The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-08
Garrv Franklin Porter. Bridgeport.

(Harry Franklin Porter, Bridgeport,
 Conn, Oct. 1S09.)
 The last word will probably never be said on the subject of suffrage, TOT when all is said and done there will be those that dissent Some now are in favor of universal suffrage, others are lukewarrn on the question. and still others opposed ever to extending the franchise to the feminine portion of our population Just now those who are neither for or against are pretty much in the predicament of the man said to have been between the oeVn and deep, blue sea- Militant measures on the one side rouse up a wall or ademant opposing on the other But yyithal. what is the truth of the whole matter? There is always TRUTH about everything, therefore about tnis-
 To extend suffrage to woman ls' theoretically, rational. right, and just, there is no gainsay. Even as tne a,,e MiSe husband consults his life-mate about fine affairs of common concern and en- trusts to her the detail and manage nent of much of the household econ omy, so in the affairs or larger con. cern. the city, state and nation, or which we one and all, male ana female. are part and parcel. partners for life the harmonious co-operatloh oI the sexes in the matter or puonc soN. ernment and the delegation to eacn or that portion of the duties of admins t-sfion to which by nature and train ing they are best fitted, is not only just but wise And we shall nor, as h citv or a state or a nation, ex- Dard fo the fullness of the statue or fine ideal of popular government un- iii we brothers and sisters, different in nature but identical in rights. cnll- dren of the common parent Goo' hnh arms and shoulder to shoulder wage incessantIy the mighty warfare against fhe inertia of an anticipated order or things sex. or of some women and some men against other women and other men," or of personal comoats al alI- Rather 1t is a question or progress of stricking off the shackles or the past. of locking step with the march s s of time. It is thus the battle or ra- dicalism against conservatism or an improved order against an anrquateo one. in short of right against wrong and as such commands the hearty CO., operation of every thinking, reehng, earnest person. man or woman It is a case of get together, al
 But we must be patient to await the issue. As the poet Longfelow sings,
 s.Let us be up and doing,
 With a heart for any fate,
 Still achieving, still pursuing,
 Learn to labor and to wait"
 It will not do to press the issue too hard. for that will only incur mls-
 
 tation Is all right, but let it be safe and sane and not, as 1t so often IS, animated by the spirit of bitterness. sex-hatred, and feminine ambition gone mad. The goal. in any event to he attained is better government, in order that the benefits of common en- terp<ise may be more justly and hon. estiy apportioned; it is not personal aggrandizment or exaltation- Many of our sisters, it is to be feared, are animated by no higher desire-in the secret of their hearts-than, to use a homely phrase, to be boss for a change Of such are militants in gen. eral. An unworthy motive, and one hound only to brew discord. destroy domestic and civic tranquility, and nerpetuate the reign of hell on earth zren have been "boss'' so long be- 2 cause conditions have made them SO ' Man's has been to bear the brunt oi foil and fight the battles. woman's tc reign in queenly grace over that most sacred of institutions. the home, which was is and ever will be such because of her presence. her patience; gentle ness. tender, loving care She has beer monarch of "'neaven on earth. pool man of "hen," is she mad that she