The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1893-07-28

she holds her years remarkably well, and
like male who has so long climbed the
rostrum and fed upon the fat of the land,
she has become somewhat obese as 1t were,
If applied to a man, but in woman more
properly perhaps may be termed high
state of embonpoint. She has better voice
than many male man.
1t greves me that am not, and fear never
shall be fully in accord with the woman of
the rostrum, and still ought to be, because
some of them are valued friends. l am
only left Gods plan for my guide as re-
corded in holy writ, and that seems to go
counter to their plans, so to speak. Yes,
but says one, the bible was written great
many years ago, long before woman escaped
from bondage. Exactly, but when one
begins to pull out the fundamental teach
lngs of the bible, where are we to stop?
This seems to be the trouble with DIR.
Briggs whom some one has facetiously re-
marked was bounced because he didn't be-
lieve Moses wrote the history of his own
death.
And now do l particularly lament my
total inability to understand some of the
very plainest doctrinal truths. Truths that
the wayfaring man though diabolical idiot
in everything else, can comprehend and ap-
preciate. In every community is seen
various churches which indicate church
organization, whose spires all point toward
the same heaven where good members all
hope to arrive, but they travel in an oppo-
site direction here below to get there.
| Another trouble is about voting. 1t is a
profound question whether women can
point to any glorious achievement brought
about solely and singularly by woman's
vote. The result in Wyoming has been
anything but satisfactory, for the fact exists
that women throughout the world once hav-
ing become assured that they can have the
ballot, don't want it. This reminds me of
Frenchman who on learning that one of
his debtors was likely to fail-but who in
and said, II want my monish." Every
well, you can have your money!" replied
the debtor. 'But want my monish right
away" "You can have it right away IL you
wish, for have it in my pocket" 'Ah,
veil Monsieure, dot make deffranze. Ven
you got 'em don'd want EN-, but ven you
don'd got 'em l must have 'em." When
women get suffrage they won't want it-a
majority don't now-and it will only repeat
the old story of the Pied piper of Bagday.
There is another question alsO.-if a man
and his wife are one whether they are not
violating the moral if not the civil law by
both voting.
There is way out of the dilema think
however, and that is to have legislature
the last one would have been good one to
tried it on, for they passed every ridiculous
bill that was presented-have the legisla-
ture enact bill allowing the husband
authority to give a ''power of attorney" to
his wife to do all end severally as he might,
could, would or should do under such cases.
This would put it on an even basis as be-
tween man and wife. AS to single people,
they have no right to vote.
Finally summing up the comparative
rights as between an intelligent woman and
an ignorant male "furriner," you must re-
member that he too has wife whose vote
will be sure to be at the polls whether his is
or not, and that she will vote her husbands
ticket it Is useless to question.
| July 25th, 1898.