Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1905-01-14
WOMAN AND THE BALLOT.


tous question.
The chief point urged by those in favor of
female suffrage Isl that it would result in maxi
ing our country morally cleaner, and purify our
politics. It certainly would make more politics,
but would they be any purer? The chief
issue harangued upon by those who wish to
give the women of our land right to vote, is the
liquor question. They claim that practically
every woman would vote against the soul-des-
troying stuff Once thought so too, but at
ter we had lived seven successive years in one
of the largest cities in the United States and
mingled great deal in its social, well as bus
mess life we were forced to the conclusion that
fully as many women as men favor the manufac-
ture, the sale and the of intoxicating liquors.
On the other hand is politics a desirable
field for the exercise of woman's influence?
The great issues of the day always too
intimately connected with the welfare of every
living being in the land to be trided with by
voter who does not fully understand their great
import.
Has the mother of growing family, time to
devote to the daily study and careful thought re-
quired of the intelligent voter? She has grow
ing daughters to train into the exercise of the
sweet graces of true womanhood. She has
chivalric sentiments of noble manhood. She has
home with thousand minor cares, duties as
unreenting in their demand for attention as the
call of fate She has a husband to whom she
must be the personi6cation of all the ideaii-
ties of his dreams.
Can she live up to these many demands and
devote the needed time to the study of politics?
Or would she rashly WELD, with untrain-
fho o.odo cd hat iS the
of the legally franchised voter?
These are the questions that come before
our minds eye when the subject of female suf-
ferage is discussed in our presence.
To be sure there are hundreds of women
good women-who have no home ties and are in
position to give much thought to politics, but
we honestly believe that they are outnumbered
by those who are not SO situated.
Aside from this there is the vast army of
ignorant, vicious and disoute females who
would be enfranchised, as we'll as that other
army of lightly luttering social butterflies, who
could no more express an intelligent opinion on
political issues than they could carry the world
on their alabaster shoulders
All these would be enfranchised. And once
enfranchised woe to the legislator who would
vote to repeal the law that gave to them the
Mrs Lillian lngles is getting out splendid
paper during Editor MERGERS sickness.-Tel-
fair Enterprise
The Enterprise sincerely trusts that Editor
! Mercer over at Fitzgerald will soon whip out
that case of smallpox that has him down now.
Te1fair Enterprise.
Editor Mercer, of the Fitzgerald Enterprise
is undaunted in his fight for good government
aud the growing interests of his hustling city;
but even the most valiant must sometimes fall
he is wrestling with Observation-Disclosures
Monitor.
The press of the state greatly sym pathizes
with Editer J. E. Mercer, of the Fitzgerald En-
terprse, in his severe illness aud hopes that the
Giver of all good will restore him to his us
ing ably edited by Mrs. Lillian Ingles.-Senoa
Enterprise.
Mrs. Lillian Ingles who is editing the Ftz-
gerald Enterprise during COL ]. E. MERGERS
forced absence, is doing splendid work on that
always popular news dissemination. Her style
is terse, easy and graceful, and shows clearly the
ear-marks of the experienced writer.-Oci1la
Dispatch.
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