Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-03-24
AGAINST
WOMAN
SUFFRAGE
Arguments Made by Opponents
Who Write the Journal Say
ing Let both sides be Heard

especially for women must be respect
ed by men, So that al taxpayers and
non.toxraycrs, both men and women.
are represented by men who make the
laws and there are no reasons why IL
should not be- so.
Not satisfied that members Of their
sex by marrying abroad (preferring
fortign nobility 60 clean American cit.
izens) have taken over eight hundred
millions Of dollars from this country TO
enrich foreigners, during the past cen.
tury. with a large ratio Of increase ex.
pectcd in this century, also the many
millions spent annually abroad by
prominent American women residents
and visitors. and not satisfied with the
cngrafting Of kindergardcus on the
public school system. erippling the
schools and costing taxpayers millions
Of dollars without any benefit whatso.
ever, and their extravagancies and
other expensive fads and whims-(in
Germany. whore kindcrgardens origin
ated. and where ihey were copied by
che founders here. they are all private
pay schools and have nothing whatever
10 DO with che public achools) and TO
repeat, not content with their sex low
cring mons salaries and taking the
places 90 lower salaries Of tens Of
thousands Of men who have families 60
support the professional mfragista
now intend 20 sill further hapss tho
common enemy. Mnu,' by endcavorlng
10 vote and bold Office, Tor which from
every standpoint aud Ia the very nn
turc ~ things they hro not fitted. II
IL we'll known that women are phyaio
ally unable 20 perform che duties
which men are compelled 10 perform
under every well regulated govern
ment They are not dtted 10 be aol
diers, shsFlis, policemen, judges, jury
men aud similar Offices and for that
reason In addition 20 many others they
are not entitled % vote. "womon
cannot be both the helpmeet aud com.
plement OF man, and AZ che same time
bis rival and competitor" "
one naturally wonders how the pro
fessional uifrsgists would like 20 be
drafted az soldiers and take part Ia a
war as bloody a. the japanese aud Rus
sian war Yet II they had full political
rights, their liability 90 be- drafted
worh be ineontestable. The very fact
that women are women aud men are
men should be- a perpetual bar 20 fc'
male participation 90 politics The rad
zeal relations of man 90 woman were
settled by nature long ago, aud any
effort 10 change this natural law will
be fraught with peril Tor both sexes
and the question for equal political
rights for women should not be admis
sible for a moment,
Self preservation and the good of
Of women themselves Justify a refusal
forever Many nations have been
brought 20 ruin By thsir women and
II they are ever invested with full po-
litieal power 10 America, the decay
and downfall Of this republic will ulti'
matsly be the result. The great fault
With many Americans is that they
have no settled convictions on any sub
ieet, and in this ags Of "iabby public
sentiment and seryils worship Of
change" they are foOlishly influenced
By sentiment, not common sense, 20
surrender their inalienable rights Sim
ply because they are wheedled or co
creed into doing 90. We have had
enough Of weak and pFeeipiiate abdi'
cation. Our noble land must not be
ieopaTdized, and il is the duty Of all
who love their country 70 oppose with
all their strength and power this men-
ace 70 civilization.
II seems 20 be an impossibility for
women 70 judge things from the sane
practical point OF view as men, ana
their theological conservatism is 50 sH
trems that II would only be a short
time after their accession to power be-
fore the "paTson would supplant the
schOOlmaster" and the nation would
be in danger Of being saddled with an
established or state church or some
thing worse.
A hind, benevolent. ymPathsiis, do
nestle woman is the greatest blessing
vouehsafed 70 man, and they are re-
speeted far more than II they were en-
dOEsd with what 10 called equal poll
teal rights They are satisfied with
thsir feminine privileges and do not
demand tbe rights Of men.
Ons Of the strongest lifelong friends
and male champions Of the sansagists