The farmer and mechanic., 1907-03-12
Mr.. DOOLEY ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE

Il see be th' pa-aper~ said 81
po"ley. that IN ladies is Eaglaui
| hay" got up IN Their might and de-
| m4nded vote
- WHAT" cried Ar. Henncssy.
/ ~ vote" said Mr.. pooly.
+Th' shameless *iragoe~ said NJ
| Heune@>y whit iii they sla
We'll. sir" said Ar. proiey. "4n
| immense concoorSe iv foriy iy tnim
| gathered iu London ap' marched up
II III House is COMMONS -ov national
d"rmytory Where j ISud tu almost
nlEerSal snorc proclaimed that "a de-
| bate was r4gin' OYER TIA bill 10 alioa
/ English giHtlemcn - marry. their de-
| ceased wifc's sister befare the autop~s
/ IN tn great hall iv Rufus some uf ia
/ mightiest male intellcct~ ill ErltaIfs
/ slept undhcr thcir mats while an inn
/ passipncd orator delivered hcm-
| stitched speech Oh til subject ir IA
| day - tn attintivc knees an feet il
| III ministhry. II was into this hrrc
| assembly iv tn first gintlemeu ~ Eu-
| rope that ye sec Oh yc'er Way ia
| France that tn furious females at
/ timptcd To enter. Und2untcd by tile
stairs iv tn building. or III rude
| ieers il tn multchood. they advanced
: To tn very outside duts iv tn idifice.
!! There an Overwhelming faorce il
i three poliSmen opposed thin. What
| do ye want mum = asked the poll.
| We demand tn suffrage. says til
|
"Th' brutal polls refused to give il
to thin. and a desperate battle fol-
| lowed. tn ladies fought gaIlanuy.
hur!in' cries IL Brute, Mon
ster' Cheap. etcethra, 1T tn CON
| stabulary Hat pins were dhraW1.
| Wan lady let down her back hair;
| another. bolder than tn rest. done a
| fit on tn marble stairs; a third. per
haps rendered insane by suff'rin f'r
a vote. sthruc a burleyruffyan with
- >
| tn right hand. Thin tn infuriated
| officers iv tn law charged on tn
| champeens iv liberty. \ scene il hor-
| ror Followed Polismen seized ladies
| by tn arms and led thin down tn
| stairs: others We're carried out faintin'
b. the tyrants Ill q few minyits I'll
was over, and naWthin' but three
| hundred hair-pns remained to marx
tn scene iv slaughter. Thus, Hinnls
sy, was another battle f'r fredom
1T serves them right" said Mr..
Hennessy. they ought to be at home
tindin tn babies"
"A thrue statement an sound ar
| gvmint that appeals to livery man.
| P'raps they haven't got any babies.
4 lady is good substichoot f'r a bal
| lot an tn hand that rocks tn cradle
| sldom has tim f'r any other luXuries
! But why shud we give thin a vote.
| says l. What have they done to in
i've this impeeryal suffrage that We
fought and bled f'r? Whin me fore
fathers were fol1owin' George Wash
in'ton an sufferin' all tn hardships
| that men endure campin' out in va
| cation time, what were tn women
don' ? They were back III Massachoo-
| setts milkin tn COW mendin socks
follOWin tn ploW, Dlantin' corn. keep
in store, shoein' horses, an pursuin
tn other frivolous follies iV tn fair
by frivlous sex. Afther tn war our
| brave fellows come back to Boston,
an as a reward fr their devotion got
| a vote apiece If their wives had kept
tn Pilgrim Fathers that stayed at
! home from foreclosin' tn morgidge
on their property. An now. be hlvil5.
| they want to share With US what ~"
Won.
why. they wuddcn't know how to
vote They think it's an aisy job that
| amy wan can do. but il ain t. II :
4 mans Wurruk, an Sthrong man 8
with Il Sthrong stomach. ! don't know
annything that requires what Hogan
| calls tn exercise iv manly Nigor more
! thin yotin' It's tn hardest WurFuk
| | do in tn wear. got up bcfurc DAY
light an thramp over in tn cold to
tn Timplc IL Freedom. which is also
| tn office iV Il livery stable. WAN ~
tn Judges has i cold in his head an
closes al! tn windows. Another
Judge has built n roarin fire in Il round
stove an is cookin' rcd-hots on it, TIL
room is lit with candles an karoScnc
lamps, an is crowded with pathrites
| who haven't been 10 bed. At tn,
ourc arc two or thre" DOliSmcn that
maybe We don't car" to meet Dock
OIcary says he don't know anything
tnat'I cXhausc tn air iv room 50
quick as u polsman in his Winter
unyform All tn pathritcS an as tn
pa-apers call thin. tn high priests iV
this here sacred rite. ar-re smokin' tn,
best seegars that tn token money iv
our country can buy.
In tn pleasant warmth IL. tn fire.
! tn harness on tn wall glOWs an puts
out its own peculiar aromy. TIL owner
IL til sanchooary il Liberty comes in.
shakes UP q bottle il liniment made
iv carbolc acid. pours it into a cup
an goes out Wan iv tn domestic
attindants iv tn guests iv tn house
walks through firm maxim tn beds.
-Afther a while th' chief Judge who
| knows me well. because he shaves me
| three times week. gives me q con
| timchous stare, asks me me name an
: number il scand-Ious questions
| about me age.
- IN timptcd To make an angry re-