The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-24


part ularly objects Whoever heard
of ruwselcr. brewer or a dis.
tillar pleading for the ballot for
women on the other hand. when
ever and wherever women have
sought TO gain the ballot for them
selves thc liquor hosts have been
their most determined opposcrs. Liz.
uor dealers I'm their conventions.
brewers In their congresses. unan.
mously resolve that they "arc oppos.
/ Cd 10 woman suffrage everywhere
ana all the time, for woman's bal.
/ lot ia the last hope of the prohibit.
f Uonists
Standing with the brewers. distll
crs and saloon Keepers i'm opposing
the eutraupuiscm,ut OF tuy mothers
OF this fair country. are many ,N.
ccllcnt men and woman who from
the force Of inherited tendencies.
believing that woman. the queen ot
the home. would Dee dethroued from
her exalted position into the dust
of politics.
other opponents are those who
through q misntcrprctatiou of the
Bible when they quote as fho orisi.
nal charter for mankind THY de-
sire shall Doc To thy husband, aud
ne shall rule over thee" II they
viii go back g. the creation of Adam
and Eve and to their natural and
divine relation before the fall. they
/ will fail to find sentence which
hints al tho subordination of woman.
Woman was not made in mans inn
age Neither was the dominion Of
the world committed TO him alone.
| The record plainly says: In the
/ Image OF God created He him. male
and female created Tie them. and
God said, Let them have dominion
over all the earth"
Afcr the fall of Adam and Eve
God said to man that even nature
! should rebel against his animal life.
| The earth shall bring forth thorns
/ and thistles.
And God said u woman. Thy de-
| sire shall be to thy husband. and he
shall rule over thee" Six thousand
/ years of history have proved the ter
/ rible truth of this prophecy.
The whole effort OF Christ was
to restore 10 mankind what was lost
in Adam. For as in Adam all die.
so in Christ shall all be made
alive"
If Christianity is completely to
restore that which was lost in Adam,
how can IL stop short of completely
abolshing the subOrdination OF WON.
an. which the Bible declares To be
the direct result OF sin. and of lead
Ing us back to that Edenlc procla-
nation, ''Lct them have dominion
over all the earth"
In Galatians Paul declares There
ia neither Jew nor Greek. there is
neither bond nor free, there is Meth.
er male nor female for ye are all
one IN thrlst Jesus.
Woman's influence for good is uni
versal II woman is mercy. love and
Justice without the ballot. is II reas.
enable to suppose she will be other
wise with the ballot?
Some object by saying that women
are unequal 10 government because
unused to il. our puLlic schools are
largely governed by women. Every
mother is supposed TO govern her
children In history. queens M well
as kings were supposed TO be "di-
vinely appointed"
Queen Mary of Scots, Anne the
Good Elizabeth the Vain. had as
much power as rulers as the King
Johns, Hcnrys or Georges. In our
time Queen Victoria reigncd over
the United Kingdom and her reign
was marked with wisdom and grace
unsurpassed by any of her prede-
cessors. Women have proved their
interest and their ability in govern
mental affairs. It was woman who
esigne the stars and stripes. It was a
, woman who first conceived the idea
Of decorating soldiers graves with
/ flowers In the month OF May II was
, a woman who. at seventy years OF
T age. braved the unspeakable Turk
] while the great powers of Europe
with their standing armies and greaI
+ battleships dared not lift finger
I in behalf OF suffering Armenia Bray,
| Clara Barton was brayer than al
her "ountry's military force and IL
: the nam" OF Christ and humanity ha.
!. forever silenced the criticism tha
r women are physical towards
Among the illustrious COMPANY
IA who laid down their lives for liberty