Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-12
JUDGE r. A. PRYOR, WOMAN
SUFFRAGlST, VS.. MRS. PRYOR.

The only thing about which my
wife and myself disagree" said Judge
Roger A. Pryor. us the question or
woman suffrage. am in favor of r,
willie she Is opposed to It."
The Judge and his wife this week
celebrated the sixty-flrst anniversary
of their marriage. They have wealth
cred the storms OF life together. nave
had a long voyage and are sailing
&c the peaceful haven. Their mar
ried life is as interesting &C it IS an
spring Born in that oldtime V'r-
ginia of lavish plenty and warm hos
pltality, they were married as soon
as the judge got cut of college. The
bride was Is years old; the groom
20. They enjoyed the pleasure or
companionship and love in the period
when youth illumines life with the
light of romance. Roger A. Pryor
achieved considerable success as an
editor at a very cary age. the fas-
cination of journalism Turing him
from the profession for which he
had been educated-the law. He en-
tered politics. helped to nominate
Franklin Pierce and was made minis
ter TO Greece at an age when most
young men are trying to decide what
shall be their work la life. His wife
was proud of him. and he thought her
the greatest treasure On earth.
When the Civil war came on he
threw himself into the midst of the
conflict. He entered the Southern
army and fought as fiercely as he
spoke, and he soon wore the i'm
pressive uniform of brigadier gen.
'eral, which Is enough to hold the
love of any woman.
General Pryor came out OF the War
with his uniform. his wife and seven
children. but without a penny in the
world But his wife had borne with
out a murmur all the trials and ter
rcrs of war. They went forth with
smiling faces to build up their for
tunes in a new land. The Confeder-
ate became one of the leading law
yers OF New York. an honored judge
on it's bench ami enc OF It's most
eminent citizens.
After more than sixty years he and
his wife are even more devoted to
each other than they were when lie
was q handsome young college grad
uate and she was pretty young
girl. with the curls rioting over her
head. The trials and trhhulations
they have borne together have &C.
mented their love for each other and
made them one. They are proof
enough that married life brings with
1t the greatest happiness man and
woman can find upon earth.
Their friends. however. must re-
greet this rift in the lutte. this sub
ject upon which they disagree. II the
Judge insists that his wife shall vote
and she persists in her determine
ton to scorn the humble ballot. there
are rocks ahead The one way TO
induce woman to accept the ballot
Is TO convince her that it is some
thing man does not want her to have.
II he insists upon pressing upon ner
the right to vote he can never in
duce her to accept It. They tell us
that woman's won't is more pow
erful than mans will. You cannot
force the suffrage upon women The
only way to gel them to take it is TO
make them fight for II and snatch 1t
from the very jaws OF cruel man so
to speak. II the men should ever
insist on their taking 1t. woman suit
frage would be as commonplace as
Boiled potatoes. no more exciting
than a round Of cheese.-Bsltimore