The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-03-09


boy that he must be pure and temperate
ana honorable. That boy goes out
from his mother and the first thing
ne meets with neutraliZes and gives
the lie to all his mothers teachings. He
says to himself, why, mother says so
and So" but he finds men in high places
violating all those teachings, and he
begins to conclude that his mother does
not know much about it, From that
minute that boy discounts his mothers
Judgment, and though she must still
have hold on his affections, she does
not have hold upon him in any other
way. There Is where you wrong US,
gentlemen, and cripple us in training
men who will make the statemen Of his
nation.
Other Distinguished Testimony.
Solomon says: Train up child in
the way he should go and when he is
old he will not depart from it." Solo
mon knew that a mothers training was
limited and child, no matter how
well trained and how well disciplined
by its mother, would in nine cases out
ten, If Of the male SEX do just aS
father does. But when he is old and
the harvesting time comes he naturally
turns to God and mother.
Bishop Vincent also says: "Woman
can. through the votes Of men, have
every right to which she il entitled"
In order to be able to judge just what
right we are entitled to, we must
suppose him to be u strong believer in
the tranSmigratiOn Of the soul, and
that in some unknown past Cperhaps
the dark ages he was once a woman
with all her attributes. Experienced
men and women who have labored for
years to secure present improved laws
ar rl mot md lgf.1a a,sir "a
women get everything they ought to
have. We have tried persuasion. There
is nothing about it we do not know.
The responses to the many petitions
we have presented to state and munich
pal authorities has often been: You
can't vote, ladies', you can't vote"
Every interest Of society and Of the
individual will in the end be better
shielded If mothers especially have the
franchise. one plank will be more
prominent in our platform than NY
other-an equal standard Of morals for
both sexes. The common sense of the
civilized world is working round to
woman's suffrage.
Dr. Buckley seems to have more fear
Of the excitement connected with poll
teal work upon woman man the posi-
bility of her becoming Iusexed or mas
culine He forgets that the women Of
the Methodist church are the most
active and take a liVelier interest in
the affairs of the nation than any other
class, and as for excitement. they en-
dure any amount Of it and come out
clearheaded.
Gladstone says: Woman will lose
her delicacy if in politics." But Mrs.
Gladstone, with his approval. presides
over a woman's club whose chief object
is the promotion Of the Liberal party.
Women Greatly Misunderstood.
We are greatly misunderstood be-
cause we desire the ballot. We are re-
garded by conservatives among our
own sex, and most Of the male contin-
gent as aggressive creatures, devoid Of
all those divine qualities which consti-
tute female lOVeableness. What ter
rible mistake Many suffragists are
the daintiest bits offemininity your eyes
ever beheld. Such Lucy Stone was,
and Rachel Foster Avery is posi-
tive will allied 10 earnest efforts does
not make 4 woman coarse, vulgar or
masculine
Here are some "clear-cut, rifie-shot"
sentences setting forth our reasons for
| belief in equal rights:
We need the ballot--so as to be able
to do our part in municipal house clean
ing. We need it to close the saloon, the
gambling den. the house of infamy.
Nothing will so protect our boys as the
ballot in our hands We need it to
build walls of protection around our
girls: Ia change the infamous age Of
consent from to lG years.
We ought to have it because brewers
antagonize it and Prohibitionists stand
oE IL nov sis s'lI..CI' I.nt'its,, .,1o,,,s .ra
Because men es'aollsH saIToHS ~ 80
dens of vice, and perpetuate them Win
their ballots, and II is time we had
something TO counteract il.
I5aoa,se q ;s only simple Justice that
-, - TO- ~ tho laws
We HICu ~ ,,y,,,,,,,a5 ord nv,
which We are punished. Nhen man
asks meif he does not represent his wite
at tho ballot box. | simply ask him If
81, bas ca lost her identity that he
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cuulu pe huils a.. ,It ir ~. N',,,s+ atter,nt
mltteu muTueT anu II IN i''', I,, 70
to enter heaven on ms p"ssPu'''