The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1912-09-26
ANTS FIGHT I
FOR LOST CAUSE
ONTARlO NAN TELLS OF THE
srRU00LH no KEEP TEE wO.
NAN FROM ENJOYING NQuAL
srrrRA0E WITH MEN

III evidence 10 needed that ths
auti-su5rasists are nshtins for los'
lost cause. Il can be found In the ar
suments which they themselves pre-
sent In the odiciai pamphlet recently
issued BY the secretary OF STATE
against the constitutional amendment
extending the suffrage to women.
Among other things their argument
contains the statement that there ID
always an active and sealous minority
In favor OF woman suffrage. and this
minority can be trusted to Get out
and vote" 50 says Ralph W. Eck-
hardt In the Oregouian.
"lf such BE- the case. let ~ all turn
ss0ragists. The curse Of this coua-
try = Aot the big corporations. nor
sAe pelilical boases. but the apa-
u6uwVuoDsu. The abuses OF the ini-
sSuDO anA other forms OF popular
govU1asat are due to the fact that
sAe Interested minorities are active
- asalous.' and can Be trusted TO
Uuuua and vote. while the majority,
- sgally are Interested. but do not
ssalise Il. fall to vote at all or vote
no because Of insufficient under
ataadinG Of the measures. II Ne
would only all get out and vote there
would b no assd for the Initiative.
sessrsadum or recall. The anti suf-
frasists say:
The nan at his labor In the
street. In the meeting places Of men.
learns uncousciously a. . rule. the
code. the meaning. the need Of public
aifairs.'
III he learns the code. meaning
and needs Of public Affairs At all. the
average man certainly learns them
uncoaseiossly. Tho man who weeks
At manual labor does not have very
much leisure time 70 spend in study
ing political Institutions and meas
u-ss. II he Interests himself In
those thinss he b . notable exception
TO the rule. The average farmer.
latorsr. mechanic or artisan 10 inter-
estsd 10 thiap which eoncssa him
more nearly than the policies Of .
great conmenwsalth. Il b wrong
that Il should b %. bat ws do not
tes that reason deprive him Of his
right TO vote. Again ihsy aver:
I'VE protest against the proposal
for the following rsasoas:
90 because the nssd Of America b
not ~ Increased qunaity. but an I'm
proved quality OF The vote. and there
d no adequate reason for believing
that WOMAN suffrage. By doubling the
vote. will Improve IL quarity.'
Anything caa b proved By ssser-
ton. Woman suffrage may or may
not double the vote-I think not
but Il will certainly alter II In . man
nsr didsreat from that which 10 In
ferred In this so-callsd reason. In
the Arst place. not all the women In
the Uaited States OF Of the st&te Of
Oregon are married. In the second
plaes. not all Who have the privilege
vill vote. any more thaa oil the men
Who have the privilege vote. But
the average businsss woman. the av-
sraSs spinstsr. the svsrass school
teacher ID about ~ intelligsat - the
average man. and Il should b her
right and duty 70 cast ballot which
viii OFFSET the vote Of The bum. the
fanatic. and the illitsssts foreigner.
To withhold from her that privilege
is TO subject her 10 . sovsrnmsat In
which she has no voice or representa-
tion--s government wherein those
aho arsmentaliy and morally her in
ferioss are politically her SUPERIOR" :"