The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-03-26

turn to her spinning wheel at the per-
ii OF losing her womanly sweetness,
but girls today go to school with their
brothers aud the brothers Of other
girls, and young women today go to
college in brazen disregard Of ancient
conventionalities, and they are bet
ter wives and better mothers and bet.
ter women and better citizens not in
spite of 1t but in consequence Of 1t.
The objection is in class with the
demand for the preservation Of the
side saddle, lest we give verification
to the suspicion that the normal ten
dency of humanity is to accumulate
legs in pairs quite irrespective Of the
accident Of sex.
Some people are fearful that II we
enfranchise the women the bad wom-
en- will vote and the good women Will
refrain from voting. But II the right
to vote carries with It the correlat-
i've duty to exercise the right in the
case of women, as It is supposed to
do In the case Of men, there is no
good reason to expect that good wo-
men will shirk in greater proportion
than good men do. for women on the
average are quite Is conscientious -
men in faithfully discharsins their
responsibilities. However that may
be, II we are justified in allowing men
to vote irrespective Of good or bad
character, because Of our inability to
separate them in terms Of legislation,
how can we justify withholding a sim
liar right from women because of a
like unfortunate division among them
Of good and bad?
Again, 1t is said by some that the
result would simply be to double the
vote without changing the result; that
the women would generally vote as
their husbands do. And 1t is said by
others that 1t will, develop unfortun-
ate antagonism between husband and
wife over political differences. think
generally, though not always. in those
states which have adopted equal suf-
frage, that husband and wife vote the
same ticket Just as generally, though
not always. they attend the same
church. There is nothing remark.
able or sinister In this any more than
there is in the fact that generally
though not always, the male members
of the same family agree in their 20.
litical afliliations. There are. It is
true. occasional differences Of opin.
ion between husband and wife. but
I have not observed that It is follow
ed by anything more serious than
generally follows from the occasional
differences about other matters or
from similar differences among bro
theirs and sisters or between mother
and son.
have no intention Of entering up
ON any Affirmative argument in JUS
tification of woman suffrage. Indeed.
to my own mind, the most convincing
argument for the political enfranchise
ment of women is the absence of any
really persuasive argument against it.
II It be right to extend the voting pri-
vilege to all sorts and conditions of
men, am not quite able to see the
justice OF denying the same right to
all sorts and conditions of women.
II we have extended the privilege too
broadly IN the case of men and wis
dom demahds that we should elimin-
ate the unfit, the thriftless, and the
illiterate that is a good reason for
denying the privilege to these classes
OF both sexes 1t is no reason for
denying it to the women who are fit
and capable. In other words, the
line which should separate the voters
from the non-voters is one of char.
acter and not one Of sex.
In my view of the matter 1t Is not
important to consider whether woman
suffrage will result in a betterment
OF conditions. 1t is enough for me