The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-10-28
MY LADY VOTER.
She Will Play an Important Part in
The Coming Election.
New York Telegram.

New York Telegram.
The woman voter will play quite
a part in the coming election. The
campaigners are actively bidding for
her support in Colorado, Utah, Wyo-
ming and Idaho. We are looking
after the women of these four states. .
saws a member of the republican ma
tional executive committee, as care
fully as we are the men in some OF
the doubtful states"
That. indeed, is a fact insignificant
OF the future Not long ago such
a statement would have been regard
ed as a joke, 50 marked would have
been its unreality Amid national
and municipal corruption the advent
of the woman voter should be full
of healthful PROMISE. 1t is long
step forward The condition OF wo-
mans influences the morals, manners
and character of the people of all
countries. So this great gift to her,
only in the beginning of its benef-
cence, will bring mutual benefit.
If woman shapes the character Of
nation she should be trusted to lend
her rectifying influence to that which
needs character most.
Some persons there are that de-
plore the fact that woman should be
connected with politics, however re-
motely. A woman's sense Of right
and wrong is more acute than that Of
mans, despite what sophists may
say. She is safe to decide any ques-
ton wherein integrity and moral
worth are concerned.
The woman voter is apt to be
treated with levity in quarters where
she does not possesses the franchise.
AS a voter she is serious fact, which
will be demonstrated during Novem-
Der. The period of debate over this
question has passed. She is an ac-
tuality and it is not difficult to FORE
see the day when this privilege of
citizenship will be the right of every
American woman.
Books could be written pro and con
and the amount of matter developed
in the past would suffice to overtop
Mount Everett. This editorial is
written not for either purpose, but
to draw attention to the power Of
persistence.
The suffrage idea has been slow Of
success. 1t has been either savagely
assailed, bitterly travestied or gross
ly raisrepresented But the men and
women who believed it right persist
ed.
Earnest natures, once they are con-
hdent they are grounded in truth,
never give Up a fight. 1t is this per-
sistence in science and thought that
mas developed such a marvellous
growth IN the twentieth century.
Davy Crockett said: "Be sure you're
right, then go ahead!' That is the
idea simply put.
Go ahead Keep on going. and if
obstacles interpose, work with all
your energy to remove them, ami
mated by but one desire-to go
ahead. In going momentum is gain
ed, and when it becomes considerable
obstacles are either dashed aside or
ground underneath. as happens when
a high powered automobile hits a
human being.
Still persistent as in the begin
ming, woman suffrage has gained a
moentum which promises more in
the near future. 1t is safe to admit
that in disciplined mental power wo-
man will find a stronger and safer
protection against imposture than in
mere unsuspecting ignorance. In
deed, that already has been demon
strated
And being sure she is right, she
will still go ahead!