Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-07-31
hI R. AND MRS. BOWSER
THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE UNDER
 TAKES TO TALK SUFFRAGE.

And Finds That Mrs. Bowser Has Decided Opinions of Her own, whereupon Bow
 ser Tries to Argue and Gets Beautifully Left-Mrs. B. In Doubt, After All. Well, this Is a curious caser' exclaimed MT. Bowser as he looked up from his pa Der the other evening after n long interval If silence.
 What is it, dcar'" slccpily quericd Mrs. Bowser. Why. n husband in Ohio applies for a iivorce because his wife insists on having opinions of her own about things. If were the judge in that case, I'd give that chap nice large piece of my mind and put him to all the cost I could" Where did their opinions difTer!" "On almost every question, 1t seems. He Is one of that sort of husbands who marry | q woman for n valet or slave, and she is expected to believe the world is flat just because he does. ' Yes, thcrc are such husbands. quietly replied Mrs. Bowser. Tn the first place." he continued, cast ing tho paper aside, the ordinarily in | telligent woman may be credited with holding just us sound and reasonable opin- | ions as the ordinarily intelligent man." Yes"
 And marriage does not make a man an owner or master, but only husband" That is true" "Ho has no moro right to expect the wife to surrender her opinions than she has for him to do the same. She may ad- vance an opinion which hc may convince her by argument Is erroneous and in that case, of course, she would abandon il" Yes, she would" The idea of an old bulldoZcr browbCat- | ing n wifc like that! Let's sec. In his complaint he alleges that she willfully and maliciously insisted that a woman should | have the right to vote. Now, instead of | bulldozing and browbcating, why didn't he sit down and calmly argue the point and convince her that her idea was unten- able:"
 | 'How could hc:" asked Mrs. Bowscr. | Why, he could have called up n thou sand reasons. Of course no woman should have the right to vote" | But think they should all have that right
 '.whatr What's that, Mrs. Bowscr'" shouted Mir Bowscr as he bObbcd up Tn ! state of excitement. | II hold" calmly continued Mrs. Bow ser, that every female in this country who has arrived at the ago of 2l years should have the right to cast n ballot. As n class they aro far moro intelligent than men" | Do you mean to tell me-" said Mir. Bowscr ns he took step nearer and waved his spcctaclcs in the air, do you mean to tell me that you, for instance, could cast vote intclligcntly:''
 Certainly"
 "As intclligcntly as dol" | Certainly. At the last election you Ivotcd for two aldermen who havc since been convicted of corruption in office, a bounty official who has turned out mn Cm- lbczzlCr. n judge whom you yourself de clare ought to bc impcachCd and sheriff lwho''-
 That will do, woman-that will dor'
 interruptcd Mir. Bowscr hs Inc danced
 mound. Every human being with the Intelligence of n chickadCc knows that politics is not womans rphcrc. To vote
 intclligcntly"-
 You hnve only to vote tho straight ticket" she quietly interrupted.
 Arc you talking to me-" hc stcrnly de- lamndcd.
 "Of coursc.'
 Then remember who am. Takc this ltariff question. for instance. While every
 man intuitivcly understands the matter at Issue, no woman'- II have read up on 1t and understand 1t
 very thoroughly" she interrupted.
 You read politics, do you'"
 Certainly"
 And you insist that woman should
 bc entitled to vutC'" "Yc<, sir, but am willing to listen to
 argumCnt. Please sit down and calmly
 advance your reasons why shouldn't ba
 allowed tho ballot. '
 II won't do it!' hc shouted ns he
 walked up and down. 1t is not for n hus-