The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-22

makes a good housekeeper: knows how
to keep it orderly and clean and neat
ana 90 this economically. She is there
tore. endowed with like faculties in
the matter OF running a city. She says
woman suffrage Is a good thing be-
cause women are better than men and
| VIII purify politics. Women have been
IN subJugation to men so long that thew
| nave learned far more than men. how
to be masters of themselves. The
! save mas the virtues of concession TO
the desire of others, self-restraf1t. self
denial and measure of general I'M
! seIhshness which men have not, he
cause they have never been forced to
| cultivate and expand these things.
women Will teach men some of these
/ lessons.
Is A BELIEVER IN POLYGAMY.
In the matter of polygamy Mrs. Can
non believes that in the present condI-
| ton of society 1t is a good thing for
/ women. A fourth wife has more Hb-
erty than a whole one. She Is only
/ one-foufth the slave that whole wife
Is AS Woman's influence on man
! grows, man will become less dominat-
! Ing, nave more regard for the feelings
| and liberty Of his life companion and
when wonnan's victory IS completely
won, polygamy will disappear, for each
member of both sexes will find his OF.
happy
Men" she says. ''are welded to the
present; women are promised to the
future"
Her belief in the efficacy of polygamy
IS partly logical and partly innate Her
rather and mother were Mormons AL
though the statutes Of the United States
have declared polygamy Is immoral
ana that 1t shall not be, such legislation
does not make it So unless congress
is infallible in religious matters, nor
does an act of congress wipe out be-
| lief In the recitude Of any system what
ever
Practically, she contends. Morn1onism
is a good system. 1t avoids petty jeaI-
ousy and unhappiness. 1t does not wipe
OUT all sentiment and poetry as some
persons contend. A polygamist loves
all his wives. He is not in love with
only one of them.
NOT IN FAVOR OF PROHIBITION.
On the question Of prohibition and
the saloon Mrs. Cannon stands with
her party She contends that nrohi
bftion does not prohibit. 1t is useless
as well as foolish for party to preach
something that it does not live up to
ana makes no pretense whatever Of
HV1ng up to. Her notions of the futiIity
OF attempting to stop the manufacture
OF liquor were acquired in Europe. She
I'm q II ip W 11OIDpe WIen the plurality
OF wives disappeared or went under
ground as they call it here, and she
studied the liquor question over there.
and that made an antiprohibitionist Of
her. -
Ine state Of Utah, says Mrs. Cannon
Is confronted by women. About so per
cent OF this population is made IN Of
women. As a lot they are pretty sue
Cessful. They believe, she says, in not
bringing UP their children under
microscope or wrapped in a blanket
Ohder poIygamy women never pauper-
lie men, and the result is that Mormon
mothers never raise pauper chiIdre,
Her people, she says, are prospero,,a
and happy. 10
There has been no talk Of hard
tunes in Utah. The farmers live in viii
lagos, and the young men are not
Iorced to leave the farm to get a, taste
OF the pleasures of life. The Morrnoy
farmer spins and makes his Gu GU
clothes; he raises out of the soil s1,s
tenance for himself and his family.
ne makes his own shoes; he IL abl,1
dainty fed and clothed by the toll of
DIS hands; he is not eaten out Of his
house and home by new fashions in
coats, gowns and hats, and conseuuent-
ly he is quite independent of the world
at large. Indeed, it is the reverse thar
is true. The world is dependent on him
and solicits his aid. Whatever he sells
is pure profit in his hand
Politically. Mrs. Cannon is not rfdf-
cal. She doesn't believe women are
going to take the entire government
III their hands and run it to suit ther1-
selves. First, they are too busy to 40
all that, and, second, there are certain
offices that are peculiarly ADAPTED 70
men, One of these. she says is that
Of governor. She doesn't like man
n1sh woman, nor yet Tnannish man.
'MannishneSS" is not an inherent quail
ity 1t is an affectation, buster
ing.
sAl the best men know are lady
like, and all the best women / know
are gentlemanly." That is one Of her
epigrans.