The Portland daily press., 1899-11-11
FEMALE gILOsOFy. Oh ILLOGICAL
STATUS OF WOMAN.
Rsv. L. z Keith. AenIo. Iowa. author
NJ sHaornla WfIosofv

of sFemale Fiiosofy.)
"Politics would b . dirty pool for
woassu, hut 10 seems 10 be mans nstu-
raj element The polls would be an un-
nt place for the same women who attend
cissusss, theatres and dances with special
Illness. Women can work weeks, months
and years In rssouing drunkArds. and
b oomplimsnted by men for their hu-
manitarian work, but 10 would be "un-
wonanly" and cut Of her 'sphers' TO cast
. ballot to prevent drunkenness. They
are asked 10 plead with men to vote
righa alas, too often In vain. when less
time and energy would put their pleas
into the ballot boz where thsy would Be
sure to count Ladies especially invited
20 hear the issues Of the day discussed =
but they must not efeOtually empress
their opinion on the sAms. Women Ars
allowed to have voice In choosing their
own husbands. why not let them To
represented by some ons else In this as
we'll 10 at the poilsr
"Men say snat Bad women would do
all the voting and yes no ono has ever
known q Dad woman to advocate equal
suffrnga The women read three fourths
of the books. monthliss and magazine q
Of good, solid sense. and yet men say they
do not know enough to vote. and they
grant this privilege to the most degraded
ignoramus Of the community, who does
not know enough 30 read his own ba Hot.
Women can sign petitions to be cast into
the waste basket, because they do not
tic ians. Voters only have influence with
them. Some preachers who are depend
ent principally ON the women for POSI-
items, salary and auc~sss In the eommu-
nifty, ara opposed to the women having
the ballot, and . petition from these same
prsaohers has little or NO influence with
the politieisnA because the prsaohers'
constituency has no political power.
"Nomsn take oAre Of mems children,
but have NO vote with which to protect
shem frcn the saloons. They can repre-
sent their property, II It IL In bank or
railroad ssock or bonds. bus In q home.
they oan neither represent nor protsot IL
II . woman had the wealth Of Dives and
the wisslsm Of . Solomon. and man had
the poverty Of . Lazarus anu thu ignor-
snos Of duncs, he could make tbs laws
and she woald be compelled 70 obey shsm
and pay bis salary.
men the wheel, loom. needle. tray. irons
and wash tub, dishpan. cook stove, the
canning and preserving and almost eve
rythine else. whereby they could make
an honest living. and now when they
ssek 10 turn their hands to something
else the CRY comes from men: They ars
driving us out Of our plsces.'
"a woman ana man unite In oom-
uniting the same crime, the woman IL
ostracised FOREVER, and the man Ia re-
csived into the best socisty and can mar
~ the most virtuous girl In the whole
community. Five times a. many girls
rs boys graduate from our high schools.
and when thass educated girls marry the
ignorant boys and want 10 know any
thing they are supposed 20 ash their
husbands at home
Taxation wishout representation
was o tyranny when the non-rspressnta-
tive was Yankee, but 10 is all right
when 1t Is woman.
"a mau In disfrnnchissd for . crime he
commits, bat Q woman IL disfrnnohised
for being born that way, u crime, II 1t be
crime, she could not help"