Semi-weekly herald., 1913-02-06

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there is neither "male nor female
bafbarian, Scythia, bond nor free"
1t is curious 10 observe how Lin
coin seems to have said someihine
ON every quest N reform-even o,
reform undreallcd Of in his day. ,Ev
cry human reform is strangely like
the anti-slave movement, and henc.
each reformer of consequence is },
analogy Wendell Phillips or a I.u.
cretia Motif
The member from Trumbull county
quoted Lincoln on the suffrage move.
ment, but | assume that the quotation
may have been handed to him by q
suffragette, for it was far from cor
rect. What Lincoln said was this: 81
go for all sharing the privileges of
the government, who assist in bearing
its burdens, consequently / go for ad-
mitting all whites to the right of suf-
frage, who pay taxes or bear arms,
by no means excluding females"
These words, limiting the franchise
to white and taxpayers, are found in
the New Salem Journal of June 13,
1896. and are quoted by Ida Tarbell,
page l27, in her Life of Lincoln
Miss Tarbell being an anti-suffrag-
ist.
Here was a most aristocratic view
of the franchise, used by the suffrag-
lists as most democratic view.
Yes, | agree with the distinguished
member from Hamilton, Judge Peck.
1t is no longer joke. 1t is war. As
the very Rev. Anna Shaw said; at
is bullets for ballots" Anyone who
reads the reports from London will
understand how correct Judge Peck
really is about it. 1t is a sex war.
No, no, let me not say that. 1t is a
mere handful of women breaking win
dows, assaulting government ministers
"a coterie whose possible and soon)
presence at the ballot box has already
served to bring about curious condi-
ton of mental obsequiousness among
men, so that on the floor of this con-
ycntion we hear members vociferate
"it is perfect enigma that any man
can take the other side of this ques.
ton" "He must have some sinister
motive"
| tell you the whole government is
bnt part of the effeminate superb
cialitv of this generation. This su-
perficiality finds its consurnmation in
the present masculine abdsement now
witnessed in America and here on
this floor. "Women are more capa-
hle than men" "Woncn ass4saore
honorable than men," "Womer live
on higher plane than men, "Wo-
men are more moral than men, "Wo-
men will purify the ballot" And so
on ad nauseum. And when an obse.
quious bower to women is asked
whether he would care to go to war
at the request of female president
or female senator, he dcftly avoids the
issue by saying, woman is greater
than the soldier, because she pro.
1uces he soldier" What an answer
say to you who appr) )vc this eff
Terminate spirit of the age, why don't
you be just and right about it; why
don't you agree to turn over this
government to women, if they are in
deed your superiors-why not have
have woman justices, woman presi-
dent, woman senator's? All, no, even
you do not bow so obsequiously as
this-your trembling knees will not
kink thus far.
You assert that female suffrage
will accomplish tremendous things.
deny it. II is impossible. In poiiti-
cal and pecuniary matters women are
last as selfish as men. And, as Judge
Peck admitted frankly, in the broad
ocntractual matters of life they are
really less careful.
Denver-where for twenty years
women have voted for everything from
president to poundmaster-is as cor
Nupt 'oii I ioi
an instant that / blame women with
this. All, no. | speak of it because
it denies the wonderful purity and cx-
cellence of female voting. Judge Lind
says book, "The Beast" was written
but year ago. 1t tells of Colo
RADIO politics for the past ten years
And, mark you, he tells how Senator
oss Alma Lafferty and the Hon. Mary
Bradford, two suffragettes, stumped
Colorado against him.
When women exercise the govern
mental function, change quickly
comes over her entire status. Row
her fortune, as wife, is immune from,
the husbands creditors (for all fam
lily accounts) This came some time
ago in Colorado. 1t is evident tnat
when women occupy these halls side
by side with them-when the wife's
vote may veto the DISQUALIFICATION
she votes for the war which men must
fght-it is evident say that when
this comes about, her entire stage and
status changes. She then becomes the
pecuniary head of the house.