Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1913-03-06
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE.

(rhe Equal Franchise League of Thur
mont assumes responsibility for all stare
mants, facts and arguments edited in
this column.)
They're always abusing the women,
As terrible plague to men;
They say we're the root of all evil,
And repeat it again and again;
Of wars. and quarrels, and bloodshed,
All mischief, be what it may:
And pray, then, why do you marry US,
If we're all the plaques you say?
And why do you take such care of us,
And keep us so safe at home,
And are never easy moment,
If ever we chance to roam?
When you ought to be thanking heaven
, That your plague is out of the way
You all keep fussing and fretting
Where is my plague to-day?'
If plague peeps out at window,
UP 60 the eyes of the men;
If she hides. then they all keep staring
Until she looks out again.
Everything gets its knocks-so with
the cause of suffrage, and those back of
it. 1t is not necessary to try to say any
thing in defense of sutfrage-its very
rapid progress of late defends itself.
Whether we approve of certain meth
dds or not, to advance cause, matters
little. 1t takes all sorts oil methods to
reach all sorts Of people.
All honor to those who are brave
enough 70 60 into the limelight to meet
jbs and rdi, ule ana opposition. Al Of
Us d. not care to make ourselves con
f. spicuouS, alih" quirt work counts III rs
way. Tiny also serve VIM only .tard
ID d wait.
I II the mere marching of women t. ud-
vance good cause calls forth such a l.
rade of adverse criticism, what must he
critics think Of the conduct of those VIM
jbed, slurred, blackgunrded, in ,ult"t.
j.ytled the women? Not on y men! (;"ve
the markD joined in this disgracetuI c. n
duct, but women!
Is it not much worse and more to he
iep!ored that women engaged IN sab a
performance to mar the progress OF the
recent parade, than that other WON: !,
marched to show their strength and "l,-
proval of "A cause that is to make for civi
righteousness and fairness to all?
/ After the recent false charge against
tn" young men of our own State Agil-
! cultural College it is very gratifying to
see that they eXonerated themselves 10y
showing up their true colors as gentle
men, at least; and in coming to the de-
Tense of not only themselves, but Of the
ladies' who represented the great suffrage
cause.
1T is tremendous reflection on the
/ officers of the law at Washington that
even the Boy Scouts were greater pro-
lection than themselves To those who
can read between the lines, it is not Il
very difficult thing to guess from whence
tie ioting element sprung. 1t was a
Nrl-organized scheme, easily yelled.
4 question asked Thurmont sutfra-
gel, since the Washington demonStra.
tim, was this: why didn't those womer
pick up stones and knock down some oil
those who Were yelling ugly remarks al
Il emf They were "a lot of towards,
those suffragettes" The reply was
because the suffragettes We're ladies,
. bent only on demonstrating good eau e
and not marching to demonstrate mill
tancy-it takes no brains to throw mud ;
The question was straddle with ven.
geance! On the one hand he slurs al
suffrage, yet. in defense of it, urges the
method of firing missiles to protect it
Truly,
| ''ln many men there are many minds. ;
The above "straddle" evidently meant
his remark as knock down" argu
ment. Our opposers often twit US or
the so-called "hot air. of our arguments
but "hot air" is alright if backed up by
depth of thought, which is, in itself, in
spring; and inspiration is, at least, ele
waiting, while thought that is destructive
in it's expression only keeps itself dowr
on the level of cold storage air; it il
heavy and cannot expand in any sense
Heat expands-c contracts; scott OF
laugh che laughs best who laughs last
f. Nj. II.
Sec. Z. f. l.. Thurmont.