The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-02-01

which principles and laws hold irrest-
able sway"
That vision of Mirabeau has not yet
become "A reality. There have been
employed within this republic other
arms than reason: but i believe the
time will come when that vision will
be a reality ana not a dream We
still live In an age or feNerisn COM
mercialism In an age IN which the an
cient god. Mammon. still holds mighty
sway with men. We must remember
that Mammon has always been the Ia
yorite God OF the children OF men. To
them he has been fairer than Venus
and his eyes have been softer than
the eyes OF Juno. He has been the
god Of war and the god OF peace. For
him the navies of the world ride the
temples. for he has destroyed the tenn
pies OF other gods. In Ninevah and
babylon and Tyre and sidon he held
Imperial sway. He entered the tenn
pie at Jerusalem and IL crumbled to
dust Then. as now, the still small
voice was heard, "Ye cannot serve God
needed ana owls booted and satyrs
danced anil the ruins OF luxury and
splcndor. But / believe the time Is
slowly, coming when there VIII De a
there will, be absolute equality before
the law.
IL Is not to the eastern states that
we must go for our inspiration. In
the slave trade was not In the south.
but In Boston and New York. and In
the manufacturing centers where the
hum OF the spindle was heard above
the cry OF the oppressed. We must
look for a true advancement from the
west where the air Is pure and the sky
Is clear. IL was in the west that Lin
coin heard during the day the rustling
Of the corn and the song OF the plover
and at night listened TO the silent
music OF the spheres; and ~ was Lin
frage should be extended 10 women.
The foremost man of all the world
knew there could he no real republic
until there was absolute equality
Five OF the western states nave voted
for equal suffrage. and few days ago
the senate OF the state OF California,
by u vote of 80 TO agreed to submit
the question TO the people. Michigan
should be the sixth state. and the time
ought TO come and that right soon.
Here the silent revolution of thought
must go on until the life OF the tndt-
viduaI and of the state. and finally the
IN its Wilderness will be as the Wilderness
Of the sea II ~ to such silent revo-
lutions more than TO anything else that
we must attribute the destruction of
the spirit OF intolerance, the spirit OF
bigotry. the spirit OF persecution and
the enforcement In the human heart
of the spirit OF liberty and equality.
Mr. Chairman: I have wandered fro,a
the point at Issue and l will return
to Il. ire question Is, shall we nave
manhood enough TO submit this ques-
ton TO the people or shall we arroRate
20 ourselves all knowledge and all wis
dom Shall we permit our personal
views or rather our personal lack OF
views 10 override our greater duty 10
the state?
We have been building schools and
colleges and universities, for the Dur
pose Of causing the benehcent infiu-
ence OF education to tighten up the
heavens Of a great commonwealth. and
are we afraid TO let the people vote
upon the question which sooner or
later must be solved2
I believe In representative govern
ment l believe the ordinary questions
OF legislation should be solved In On
orderly way by Legislative body: bat
| believe that the members OF that
body should be truly representative.
Al this point. Rep. Lord moved that
the committee rise and report pro
gress. Rep Warner moved TO proceed
to a vote. Neither resolution carried
Rep. Warner then replied TO Rep
Flowers.
I'VE are all aware that this Is
delicate matter--touchy. II you viii.
hut am impelled by sense of duty
to come before you and raise my voice
I'm behalf of the best interests of our
great republic, and OF the great Am.
erlcdn nome, l0e BTedltSl INDUSTRY Ia
the world. We look to the home TO
direct the ship OF state, and the home
should not be invaded by the call of
politics. Mothers are held up az the
emblem OF purity, ever since that viz.
gin mother gave birth TO our Savior.
ii believed the suffrage OF women
was right, should net be pleading
against IL. for ! seek TO represent the
great silent constituency. the woman
who is not heard In the sheet or seel
lobbying In the halls of legislation. IL
! am wrong | ask indulgence as son,
a husband and a father. believe
that refined and modest women are
the custodians Of the nations purity,
and that they have the power TO In
huenoe government by modifying ard
directing their husbands opinions, as
expressed at the polls. They have the
right TO rear children, TO plead and |
10 pray. But the modest woman is not !
the one that ascends the rostrum, 10 |
which she may send her son. She can |
not go there without degrading that !
which we most prize in her. |
Mans idea Of woman is peculiar. |
II is higher, perhaps, than they have
any conception Of II Is SCATTERING |
hat idea for them to try to place
on a level with the male
sex. We believe that modesty and
purjty should exist, and that vulgar