The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-02-18

The suffragists have had another
powwow in Washington lately and
gone over their grievances for the
one hundredth time. Suffragists for
some reason or other are usually sup
posed to be very plain women, ill-fa
voPed by nature, so that when a man
who held to this view saw Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Gait, who is a very hand
some woman, he remarked: How in
the world did she happen to get into
that crOwd?"
Now, of course, that is all a very RI
diculous and masculine idea, that
women who want to vote are sure to
be homely; however, if some psychol-
ogist should trace the relationship be-
tween ones mental attitude and his
or her-face, it would be interesting
and might explain a good deal. One
of the suffragists said that some be-
nighted persons thought it was not
mice" for a woman to go to the polls
and stand in line with bad men who
might swear, and probably would.
There is a good deal of sense in this,
as men, bad or good, would probably
be much more likely to swear If they
stood in line with feminine voters.
1DRh dOAAS AAOAA4 SAie4l liAStG hOCo llOk
seem to be any particular reason for
men to swear when they stand in line
to vote; they don't have to vote nor,
indeed do they have to swear, both of
which seem to be forgotten by the
suffra gists.
The ex-governor of Colorado testi-
fed at the meeting and said that he
was personally acquainted with 10000
women Voters-poor mainland he was
20 fT,aG i.,4O
: fere with their being good wives and
mothers. Now that was exceedingly
handsome of the governor, and if he
cares to have an office he certainly
has 10000 votes up his sleeve whether
he would be the right man for the Of
flee or not. Right there would be the
trouble with women voters; they
would be governed by sentiment, likes
and dislikes. instead of facts. Some
women wouldn't vote for man who
wore side whiskers; another for one
who sported red necktieS; the WomanS
department wouldn't vote for man
who would not give his seat in the
car to woman, old or young, ugly or
pretty. So there!
1t is a matter of regret that the re-
marks made at the meeting by Mrs.
Alice Blackwell, of Boston, were not
reported, because Mrs. Alice is the
fiercest suffragist in the country and
her statements are apt to make good
reading, especially when she is upon
the subject of the great curse Of this
country-or any other old country
that is, man. If Alice had her way
man would be wiped off the face Of
the globe and things would look up in
consequence. She used to call the arch
enemy all sorts of names in the COL
umns of the Sunday New York Sun,
and what she didn't say about the
tyrant was never said. And when you
come to look at it, man has been re-
sponsible for about all the trouble in
the World-or at least, that's what
Alice says, and she ought to know
having made a study of him. Of
course it's not for us to say that the
world couldn't get along without him.
But who would read the woman's de-
partment?
On the whole, we think about suf-
frage with the old lady who said she
thought women suffered enough now.
We can all vote without going to the
polls, and sometimes vote several
times, which we could not do If we
really voted, without being arrested.
So let us be thankful for the priv
1leges we have and continue to make
men vote as we want them to, instead
OF joining Alice and Mrs. Gait