The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1894-11-28
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
What n Pretty Young Lady from Alb.
beville Has to Say OH the Subject.
AupuSta Chronicle

Augusta Chronicle.
If asked to give my opinion on the subject
Of woman suffrage, whether woman should
vote, or remain the "household divinity" !
should emphatically answer both. The opin.
ions OF the most learned men of the day, vary
on this subject. Some contend that woinan's
sphere Is the home, and that voting among
rough men will mar the beauty and purity OF
her character, sooner than anything else.
They harp on the fact that her place Is at the
treside and there she should ever be found,
wants of her family. Think they cry in
holy horror, of women thronging To the polls,
coming In con tact with drunken and disso-
lutte men, and hearing vile words which would
make the hot bushes suffuse the fact OF any
true woman. Can she come out Of the fire
unscathed? No! they cry /; as the velvety
whiteness Of the lilly is marred by coming In
contact with the human hand, and It's soft
down is ruthlessly scattered. SO witt woman's
stainless purity and beauty be contaminated
by mixing in the whrl of political life.
They admit that there are good, pure men
found at the ballot box l there are alas sup
erabundance OF wicked ones, and women can.
not mingle with these and come out the true,
pure beings they were bofore.
That woman can mix in political life, and
still remain the presiding genius Of the house
hold has been clearly demonstrated by The
charming and staunch little wife Of William
Yates Atkinson, the governor of q State
naughty and fair, and clothed in stately
beauty, namely, Georgia-a State that Is
lamed far and wide for her fair and graceful
In ISL" says Willard Glazier, "the terri
giving universal suffrage without distinction
OF sax. The ladies at once made use of their
newly acquired right with an earnestuess and
aniversailty entire entirely unexpected neS,e 0y those
In their capacity as grand jurors they closed
every gambling saloon and brothel in the
city, put restrictions upon the LIQUOR traffic,
brought criminals TO justice who mad hereto.
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sweep or the city raising Its social and moral
standard. Women OF all classes voted and,
strange TO say, even the worst women voteu
for law and order. Political parties found IL
necessary to put up men with good moral re-.
cord, as we'll as those politically sound, for the
women would not vote for q bad man. Ali
suffrage. and all opposition to it was speedily
overcome. Cheyenne is now one of the best
governed and most orderly cities In the coun-
try, and every Governor of the territory,
Whatever his political complexion, has given
his disqualified testimony In favor of women
at the polls Women not only deposited their
oa llots unmolested but are treated with the
utmost courtesy, and the polling places are
made comfortable and even elegant, for their
reception. II Is no uncommon thing for hus-
oand and wife TO vote opposing tickets. but
90 divisions thus far In families have result
ted."
This is new era in which woman Is begin
Ing 10 be recognized as the companion of man.
Some men affect 10 sneer at womans rights.
said member Of q celebrated literary club |:
Il am aweary Of the pretentious dissyllable
and satIated with the ihcessant twaddle Of
woman's suffrage and womans rights"
for one say that II woman wishes TO mix
In the political strife let her by all means, for
a woman's influence Is always for the good
but not to become so engrossed In the fascin-
ating politics that she should forget that she
Is "Queen Of Home"
One of the most noted diviness Of our coun-
Try, Rev. 4. Dewitt Talmage, who is now TAX
Ing q trip around the world, says "that In
New Zealand woman suffrage is in full blast
and that woman elevates the ballot box. He
also says that man at the ballot box Is fail
ure and to give woman chauce, she may
not elevate 1t any, but 1t Is certain that she
cannot make IL any worse. Let England and
America try 1t. The watch cry OF the brave,
noble and selfreliapt woman of the 18th
century should be, Excelsior"
Maude L. Rogers.