The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1895-07-18

til world will begin to see that in sup
pressing women, it has crippled and
smothered itself on the best side Of its
being. 1t will begin to see that it has
been divorclng what God wisely joined
together; in the home first, and also in
the social and national life of bis chill
dren. 1t is no longer an experiment for
women to vote in churches, and if con-
sumes far less Of her time and energy
than the rest Of her church work. In
some communities these valuable insti-
buttons could scarce exist without her,
where, as more than one pastor has
had occasion to remark, " all his men
are women
/" Men are apt to prefer a prosperous
error to an afflicted truth" They do
not like to figure as cranks, they fear
the boycott. They are too often limp"
along many, if not all the moral lines,
which involve courage to tackle, even
where the immediate welfare of their
own sons is concerned. This would
certainly not be true of as many moth
ers. 1t has been said that the only
states in which the age of consent has
been raised to eighteen are states in
which women vote. How long has the
world waited for the chivalrT and the
father love of men to do something
worthy of enlightened christendom
along this line. / verify believe that
the mighty hold which temperance and
social purity questions and work have
taken on women is the main reason of
their asking for the ballot. These mat
tiers are in politics and cannot quickly
be reached outside of politics. Men
are 10th to touch the liquor curse, even
though 80 per cent. of crime is fathered
by it. Yet talk Of legislating against
crinoline, which latter, in it's extreme,
is but an offence against good taste,
and in it's mildest form is a boon to the
wearer. Women can, and do, help
create public opinion against these
evils; a ballot test would prove her al
ready on the right side.
1t is said "these mistaken sisters"
would find that suffrage would mean
much besides casting a nice clean bal
lot into the box. Yet Rev. Parkhurst
proposes work among the poorer peo-
pie, requiring so much WOmanlY tact,
and courage and delicacy, to say moth
ing of time and energy and long suffer-
ing continuance, that the science of
politics as practiced by the average
man, would be sinecure in compari-
son.
But, it is objected, it will not help
matters any to give the vote to women,
for you cannot make it a limited fran
chise, since none Of these men who have
the vote are going to vote their own
wives out. If this is unavoidably the
case let us for moment suppose that it
has been granted to all women as to
men, | still believe the results would
justify the move. First an act of JUS
tice would have been done, and this is
worthy end in itself Then, too, if
we may at all judge of the moral stand
women will take as compared to men,
by their relative church attendance,
the balance would be immensely in
their favor, as we all know.
What is the inherent right in this
matter? Let us set our faces to find
this, and beware that we be not found
fighting against the truth, lest happy
we find ourselves fighting against God.
" No question is settled until it is set
tied right" and when it is, it will shake
itself free from all ifs and butts and JUS
tify. itself to the world. And people
will wonder that the ages were needed
to reach it in, or that ever it was ques-
toned at all. p. BADGER.