Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-04-22
ANSWERS MISS BRONSON.

Dickinson, N. D. Apr. 20, 1914
Editor Bismarck Daily Tribune
Dear Sir:-It- Was with much inter-
est that | read, in, your: paper OF April
18th, Miss JMiHnie Broison's address
to the people Of Bismarck, in behalf
of anti-suffrage. As a subscriber | ask
permission to make a few comments.
Miss Bronson, among other things,
says votes for women is thekey'to the
destruction OF home. | claim that
votes for women is the key to the
protection of home. Allow me to
quote my own case, and l am salts.
fled that ] voice the sentiment OF
three-fourth of the property owners
OF this country, particularly North
Dakota, in support of my contention.
My husband and i decided chat we
would fortify against disability and
old age by securing "a home. We
Sought the property, paid certain
amount down and the remainder in
notes payable with interest, each
month.
During the period Of debt, our eX-
istence had been a continuous ,sacri-
flee. He worked hard and steady for
the money to meet those payments. I
worked hard and long to save it. He
worked eight hours per day, nine, at
most; l worked sixteen. For long al
ter he retired for his much needed
rest and while our baby slept,
wrestled with the problems of a dress
pattern or some other useful work
in all endeavor to keep up appear
ances and often courage. Our efforts
we're unanimous and united. We
shared equally in them. At last the
day for THE final payment came and
II there is any II taste of true hap
piness, more than another, that | can
recall, it was to see my husband sit
In his armchair on the veranda, place
his feet upon the railing and light his
pipe with the paper on which was
once written the mortgage on our.
home. Even the trees and shrubs that
we had planted, the nails we had
driven, seemed to rejoice with us.
Soon after, an ordinance, was
about to he passed, that would dan
gerously affect the value Of our prop,
erty. W. discussed the matter pre-
anu con. My husband started out 20
interview some other men who might
help him defeat it, while l, who had
borne my part so patiently and
faithfully in accommodating that prop
erty, l whose vote could not he bought
for a drink, sat there silently, sorrow
fully, helpless in that supreme test,
to assist him. GEL.
Therefore, l say, that il my hus-
bands vote is the key to u home.
my vote should he the duplicate. You
cannot sell a paddock nor any other
kind Of lock today without two keys
and there you have the moral
We do not want man laws, we do
not want woman laws; what we do
want are laws for man and woman
alike.
The true woman of today is the
one who insists upon her right TO
stand side by side with her husband
at the polls ard VITA h." vote assist
him to defend or defeat a measure or
law that would affect their home.
Her aim is protection.
Miss Bronson argues that better
results can be obtained 10y pleading
for justice. / claim that better results
can be gained by "dema1ding' it and
we cannot demand" without the le-
gal right-the vote.
Man! if you agree with anti-suf-
frage, give woman back her knitting
needless, place her chair at a window
where she can have a good view OF
her neighbors-don't forget that part
place the tallow candle, secure,
within the socket, cut out your cleo
trio lights, close down your factor.
les and return with her to the dark
ages to live.
s,n3V'E MRS. M. LYONS,