Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-07-18

work and give restful variety to her
activities, and surely the home will
not suffer II the mother, the child
first teacher, is able to intelligently
discuss with her family the science
Of government and the art Of sue.
~cessfully administering It.
Urged Too Often.
Third, many well m ,anin& men
and women affirm that suffrage
would work a harm to woman by les
SEEMING the respect in which she is
held. This argument would have
more weight had Il not been employ
ed against every proposition ADJ
vanced In favor OF the enlargement
Of w0madn's sphere. This objection
was once raised to the higher educa-
ton OF woman, but 1t is no longer
heard. The same objection was Of
fered each time the door has opened
and woman, instead Of suffering de.
graduation, has risen.
Can't Retard Progress.
''Theae objections, however, hon
estly advanced have proven impo.
tent to retard wOman's prograss.
May not the fears sincerely enter
tanned by the opponents Of woman
suffrage be found to he as ground.
less as those that once forced the
widow In Eastern India to ascend the
funeral pyre or as those that exclude
iMohammedan women from the So
cial benefits and responsibilities.
which the woman of lhs Christian
world share?
No Agitation For Return.
And are not the second and third
above stated refuted, to
some extent at least, by the fact that
in the states which have adopted
womans suffrage land do their n
items that have adopted it, there is
no agitation for a return to the sys-
TEN under which man has q mono
poly Of the right to vote, Is 1t not
to assume that an effort would
be made to correct the mistake II
suffrage had really failed to
give satisfaction to the people where
1t has been tried?
IF one were in doubt as to which
side of the controversy to take, he
would ;0e justified in giving weight
to the; fact that organization and en-
thusiasm are on the side of those
who favor womans suffrage. Organi-
is an evidence Of earnest, as
we'll as Of comprehension Of the sub-
ject. People do not associate. them
selves together to secure q given and
until they have reached q definite
in regard to its desirabi.-
ity and feel that it's accomplishment
worth the effort for which it calls.
It Is quite evident that thoee who
disinterestedly desire womans suf-
trage are willing to make greater
sacrifices to secure 1t than those
who disinterestedly oppose woman's
suffrage are willing to make to pre-
vent 1t.
Knows HE Duty.
"As for myself, / am not In doubt
as to my duty. 1t is not my pur-
pose to discuss the subject with ella.
boratiOn at this time, but / desire to
present the argument to which l give
the great weight. Without mininiz-
ing other arguments advanced in
support Of the extending Of suffrage
to woman, / place the emphasis upon
the mothers right to a voice in mold
ing the environment which shall SUR
round her children-an environment,
operates fully In determining
whether her offspring will crown her
years with Joy or bring down
her gray hairs in sorrow TO the
the grave
Places Burden on Mother.
''The creator has placed upon the
mother q burden which she could no.
shift II she so desired and IIe has