The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-02-10

against the feelings Of natural born
orator. he was not permitted to chip
per once Had he raised UP, rolled
around or one heel, and gurgled, st
have a feeling-I have e feeling-as
said before I have a feeling''-a husky
sergeant would have fallen
upon him
OF course the suffrage fight aroused
some enthusiasm Anything with a
woman In it breeds trouble and fervor.
Squeaky little men of about p calibre
bounce up and call other men bad
names and fall victim to a freshet of
alleged oratory- In the name of wo-
man conservative men abuse and fight
each other without cause. It is use
less to fight the will of woman. The
only reason women have not been per-
mitted to vote in the past was that
they had something else to do and
didn't want to vote. Half a dozen
and force them to do their will. Be
fore many years we will see strange
sights in the Kansas legislature 1t
viii be hard to tell whether it is q
comedy or a tragedy.
Act ]. (Scene, kansas legislature.
Enter r. six female suffra gists, bear
ing documents of permission to vote
for everything Take positions in
front, fixing house with eleven hypnotic
eyes. House begins to grind. Hen
pccked person on extreme right rises.)
Mr. Speaker. have here a bin
framed by the six ladies present, and
applause from six females.)
Sueaker-The clerk will read
Clerk-House bill No 41144. by Mr..
Henpeck-An act to prohibit members
of the male sex from holding state,
county, township or city offices. Be it
enacted by the legislature of the state
Of Kansas: Section I. That men are
hereby DISTINGUISHED. Section q
That no men be allowed to vote or
hold Office. Section g. That the same
be In effect on and after the first read
ing of this bill, and that all acts and
parts of acts in conflict herewith are
Person in north end of house, rising
tImidly: Mr.. Speaker. I move to
amend by striking out the word town
ship I think men ought to be per-
mitteG to hold the office of constable
Great uproar. fireworks and oratory,
followed by assassination of person in
north end of house. Applause and six
bouquets for executiOners, followed by
general moving out of legislators, who
line up against the wall. Six females
squabble violently over possession of
speakers Tostrum, and curtain falls.
1t is no use fighting with the poor
downtrOdden woman. She is ace high,
and if there is anything she hasn't
added to her collection, it is because
she has forgotten or neglected to ask
for it. Were there two women and
six hundred men assembled in convsn-
ton, the two women would be a ma
jOrity. The only mans job which is
safe from female invasion is the job
of the lineman who strings wires and
climbs poles. No political job is safe.
OF course, only a few of the women
want to dabble in fields political. but
If there are not women enough to
go around they can pass laws to draft
females for the vacant jobs.
They had a rather noisy session in
the house yesterday. The explosive
Robinette. the calm, chilling Adams,
the gaunt gleesome individual from
Wilson county and the fiery doctor
from Atchison, who was too mad to
stay and vote against the measure
each and every one of them added to
the joyousness of the occasion. Most
OF the arguments were fiat and inspir-
ed, but the heat was intense. Mr..
Pocket-gopher Policy tried to explain
his vote by pouring a little water in
an ink bottle. and calling the atten-