The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-10-09

tramp nuisance have failed, It might
not be amiss to give the compulsory
labor proposition trial. PLAIN Deal
Ter.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN COLORADO.
One of the subjects which has be-
Icome somewhat hackneyed amongst
literary people Is that OF woman suf-
frage. 1t has been well argued on
both sides and in all its features. The
benefits 1t would, confer on, women,
the advantage Of men and the i'm
provemeht ihbthe Soifditlon aofi Babiic
morals thatsit would bring about have
jail had attention. Then the mega
tive has also been heard. The people
have been told that woman suffrage
would unsex women. that II would
make them mannish, that It would
Introduce broils into families and,
finally, that no benefit would result.
when one has heard both sides thor
,oughly discussed theoretically, he has
wondered what would be the out
come.
Some years ago full suffrage was
granted to women in the State of Col
orado and fair trial has been made
there. What the net results have
been as seen by Mr.. NJ. w. Paine
have been presented to the world
through the Circle Magazine. One
of the first general conclusions that
seems to be arrived at about this
matter is that the great Improvement
expected by female suffrage was not
secured, and the great evils prophe-
isied never arose. At one time,
valuable forward movement was
made and an important victory
gained. This was fight against cor
lporation graft. But later the strength
of the women's federation was sapped
and the fight was not kept up.
| 1t seems that the most good that
has been accomplished has been along
educational lines, and those which
make for the purity and decency Of
i the home. Colorado has now the
best laws of any state for the care OF
children and the treatment of the de-
!fective classes.
Now, people, will wonder, how do
Paompn vote? Do they vote as
their husbands? Or do they vote to-
gether as women? 1t seems that as
IA rule, man and wife vote the same
ticket. There is said to be wo-
mans vote as their Is Bohemian
vote or an Irish vote. But a few
women vote independently. There
lis none of the discourtesy that was
lprophesied. The good mother of a
family votes as matter of duty
ad she would prefer to be relieved of
the burden. The society woman gen.
ierally votes, but as matter of form
She takes but little real interest in
in politics. The woman of the under
world only votes as she is practical
ly forced to do by politicians. She
takes no interest and votes exactly
as she is directed. A few women
for various reasons, refuse to vote
at all.
| The drilled and ducated club wo-
men are the real woman voters, and
next to them are those who 60 into
politics to get position.
AS to results II seems that there
has been some improvement made
as to candidates and along educa-
ltional lines. But no headway has
been made against gambling nor
dives nor corrupt politics. But
I'm the smaller towns something has
been done for temperance II Is said
that when an effort has been made
TO work out local wrong, or al
leviate conditions, some progress has
been made But when it has been
sought to correct some far-reaching
political matter like machine politics
or corporation graft the women have
failed.
This has occurred from the very
nature OF things Men are better poll
ticians than women. They are better
fitted for its subtleties and strata
gems and will always take the lead
ership In these matters. The conclu-
sion of Mr.. Paines disjuisition Is of
considerable interest and We quote
him as follows:
SO many elements enter into the in
dustrial situation, that it is hard to
say whether the ballot has raised the
wages of the bread-winning portion
or the sex. Several women have told
me OF instances where 1t has. The
concensus of opinion among women
workers Is that they receive more
In legal and business
way by reason of the fact that they
are voters.
But. after all, the ultimate purpose
or manhood suffrage is not to give
good government and better indus
trial conditions, but to make men
strong. Responsibility creates inter-
est, and this in turn tends toward
breadth of view and patriotism.
Judged by this standard, what is the
erect OF equal suffrage on woman?
Has she accepted this responsibility
fairly. and has 1t injured the sweet
ness of womanhood? That is, after
all is said, the most important phase
lIL.E.