The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-10-14
tat.or The cairo Bulletin

Editor The Cairo Bulletin:
VIII you allow me space in your
valuable paper 10 answer some OBJ
jeetiops that are being made against
the ballot for women?
First OF all, we must agree that
the home is womans kingdom and
there she rules supreme, and that
1.-THE two most strongly marked in
stincts Of women are those OF protec-
ton for herself and little ones. and
loyalty to her husband and her SON.
and for these reasons she has asked
for the ballot.
| The Womens Christian Temper
ance Union was not slow to realize
that the ballot was the weapon to
be used by women for the protection
Of their homes, and for years have
worked INCREASINGLY to this end
First The home will be destroy
ed if women are given the ballot
This shows weak logic DO men
ever stop TO think how many thous-
and women are working every day
OF their lives with little or no opper-
unity of having a real home? And
why The best government known
to the race is found in the home
where father and mother have equal
power Fam lies and nations have
Iquarrelcd twice as much over relig-
ion as over politics ever since the
world began If women are allowed
to choose their own religion, why
not their own party?
Second Women win vote as their
| husbands do Many women proper
| ty holders have no husbands. and If
> they vote as they do, there will be
no quarrel.
Third: Woman's place is in the
home. If women was intended only
for the domestic circle, why were
Gifts bestowed upon her which make
her the equal and sometimes the SUI
, Derior of the other sex.
Fourth: Women do not use their
school ballot. therefore will not use
their general ballot. 1t is a known
fact hat the male voter takes little
interest in the school board elections
Fifth Bad women will vote
They may and will vote, and so will
bad men.
Sixth But women cannot go t.
war and fight 10 save the country
a witty gentleman remarked. Thi.
gentlemen did not realize that wo
men gave to the world soldiers.
Seventh; The polls are not fl
S place for women. Husbands do no
= prohibit their wives from travelin;
on cars when smoking and suspen
t tors have full sway but they right
. ~ demand that some other car b
e 7u' on that is clean.
n Eighth Politics are corrupt
/ Then why not advise good mon t
e quit voting
d Ninth. The most refined wome
IF viii not vote. The most refined W,
men that the world has produce
have some to be missionaries, ha,
taught schools for the Freedmen
Aaye visited five points in New Yor
have entered the bar room to sa,
heir husbands, nursed in the hospi
.m ols during the war A Southern W
| nan raised in wealth. knowing Ii
| tie Of business, married wealth
ran end removed to another cit
Soon after, her husbands heall
| allied and he was unable to after
to his business interests. The wi
| vent into the office as overseer
Il tho whole establishment, wrote le
| ters, looked after the books, in ia
| 'ad insight and oversight of ever
| hing. She eNerted all influence oy,
| n" six hundred men employed tht
V"5 jncalo'Iahla. Would a wora
| SIR this shrink from dropping
|! '"'" "f ""no" IN the ballot boN
- Refinement that takes the place
. 'utT end conscience is net true r.
7r~Tant. Refined women will vo
u FOR temperance, religion. and rfgl
X control OF their own and children
n 0roperty All honor should be give
n 70 the noble manhood of this countl
n who have helped to secure the rtgl
II IF franchise for the women of III
u 'ois and are still working for otbe
II 2tatec
II Tuesday will be registration da,
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