Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-04-05

TA ARDON me IT i renaSn q cnap-
ter of congressional proceed
~ ings which is now ancient his
tory. for it is a record Of sew
eral weeks ago. 1t is an occurrence in
the United States senate, the most sol
emn and ''etiquettish" masculine Or
ganiZation i'll existence. with the poSsi-
BILE exception of the British house OF
lords. The headlining of the newspa-
per dispatch says, 'Tillman and Nc
Laurin In Furious Combat With Fists
Upon Floor of Senate" Yes, but two-
men are too emotional to be allowed to
take part in politics.! Further, the dis
patch says: IT. insinuated that NJ. had
sold his vote for federal patronage. NJ.
called L. a liar. L. sprang over three
chairs and viciously attacked NJ, strik-
ing him in the face with his fist NJ.
hit back, striking L. on the nose, draw
ing blood" Just so! But women are too
emotional to be trusted with the ballot
or to take part in politics, Further, this
dispatch concerning the cool and pow
erful white male who permits not him.
self to be governed by his feelings says:
Again T. struck out franticaIly. this
time with mis- left hand. The blow did
not hit NJ, but struck in the face Ser
geant at Arms Dayton. who had sprung
over the desks in the effort to reach the
two belligerent senator's" But wom-
en- are too emotional to take part in
politics! Once more: THE two senators
were still striking wildly at each other,
some of the blows landing upon Mr..
Layton. An instant later the angry
senators We're piniOned in the arms Of
Senators s. and W. Finally they were
forced into their seats. L. was white
as sheet As he sat in his seat he
drew his handkerchief from his pocket
and wiped blood from his face" Here
in the senate of the United States oc-
Cured scrap" uneXcelled in vulgar
fury and brutality in the lowest slums
of men, white. black or yellow. Never
theleSs. woman, you-yOu are weak,
hysterical creature, governed wholly
by your personal feelingsi Look up to
man-powerful Drained, calm, self con-
trolled man-as your superior! Hide
yourself within your own inferiority!
You are too emotional to take part in
poIitics-you!
No organization of men could have
been more warmly or hOnorably well
coined at Washington than the nation
al American woman suffrage conven-
ton was. Hon. Henry b. f. Macfar-
land. president OF the board of COM
miSsioners for the District of Column
bia. himself made to the women the
address of welcome to the capital, and
more than Il thousand visitors were
present to greet them. A Washington
paper says that perhaps no meeting OF
the association ever aroused so much
interest among Washington women
themselves as the one of 1902.
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At woman suffrage meeting a man
asked Rev Anna Shaw how women
could be made to overcome their pet
ty jealousies. Note Rev. Annals reply
to him, $50 long as the Sampson
Schley case is on I wouldn't say any
thing about petty jealousies if 1 were
you"
Lately at dinner 1 sat opposite a girl
who wore diamond rings and licked
her fingers.
Women who think they try every
way they know how to earn a living
and always fail are either mentally
deficient or slumpy, mostly slumpy.
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a lady proposes n summer camp for
girls where they can live in tents and
swim and row and take tramps through
the woods. Certainly, but there viii
be much more enjoyment If there are
few men along.
A queer thing happened lately. The
University of Pennsylvania conferred
some honorary degrees on distinguish
ed individuals, ard the individuals
were present TO receive them. One of
them was an iron faced antique who
has distinguished himself by bawling
aloud early and late against the eman-
cip3tion of woman, but what else he
is distinguished for don't know. He
was made doctor Of laws. AS one OF
the guests of honor there was present
gentle little woman who was also made
a doctor, Il doctor of letters, because
of the service she had rendered in the
field of literature. She was Miss Agnes
Repplier. The world still moves, thank
God, in spite of iron faced antiques.
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Those who listen month by month to
the feeble humor of womans club pa
pers seem quite unconscious of the real
tHmor of the situation.
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Overheard in a restaurant: Man OF
the First Part-It always takes me an
hour to dress in the morning. Man Of
the Second Part-How can you put in
all that time? Man of the First Part
Oh. monkey around. l have to shave,
you know. Man of the Second Part
with an air of great superiOrityJ-Well.
don't shave, and / can dress any
morning in three minutes by the watch.
He looked ii.
ELIZA ARCHARD CoNNER