The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1910-04-19
DOROTHY DIX TELLS Why
SHE WANTS THE BALLOT


Washington. April 1s.-At the con-
| reation OF the National Suffrage As
~sociation mere yesterday. besides re-
/ ports, were a number of interesting
| talks.
lures of an old negro Nanny, explained
che needs OF suffrage as she saw then
10 the convention. The lack of back.
bone is the reason for woman not
having the ballot. she declared. She
spoke as follows:
II ain never been one dat run OF
/ after ev'ry new belief dat comes along
an ats de reason dat / amt never
took up wild dis heah doctrine about
things not bein' made at de start,
but just havin' growed. Cos every.
body to dere taste. but hit seems lax
to me dat folks what laks to claim a
monkey for dere ~grandpaw has got
mignty little pride and mighty little
call to brag on dere family tree.
but i amt ever had no trouble in
b~elievin' dat woman was made out
of mans rib. What worries me is
why de Lawd's choice fell on de rib.
which amt nothing but a sort
of rafter to hold up a mans chist an
swell nit out, an make him look
proud, but dat amt nowise important
in nitself, an dat hit is about lie cas-
lest thing dat a man can spare wild
out anisin' lit.
"Cose | amt presumin' to criticise
de Good Master, but hit does look lax
TO me dat when he was a creatin'
woman. an had de whole man to cut
from, dat he could have saved us a lot
Of trouble If he had made Eve out of
Adams backbone insted of his rib.
"Yassum. dats de trouble wild wo-
men down to dis very day. Dey amt
got no backbone. OF a rib dey was
made, an a rib dey has stayed an
nobody amt got no right to expect
nothin else from EN-.
Hits becaze woman was made out
of mans rib-an'from de way she acts
hit looks LAX she was mad out of a
hoatin' rib at dat-an' man was left
wild all of his backbone dat ne mas
got de coneuppance over woman.
Oats de reason dat we I'M sits
down an cries when we ought to git
I'D an heave brickbats.
What's de reason dat we women
can't vote. an amt got no say so
bout maxim de laws dat bosses us ?
Amt we got de right on our side?
Vas, sir. we'se got de right on our
side but we amt got de backbone in
us to just reich out an grab dat bal
lot.
Deere Ant nobody 'sputin' dat
we'se got to scrape up de money to
pay de tax collector even eff We does
have to go down into a skirt pocket
for nit instead of pants pockets, an
our ~belongin' To de angel sect amt
gwine to keep us out OF de Jail if we
gifts in a night wild another lady, Or
we swipes a rulied petticote off OF de
clothes line next do. Furdermo'
when de meat trust puts up de price
Of po,k chops hits de wonen dat has
got to squeeze de eagle on de dollar
ontel hit lollers a little louder, an
pare de potatoes %peelin's a little
thinner, an dat maxi us women
Jest a achia' to have a finger in dat
government pie an see if we can't
put in a little mo- sweetin' in hit.
an make hit a little lighter, SO dat
hit Won't get so heavy an ondigesti-
Dle ON de stonachs of dem what amt
~millionaires.
"Yessir. we'se just a hoanin' for de
franchise an we might have a hit
any time desc last forty years eff
we'd had enough backbone to riZ up
an fit one good fight for hit. but in
sted of dat we set around a noldin'
our hands, an all we'se done is to say
in a meek voice, Please sir, l don't
lax to trouble you, but eff you'd kind
ly pass me de ballot, nit sholy would
be agreeable to me-
AN insted of givin' hit to us men
has kinder winked one eye at de o d
der an said, Lawd, she don't want
nit, or else she'd make a row about
hit. Dts de way we did. We didn't
go after the right to vote wild our
pink tea on
"Yassir. OATS de true word, an you
listen to me-de day dat women
spunks up an rolls up dere sleeves.
an says to dere husbands dat dey
amt gwine to do no mo- cookin' in his
house, nor darnin' of socks, nor patch
in of breeches ontel dere is some fe-
male votin' why dat day de ballot will
be fetched home to wonen on a silver
salver. All dat stands between wo-
man an suffrage is de lack of a spin
al column.
"Yassrlm, most of de trouble in dis
world day women mas come along
of dere bein' born wild a wishbone in
sted of a backbone, but l lay dey can
help hit Hits all de faul of de way
dey was made, but what I'D l~aktoknow