The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-03-10
But intilligence

intelligent says I. "But intilligenee
 "'What does, thin.' says she. We'll says I, enough iv ye at wan stime wantin' it enough. How many ladies ar-re there in we're Woman's Rights Club? HTwinty,' says she. Make 1t three hundred says I, 'an' yell be on ye're way. Ye're mother doesn't want 1t. does she2 No, nor we're sister Kat ie7 No, nor ye-er cousin, nor ye're aunt? All that illiotion day means to thim is tn old man goin' off in th' mornin' with light step an fire Tn his eye. an comin' home too late at night with a dent in his hat. news boys hollerin' exthries with tn news that fifty-four votes had been cast in tn third precint in tn sevinth ward at o'clock, an Packy an Aloysius stealth bar'ls firm tn groeeryman fr tn bone-fire. If they iver join ye an make up their minds to vote, they'll vote. Ye bet they will
 "'Ye see. twas this way votin' come about In tn beginnin' on'y tn king had a vote. an ivrybody else was a Chinyman or an Indyan. Tn king cIapped his crown on his head an wint down to tn polls. marked cross at tn head iv tn column where his name was, an wint out to cheer tn returns Thin tn Jocks got sthrong, an says lnGys -NOIlh bcGAaS b AS1ASAS an wd like to thry 1t. Give us tn franchise of we'll do things to ye. An they got it. Thin it wint down through tn earls an tn markises an tn rest iv tn Dooley family, till nn'ny all that was left iv 1t was flung to tn ign'rant masses like Hinnissy, because they made a lot iv noise an threaten ed to set fire to tn barns
 "'An' there ye ar-re. Yell niver get it be askin' tn polls fir 1t. No wan iver got his rights firm polisman. an be tn same token. there ar-re no rights worth havin' that a polisman can keep ye firm gettin.' Tn ladies iv London ar-re followin' the right coorse, on'y there ain't enough iv thim. If there were forty thousand iv thim armed with hat pins an prepared to plunge tn same into tn stomachs iv tn inimies iv female suffrage, an If instead iv faintin' in tn aF-rms fv tn constablry, they charged an punctur- ed thfm an broke their way into tn House iv Commons, an pulled the wig off the speaker, an knocked tn hat over tn eyes iv Sir Camel Zimmerman, it wouldn't be long befure some mim- ber wud talk in his sleep in their fla vor. Ye betl If ye-re suffrage club was composed iv 6 hundred thousand sturdy ladies ar-rmed with rollin' pins, brooms. mops, potato mashers. stove filters, an tn other weepins that na-' ture has provided tn sect with to de- find thimsilves again tyranny in tn home, it wudden't be long before Bill O'Brien wud be sindin ye box " chocolate creams f'r ye're vote'
 "'Someday ye may get vote, but befure ye do I'll r-read this fin tn pa-apers: "A hundred thousand armed an determined women invaded tn capital city today demandin' tn right to vote. They chased tn polls aerost | th'' Pottymac, mobbed newspaper that was again tn bill. an tarred an l feathered Sinitor Glue. tn leader iv 1 tn opposition. At 10 o'clock rumor spread that tn President wud veto | th' bill. an instantly a huge crowd W | excited females gathered in front or | the White House, hurlin' rocks an l erwin Lynch himr Tn tumult was 1 on'y duelled whin tn Prisidents wife apeared on tn balcony an Haoe | brief speech She said she was mim- | Der iv tn local suffrage club, an she 1 felt safe in assuring her sisters that
 tb' bill wud be signed If nicissary, she wud sign 1t herself (Cheers.) ! Tn Prisldent was a little onruly, but he was frequently that way Tn mar
 rIed ladies in tn audience wud under
 stand He meant nawthin.' It was on'y wan iv his tantrums. A little moral
 suasion wud bring him around all right. At prisint tn chief Magistrate
 was in tn kitchen with his daughte
 settin' on his head.
 "'Th' speech was rayceived with Ioud cheers. an tn mob proceeded down Pinnsylvanya Avnoo. Be noon all | entrances to tn capital were jam
 med Congressman attimptin' to enter
 were seized by tn hair iv tn head
 an made to sign a pa-aper promisin ! to vote right. Immediately afther tn
 praver tn Hon'rable Gussie BumdhroT
 iv Massachusetts offered tn suffrage
 bm fir passage. Th' motion is out iV
 ordher.' began tn speaker. At thiS