The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-10-04

Oharlle from going a-fishing whenever he
pleased and so would vote against them.
ana the result would be there would soon
be no fish.
Inen women. unlike men, are always
imagining that some harm will come to
their children, and she would everlastlngly
De 1usslng over some law to prevent the
children from getting hurt, and it would
not De many years before there would be a
governmental apron-string, with every
enid In the Nation tied to it. The fact of
the case is that women have for so many
generations confined their thoughts SO
much to home and family that it would be
almost impossible for them to take into
their minds the great things involved in
politics. Immediately some measure was
proposed IN caucus she would raise OBJ
Jectlons and say it wouldn't be a good
thing Tor her Johnny, not being able to
understand that great minds must legis-
late IN tie interests of great things-great
corporations, great monopolleS and great
trusts. And SO, home and children being
ever uppermost in the minds of women,
they could see no need of any legislation
only along those lines, and the old ship of
state would constantly be pitching toward
that side and threatening TO go over en-
tirely.
THE mind grows by what it feeds upon,
ana woman, having always dwelt in
thought upon such little things, her mind
is OF small size, which makes her unrea-
sonable and at times difficult to deal with
Suppose some public building--for in
stance, schoolhouse-Wer needed, and
the question was to be voted upon, some
plans for the proposed building were
drawn up and submitted to the voters. AS
soon as the female eye fell upon them she
might at once declare that she would never
vote for such a building as that, because
the trimmings were represented as cut
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out long ago. She would vote for nothing
but straight work; and however much she
might be reasoned with, the chances are
that she could not be moved, but would in
sist upon straight work or none. I believe
nothing can be as unreasonable as a
woman. OF course, the many little things
upon which her mind is set includes peer
ing into corners to see if cobweb and dust
are there; ransacking closets, boxes and
trunks to see If mouse or moth are destroy
ing, and If she were given the ballot she
would consider that she could carry her
peering and investigating ways into public
affairs. She would poke around in school
houses, ransack the City Hall and
courtrooms, and even in the Capitol
building at Sacramento or Washington
she might sniff in every room to find evil
dences of smoke, which might discolor the
walls, or look for spots on the carpets
none OF these things indicate a wise or
Sl6IeSIndUllk6 ullUu. Inlnk II WOULD De
impossible to carry on Congressional,
legislative and municipal matters with the
present perfect order to which we have at
tanned under the wise and carefully con-
sidered plans of our great politicians if
women were given the ballot.
Then another thing: Women are much
more given to church going than men, and
they are forever baking and freezing ice
cream and making crazy-quilts.. and get
| ting up no end of all sorts of things to help
out the pastors salary or paint the church,
or pay the taxes, or something. Now, it
would be just like woman to take into
her head that part of her taxes might go
to help out the church and tighten her
burden in that direction, which we all
know would bring on a war at once, and
the Government would go down to rise no
more. Yes, the stability of our Govern
ment demands that conditions should re-
| main as they are. Women, idiots, insane,
criminals and Cinnamon if allowed
chance at the ballot-b box would soon prove
that small and weak minds could tear
down what great man minds have builded
| and perpetuated.
In the evening the Demorest grand gold
medal evolutionary contest took place, in
which six young ladies, holders of medals
| of lower grade, competed for the prize.
They were Miss Matte Burton of Golden
Gate Miss Nettie Hale of Lodi, Miss
Blanche Britton of Fowler Miss Josie
Brown of Madison, Miss Julia Z. Rix of
Irvington and Mrs. Aimee Murrells-Ray of
Sacramento. All the Tecitations were
upon the theme of suffrage and temper
ance, and each fair orator called upon the
young men of the republic to enlist under
the white banner which they fguratiyely
stood under.
The prize was awarded to Mrs. Aimee
Murrells-Ray, whose subject was ''Our
Homes and Country in Jeopardy" The
address of Miss Julia E. Rix, 1.-The Saloon
Arraigned," was well composed and Wig
orously delivered piece.