The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-04-25

that money II ana she yet oxHcU,
what the man and his property get.
police protection. 1re service, lighting
aud cleaning Of streets, maintenance
or courts, etc.
Every man Ii taxed. even II he owns
no property,-a tax that In laid upon
bis time. his strength and often upon
his life. He bears this tax for the pro.
lection Of MI tho lives In the commu.
atty. no matter whose, and all the prop
srty. no matter whose, and 10 this tax
tho women contribute nothing and arc
not asked 10 contribute.
The suffragists appear, 10 think they
dispose Of this consideration when they
speak Of men who ARE exempt" from
military service and stIlI vote. The i'm.
mediate answer II TINT there Ia no real
exemption,
All the mcn are liable, but when II
happens that the government In an
emergency does not need nll nj once II
takes lts pick and speaks Of the others
as exempt II may NJ frat call only
for the men under twenty-five, but
when more ARE wanted II does not hes
ltate TO call for men as old as thirty
I'VE. and NO on. Many now living re-
member an emergency In which ten
states called out every man. Of what.
ever age. who could shoulder d musket
ut all.
But even this IL not the root OF the
question For regular service In q
long campaign the government would
not take II man forty. Ave years Of age
with weak lungs II II could get as
many as II wanted who we're but
twenty-five and had strong lungs.
But suppose the weak lunged man OF
forty.fiye Is
"Asin the Government"
and disposed TO unite In an attempt to
overthrow II, will he exempt" him.
aelff VIII he refrain from joining an
inaurgent force on the ground that he
is over age and not in robust healthi
Youth or age, lungs or no lungs. that
man III power 10 be reckoned with:
and this Is why he IN allowed to vote.
In order that when the ballots are
counted he may see that he and his
kind are Ia the minority and II would
/, be hopeless for them 10 attempt an
overthrow OF the government.
When the good Prince Albert in 1851
invented worlds fairs and organized
the FIRST one, II was hoped that the
brotherhood OF man had been demon
strated aud the era Of universal peace
begun. but Ia three years there was
bloody war that involved more than
half Of Europe. In which the only thing
contendei for was commercial su.
premacy.
And many who read this have seen
In our frcext of nll free countries a
million men lighting TO the death and
spending their last dollar.
Suffrage 10 Not q Right,
as so many times has been claimed.
II Ii at once privilege aud burden
and no one has reason for asking for
the privilege without being willing and
able to assume the burden.
I, II said that the casting OF vote
Ia slight duty. quickly performed.
but TO east vote ought 10 mean 10
east II intellgeutly aud honestly. and
how can women gain That accurate
Intelligence except by attending eau.
cuses, primaries. nominating conven.
tIons aud supplementing general
knowledge as far MS possible 0y per.
sonnl acquaintance with candidates?
Even II some women have time ana
ability for such work most have not.
aud even " they all had the time IL II
desirable that the presence and co.work
Of unintelllgcnt aud depnved women
should he added 10 the already iarring
factions Of political llfei
r""'r wnman knows that all women