The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-10-13

every adult : entitled - ve~~ asA
hold srssce with ;hr exception of fear
Csss~-s I~t sn- tell ys~l who tho~.
classes are. l. Idiots and luusttcs-
eecsns~ they ar mental detectives
:. torNicts-heCsusc they are moral
DETECTIVES f. I~tit-ra,~x. ~.aa,exs
their Ernnafath~-s could sote1 be-
cause they are deemed Unfit. and I
ONE Are tn-~. last deoarret be
caas~ they are mental detectives or
moral detectives
Ia regard Ia tins a4-<s..n 1 shan
probable be like tn sunday sca.oa
teacher who after teIIln. hi class Of
that beautiful Incident az Jacobs
dream at Bethel vhen NJ saw t. n
vas1on the angels descending and
ascending n ladder .nto Heas~n. II
the close of IN. lesson made the usual
inquiry whether any one wished 10
ASK a question. A little girl tsaa.diy
held up her hand IL. said. What
* il. Mary" She replied. "Pieath
Thtr. If The angels could Il, why were
they climbing a ladder" He Was
taken aback NJ first but he ralli-d.
and said: Isn't There some bright
little boy here who would like To an
sweT that question would he
glid if some bright young msa woula
tell me why the mothers. sisters
wives and daughters Of the voters of
North Carolina should thus be deem
ed unfit for the suffrage and are
grouped with idiots. lnn3tics. con
yicts and negroes
4 Snbjcc1 G.crAaAc To Occasion
| allude To this subject because il
Is erman to this occasion. This
grea, institution is a standing proof
of one great step in the elevation OF
women in guaranteeing To them a
broader field of usefulness 10y putting
education within their reach. II Ia
equally a guarantee that this e'eva-
ton of the sex shall go on. until in
every respect. they are ~co-eoual with
men in every right.
We fought the great Revolution
upon the principle that there should
be no taxation without representa-
ton" Today, it is said. women own
one third of the property III this
State. Whether that is correct 81
not. and whatever the proportion.
, they ought not to be taxed upon their
! property unless they have an equal
I, voice in deciding upon the measures
for which that tax money should be
= spent and in e~lecting the officials ii
+ shall handle the money they pay into
I the public treasury.
: But this is not the occasion for an
: argument upon equal suffrage. 1
merely refer to it as a cap stone in
the evolution to higher things OF
q which this college is incident ! may
. say. though. that while | nave heard
and read many appeals to ridicule
e and to prejudice. much exaggerated
d compliment and evasion, | have never
e heard but one real argument ad-
h vanced against the admission of We
men to the suffrage. That was {
powerful one-if il We're true. |
came from an unexpected source. Al
e unkempt idler whiting a stick at
ne country store said in a most o|racuial
l. tanner "Weemen amt fifteen Ia vote
n They isn't got any sense. | know:
y en- He went straight 10 the mark
5 If this statement is true. the argu
a. ment would be conclusive. He did
not say they were morally unfit. w
q all know from the records Of GU
ie p~enitentiary. jails and courts tina
4 there are 80 men indicted or con
n Victed for every woman He brough
lie up the only argument that conit
II avail in the assertion that they ar
an incompetent. That reminds me .
"a a rough country one who went [
y the circus for the first time. Ir
E amazement he saw the elephants
le camels, tigers and lions and the trick
OF of the clown. Suddenly from on
10 corner there arose a great giraffe VIII
unfolded himself as he got up an
he his head reached up to the tent pole
The man started back and raising h
er hands said: There amt no sic
&c animal SO when a man tells III
IN that "Weemen isn't got no sense" m
lg reply is. There amt no SIGH animal
ne After the exhaustion of the seve
Y years struggle in our Revolution
North Carolina had quiet and peac
at for nearly eighty years, during whic
time there was hardly A ripple on Tia
surface. There was a slight agitatio
;, when our m school system VIZ
he founded which by many was d.
;S as agrarian and socialist
an in that it took, as they said. TT
&c money out of a mans pocket to edt
to cate his neighbours children. Yet 5
a small was the amount that as late Z
1910, | think. the total revenue
to the State government for all pul
in po9o@' '"e :" -
=. State the legislature. II
.er judges and school expenses came
the firand total Of $50. 900. As to o,
as- University the State did not Apr
mr. pirate a dollar for nearly 100 yea