The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-04-07
The ddlieha 4aily Eagle Tnesdy ddormime april ses

in speaking OF heredity and its effect upon
the unborn: Subject mothers never did.
and subject mothers never VIII give 70
this world i race OF healthy. nberty-lov-
ing. justice pTacticing, sane and moral
children. IN Bible times they gave to the
world sons who had to have devils
whole herds OF them-'cast OUT they gave
lying Peters and thieves for the cross;
they gave treachery. butchery. beggary.
.diocy, insanity and malice. as they do yet.
and as they VIII continue to do unto the
end OF the chapter OF enforced maternity
and brutahZed ownership
1T is simply for men 10 choose whether
they wish TO pay such prices as these for
the qualification OF their sense Of owner
ship and their aGtocratic power. The
ablest w!sest and best men of the age
feel that the price is altogether too high.
The heart-wrung mothers OF insanity and
vice know that il is. and II they fought
only half-heartedly for their own emanct-
patton, they are willing TO fight TO the
death to save their children from the in
suits Of the blindness of man"
Now. I ask any fair-minded man or wo-
man. whether they are suffragists or the
contrary, if this is not the worst kind of
rot" What possible ground have they
for a statement of this kind? And this is
only one of many, which is much more
rabid and disgrecefuL How IS il possible
for suffrage 10 correct evils of this kind,
even if the statement was true, which
anyone with grain of sense knows is not
Why do they not stand on their high 81
ally? Why do they marry such vile Great
ures as these men they picture? Why
do they bring idiots and murderers and
all the rest OF it, into the world? Do they
not degrade themselves by doing so? And
is it not admitting that women are weak,
and have no correct sense OF morality to
make such statements? They say men
bruteS, and that maternity is enforced.
and will be unto the end of the chapter,
or until they are allowed to vote. In de-
grading the man are they elevating the
woman? Do not fathers love their chill
dren as well as the mothers? Do not
fathers work early and late TO keep the
mother and babies in comfort? Is not
their pleasure his? Are the husbands OF
this country OF ours such "brutes'' that
they are insensible of what is due the
woman who is his wife, and the mother
of his born and unborn children? Haven't
these suffragists never felt the protecting
love of a strong and manly man. and
known the exquisite, the heavenly bliss
that comes 70 the mother when she feels
for the first time the pressure upon her
breast of a loved and welcome babe? To
the woman who has missed this experience
in life 1 extend my most profound SYM
pathy; for ito have loved and lost" is
better than to not have loved at all"
And if men are "brutalized owners OF
women until they compel US 10 go out and
mix in politics. whoop up campaigns, be
ward heelers and all that, I hope and
pray he will continue TO be a brute" and
own us unto the lend of two chapers,"
or as many as are necessary. / for one
am more than content 10 be so owned"
and l do not have such an exalted opinion
of women as to think they will purify
or even improve politics If she were given
suffrage. I think she would be ''cor-
rupted' just the same as her brother man.
There are enough ignorant votes cast now.
Why double or threble them? What good
could il do? Who or what would be bene-
fitted? They say il will help the working
woman How? There are plenty of US
with whom the bread and butter question
is not an abstract question, but one of
every day effort TO keep the coyote from
the door, and we fail TO see how 1t would
put more dollars in our pockets. II is
question of ability purely and simply.
The world always has and always Will
belong to those who take il; be ii man or
woman, and the only proof of competence
Is performance. Whatever woman proves
her ability to do, she will be accorded,
and she must be content to do it on the
same basis as a man and not expect favorS
On account of sex, as so many do. Even
suffra gists, while clamoring for their
rights do not want to abate one jOt of
heir privileges as women, but want TO
be men and women both. And. as one
man expressed it. when asked what he
thought of the ''new woman she had
ceased 10 be a woman and had not yet
succeeded in becoming a man." which |
answers about covers the case. And |
when the coming woman gets here viii |
,he offer up her seat? VIII she offer her !
when there's rain or snow or |
,leet? VIII she help us in the wagon? |
VIII she bait our fishing hook? VIII she |
tep into the water that we safe may cross |
he brook? VIII she seize a rail and res
,ue when the bully chases US? VIII she /
,ush the wheezy mower every day and \
make no fuss? VIII she run the locOmO-
i've, shovel coal and handle brakes? VIII 1
he level mount and forest, and carry bit
ers for the snakes? VIII she march 20
,loody battle; snap her fingers az the |
iurts? Well. 1 guess not. She VIII /
merely hide behind her husbands skirts.
= NJ EBRITT