Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
MOST WOMEN DO
NOT WANT VOTE PRIVILEGE

LOS ANGELES, March 27.-[Editor
Heraldl: 1t Is not my desire to deprive
any of the women the pleasure or nav
ing the last word However, since
some of them have brought forward
the name of Judge Lindsay deem II
my privilege to reply. Just why the
name of a judge of an inferior court
should play so important part we are
unable to understand. One would sup
pose there were no other offices worth
contesting. In a recent article IN ono
of our magazines the writer tells us
that owing to the scarcity OF FUNDS tne
workers received only $3.50 q day (whlie
working In the interest of the judge.
Think of it, sacrificing their valuable
time in righteous cause for only $2.oo
a day when the regular price Tor men,
politicians" (this is the common ternl
is $5-how disinterested, how noble "
In return for all this noble effort what
does the judge say? II correctly re-
ported in recent address, in winch ne
had occasion to refer to woman sur
frage. he warned his hearers they must
not expect too much. lie then says, IN
substance, that since the new charter
has taken away the power from inc
city officials to sell public franchises
the public service corporations OF
Denver had bought hats for the dear
women and secured just what they
wanted. Now. this might be construed
to mean that the corporations had, NJ
directly, bought the women instead OF
the city council as in the good old days
gone by.
AS to whether conditions are worse
than before women voted we are unable
to say; If so, 1t was certainly bad. AS
to how long 1t will require to prlng
about reform, If we may venture an
opinion, we would say about seventeen
centuries-and in the meantime human
nature must be reformed--the desire LOT
avarice and hats must be eliminated.
"T. X. G." need have no fear of hav-
ing his liberties circumscribed by
woman suffrage. 1t is in the east ana
south that the lid has been put on--and
by men. Has anyone heard OF Coiora 1,,'
Idaho or Utah closing the saloon! Inc
women have equal suffrage; why don
they do something to bring about re-
form? If they have not corrected tne
evils In the states where they have the
ballot are we to suppose they Will DO SO
in California or another slater IN otner
words we would like results and less
talk The secret of the whole tnlng is
this: the great majority of women "a
not want the BALLOT and will not vote
n given the privilege, the statement OF
the 'desexed'' individuals TO the con-
trary, Notwithstanding. The poor I'M
Terminates of the redlight district, also
some of the unfortunate poor, IN orueI
to exist, must seek the protectlon OF
the party that will protect them in ex-
change for their votes, This explains
nv statement that Mayor Harper
would have been reelected. He may
not be a very astute politician, but he
would have realized the power or a
vote that could be counted as solid Tor
him. -
observer" is not a very old man
who never even drank a glass of wine,
does not gamble or use tobacco, regards
the saloon and it's attendant evils as
the greatest curse of our country and
hates these things with all the fervor
of the most ardent reformer. II mar
dened and unsympathetic 1t Is because
of disgust caused by the very peopIe
.,,;is OBSERVER.