Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-05-18


Even the most rabid suffragist must
acknowledge the marvellous results
attained by men since they invaded
Woman's Sphere and appropriated her
profitable industries. They have CEN
tralized and systematized all kinds Of
women's work, and in the matter Of
economical administration they have
exhibited a progressive genius which
is the despair Of such faddists as DR..
Wiley. Their embalmed sausages are
enough to turn the mummy Of King
Ptolemy green with envy. Their
'Boned Chicken" made Of baser meat.
such as tripe and veal trimmings, has
more than realized the most optimistic
dreams Of the old alchemists, and their
tomato catsup compounded Of turnipS
and anillne dyes has proved the prac-
tlcal value Of modern commercial
chemistry. 1t seems a pity that these
Iingenius enterprises should have been
hampered by the pure food law, backed
by the organized but unenfranchised
women Of the land. In addition to the
various breakfast foods wherewith we
are blessed, we might have been eat
ing bread made of sawdust and butter
from the bi-products in the manufac-
ture of soap.
Is 1t not time that intelligent men
and women we're cooperating for the
protection Of the home? The family
home, the home city, the home state
and the home nation. In almost every
aspect the family home is affected di-
rectly or indirectly by politics; the
lot on which the house is built; the
house itself; the education of the
children; the food they eat; the water
they drink; the clothes they wear
and the mother influence should run
through all that affects her home
|Her instincts never fall" In the
protection of her young, upon which
the life of any species depends, Kip
ling says that the female-be she CO.
bra, bear or human, is more deadly
than the male.
Whether or not she Is more deadly
to the enemies of mankind (dirt, in
fectious insects, intemperance, etc.
than the male, she is undoubtedly
more moral than the male, and her
advent into politics will improve the
quality Of the electorate. The popula-
ton of our prisons is made up largely
of men, and most OF the vicious insti-
tutions Of society are supported almost
entirely by men. Gambling and ca
rousng are mainly male diversions,
and the Social Evil is merely a mat
ter Of the two big Ms-the Man and
the Money. 1t Is not to the credit Of
women that they are more self-re-
strained and responsible than mem
God made them that way. All down
the line through the animal kingdom,
with an exception here and there to
prove the rule, the female is self-re-
strained and responsible, and the male
is self-indulgent and irresponsible
And il is greatly to the credit Of men
that they have developed a self-re-
straint and responsibility which is
distinctly human.
The discriminating intelligence ex-
hiblted az the recent Seattle election
ought to convince the most skeptical
Of the value Of the woman's vote. An
unpopular man was elected mayor be-
cause he stood for order and decency,
but the fads which made him unpop-
ular were turned down by a large ma
iority But aside from all arguments
Of expediency the one great reason
why women should be enfranchised is
that Governments derive their pow
ers from the consent Of the governed"
and II there is only one women in the
state Of Oregon who wants to vote, she
should be permitted to do so.
What is the matter with Oregon
women2 Are they less Trustworthy
than the women OF California on the
south, or the woman Of Washington on
the north, or the women of Idaho on
the east, or the women Of China away
across the sea TO the west, or the
women OF Colorado, or Utah or wyo-
ming? The position Of Oregon women
Is one Of very great humiliation, We
are a reproach to the free women OF
the west. and we earnestly and
humbly beg the men Of Oregon to re-
move the stigma by voting for the
amendment granting suffrage to
women at the November election OF
this year.
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THE ARGUMENT FOR
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
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