The Detroit times., 1913-03-21

Vote.
To the Editor OF The Times:
lnasmuch as all seem TO agree thar
the arguments we presented last
week In favor OF doubling the sa
looms OF our city. and that such an In
crease In the number or these desir
| able places OF business would tend to
make our city more safer" We ven
| ture 10 call attention 10 another immf
nent peril.
Ii the women should be permitted
TO vote, there is danger OF the men
| losing their liberty to smoke ana
swear and tell obscene stories at the
polls.
There is danger also that personal
| liberty will be curtailed In the dis
play OF red noses and beer-burdened
breath.
There is danger that more common
sense and decent methods be intro
duced.
We are all aware that the average
woman is not the equal OF the aver
age man. in the use OF trickery. pro-
family and guzzling propensities.
Woman is not a citizen OF Michi-
gan. and we must not. and dare not.
| do any thing that will make citizens
Of SO many human beings at once. un-
less they are male and happen to
speak foreign language.
The average woman has not the In
! telligence demanded for full fran;
chise. but all men have this splendid
mental equipment. Just compare
such men as Jack Johnson and such
women as Frances Willard. Lorimer
with Mrs. Ella Flag Young; Mary
T. Lathrop. with any saloonkeeper or
Detroit. Or to make the figure more
striking. compare any OF the women's
clubs OF this city with the gang the
ward healers depend upon for votes !
Then, too. bear in mind that large
number OF the saloons Of this city, "a
recently made known, belong 10 the
brewers. Where Is there woman
even like Anna Shaw that can boast
OF such property interests?
see the danger of making homes
more happy. children. better cared FOR
men forced TO be more respectable,
churches better filed, schools more
efficient.
can see the danger 10 some OF the
political "hangers-on" losing their soft
places. Why, even now some hrms
prefer to hire bright. clean, young
women In once work or work that
demands accuracy. punctuahty ana
strict attention to business, than 70
hire young men, proficient In the use
of the cigarette and the beer mug.
Women should not be permitted to
lighters Of any and all kinds, animate
and inanimate.
They should not be permitted to
vote. because they might soil their
skirts In mingling too freely with the
average politician ut the polls. OF
course. they do not have to associate
with this class now In business and
In society.
They should not be permitted to
vote because they would then have
some voice In the amount OF taxes
levied against their property.
No, no! give woman the care OF tho
babies; let her WELD the broom: lot
her sing and pray and scrub and
mend. Let her stand the beatings OF
the intoxicated husband. Let her
starve. and slave. Let her be tho
custodian of the nations morals; let
her become the plaything OF her loro
and master. Let her represent all
that IL truest and best In human kind.
Let her care for the sick and comfort
the dying. But DO not give her the
ballot, for that would make the best
of women equal to the lowest AND
vilest Of men. Would It? Someway
almost feel like running the dread
full risk. c. w. STEPHENSON.
Detroit, March 20, 1919.
Depiores Waste Of Money.
To the Editor of The Times:
have been q constant reader OF
The Times ever since you cut out
LIQUOR ads. and. in all that time l have
seldom asked for space to air any OF
my views or grievances. / would like
the privilege, a. q taxpayer. OF telling
what I think about how some of our
money 10 going. know I voice the
sentiments Of very many OF Detroita
citizens besides myself.
I do most emphatically protest
against paying . lawyer 500 per day.
when IN court, and $50 per day when
working on the case out Of court, to
help our prosecutor try our graft
cases. II Prosecutor Shepherd Il not
competent to take care Of the cases
without such expense, We had better
see II we cannot put some one n his
place who is, or let the grafters win
out and go scot free 90 they prob
ably will anyway.
The prosecutor ought 70 do - well
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