The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1893-08-10

dDle Cno CnurCn TO get Cno r01nS OF gov
ernment into its hands. SUNOL.
Xxx
A mans better half is his wife, moth
er and sister, equal to himself in COM
mon sense and intelligence. The wife
is queen of the home, educator of our
children'S souls and trainer fitting them
to go forth and struggle with all
corners for the highest offices and po-
sitions. Why should not she or any in
telligent woman vote? 1t has been
very successfully tried in Wyoming,
and Wyoming not only exists but
thrives She has voted in city and school
elections to the benefit of city and
school; why not throw the doors wide
open and let her throw her influence
into the national balance even to max
ing her President of the United States.
If women were allowed to vote there
would be different style of work in
both the G. O. P's. Penology would
not require such close study for they
would begin reforming at the right end
of life; they would purge municipalities
of their vileneSs and sin-traps and
would prevent crime by removing temp
tatiOn. Doc.
| \ er see woman aint no ercOunt in
polyticks. She don't drink, so yer can't
set 'em up and set 'em up till she don't
know RemOcrat from Depublican,
nor dollar bill from ballot. She's
got cOnvicShuns, she has, and cOnvic-
ShunS aint no good at a ward primary
because ther boss furnishes Sech with
cigyarS. Votes count and not nOShuns,
and WOman'S too nOShunal to bet on
for ther party nOminaShun. MOre'n
likely she'd vote for tOther feller eff he
was good an strait, though him on
her ticket was the best kaukuser and
wire-puller in the hull ward. Give me
the DagOS and PolanderS for voters.
Its just so much a duZZen with ther
boss DagO or the center Pole an no
questions asked. Them don't worrit
therselves about runnin' ther masheen
as long as ther stuff comes out. But
woman-shaw! she'd want ter know
what was did with ther lection fund
an why ther school-board kanidate
was 'nifed ter get Barney O'Toole in fer
alderman. A woman'S too durn in
quisitive to be let vote. j. B.
Xxx
The home is wOmanS best sphere of
action. In politics, as at present con-
Stituted, her influence for good would
be short-lived She would quickly be-
come cheap and either sink to a low
moral level or else become bitter and
peSsimiStic. Therefore, until politics
rise to higher standard of truth, JUS
tice and morality, women should keep
out. Yet, right and justice both imper-
atively demand woman's equality with
man in the use of suffrage. 1t is mere
ly matter of time until that right will
be universally recognized. The Objee-
tions to wOman's suffrage are invalid.
If women do not bear arms, they
bear at least those who do. Her
risks are great, pain and suffering more
inevitably sure than the soldier encOun-
ters on the battlefield. She is not ex-
empt from taxation, and misgovern-
ment affects her prosperity and happi-
ness even more severely than MANS
The right of suffrage should no longer
be withheld. No honest man need dread
the consequences because her vote will
not be controlled over barrOOm counters.
ST.. CRISPIN.
The fireside is the kingdom over which
women should rule. Politics should
never be allowed to enter it. The fireSide
is too sacred to convert into an arena,
in which to hold political squabbles.
Fancy the confusion political debate
would cause, where the father is a
democrat, the mother republican the
daughter prohibitionist and the son a
pOpuliSt. There would be no peace in
home like that. AS for voting, women
are not capable of understanding po-
| litical measures. They have not been
educated sufficiently in that line to in
sure just discrimination of their bal
lots. The voter should be we'll versed