Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-07-31

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ing the husNan. brother or sweet
| hears-
II also saw ere of the leading wom-
en- oe the W CT u. abandon ell her
! principles and :.el to influence the
votes of women for a man whose NOR
ais were so w ;.,al within six months
after he was cleo: Il through the wom-
ensi ballot his wife sou.-ht a divorce.
Il GO rot beli-ve that women are
constructed Iv nature for the rough
| and tumble fsht OF the political arena.
In art, educa ion, philosophy. music.
the drama aud Writing women have
an opportuni-.. for the uplifting Of hu-
mainly; but a. bottles rever,
81 do not hold shat women are any
| better mora. ten man, for they are
not There are iIst as many good
women as good msn, and nc more. The
laws of nature do not recognize any
such distinction as one sex possessing
all the y'rtI..s 81 the other all the
vices. The daughter inherits from the
father his attr-b Ltss ar1 the son from
the mother. ans Ia The final adjust
ment the cross-breed of goodness and
deviltry is equally divided between
both
The time has not cone. and / doubt
seriously whether 1t will ever come,
when women WI -'et The ballot. What
can they accU-np ,,h e. ould they get
is? Nothing. Were the ballot granted
to women it Noud mean nothing more
or less than a doubling of the vote
| They will never vote independently.
Think O. byifz n daughter voting
differently from the husband or father.
II is highly irnn- obable Women are
easily influenced. much more so than
men, nd-wn. 1ever religion enters into
the question ther become fanatic. of
the worst k'r1 and Efthing can be
corplisheI ~ f-nat.cism.
Women are not consistent. They
do not look i,.to IRE future and real
lie in what ire ."is OF 'le present are
apt t. 3su!t. II SON.. of the states
where tbs women haze the ballot
found foreigners selling to the highest
bidders the votes of their wives and
daughters. who knew nothing and
cared less about voting. What good is
woman suffrage in such a case? 1t is
nonsensical, TO say the least
"Women's votes would never correct
the evils that may exist in present day
politics. for the reason that women do
not act coolly. but are subject to wild
enthusiasm over trivial as well as
over momentous matters. and IL would
result in grave catastrophes TO the ma
ton il they had the power to put their
foolish ideas into practice.
mo. / am through forever with
woman suffrage. The more I look into
the question the more I am convinced
that il would be highly improper to
give women the power to vote. l. was
at one time an advocate and rather a
strenuous one at that. of woman suf-
frage. but my ideas have changed won
derfully in the last few years. and I
often wonder why l believed as / did.
II have long since forsaken the
ranks of the temperance advocates. I
do not believe in prohibition. Look at
the religious fanaticism that was
shown in Washington last winter when
bill was introduced into congress to
prohibit the sale of liquor in the Dis
trict of Columbia. Women and girls.
under the direction of the anti-saloon
leaguers, most OF them preachers. |
marched to the capitol. and held a
prayer meeting in the rotunda and
sung psalms all the way round the |
committee room. |
They Missed and stormed in the |
committee room and corridors and be-
haved themselves generally in a ridic- |
ulous and undignified manner.
Women are easily Influenced. They |
do not stop to think Of the conse- |
quences Of their acts and in their |
hands the ballot would become most
dangerous weapon. and I for one never |
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have recanted for all time.
Then. too. the actions of women in |
Washington on the temperance ques-
WINGED me that the time for woman |
suffrage has not vet come. For sew
eral years the Smoot case has been |
agitated before congress by an organ
ization Of women. both sufrra gists and |
W.C.T.U.'s. who have even attempted
to violate the Constitution of the Unit
ed States. This was brought about by |
their introduction Of that very dan
gerous dogma-which was seen by he
fathers of the revolution to have
drenched the old world in blood I'M
ion of church and state. This enter
ing wedge in Utah was not only a dan
gerous thing. but a wholly outra geous
one. TOT lNdn ny VI
Woodruff pronunciamento in 1890 an
nounced that polygamy had ben aban-
doned and in the future it would be
strictly eschewed by the younger gem
Grafton.
"Smoot was elected by the legisla-
ture and accepted by the United States
senate and was seated. But then came
the women organized under religious
sentiment. and for three years. moved
by pious enthusiasm. they caused the
United States no end OF expense in
thying the case. The religious senti-
ment OF the country. guided by the
clergy. brought the women to the
front and they We're used as a club to
exert a most dangerous influence upon
our institutions. It was then that |
saw what a very dangerous thing the
ballot would be in the hands of wom-
en-, who are so Overwhelmingly influ-
enced by their religious beliefs.
in the matter of the fight made
against Smoot, / say emphatically that
I am against my own sex. for their in
huence under sectarian bigotry is at
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