Los Angeles herald., 1892-09-05

fact, work more than the men. Dress
and fashion follow the same eek special
ization and increase as civilization in
creases. All over Europe one finds a
greater sex specialization amongst the
| rulers and the successful than amongst
the peasantry and the poor. We must
presume then that the course of nature
must be followed by any race or country
that proposes to progress, or even. re-
main strong.
We note, indeed, an eddy running
! just now toward reaction. An assimila-
tion of sex junction and activity is going
on. Marriage is falling in esteem, it le
growing later in life, or is avoided; di-
vorce grows while the family dwindles.
Limitation or total suppression of con-
ception is we'll nigh universal, and the
last census shows us a rate of childbirth
already insufficient to maintain the pop
ulation. Our increase in the last de-
cade was entirely due to immigration.
Present conditions promise proximate
control Of America for the Hun or the
cholera carrying Russian.
1t is certainly unwise to give an Off
cial endorsement to hopes and ambitions
for the outside fight to women when
these conditions are already seen to be
unfavorable to the reproduction or the
continuance of Americans. The handi-
cap of maternity is too great and too ap-
parent to the woman looking to indus
trial or public life for career to be en-
dured. AS her intelligence increases,
with these ambitions, she will increas-
ingly refuse to submit to it. and such
reproduction as goes on must be by the
least ambitious, the least intelligent and
the least capable. Woman suffrage has
been tried in Utah. 1t was there used
to support church tyranny, and did
support it, and strangely enough, to
sustain polygamy, and did sustain it.
Woman suffrage was abolished in Utah
on these grounds.
1t now prevails in Wyoming. This is
state abused and throttled by cattle
holding land monopoly. 1t has a gov
ernment more weak, incompetent and
contemplate than that of any state in
the union. While this is probably not
due to female suffrage, it shows the fu-
tility of the innovation to help our ills.
Experience OF woman suffrage gives no
expectation that this encourager to
sterility and determination will do q
countervailing good or any good.
The interests of this district from
by either Cannon or Lindley.
Neither can hope for support of the
present Democratic majority in any of
their plans. They cannot expect influ.
ential committee positions, and the
house work is now done in committee.
Neither of them could be more than a
declaimer. Neither could help this dis
trict as Democrat could. All our
local interests demand Democrat.
A good Democrat can as little toot the
horn for Cannon's big tent as for Lind
ley's, and as for Cannon's sideshows,
with his leaning to prohibition-well,
they are simply impossible.
Stephen M. White is the bright parti-
cular star of the Democray of this dis
trict and of the state. Born near Mon
terey and also educated near the north
ern end OF the district, while leader in
the wonderful growth of the south, he
is more nearly an ideal representative of
the whole district than any other man
in it. He owes it to the district and to
Democracy to make our fight. Failing
him, and good second is Gen. John r.
Mathews, sound Democrat, an honest
and fearless friend to the people and
highly esteemed in the whole district.
Shirley Ward, w. U. Masters and num-
erous other good Democrats are avail
able.
What the district needs is Democrat.
What Democracy needs is Democrat,
and no other sort of man whatever.
Give us a straight ticket and our grand
principles to fight for.