Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1894-11-22

4. seen by Mr.. =. : tlarh>on.
Coa,iary 70 the ropl a. tLelry 81 L.. &c
Who have AlNay. sneerei =, what they
have called let;icoa; pyliii :, ;Ae good
Women have voted in muci' are. TO-
portion than the bad. Practically AT the
good women have voted. while less than
ten per cent Il the others VOC! ~ even
desired to do 30. IN one preciuct 10
women Of the led, a. the local lhia se
desisna,es them here. were registered,
and only twelve Of them voted. The
more refined circles Of the great city Of
Denver have given etiectual denial to the
stock argument OF the ants. that zoo q
women would not vote ii they had the
chance, and that they would be afraid to
vote ana Incur the publicity OF voting.
even ii they were enfranchisel and per-
sonally DESTROYS oil voting. They and
the other women OF Colorado have also
completely disposed OF the other stock
argument that women ii they should
vote at all would vote head,ong and i'm
pusivelv. For they were as deliberate
here a. the men, and Us we'll posted IN
all the issues. They were no: only fully
informed on all public questions, but
they furnished able speakers iron their
own ranks for the discussion OF all issues.
The people, and especially the women OF
Iowa, will be interested in knowing that
Mrs. J. Ellen Foster. the splendid Re
publican and the splendid woman, came
| into the Colorado contest in March last, g,
and has spent nearly all the time since
in making public speeches, in exposing
the iallaces and dangers OF populism,
and in rallying and uniting the women
OF the state in favor Of Repubiicani-m
and the cause OF law and order.
Indeed, Colorado in this election has
LETT very little OF good argument ior it
sincere opponents to urge against sui
frage. So nearly all OF everything havn.
any good sense in it at all has been
disproved here, that the opposition Is
LETT with Very few weapons in their arm
Dry, and all Of them weak. OF course
thousands, and even millions, OF sincere
people will move slowly from the conserv.
atism OF the ages, and will only come L
it inch b: inch under the compulsion q
state by state. adopting woman suffrage
Those who are far away from these intel
ligent states which are giving the depart
ure a fair and candid trial, and which are
look upon It with distrust, will not bt
convinced Of the truth as rapidly as those
who have seen it in actual operation, anC
who have seen women become voter:
without losing 4 1.-THE Of their charm q
loneliness a. women. But It is comm.
everywhere. OF course there is lett tho
old weatherbeaten and anchor argument
OF all, that as governments are base
on war power, and as women can not be
soldiers, therefore woman can not pos
sbly be a voter. 1t is the old cry that
she who can not be a soldier can not be s
voter. fear for these opponents OF the
coming woman, the reply that she who
passes through the Gethsemena OF ma,
ternity to provide the world its soldiers
and who alone can provide them, atone=
fully for her own physical inability to be
a soldier herself. She who bears soldiers
need not bear arms. FIR my part, be.
lieve that woman suffrage is inevitable
in every American state; and that, as il
comes, it will bring good to every state,
to every city especially. and to the Ma
ton itself
There is no wrong in government and
no vice III city or town or society that is
not afraid OF good women. and that would
not be in danger OF its life ii good women
were voters. The proiounIest problem
in government is municipal government
and it will never be solved successfully
until woman and her moral conscience
and quick intelligence are brought to the
help OF its solution
might add that the day here was
| filled with constant incidents OF exceed.
ing interest, too many to tell. The most
striking thing OF all to me, was the act Of
the women in providing creches, or com.
Portable places equipped with competent
nurses and suitable foods, for the care
during the day OF the babies and small
children OF such mothers as could not 90
to the polls unless some one took care Of
these little ones while doing it. These
creches We're provided by the Republican
women. but were open to all, and lhev
cared for the children OF Democrat and
Populist mothers as willingly aud kindly
as for those OF Republican mothers. To
blessed women all babies are alike. and
all mothers are sacred. Here is the
mother instinct in politics soitenng into
humanity. 1t will do the American Ma
ton no harm to have this broader spirit
and kinder heart in all its elections and
among all its people.
JAMES :. CLARKToS.
The Women Have Downed the Tiger
The women OF New York vhinra1 vor