Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-10-22

the wife orders rather more than the
husband. To begin with. she orders
the dinners. and thus determines what
the man shall eat. She orders her
own clothes. and lie must look ut them
whether he likes them or not. She
orders the manners Of the children.
aud be has little choice In accepting
them. whatever they are. The prac.
tice Of hypnotic suggestion" In us old
as happy marriages; ana the journyes
that have been taken. the houses that
have been bought. and the gifts that
have been made AZ the result Of the
obedience Of husbands are uncounted.
The old song comes daily true, when
the woman sings:
"Wc'il even let them hold the relns.
But we'll show them the way to gO!"
This applies to the comfortable jog
trot Of everyday life. When the sun
shines and the pace In easy. 1t matters
little about the reins. hut II two PEG.
pie lind themselves behind II pair Of
frightened runaway horses. their only
safety lies In one having the power
to drive and the other having the sense
to sit fast and keep still. II both take
u hand with the reins. disaster Is Ger.
tain. II may come In any case. but a
divided responsibility invites II. 1t Is
for such an emergency that the prom.
ise Of obedience by the wife prepares
the married couple. In u crisis. one
Of them must decide how TO net. The
husband may decide wrongly or fool.
ishly; but some one must drive. ana In
doubt or danger the wisdom and cOur-
age OF the wife are hest shown In obey.
Ing orders, no: In d.s3ut!ng them.
Under our system OF choosing Presl.
dents, each State casts It's entire elec.
tOral vote, for the candidate who re.
ceivcs the largest number Of indivldu.
al votes mt the November election. The
members Of the Union thus come to
occupy relations to the political parties
much like those Of everyday citizens.
Certain States are always Democratic;
others are rs regular In their Repub.
lican adherence, while u third group
moves from one side to the other. ac.
cortling to the issues und candidates
Of the campaign. States which are
nelghbors with kindred interests usu.
ally vote In about the same way.
There IL thus an element Of PERSONAL
~ impaired to the commemorative. or
| the eleven which In 1856 voted for
Fremont, the first Republican candl.
date. eight have never since that time
voted any other ticket In a Presiden.
tial election. OF these Fremont states.
New York and Connecticut have sup
ported the Democratic nominee In sew
cral great contests. whilc Wisconsin
has been Democratic once. On &C.
count Of the upheaval produced by
the Civil War and reconstruction. but
few OF the nineteen States which voted
for Buchanan nearly half century
ago have been steadfast In their Dem
Ocratic allegiance. Illinois and Penn.
sylvania switched to the other side In
the very next contest; the former has
been Democratic but once since that
time. and Pennsylvania never. Mary
land, In 1855. voted for third par.
~ candidate" Fourteen new voters
have become OF age" since 1856. OF
these only Minnesota has been steadi.
ly Republican In the Presidential cleo
lions. None has been invariably Dem
ocratlc. although West virginia voted
for Tilden In 1876, and for every sub
sequent Democratic candidate down
to Bryan. A group Of these States
which are west Of the Missouri have
been Republican except when the sill
YER issue was uppermOst. 1t IL often
asserted that state-lines are fading,
and In some respects this IL true. but
rs each Presidential contest rolls
round, these units Of government will
assert their individuality SO long az
the present electoral system prevails.
~eA
Probably the oldest lnhabtnnt does
not remember II year In which the
crops were not u complete failure-in
the opinion Of certain people. Regu'
larry in the late summer ana early fall
the spectators send out an army of In
spectors to watch over the processes OF
nature and critcise the work of the
Creator, and they generally report that
the job has been bungled and that
there will be only one-half Of Il crop or
none at all. The fact that these vaticl'
nations have regularly failed every
year since the country was settled
does not stop them nor prevent people
from being affected by them. They
listen to the grouchings all through
August and September and reap a gol
den harvest In October without put
ting the two things together and learn
ing the folly Of distrusting nature
When the dog days come again they
will be as ready as ever with reasons
for believing that there will be only Q