The Teton peak., 1904-09-08
"IIeeP R:sPOasCl.
MRS j. ELLEN FOSTERS TING, j,
APPEAL TO WOMEN
why Their inAuercs should u. t,
tel in BehnIS of Republican \
At the PoIis A Party TINT f.e.ts A,
Movements " Ia ch benefit .iant,n.

keep responsible"
This tall, h'g-boned aud big hear,..
man Of the woods and Of the plains has
driven many miles from the raich ia ,h.
railway station, :, meet q visiting cir,
gentleman. 1t was up to him" to hrns
that visitor safely to the ranch to nor
form that duty he must keep respons,
bie."
read this story two years 40,
while campaigning in the Stats :,
Idaho. in tAat State. and also
the States OF Wyoming Colorado and
Utah, women vote and may hold olHc.
OH the same conditions as do men 4
Democrat, Miss French. had acceptabl,
held the office of State Superintendan,
Of Public Instruction, and was reuoml
mated The Republican party had ala.
nominated lady, Miss Mae Scott fo,
| the position. The campaign for the Stat,
ticket. aud for Congressman-at-lare.
was vigorous, and the Republican part,
| won The shibboleth passed arounS
among Republican women was, "Kee.
responsible.
Miss Scott has been renomnated h,
accamation, at the recent State conysn.
ton at Moscow. No criticism had been
| made upon her conduct Of the oftice-sh,
had kept responsible"
We are now passing this word on IA
Republican women, the country oven
Whether or not you can vote. you can
| keep responsible"
Among the qualities Of the ideal vo
man none is SO universally acknowledged
| as is that one of answering fidelity 10
J,,tx In, nd ;,, h.
experiences, of ordinary. everyday lfa
woman's reliability as sister, sweetheart
| wife or mother is the keystone of every
| arch, the keystone of all music. An
irresponsible woman, woman whs
does not care" is pitiful and revoltini
| object. 1t is common to say that 1
woman who goes wrong falls to lowe,
| depths than man can. l am not sure
| that this is absolutely true. 1t surely
seems SO.
During the last quarter OF 4 century
woman's sphere of duty and of respon.
| sibilty has greatly widened. In fulfilling
her primal responsibilities to the home,
she has been forced beyond the od-tims
| limitations in education, in industry, in
social economies, and in politics. The
demands of necessity and the limits Of
opportunity are always the measure Of
responsibility. Consciously or uncon.
sciously the average woman has always
accepted this standard of obligation. The
American woman has conspicuously done
so. The American man, her comrade Ia
the home and in the worlds work, 10
larger Drained, more free-hearted and
| open-handed, more responsive to the
| tr-,f nf IT, k1Ur
in the world. He, more than she, is r.
sponsible for the enlargement OF hM
| sphere of influence. He is sometimes 4
little slow in recognizing the results oi
his own initiative.
This is how it is and why American
women now find themselves driven BY
the necessities Of the national life to the
| open door of opportunity, and coerced BY
a sense of responsibility to act with tho
forces of progress.
| cannot in this paper set forth the
claims of the Republican party, or show
the utter in"bility of the Democratic
party to legislate for the people, and ito
incompetency to administer the govern
ment. | here only ask intelligent wo.
men to read the history of the country,
TO study its present life as illustrating
the wisdom Of the principles and the
constructive policies of the Republican
party, and to contrast them with the IN.
wisdom, and the dangerous go-as-yot'
please, irresponsible suggestions Of the
Democratic party. l do not fear the
final judgment of the average Americas
woman, when she accepts the fact of hsl
wider sphere in politics and informs her
| | hn ,..in
sponsible.'
l urge all women to think, and then
to act. Study the national situatonl
note the strides which the country hal
made in every department Of human pro-
gress. See its greatness at home, and
its beneficient influence in world rela
tons. Remember that of every forward
movement the Republican party has been
the instigator and the leader But whil(
you rejoice in victory and in progresA
open your ears and your hearts to tbt
undertone of discord from mis-applied
and jarring forces in industrial and civil
life. There are wrongs to- be righted
wounds to be healed and ulcers to b
burned out. There are whole races ol
men to be lifted from the night of bar
barlsm into the morning Of semi-ciyi1a
ton, and finally into the MONDAY Of
orderly self-government and political lib
erty.
The great. the beloved Mckinley frs
voiced the National consciousness o
world responsibility. He was Gods in
strument in the political evangelizatio'
OF those island empires where our tai
now floats. You reverenced him, 20,
mourned for him as you never mournet
before. Your tears were your hearts
tribute to his character. and were eo
quent with love of country, and indena
ton at her enemies. You can pay
noble tribute, and voice a noble patriot
ism. by helping to sustain the principle
ne believed in and the enterprises d
maugurated. The wisdom Of our grea
statesmen is developing his and thel
conceptions of National and internationa
righteousness. The service and the bloo
of our sins have consecrated these grea
undertakings. The work must 60 on
and You must help.
During this last year, under tina
brave knight of progress. Theodor
Roosevelt, the greatest physical enter
prise in the worlds history, the connee
tion of the oceans Of two hemisphere