El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-10-25
MAN WEIGHED AND
IS FOUND WANTING
Mrs. T. P. O'Conner Tells
Suffragets Men VIII
Not Do to Trust

Louisville. KY, Oct 2z.-3Ian and his
political ways were weighed and found
wanting this afternoon by AIRS. 7. p
O'Connor, wife OF the irish leader. who
addressed the National Woman suf-
frage convention on the text, let Our
Watchword Be Unity" Mrs. O'Connor
replied to what she termed the old
threadbare arguments" against woman
suffrage, outlined what she declared
were typical abuses Of mems powers
and urged her sisters to stand shoul-
der TO shoulder and march forward to-
gether."
III the majority Of the men could be
convinced that IL would be to their per
s0nal advantage and to the advantage
Of the state to accede the vote r.
women our tight Would be at an end"
she declared hen you ask them
why We don't vote they advance old
Lnreadbars arguments the first being
that al women would vote accordf1E
70 tae politics Of their husbands. III
TINS % true why shouldn't q man want
Two votes instead OF one? Another ar
8ument IS that II women had votes men
would no longer pick I'D their handIcer-
chiefs have lived IN England rs
years and during that time / have al
ways picked % my own handkerchief
either.
Men are not to be trusted with IN
-.Ll--l5l power me very foundation OF
lle re-auons OF men and women are
"Ao-Lg wrong Inc theory is that men
toward women are wise, noble. Eener-
Gus, 'chlyalrous and just; that we can
trust them 10 make laws for US which
VII protect our INTERESTS and for the
rest we must by tact and diplomacy
manage them. Mans great shibboleth.
tne thing he cries out for. IS mana e-
menL- X he Is unfaithfu1 70 his wife
aHren has
"nat woman ask you. no matter how
good or clever she is, can make a man
- Aer way u ne mas begun TO go the
way Of another woman?
Women are brought uD By the the
ory or expecting undying faIthfulness. .
cOnsloera liont unselfishness and tax
lnS or al responsibility from her
shoulders by man-sloWly but surely
she has TO unlearn this false lesson.
There are men in the world, many OF
them tenderly Chivalrous to women
my own dear father was one Of them
bEt we DO not, we must not rely upon
sentiment What we want and what
we demand. IS justice. An ounce Of
justice administered BY the law with
a Judge and jury behind it is worth
an me chlFalry in the world More
sleeve worn By a gallant knight ln
honor OF his lady love.
me laws as they stand today are
inadequate. Many OF them are marked
~ unjust to women and no reformation
VIII take place without the franchise"
Convention AdiOurns.
several hundred worn and Wearied
women, each OF them, II possible. more
militant and more enthusiastic for SUI
rage than when she came to Louisville
last Friday for the 43d annual conven-
ton of the National American Woman
Suffrage association, have completed
-h.. work Of the convention.
RESOLUTIONS adopted urged ratifica-
Ton By the senate OF president Tafts
lr bitra ton treaties; approved univer-
sal suffrage in the election Of United
states senator's; declared for the same
moral standard for women and men
ma equal penalties for transEressors-
favored the erection Of statue Of
peace at the mouth OF the Panama
anal; the pardon OF Angelina Napou-
Gneo By the Canadian Eovernment and
deprecated any efforts to hamper hon
st attempts to enforce The pure food
avs.