Semi-weekly herald., 1913-02-06
WOMAN SUFFRAGE AS
VIEWED BY LEx;AL
PROFESSION IN OHIO
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loads. 1t was merely another evil
added to the electorate.
stand here as the apostle of the
old man--mere man-tyrxnnicai man.
The old fellow who brings home the
rent--who eats out of kettle at
noon-and fills it with hndling to
carry home in the evSning. The old
fellow who pays for the food and heat
and light, who puts up the insurance
premiums, and occasionally wrestles
with I chatte mortgage-and who
does trifling things like that. l rep
resent the old fellow about whom lit
tie poetry is written, who buys the
millinery and higb-priced clothes, and
theater tickets, who gets back looks
when the struggle gets hard and the
money short. stand here for that
common old fellow who has gallantly
made a legal condition of refuge for
women, who has secured for them an
interest in his property go that he
can not mortgage or dispose of his
own without woman's consent. The
old duffer who has created a condi-
ton of refuge where she, and her
private fortune, are immune even from
creditors who have furnished her the
very food she eats and Paris clothes
that she wears-that old fellow, that
tyrant, who has secured to her all
rights of contract enjoyed by HIM
self, all the privileges of civil lie with
few of its duties or Responsibilities
the old codger who furnishes the
world with meal ticket, who strug-
giles on amid harsh civilization while
multitudes of (her) parade our streets,
wearing beautiful clothing. stand
here as the apostle of the old fellow
who has hewn the wood and drawn
the water, who has tunneled our noun
tains, who has bridged our rivers, who
has built our railroads, who has en-
dured the privations of construction
camps, who has breathed the COM
pressed air in caissons, who has united
our continents by marvellous marine
preyhounds, who has with infinite
thought and back-breaking labor con
structed the astonishing apparatus OF
civilization, and all that is worthy, up
to-date in government, and now
stands in the presence of it all wear
ing plain clothes, holding up horny
hands, weary in body and mind, quiet
ly receiving the assurances that ne is
indeed tyrant. That plain old fei-
low l stand for who has fought the
bloody battles of the world, who has
filed the war trenches with himself
who in times of peace and in hours oil
prosperity has not sought for or mar
ried duchesses, or princesses oil 'ne
noble blood. who has married Ameri-
can women. Yes, represent him VINO
has lied for and died for women, MN
who in America is SO gallant towards
her that jury (of him) will not pc
lieve him when a woman is involved
and this though he knows full well
that in court and out of it she IS
quite as capable of dissimulation as
himself.
Let me give you u picture oil true
woman, as she existed in Solomon 5
day. and lasted down to the days OF
our own mothers.
Solomon says:
who can find helpful woman, for
her price is far above rubies.'
.The heart of her husband doth
safely trust in her, so that he shall
have no need of spoil
"she will do him good, and not evil
all the days of her life
"She seeketh wool and flax end
worketh diligently with her hands.
"She riseth also while it is yet
DARK and giveth meat to her house.
hold and a portion to her maldens.
..She considereth field and buye,h
it; with the fruit of her hands she
planteth vineyard
.She perceiveth that her merchan-
disc is good; her candle goetn not OUT
by night"
"She stretcheth out her hands To the
poor; year, she reacheth forth her
hands to the needy"
"She layeth her hands to the spin
die and her fingers hold the distaff.
Her husband is known in the gates
where he sitteth among the elders OF
the land"
"She openeth her mouth with Wis
dom, and in her tongue is the law OF
kindness"
"She looketh well to the ways oi
her household, and she eateth not the
bread of idleness.
Her children arise up and call heI