The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-02
HEfL|l POURS
HOT SHOT INTO
SUFFRACFTTES
IN LABOR DAY SPEECH YESTER.
DAY HE PLAINLY DECLARED
AGAINST WONAN'S RIGHTS
Quoted Scripture to Bear Out His As
sertions; Woman's Place Is
at Home, Says Congressman
(By Associated Press. !

Lynchburg, Va, Sept. 2.--Rep-
resentative IIefin; of Alabama, flung
another challenge to woman suf-
fragists, when in Labor Day
address here yesterday under the
auspices of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association he pleaded for wom-
ans work at the home instead of
at the ballot. He declared that "in
the mad clamor for the ballot wom-
en- are hazardng much and enter
ing upon a perilous Journey and
warned them to "Stop, look, lister"
"Ohio defeated woman suffrage by
an overwhelming majority said Mr..
Henin. "Michigan defeated 1t by a
tremendous vote. New Jersey had
woman suffrage and, by common
consent of both men and women,
abandoned it. The militant suffra-
gettes of England in their rage of
wild fanaticism are trampling upon
the laws OF God and man. They
are committing assaults on English
officials and burning the churches OF
the living God. Upon the home-lov-
Ing, man trusting, consecrated Chris
tian women of the United States
rests the safety Of our institutions
and the perpetuity Of this republic"
Mr.. Heflin quoted Paul's saying to
the Ephcsians: "The husband Is the
head of the wife even as Christ is
the head Of the church." and he add
ed: "Some Of these suffragettes have
little patience with Paul and the
teachings Of the Christian religion.
At Birmingham. Ala. very dis
tinguished former official Of the
State asked a suffragette how she
got around the doctrine Of Paul and
she replied quickly, "'Damn old
Paul"
1.-THE Calmucks," ne continued.
believed that the first inhabitants
Of earth were divine and had wings
and luminous faces, but there was q
fruit called shine which was sweet
and very tempting. They began to
taste it, but, alas. 1t deprived them
Of all their perfections. Their wings
fell of and the brilliancy of their
faces disappeared. Beware, my good
woman, there are grave dangers
lurking along this road Of equal suf-
frage.
"My friends. Just as sure as you
live and | live and God reigns the
harmonious relations that have ex-
listed between the sexes will dlsap-
pear with equal suffrage. Sex an
tagonism will spring up In its wake
and sentiment between the sexes
will be destroyed. Create antagon-
ism between the sexes, destroy senti-
ment between the sexes and the
American home Is doomed, and the
American republic is dead.
"This woman suffrage movement
Is the greatest peril now threaten
Ing the English-sp people. In
the name Of the American home, In
the name OF our beloved Institutions
in the name Of generations yet un-
born, in the name OF the gentle.
home loving women OF America,
call upon you to fight this dangerous
movement and to save the life Of
this nation from the dangers that
threaten It.
at is neither proper or necessary
that women should vote. The exi-
pencies of the occasion do not au-
thorize or demand 1t. A woman suf-
fragist said: 7 am fighting for my
emancipation The emancipation
she is seeking is emancipation from
the plans of nature and the laws OF
God. The family is the social unit,
the harmonious whole with one head.
not two heads"
Congratulating Virginia on the
fact that woman suffravr did not ex-
ist "in the home of Wash'r ton and
Jefferson" Mr.. Heflln declared his
belief that "the woman outrage
movement is not conducive to the
charm and gentleness CT the highest
womanhcod, that II does not inspire
and encourage the ideals OF the
Christian religion nor make for mod
esty and retirement" He portrayed
the mother service as the highest
and noblest mission In the world and