The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-26

the morsi reform s.sndpcsnsr Has poll
tics been yurzfssd BY G1vsng vonea the
Ysghs 70 vote. hold oface snd serve ca
su.ses. Meet asssrsdiy nos The cess
roos Of politics 10. II anything. Sfrsier
date must not only sfgske bargains with
the bad men, bat ALSO sIsh the bed
women. Have crime and vice decressed
rereeptibtyf Not ~ al. The towns Of
wyoming are no less infected with vice
and crime than tie towns Of Dakota and
NEBRASKA
Female suffrage did not savs Wyoming
from yiss1lng 70 the Popssi.s delusion In
iS0 Dat Of total vose Of II. 10 cast that
year a,zD ssre given TO tie Popussssa
In Kansas Popalist Mrs.. Lease demands
the imprisonment for life Of those Who
differ from her In their opiniona Taking
70 The Pepogists Of Kansas Nra Lease
talks juss As coarseiy and reckIsssly As the
acreage male spread cage Popuisss
scssameY. She never loses . chance 20
slinds TO the silks and satins. the low
necksd gowns and gilded ehariots Of the
srsse, r1ortgage-hoiding arsstocrscy Of the
East. Society ~ she pictures 10 10 CON-
posed Of frivolous. immoral persons who
kesp ists hours and snpioy their serious
moments IN devissng plans TO snatch the
roofs from over shs heads Of the followers
Of Gen. Weaver.
Mrs.. Cougar, when she talks temper
anes." 10 Just ~ coarse aud violent, -
inscriptions and unsruthfnl - the aver
ags male Prohibitionist itinersns- A Mrs.
Mary B. Smith writes the New York Sss
from Newark. n. j.. that she knows By
frequent visits 70 Wyoming that woman
suffrage IL . humbug in Wyoming; that
all laws about sexual morality, temper
ancs and the liquor saloons are quite ~
''desd" in Wyoming - they are in states
where women 90 not vote. This 10 eli
natural enough, because women a. rule
understand and care about personalities
rather than principles Of public policy.
In conclusion his woman says:
''The women did not save Wyoming
from being caught by the Popuiists. Ia
fact they don't save IL from anything. All
they do 10 TO get worked up for or against
some man. When they are against, they
are ready 70 move heaven and earth, and
some Of them the other place, TO beat
him. II they haven't any such scheme.
only the old stagefs are seen ~ the polls.
The women no are In favor Of suf-
frage make big talk, a. the Indians say.
and We Who believe It il the worst thing
that could happen tous, keep still.
II have just come from Wyoming and
know that good many people there. men
and women both, do not think much Of
IL or care much about it"
Mrs. Stewart, Of Texas. recently horse
whipped JEFF Mastsn within an inch Of his
life, and Miss Cecil, of Tennessee, . hand
some young lady Of good family. recently
assisted at lynching . negro. by whom 1t
was alleged she had been assaulted. Miss
Cecil expressed desire 20 cut down the
dead body with her own hands. and the
mob accommodated her, threatening
death to any one Who anticipated her. At
10 O'Clock In the day the young woman cut
the rope BY which the dead negro was sus.
pended to the tree, and his body fell to the
ground. The faithful historian of this
scene says ..shs smiled ~ she cut the rope.
and her act was greeted with cheers by the
vast crowd"
All these facts 20 to show that women
are in . broad sense about what mas
euline public opinion makes them; fit IL
barbarous, women are barbsrous, 20 that
in broad sense IL 10 safe TO say that full
woman suffrage would not help the situs-
ton.
The women, a. . rule would inevitably
vote with their men," according ~ their
men we're good, bad or indifferent. and in
the long run We should have our woman
cease to be the fascinating factors Of .
decent family unit: they would be first dS-
sheltered, desexed and finally either do
moralixed or maxcuiinixed, and il would
not be good for society TO demoralixe the
family for the sake of making woman .
mascuiinity or Q female bohemian in
politics. such ~ the Nebsaska State Journal
describes when /, sings:
One week moro and Mary Flea
Back In karsas will b yeiiin'
And the same old story tellin'
she has oitsu told before;
Aud the harsh fsyercsratton
OF her voice will wake the natioas
she can draw q eongrsg alton,
For they like 10 hear her roar.
While live do no, fear her,
And often 20 30 hear her.
But when dead, don't take me near her,
let my asaoa rest In peace:
Fer my dry. dead boass would rattle
Like the drains before . battle
At the Notwithstanding prstt.e
OF that Mary Eliea Lease.