The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-07-27
Iounty to whIch lmmIgratlon Is eons.Anl-

county to which immigration Is constant- ly cornng.
 Mir. Moore's Idea is that woman is A common equal of man. This Is what the make her In this lies the evil effects of the system. It endeayors to place woman outside the sphere she is wont to occupy and tends to coarsen and cheapen wo- manhood. The proper regard Tor woman
 hood. as I understand the subject, IS to exalt 1t and not to permit It to De low cred by placing woman on the same plane
 with man. I have had many men here in Colorado. whose opinion l respect, to tel
 me that woman suffrage is failure pe- cause 1t has failed as a political move m that ft has failed to raise the political standard as was promised ana eXpecteo, and for the additional and more potent reason that it's tendency Is to drag wo- manhood down and thereby impair the SO ciai fabric. This is the deliberate con clusion at which I have arrived aItsr studying the subject here in Colorano from an unprejudiced standpoint anu as an outsider without local or other bias.
 My Mobile Herald article has been com mended by many of my acquaintances Tn Colorado and throughout the West 10 whom I sent copies, A leading merchant in large We tern city. who formerly re- sided in the South. recently wrote me as follows: T am Just in receipt Of the clipping from the Mobile Herald. whicn I presume. was sent by you Myself and wife have read it with much interest. ana I have loaned it to others to read With the understanding that they would re- turn it to me. which indicates my appTe- ciation of 1t. You certainly have condi. tions down right and can realize ana appreciate this write-up more fully than any enc in Alabama"
 The w.iter of the above attached to- nls letter two lengthy newspaper clippings, one being the dsily string of divorce stories from his local paper, and the other sensational Illustrated accoan. of how mannish femas physician sse naa created a scene on the st. eet by wniIping a recalcitrant debtor and had later knocked down a policeman. who sought to make her keep the peace The article went on to say that at last accounts Lns belligerent woman was successfully deiy- ing arrest and seemed to have the enfire 9 police force terrorized. She was referred to as being wealthy and of prominent family" These clippings were sent me me fruits of so-ca1ied equal rights.
 do not charge all the moral ana DO. liticei shortcomings which l have founo in the Rocky Mountain States 10 female U. suffrage as Mir. Moore seems to thirk. but am convinced that woman sumrage instead of bettering matters has maus them worse. chiefly because It nas tenoed iieve, should. as far as possible, De kept aloof from the ccarser things of ire. I fudge correctly the mistake of femafe enfranchisement will be rectihed Tn Iew
 years in folorsdo at least. @ vssv ass i1np lagrs clement of thinking men and women and indications are that this sentiment VIII grow until It's repeal is accomplished.
 Tn conclusion I will advise MT. Moore who fears that have not been careful | of my associates while in the West. tnal | I resided for four and a half months lasl winter on Capitol Hill, which Is the nlosl | fashionable and select residence porLioL 1 of Denver. and that during and since that l lime I have met and associated with some | of the best people of this region. al | though, I regret to say. did not enJoS l the priceless privilege of visiting orange vile. idaho. My opportunities for closer | walton have been extensive. thus enabling me to get at the truth on this question. Eli F. Smith.