The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1899-01-26
ANTI SUFFRAGE.
q I'sw Plain Facts Expressed In a Plain and
rerse Way.

q Esw Plain Facts Expressed In a Plain and
Terse Way.
For the Leader.
II God bad INTENDED women TO take
part In politics, ETC., lie would have
recognized them Ia olden times and
revealed certain prophecies to them as
ne did to the prophets; given them the
lamp as he did the men; a 50 showed
them the same consideration as he did
Mos and others iB giving them var
ious laws, including the ten command.
ments, etc for their guidance and for
the people under their charge,
But from what information We can
&c from reading the Bible, we have
come to the conclusion that God never
intended woman to mingle in polite.
or government Of any kind outside of
her home and family
II he had he would have given hem
orders and laws for the people aq he
did Noses, Joshua, David, Solomon.
Noah, Lot and others, But the fac, of
t is, the Lord could not trust woman.
He tried it twice and they disappoint.
ed him.
First, Eve, by eating of the forbid
den fruit which resulted in the down.
fall of not only woman but man.
Second, the Lord commanded Lot
and his family to fee from Sodom and
and Samarrab, and that they must not
look back in their fl ght. According
ly Lot, his wife and two daughters
started frcm the cities, but Mrs. Lots
curiosity, like many women OF today,
got the better Of her and she turned
and looked behind her and immediate
ly she was transformed into a pillar
Of salt. And Mr.. Lot and his daugh
ters arrived In the little city of Zoar
in safety.
Therefore il God could not trust
women why should We? Are they any
more TO be trusted today than in the
Olden times? Certainly not.
he women are as liable to disobey
Gods commands today a, ever they
we're. They are no more 10 be rusted
with the franchise TO-DAY than Z ey
were In Adams, Moses or Lots davs. |
Not only their curiosity but their
love for money units them for the !
great responsibility OF the franchise |
One II the worst forms OF corrup
ton the politician has to contend with |
Is bribery-the buying and selling of |
votes and ones iuauence for money.
Now. as woman loves IN nev she |
would most certainly have her price |
aud would sell her vote and influence
as quickly as a man.
One nf the women's claims is that il |
permitted TO vote they will purify pol |
Ties and elevate the standard Of NOR |
iluy. Bat if they are not trusted by |
Iod and have the same love for gold |
as man, and will sell themselves as |
] uick as a man, how are they going to |
-ievate the standard of mora ity or |
purify politics The fact is they can't /
10 either, as the average woman is not |
)ne bit better than man. Further ]
more, from an experience of thirty ,
years Of married life we have discov-
cred that women are not II heart as
honest as they would have the outside
world bel eve them to b b
Again, In an arRu cent with women
4 man generally yislos to them even if
he KNOWS he is right, and il a woman
knows she is wrong she will seld IN
give up. Such additional help as that J
a a legislat We body would be a great |
iraw back, as deadl1cks would most |
certainly be very frequent.
Al pres mt Okl,h ma is ve-y well |
well as any territory or /
tate in the Union, excepting Mon |
ana, Utah or Colorado. OnIy few |
lays ago read in the telegraph re
PORTS OF the Leader an account OF |
, ibery and bOodling going on in the |
Montana legisl strre, where women's !
'ot-s helped 81 elect the mem oors.
Where is their boasted purity there? /
lumph it's al ia your eye Woman's
lote will purify nothing.
AisO sh n time ago ] saw Ia the |
4e ader an account of a quarrel between |
wo political factions IN Colorado, 10
ghich one man % killed Verify, |
vomau's vote has not purified politics
yery much IN re.
A few dRvs ago / saw an item IN an
,xchang- quoting ex Gov Waite, of
colorado, as saying that he used 70 be
n favor OF woman suff age, but now
hat they have 1t they act worse than
he men.
II is TO be hoped that our LEGISLATORS
will think twice bef re giving the /
women OF Oklahoma the franchise
Respectfully, Y, Y.