Asheville daily citizen., 1894-11-22
lHE TALK On WOAAN'S SUFFRAGE
THE LATEST MOVEMENT ORGAN
lied IN ASHEVILLE.

The "W. n. G. baptist" Compares It
to an Old Toothless Crone, and Trusts
tho Mayor May Find Himself in the
Hopeless Minority.
The woman's rights movement that
has just taken on tangible shape In
Asheville has set the people 10 talking.
The husband and the wife discuss the
matter over the table, the neighbors
lean across the fence to have a word or
two on 1t. and the sewing circles and
sociables, if not already talking about it.
are expected to fall into the fashion TO-
stanter.
Not only has the movement awakened
talk at home, but the papers out Of
Asheville are commenting on it. The
Charlotte Observer fell on it mildly and
good humoredly,, and now the Western
North Carolina Baptist. Rev. Millard A.
Jenkins paper. devotes q column and
half to discussion OF the question.
Some OF bis words are quoted:
what shall come next? North Caro-
lima has had almost every scourKe i'm
| aginable. There haye been tsms and
i schisms, apd this and that; and now
comes woman's rights. waving her BAN
ners and claiming her liberties and her
freedom. And some men are stupid
enough to receive the old toothless crone,
as though she were a fair maiden.
Last Thursday evening, according to
THE CITIZEN, an audience at the court
house In Asheville, was addressed on the
above subject by Miss Helen Morris
Lewis, and Miss Floride Cunningham.
The speakers were introduced by Mayor
Patton. In his introduction Mayor Pat
ton spoke very approvingly of the move
ment. We hope and trust that
the Mayor will find himself In the hope
less minority. Surely there 10 manhood
left in the 'OldNo State and woman.
hood. too.
These ladies In their speeches clam.
ored for the right to vote. What pity
that they were not made men! We take
it for granted that God knew what HI
was doing when He made both man and
woman. God saw that It was not good
for man that he should be alone, there.
fore He created for him an helpmeet. Tn,
woman was made for the man and no,
man for the woman. Man for the glor,
of God, and woman for the glory OF man
is Bible doctrine. Yet how many In
these days are there who would revers'
the order Of business adopted BY the
God OF heaven. Such women at
these ought to read the New Testament
and obev it. Let them remember that a
woman is not woman when abe gete
out of her sphere, and should thus bt
regarded by AT true men.
Reform! reform! is their cry. Kthers
is to be reform. that reform must begin
in the homes and not at the ballot-box
y. II our American women would
make our America paradise, a land o
freedom, a land of purity. a land OF piety
land Of peace, let them be content tc
remain in their God given sphere-th'
home. II the women OF America
had done their duty In their homes Il
their families. they would before nov
have blasted the cursed liquor traffi'
and would have sealed eterually the bar
rooms doom. II you are q man. be {
man as God intended YOU to be. l
you are woman, be a woman
as God intended you to be. Mayo
Patton has announced that there will b.
meeting at his house on Charlotte
street of all who desire to attend for th
. purpose of organizing a woman's sui
frage organization. We suppose It viii
be organized. Shame! shame! shame!
Speaking Of woman's suffrage Mrs
Waite, wife Of Colorado's BLOODY Bri
| dies" governor, is quoted as having said
!, They have shown that they are nj
, more fit for the ballot than childrel
! under l6 years Of age. Why, they hav
! come down round our home and acte
= like a lot of hoodlums. blowing horn
and sho wing that they know no more 9
\ the political questions than foreigners il
norant Of the English language. Then
know of lots OF them who sold thei
votes as the men did. and were no
ashamed ofit. either. There we're nun
d bers Of them who sold out for packaR
oi chewing gum and a acarriage ride. OF
how ashamed l would be Of a thing lik
that"