Mohave County miner., 1895-03-16
The Popular Question Again.
To the Editor Of the MINER.

To the Editor OF the MINER:
"Oh. ye who are sac guild ycrsel
Sac pious aud sas holy"
"Then gently scan your brother--mAn.
Still gentler. sister-woman;
Though they may gang kennin' wrang.
To step aside is human"
"Houi soft 9,ii NAL Y panss." and II II Is
shame to think evil Of another, how much
greater shame to speak, write and pub
lish evil. especially il to injure our public
men. II the letter in our Mineral Wealth
criticising Hon. VIM. II. Lake IS speci.
men OF the viiuperative warfare woman
will wage to advance their cause, what
must we expect when they are fully
launched into the political arena? Ifihis
is but the skirmish firing along the picket
line heaven defend rs when the general
engagement begins, and the entire force
opens fire; it will be like Achilles wrath
In Greece-"A direfnl spring OF woes IN
numbered. The Kilkenny cats viii no
longer hold the record for screeching and
scratching. The bravest old Indian
fighters quake with terror when they hear
the suuaws are on the war-path. No
doubt Mr.. Lake and other chivalrous men
who are trying 10 protect the emaculate
womanhood OF Arizona from the contain
ination OF politics, will lind themselves
unequal to this new mode Of warfare.
For woman to publicly air her knowl
edge Of mans peccadllos is certainly
not edifying to those who admire rnodesty
and feminine delicacy and refinement
Coarse inuendo is breA Ach OF good taste,
and debasing to those who indulge in 1t |;
are unwholsome sbominafions to be the
inevitable outgrowth of woman's suffrage.
1t is cowardIy Tor woman to insult q
msn, for she knows that II he has q
spark Of manhood her sex makes It im-
possible for him TO retaliate and give the
chastisement a man would receive for u
like offense. II ia not brave to inflict an
injury simply because II can be done with
impunity. The most lovely and Iovable
traits that sdorn the womanly womsn's
character, are gentleness and charity.
Mr.. Lake possesses the friendship and
esteem Of many refined, cultured ladies,
who are the peers Of any who style them.
selves " the best" and will not yield the
palm to any Of the woman's rights +"
women, either In intellect or nobility Of
character. Mr.. Lake is an educated pa
trician, and like all gentlemen Of his caste
he holdn true womanhood IN the highest
esteem. This is evinced by the marked
Difference with which he always treats
good women. He has not trace Of that
undignified and unde-bred familiarity
which 30 strongly marks the manners Of
the pleb,sn.
As long as Natures laws make woman
physically weaker than man, just 30 long
will she need his manly protection and
chivslrous DEVOTION, and In return he
receives from her the refining and elevai-
ing influences that counteract the con
taminsting current he must meet in the
financial and political world.
Ye men, who advocate woman's suf.
irage, pause and count the cost before
you sacrifice the fsirest thing ever made
by the hand above Consider your little
children; what will become Of them, and
what will become of you, when yvu enact
q law to destroy that holy institution
home?
Woman's mission is the noblest one
on earth. In her own bright sphere she
reigns fupreme. Let her leave her own
pure, lofty sphere, and she will be like =
star dropped from it's orbit.
Reign in your homes. true women,
Stay on your thrones, fair queens.
Mps EANNrr Ew,so Srorr