The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1900-08-17

CONDUCTED BY MRS. NJ. L. HOBBS.


There are many ancient argu
ments against woman suffrage tina
would have equal weight agains
mans right to the ballot. Let III
suppose for the present that womer
Instead of men are governing, anc
holding the family pocket-book.
1t is the morning Of election day
Mr.. and Mrs. Brown are seated al
the breakfast-table. He is a mer
chant. She says, 81 guess will
walk down town with you and cast
my vote, so as to get back home
with baby in time for his nap"
"Very WE'LL" replied he, i can
wheel the cab for you as far as the
store, but | would much prefer to
go with you to the polls and vote,
too"
why, George, are you getting
so weak minded as to want TO
vote? | shall really have to dress
you up in petticoats. | would not
have anyone know that you felt that
way for the world. Men would be
entirely out of their proper sphere
| if they were to vote. You would
neglect your business and be want
ling to hold office next"
swell, and why should not men
hold office as we'll as women, /
should like to know"
because they would neglect
their families, the gates and doors
would soon be hanging by one
hinge, their business would be neg
lected, and soon the cellar and pan
try would be empty, and their
children would die OF starvation"
81 do not believe that would be
the case; and | do not believe that
the Creator meant that men and
women should be unequal, for the
Bible says, "Male and female Great
ed He them, and said, They shall
have dominion over all the earth
Mind, God did not say she shall
have dominion over all the earth.
Mind, God did not say she snail
have dominion, or he shall have
dominion, but they shall"
"Wel |, the women have always
done the voting, and the men have
all they can do to earn the living;
so don't bother your dear old head
any more about it. Come; mamma
will represent her baby boy and his
papa at the polls"
81 should like to know how you
represent me at the polls? | be-
lieve in high license; you believe in
prohibition. You 60 and vote pro-
hibition. | stand back and look
on.'
80 George! you're nothing but
man. You can't vote, and so, of
course you can not understand pol
itics. Here we are at the store. |
am going to have your favorite pud-
ding for dinner. BY by, don't wor-
ny about what you can't help"
Mrs. Brown joins Mrs. Jones,
who is also wheeling her baby in a
cab. They talk over the leading
issues Of the day, and when they
reach the polls, one lady stands
guard over the two children while
the other votes.
In the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Loe there is also an argument this
He feels rebellious be-
cause he cannot register his opinion
at the ballot box. ut is not fair"
said he. "Men have brains and
opinions Of their own as well as wo-
men, and they should have an
equal chance to protect their inter-
ssts by voting"
"Why, honey, don't you know
hat men can do more by their in
auence at home and abroad than
hey could possibly do by voting"
"No | don't know any such
hing. You women run things to
suit yourselves, and if we men VEN
lure to give you little advice, and
try to persuade you to vote to please
US, you say, You are nothing but
men; you can't understand pol
tics"
"But if we should let the men
vote, the bad men would vote, and
that would never do"
"Is it any worse for bad men to
vote than it is for bad women to
vote?"
ooh, that's different, altogether
different. We are talking about
passing law allowing you men to
vote at school meetings; that will
be nice. Here are fifty cents,
Frank; | want you to bring home
a dozen oranges and can Of
peaches, and if there is any money
left YOU NAV have il. but don't lose