.