Evening journal., 1895-11-11

them to be the complement of each other.
Every legislator legislates for his wife,
daughter, mother and sister as well as for
his own sex.
T. Women should not have the ballot.
Behind every ballot is a bayonet. Behind
every government physical force-the pri-
nal power that makes government possl-
bic. Man is the factor in physical force,
not woman. God and nature never intend
ed her for the exercise Of physical force,
for labor, nor to bear the burdens Of life
Physiology is against labor in her case
Maternity is her glory. Ninety-four per
cent of women marry, and the sacred du-
ties of motherhood would prevent them
from taking part in public life either at
the polls or in legislative halls. Neither
God nor the evolution of humanity ever
intended woman for the battle of life.
She should not Have the Ballot.
O. Woman is the unsolved mystery Of
physiology and the animal kingdom. She
is differentiated from man by impossible
CULTS The ballot will not bridge a single
gulf. The ballot IS not a right--a natural
right The number of human beings that
have actually voted in the history Of the
world do not equal the number slain in
trying to secure the ballot. The ballot Is
not primarily an intellectual or spiritual
burden; it is a physical burden. Phys
ical attractions in a legislature composed
Of men and women would count more
than reason in a great crisis or upon any
question.
O. Tho twentieth century woman will
be the high pHestess Of humanity in a
good old fashioned home In &c she has
great powers. For instance, In Massachu-
setts she pays no taxes; in other states, up
TO certain limit, she can own real estate
without having to pay taxes; she is not
obliged TO support an indigent, worthless
husbands she can will away everything
and leave her husband nothing II she
chooses; If married. she can run up bill
in any store in New York and make her
husband pay for it; the age Of consent
has been fixed for her sex, and in some
states south of Mason and Dixon's line the
destruction of her chastity is met with
capital punishment.
Mrs. Blahe's Spirited Reply.
In reply, among other things, Mrs
Blake said:
Woman does not want TO annihilate
man, but to pull him up TO the level of
woman. The grand principle is that man
should support woman. She often has TO
20 OUT MONtNHIs LNMNIk ION AAlAl 4hA MIA-
self but also for lrur husband.
IF you wanted to keep us in subjec-
tion, you should never have taught us the
alphabet.
"Mr Dixon claims that all the old feu-
dal laws and all restrictive statutes have
been amelioratcd for womankind. Our
representations at the doors Of your legis-
latures caused their amelioration and won
our property rights
1T is needless to speak Of ths ahsurdity
of tho right of dover If our husbands
should live forever we don't get anything
till he dies.
"Mr. Dixon's physical force idea was
brilliantly elucidated, but it doesn't stand
ground man who was elected and re-
elected president of the United States sent
a substitute 20 the front in our civil war;
So did thousands OF others. Besides. there
is always a place for woman's hands on a
battlefield. Anywise the ballot is not
question Of the hayonet. IL is a question
Of brain.
'Tho degraded women do not vote at
elections. 1t is the nobler women always
Colorado told that story. The women Of
Kansas brought it home to the brilliant
ingalls, after he had spoken and voted
against woman suffrage. In Colorado only
90 per cent Of the men voted to 40 per
cent of the women.
Mrs. Blake spoke in this crisp style for
half an hour, when, following generally
his first arguments, Mr. Dixon made a
short rejoind0r, and in conclusion Mrs
Blake spoke in robuttal for few minutes