The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-19
Glad the surrasi,ts I,o,t

Glad the SuffrasistH Lost.
To 81, The Edit Editor of The Times Dispatch:
space N your columns 10 express nv
ews on woman's suffrage. did
INTEND TO intrudo again. but L
% your 10 mass my meaning clear
George who seems little dense OF
understanding. beg leave to set
h ttm right: II I esn- l am at loss.
royalty.
The name Is distinctly masculine.
gists-who go back TO tho dreaded
/ nome after being turned down by the
General Assembly. If should fall In
eestoWing any one of his titles I hope
ne Will pardon my offense. This re-
cent act OF our legislators demon
strates my faith In their honesty and
grTSpiaina my meaning TO the prince
I ,Teo VII not Tor the sake of the
right to stay quietly at home In their
oivinely appointed sphere. plying their
old time trade OF teaching and nerving
| by. martyrs TO the cause of truth and
Justice. not only In affairs of political
government but else in the trivial
e oia Of life. They will not
| shoulders.
! II We assume the responsibility of
running governmental machinery we
shouia become experts in the business
! owe to the home. The proverbial eight
! minutes vote TO which your corres-
pondent alludes should be the con-
earnest thought and educated intelli
8ence. L should like to tell him the
STORY 1 once read OF "a woman out
vest who departed for the polls,
family to be good" She returned TO
nhd that her eldest. progressive INK.
hefselt and also nannish, in playing
n mIIh MS tathers gun, had accidentally
Killed his sister, and in the confusion
tne youngest was burned to death
She found two children dead and one
with the mark OF Cain upon his brow.
while she was sosslping with house
wives on the servant problem, for IL
is certainly q veXing theme Yet. abe
i!lisht nave made some apology to her
own business and not Modelling with
mans.
The "heshpots" to which tho prince
ailudes. with disgust, should not be
sibilities than atfiliation with POLITICAL
corruption, party intrigue. dnplicity.
OF q fs, and faG z warfare;
think that Virginia women. in harem
skirts and crescendo voices, should
have asked the Legislature to blot our
| INSTITUTION with an amendment
granting female suffrage! The shades
OF our glorious ancestors forbid IT.
that immortal group who stand guard
at the doors OF our Capitol are not
dead but sieepcth." and they forbid
II by their example
mere were women all over America
IN 1877. when that convention, the most
profound, deliberative body of men
phia 10 form the Constitution of the
United States. They debated for -four
months. behind closed doors. every
n ms1or t and minor interest that could
their far-rench!ng vision. they saw no
necessity to enfranchise women.
mere mas not come, there Gun never
come. time in the history of the
OF government.
And man knows It! knows moreover
that the woman God gave him
Must command, but may not govern ;
him"
I would like TO ask what ia II wo-
man wants? Influence? Hers ia as
broad as the universe; 1t belts the
world and extends from pole to pole
a voice In the government TO her
care are committed the young states
men who arc 10 administer law and
equity. and legislate according TO the
sentiments ana precepts taught them
at the mothers knee.
ir. during their adolescence she fails
to impress them with her lofty Ideals.
she need not hope for clemency, when
she throws her preroSative Of defer
i ence and respect to the four winds
| OF heaven. and takes her place beside
! them on basis of rivalry
She has her work to do, and IT Is
! as Infinitely above political govern
lmcnt as the heavens are above the
| earth. and she can no sooner Identity
! her duties with those of man than
she can assume omnipotence.
! IT Is conquest she is seeking
There Is no new world to CONQUER.
She already reigns over this with n
right divine and governs Il, either for
veal or woe. Perhaps It is the en-
slavement Of mankind. Then let men
BIO forcwarned before sho pulls the
pillars of government on their heads.
Your correspondent Is not only a
prince. but also prophet In hIs
threefold capacity of prince, prophet
and suffragist. he can unquestionably
render potential aid to the cause no
represents.
The awfnl message he brings is still
sounding in my ears like the trump
of doom--"Equal rights will como in
Virginia" It has failed. however, to
(, awaken my faith. The experiment has
been tried and found n failure.
| Facts are moro tangible and realis-