The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-03-15
IAN EAGLE ROOSTER"
Woman Suffragist Writer Criticizes Late
SCreeds OF the Eagle.

tional being capable of reasoning, he
might be made to realize that the class
designated are entitled to precisely the
same rights as the men who are respon-
sibIe for them. But such argument would
be wasted upon an eagle-rooster.
1t may be said in eXtenuation-for one
must be merciful toward the lower orders
of creation-that as has been remarked
already, it is a long distance from Wich-
tia to Colorado. Even under the most
favorable atmospheric conditions the
gazer across such vast spaces might well
be mistaken as to the identity of the Colo
RADIO woman voter His instinct should
once more serve to inform him that Mr..
Henry NJ. Teller is not, and never has
been a candidate of the stamp supposed
to appeal to habitues of the tenderloin.
male or female. Indeed ii is his record,
precisely the opposite of this. that COM
mended him to the ladies in divided skirts.
mounted on burros, and won for him
their confidence and their suffrages. But
this. too, is a pardonable error, and may
be attributed, once more, to misleading
instinct, and the physical inability OF
rooster to use spectacles, telescopes or
any other artificial aids to limited vision.
Had the Wichita eagle-rooster been here,
upon the ground, where he could have
identified them personally. he might have
recognized, or had pointed out to him,
among the voters such women as the wife
of the governor of the state. the wife of
the judge of the supreme court. the wo-
man who had filled so ably the office
Of state superintendent. the modest,
dignihed woman member of the legisla-
ture whose work has been concentrated
upon lettering the condition of misguided
girls and orphaned children. the women
physicians, the teachers in the public
schools. the women professors in the col
leges and the universities. the wives Of
clergymen. and last, but not least. the
vIrtuous mothers Of families. who, hsv-
ing cast their vote. setting an example
Of civic duty. have returned TO their
homes and their families. in no way
harmed or contaminated by their brief
visit to the polls.
Another error, due not TO malice pre-
pense. but TO the causes cited above, is
the supposed discovery that ''polygamy
and equal suffrage so together" The
general impression is that polygamy was
abolished By law. And there is also a
widespread belief that polygamy has
never existed in Colorado at any time
neither prior to the establishment Of
equal suffrage nor since that time. Il is
true that there have been occasional big
amists who have come 70 Colorado. but
these have been promptly arrested and
the law. in their case. has been allowed
TO take its course. II is a loose and in
accurate mode Of expression. however. TO
r,
take one for the other.
But. in rejoicing over the defeat OF
woman suffrage in Kansas the Wichita
eagle-rooster has cTowed too soon. The
time is inevitable when the people Of this
republic VIII look back in wonder, that
the intelligent. educated. taxpayinE. law
abiding. native-horn women OF the land
should ever have suffered the amazing
humiliation Of appealing and duplicating
for those rights which are conferred with
ont question or derlur upon the most
ignorant. vicious and irresponsible man;
even when. 4 product Of European op-
preston. he cannot speak one word OF
the mother tongue OF comprehend the
privileges thrust upon him The challenge
% the Wichita es gle-rooster is premature.
This he viii discover when he attempts
10 lay aside the archaeological role that
suits him 10 a pinfeather. and asks 20 be
regardai as one OF the lords OF creation.
entitled - the respect. the confidence and
the votes Of his fellow citizens. When
that tine comes and he asks for the Office
Of governor. which he has coveted SO long,
the women n Kansas. whom he has ex-
plotted with such deiicacy and courtesy.
VIII exclaim IN tones that viii carry
conviction ard enforce obedience: Not
So We demand as our chief executive.
not = rooster, but q man"