The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1908-10-08
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OF INTEREST TO WOMEN

Nothing is more myste rious to wo-
men than the abuse feaped upon the
opposing candidate in q political CAM
paign-except the celebrity with which
1t is entirely forgotten after the cleo
ton is over.
Political activity is tremendous Just
now and the talk one hears in cars or
on corners Is all of candidates, let
ters" and the election. ..aa -
To a woman it is all very funny.
You go to a meeting called for the
purpose Of advancing the interest of
some candidate and hear that he Is
an angel Of light, that IL he did not
wear coat you could see tho wings
sprouting.
Not only that but you are given
facts and figures which everlastingly
clinch the argument and If you do not
believe him to be a paragon OF right
eousness you would be little short
Of fool.
This is eminently satisfactory and
you decide he is your man, when a
friend. persuades you to 60 to another
meeting conducted by the >other side
and when you get there you are pet
rified to learn that the angel of light
before referred to is guilty Of every
crime In the calendar save murder.
And this is also proven by cold facts
and figures.
If it is woman who has gone to
the meeting she has cold shivers up
and down her spine thinking of the
terrible shock it will be to the candi-
date and his family when they read
the papers and see the horrible accus-
ations made against the best man in
the world. She really can't sleep for
sympathy for the poor woman who
has probably considered her husband
good man. To the sympathetic
woman's great surprise, the next day
she picks up the paper to- find the
entire awful story on the front page,
beneath it a very cheerful interview
by the .slandered candidate. in which
he smilingly denies it all, and on the
social page the announcement that
his wife is. giving a tea!
The sympathetic woman gives up
politics on the spot. II what had been
said about that man had been alleged
OF her husband, she would never hold
up her head again. 1t is almost un-
necessary, to say that the sympathetic
woman was not the wife Of a candi-
date, or she would be used to the
amenities of campaign. -
But women could learn something
from masculine campaign If they
would.
II woman could do as man
sometimes does, listen to his best
friend-tell large audience that 1t
would be fatal mistake to elect
him, and then the two walk down to-
gether, arm in arm, and talk most
amicably about other things, there
might be some hope for her. But
until women are willing to sink
their individuality in this manner,
they would best keep out OF politics.
However, there is great deal in q
political campaign which is regret
able even to me.
Women cannot understand why e.
man should be abused and villified
just because he aspires to public Of
fee.
Men always claim that women are
guided by the heart rather than the
head. Being guided by ones head ev-
identity means to blackguarding some
respectable man who is running for
Office on g ticket you do not vote.
The sort OF talk that comes from
your head is saying to man You
meet:
"Oh, yes, 1 like Blank; there's no.
thing the matter with him; he's one
OF my best friends and as honest as
tho sun, but vote. for him.! Well, /.
guess not know too much for,
that"
Voting for man because he is the
best man for the place Is altogether
too simple to be thought of. 1t is
more likely that one votes for him
because ones sister-in-law's cousin