The Washington herald., 1914-08-31

was forced to apply to the Federal gov
ernment to back up public opinion by
United States soldiers carrying powder
and lead" II laws are shaped and up
held by public opinion why do police
men carry clubs and revolvers.
It does not look as though the peace
movement. so called. has done much to
advance peace. Look around and see.
Ever since the Carnegie peace propa-
ganda was advanced there has been al
most one succession OF wars and rumors
Of wars. So far as the movement Is
concerned women could have had as
much TO do with 1t as men, as it was
not the right TO vote in any country
that had the say.
II is a well known fact that women
do suffer with the men in a war. but
women as well as men resent insults to
their country and are often the frst to
urge the men to avenge them. The women
OF both the South and the North were
much more bitter and unfOrgiving than
the men.
The mother. the child's first teacher"
can Just as intelligently discuss with
her family the science Of government
without the vote. The dwarf on
giants shoulders can see more than the
giant" So If a woman has ordinary in
telligence and has the time and inClina-
tion she can see into the science OF govern
not need TO 60 into active politics. Sen
ator Root says, Politics Is modified
war and Gen. Sherman said War IL
He'll" Does women want to go there?
The women who teach their sons obedi-
ence. truth. justice and respect for the
motherhood Of wOmanhoOd' will give
to the country real men and will not
need worry about getting the vote.
Men are fast losing the old time respect
they had for women. We who have
watched those things for many years
cannot fail TO see that the more the
women have demanded" what they
term their rights. the less respect the
men show us as a rule, and We who
write TO retain all our woman's privileges
must suffer with the rest The attitude
OF men in general seems to be that Of
an old man in the street car: III you
want to vote and want equal rights then
stand up and take It like a man."
1t would be very instructive IL Mr.. Bry-
an would let US know the great good that
has been done by the women voters in
the suffrage States We have looked IN
vain to find any better law or laws or
vain to find any better laws or laws bet
ter enforced in those States than IN the
States where man suffrage obtains. We
also hear Of both women and men In the
suffrage States saving il they had to do
il over they would work as hard against
II as they did for IL II IL sald II was
the woman's vote that landed Mayor
Rose in Los Angeles and the only reason
the city has not gone back to the wide
open" standard that was put a stop TO
by the men before the women voted. Is
because the men had passed laws that
prevented il. The women made so much
OF the recall OF Mayor Gill OF Seattle
and yet they helped to again re-elect
him.
Should We grant (which we do noO that
politics will not suffer by wOman's en-
trance into it," women will suffer The
womanly nature cannot escape losing the
best part OF her womanliness. She does
not need new glorieS." II a woman as
women does her full duty in life, she
will have glOries enough and to spare
Yes, woman was the last at the Cross
and the first at the Sepulchre.' the COM
forter and the first TO greet the arisen
Lord. That Is surely to be the wOman's
mission in the world. To man II was Civ
en- to speak the word TO the world. to
rule. the women to comfort and cheer
Each have their duties assigned 10 them.
the one the complement to the other
]. 4. MAHOS.