The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-25

He Has Somewhat Ra deal Opinions
a. to Woman Suffrage.


Ballard. Oct "a. 1895.
To the Editor: wish to reply at some
length to those ladies' whose opinions APP
peared in Sundays Pcst-Intelligencer up
on the question OF woman Suffrage"
Did / remain silent upon this important
innovation. of the retrogressive order. the
"masculines' would think that had
fallen to the level Of the politician. or
had reached the degradation OF the
bearded effemina:e" Now the beard
ed effeminate' Is always a materialist.
never a moralst: always a politician.
never a statesman: he Is never known to
assail immortality. unless prompted by ma
terial interest Political women use him:
womanly women despise him. He Is the
yoke-mate Of the peaceab.e. aw-abiding
euckold. In politics he Is an intriguing
pest: in law he is shyster; in the pulpit
he is a deceiver; as a doctor he Il q blk;
as an editor he is churl; as a laborer
he IS slave: as a husband he Is sub
ordinate; he Is mildew in society, and
a whitening blast to the Christian civliza-
ton.
/ wish II distinctly understood that
enjoy the society and conversation OF in
tellectual women. cannot afford time
to chat with fools OF either sex. Now.
the ballot is nothing but a declaration.
effective. The Declaration Of Independ-
ence would have been an empty boast only
for the force behind n. Who ever heard
of a woman's voice in Faneu.l Hall. in
the North. or the Raleigh tavern "a place
where they sold RUM. in the South. in
the intelligence OF woman, but intelli-
gence does not rule the world nor ele-
waite civilization TO Its highest pin
nlcle. The highest order of intelligence
and the lowest order Of morality are TO
be found going hand in hand. Virtue,
temperance mot prohibitionl. wisdom and
intelligence lead a nation onward and
upward, and I place 'intell;gence'' last
in the four qualifications which ! have
presented as the highest ideals for the
happiness of the human family. Nature
has placed man in authority. II is no
credit to him that he Is placed there. but
IL il a discred!t to him If he shirks the
responsibilities which that authority in
wolves. and tres to make woman bear
that burden which he alone was intended
10 bear. Woman was placed by nature
In subordinate position. Is this hui
initiation TO a cornmon-sense woman" Is
It any responsibility Of hers that she -
thus placed? Is it man that has put her
there or nature? VIII 1t add anything
10 the happiness of woman to be placed
N an artificial positlous
The woman suffrage" advocate IS ur-
Willingly an aniagonizer OF the sexes. and
ne who antagonizes the sexes is ignorant
OF the fact That ne IS a crfTfiiai 1linse
who are continually clamoring for right
are invariably Indifferent TO duties.
carried on a battle through the press up
on this subject once with 4 lot Of intelli-
gent women. and. strange 10 say. the
most intelligent OF ali used to Sign her
name Prospective Old Maid and she
mis,ook me for bachelor In one Of
her publications abe hkened me TO a
kite without = TAIL and declared that !
could not ride IN the world until tied
myself TO something" She had often
seen a small boy trying TO by kite
without tail. and MS efforts were USE
less / enjoyed hearty laugh at the
cid maid unwittinsy indorsing my posi-
ton, truly, the man Is the kite. the wo-
man Is the tail: the kite sustains the tail.
not the tail the kite; the kite Is In the
ascen6ancy. tina tail Is beneath and be-
meath 1t must remain. In order that both
kite and tail may reach an elevation
which neither could accomplish alone. II
is true that / have seen a small boy try
ing 10 fiy q kite without a tail. and his
efforts were attended with some success.
but | have never We. seen a small hoy
trying TO ny the tail without the kite:
so that whenever the tying process takes
place with me something Will have 10 bs
tied TO me, as there Is a vast difference
between ths tail being tied 10 the kite and
the kite. being tied to the tail
EDWARD CLAYSON. Sr.