The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-30

j nxticuEs When every ssatss-uar IN or
/; county Was eagerly seeksng peaceful Sc
| InAion O. the Eayes-Ts4dsa dispute. Il vas
ros Hs1-cads that they ssAra9 When s-e
Dossis convention was hrok \ gp and iss
no@ by means o. nsflcang When ths
| chicago anarchists shse9 lhe.r bomb into
| ne ranks Of the POI cerraen II Haymarket
square, they .ere not PLAYING Al t.stics-fss.
| When the railway str kars In Pi.Isourg
1 stopped the trains *kiIlec'' the locon1-
| nves and burned the IRE {. there was 70
| minority refused 20 ABIDE by gE1e result OF
the election of iss1 and the Northern ma
| iosity saouidered nsaskets and went cown
ane cofItE'e led m m 70. not tie most nip
| pant writer would have thought OF calling
!. hsflIAfls. Al. thess are sl1npy readily
| power n the enforcement Of Iaw
. 70 De voting e.tixsn = 20 b a possible
sosdier eltizeal There Is no way q fal-
ing unfalil.led the physical and IL is cow
/ a. 1lg 10 attempt Il
The constitution Of Utah says that the
state militia is 70 consist OF ''able~bodied
/ males. and hav. not yet heard hat the
women who vote there have Insisted tia.
the word male BE- stricken oui OF that
c.Gase OF the Constitution. BY no means.
| every woman expects 10 De exempt.
II Is absurd IN Itself and annoying 20
suffrage advocates. 10 talk about military
clty for woman. Her very nature for
| bids II. So Il IS and SO /; does, and there
/ lore IL Is equally absurd 10 talk aooa.
ner attempting 20 ASSUME duties whose
very nature forolds their being taken by
/ her
| The authors OF the History so often
| referred 10. In answer TO the claim that
government needs force behind IT, ard
| those who make the laws must execute
/ or Policeman say: Woman might not
Nil these Office as men do but might far
more effectively guard the morals OF So
/ iety and the sanitary conditions OF our
1 cues. moral guard yhs "a
/ excellent thug 10 ward off the ghosts In
country purying ground. but would hard
Y prove effective against he riot OF
ian.hany mob on the night OF an exc:t-
! ing election II Is absurd 10 speak In such
| fashion of work that Is needed every hour.
| "A girfs education should. first OF al. be
directed 10 atEng her for the things OF
| Rome We talk Of women as II the only
! domestic relations we're those OF wife and
nsoner Let Ms not forget that she Is also
| a granddaughter. a daughter. a sister. an
| aunt. should like TO see her made her
/ best in ali these characters before she I'M
! derta kes public duties. The best organiza-
Ion In ne world = the home. Whatever
| In the education Of girls draws them away
/ from that is an injury 70 civilization.
| In letter to Mrs. Cutter Catherine
Beeoher sad Ny main objee, to the
| wrong mode Is employed to gain right
| object. The right object sought Is ID
remedy the wrongs and relieve the suffer
ngs OF great multitudes Of our sex: the
/ wrong mode Is that which aims 70 enforce
| by law Instead OF by love. II L. one which
| assumes that man ss the author and a5et-
/ tor or al these wrongs and that he must
| be restrained and regulated by constitu-
tons and laws. the chief and most trust
worthy methods. | hold that the fault IS
/ as much. or more, with women than with
! men inasmuch as we have all the power
| we need 10 remedy the wrongs complained
! OF. and yet we do not use II for that end.
/ II 10 my deep conviction rfat MI reason
! able and conscientious men OF our age. and
cEvaSt3iiy or country only
! willing but anxious to provide for the good
| OF our sex. They viii gladly beStow all
I that - just reasonable and kind when
I ever we unite in asking IN the proper spirit
| ara manner In the ha,f century Snce
| I began 10 work for the education ard re-
! lief Of my sex have succeeded so largely
| by first convincing intelligent ard henevo-
/ lent women that what I aimed at was
| right and desirable and then securing Their
I influence witt their fathers brothers ana
! husbands. and always with SUCCESS. Why
! not take the shorter course. and ask 70
have the men DO for US what might
do for ourselves If we had the haliotr
Now. II women are all made voters. it VIII
W. their duty 10 vote, and also 10 qualify
themselves for that duty. But already
women have more than they can do we'll
/ in all that appropriately belongs 10 them,
and 70 add the civil and political duties
/ OF men would he deemed a measure OF In
/ Justice and oppression by those who ara
/ opposed
The true environment Of woman IS wo-
! rranl.nee-s: rot 20 IL her nature 10 the ut
most that wcmanllness can mean 10 the
worid s. - fail - wouanlv attainment.
But making herself a distorted woman
cannot make her even N imperfect man
Herbert Spencer. IN his essay on jug
tee" says thar he once favored woman
suffrage from the point ~ view OF gem
erai principle - individual rights" Later
he finds thar this cannot he maintained.
because he discovers mental and emo
t.oaal differences between the sexes which
disaua'!fes women fror' the burden ~ gov
eminent and the exercise Of is functions"
Tie also cons dered u absurd Tor women To
claim the vote ans military exemption ir
she name 81 equality.
Nrss Sea harry AYERS ttat where woman
IS homes will naturally exist Homes
have not existed naturally" There was
= long long n.e IN human history when
not dream ~ home existed
From IS wis~Ss strsi.{aualfS.n 70 tribal life
from tribe IN cian from the clan M last
through mighty struggles. the family was
eVosvei~the flasi grooming OF the racs~~
the social un!t. TINS. point was rot reach
81 until man the savage man the rover
ha1 consented - hs Aouni, aud bosln1 FOR
'te 70 ore wenar l. has been one oh
}ect % Christian civilization 70 hold man
10 this saving contract. First - bold his
si,'rit by affection fo~ wife anA eh.l1 and
next 70 hold hB~ material interests for the
sake % soc'~ty The work has So weH
Progressed titat today the mans family Ia
dea~- ~ hfaa than his own ltfe, H will
live fn~ them nj sRhf fnr hem ard ne
women who nrec'a that man "a vouan's
enemy are tire aeea~Ssns o. .hejr own peace
SRI ~ the growing r~~sN - ~ home
II The women ~ fha family vote with the
man they cn'v douhie the vote and he
ex0erse without chang rig the result. =
thew vote against ths THer they s'au3 ~
ira ridiculous atsitnds ~ Opposing fhen
WHORE thsy Oh 0ans fa more than pull hair
- inyiting "a revolution which they cannot
stay.
Trae horne s. not q natural tns'lt.-Son IN
,ess - IL maintained ny nsfn~ai means ant
woman sur re ara the Sorns ar~ tu@0~a-
paftel@ John Bright n rrny 30 NJ Th@c-
d1re S.arton'@ gu sS5{Gn whv Re onncss3
sn~rare. "a T. II rauHot give yCu al ms
rsss sens s0r ne view ! take. hut acs
srora tne belief tna' - introduce women
fufa fAe @tr e. - pol ff~al Nfe wosfi3 ~ a
great evil 20 them and thar 70 oar ONT
s.sx 10 pcee ,5!e god could s-s~. Wien
women az 30 sa~e nu&er thA csa-gs ~
cnre ~ f9tsere husbands bro es~s. AMI
sous i, - ne saglf - our roa-cjyi itsst}7n
ara rot O. Cur Avs As Civsttzatior
fn1fnfet3 ~ Csrss-'ar PRINCIPLES sivan ,@s.
women W. T' = aN rat = rsght. for taan
"a have thcsrh thnv af* e.st SeF9 cen
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