Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-19

sary 10 SWING the ballot 10 eucceesiul cou-
} clusion, wherein physical mental and ner-
. vous energies are subjected TO the Sc
verest test and which put woman out Of
the running by the statute of limitations
, ordained by mother nature This II clearly
shown in the states where whole or partial
suffrage has been conceded. The women
I gradually drop out after the novelty OF
I the first ballot has passed and exhibit a
marked Indifference even in those sub
jects which seem to appeal to her especial
protection.
stay-at-HOmes I'm the Majority.
In the last election (November) in Seattle,
where 5000 women are entitled to vote on
school questions, but 46S registered, and
among the delinquents were speakers who
had been exported TO the east In recent
campaign to paint in graphic language the
resultant evils OF women not voting.
In Boston there were over a thousand
less women registered for municipal ques-
lions last autumn than ever before.
Wyoming, in 1870, when territory
through a democratic legislature, enfran-
chised woman but forty years Of the COW
eted ballot has failed 10 discover any ap-
probable improvement in its politics. and
not an instance OF initiative reform on
: masculine legislative methods or an ex-
hibit of constructive genius in law-making
, that points her as superior to her mate.
Governor Waite and populist legisla-
ture of Colorado, In 1898, enfranchised wo-
: man without aid or effort on her part
but sixteen years of the vaunted prize
have disclosed no advance in manners or
morals in the body polite; but. on the
! contrary, her first vote in 1894 wherein
z she displayed the basest lngratltude toward
: the governor and an utter disregard or ig-
) norance of the moral side Of the issues
involved, threw the state into a disorgan-
lied condition from which 1t has never re-
d, covered and which l shall review further
E on.
3 In the Literary Digest Of April 20, 1908,
q appears an article on the failure Of NO
I man suffrage in New Zealand after twelve
; years of trial.
DInn's Two souls.
Man by nature is enowed with a pre-
ppnderance Of appetites and passions. This
J must be So because of the tremendous
I struggle which he Is compelled to make
t to gain a foothold.
r This great incentive is the desire
I for companion, a home where his chill
n dren may be reared and around whose
r hearthstone may center all that man de-
r slres for the advancement and civilization
. of himself and society.
y God be thanked writes an ilustrious
$ poet, man boasts two soul sides-one to
\ face the world with; one to show a wo-
e man when he loves her"
But the woman has none Of this in the
h outside world She may fill, as she does
y acceptably, public office and 1t is well
J. that she can do this when the wolf is al
u the door, and food, shelter and clothing
b are demanding the struggle, but after ali
hat he Il 4. Il, Ge4
VI for there is no growth or development be-
. hind the effort; there is TO be no reward
: which appeals to the heart and the ambi.
= ton and energized effort. Woman does
not work all day that she may so home
: to blessed flreside, cheered and en-
II nobled by the presence of a man whom
she supports, where no sweet children
y greet her and no hope or ambition is re
= allied. The heart is out of her and thu
spirit lags. And, look at 1t as we may
" these are the great impelling forces tina
send the human race along the road t
development or stagnate its forces int,
baleful disaster
A Temporary Expedient.
That woman looks upon her work o.
but temporary expedient, and not a life
long effort, is continuously illustrated ii
- the swlftness and alacrty wherein sh
:, deserts the ranks and disappears in tn
- domestic circle whenever the sailboat o
10 man is sighted on the tempestuous sci
:, OF LIES billowy ocean, and the guide a
"A the tiller invites her to a seat by his side
"a The latest deserter, who was heralde,
a with fanfare trumpets. shawms, and sur
w. teit OF applause as a civil engineer of n
ID mean proportions was the granddaughte
"a OF Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who fell earl
N ha 70
d feathers"-'a stranger piping through tn
ID village beckoned to the fa.rest maiden an
y. she followed where he leads her." leavin
T. the nonquitters for the stranger.
m And thus it is ever, "as unto the bow
III the chord is, so unto the man is woman,
and by this attraction OF natural selectio
he which permeates the whole universe
r. duality Of magnetic forces the ties q
a common kindred in the human are perfect
cd ed In the relation Of wife, mother, daugh
lg ter sister. which forbids a separation @
ip interests in the sexes and makes a votin
IS phalanx OF woman reformers outside q
the inter-related domestic association a
an impossibilty. For women are not a di,
in tinctiVely independent class apart fror
he men-and 1t should be remembered wit
er Justice to the male sex that all legislativ,
ly educational and industrial progress thu
- Ihr' IN amelloration OF Woman's inner
he lance from the dark ages, has been carrie
d. forward by the machine voter. He ha
re opened the doors of universities and co
rs leges, admitted her to the professions. az
re vanced her privileges and pay in newly-a,
m auired departments OF industry, and in III
rst reforms which she earnestly demands /
OF emphasizes her wishes by affirmative re,
es ognition, as witness the great temperate
res wave now sweeping over the land where
'se the masculine ballot has decsively vote
'ss for woman,
" War Time Picture.
From my window in Washington 1 s,
~ day by day vast army OF women narcl
~ Ing TO and from the war, navy, stat
~ treasury and other departments OF II
~, government, filling the numerous ramit
cation OF It's Intricate work with cred
to themselves and honor to their natio
turn back in thought as / review III
iiu TRANSPORTATION and look upon anoth
avs scene, at the door OF the treasury. ia
over the way, where forty-eight years a,
long line of ragged, hungry, homsle
=" women and children were crying Z
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