The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-08-19

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nursing the ethical. the moral, the
mental and spiritual realities Of
character and Of conduct.
When we pay our taxes, support
our churches, contribute our time or
the gift OF self to any and all Of
these institutions We are doing our
part to meet and fulfill the respon-
/ sibility of being our brothers keep
err This is the Scriptural as we'll
as the American ideal of world
service
Casting a Vote Leads.
but, in all this responsibility
| there is not one act nor function
that fosters and conserves the hap
piness, prosperity and wellbeing OF
a people, as the act or function OF
casting a vote; the sign manual Of
citizenship for men and the rights,
privileges and responsibilities OF
that citizenship. When we vote we
exercise a function of government
that builds either for positive
good or a positive evil. If we vote
to build a constructive citizenship
to foster a practical efficiency in
public office according to the Ameri-
can ideal, then we vote for II posi-
tive good. If, on the other hand,
we vote to tear down the ideal of
American democracy, or are ;nditf-
erent about it, or don'y cure, then
we vote for a positive evil.
''1n our present civilization the
question upon every lip, the ques-
ton of the forum. of the pulpit and
-of~the platform is how to have a
people good enough, strong enough,
and brave enough to promote the
welfare of the whole and at the
same time secure the happiness. the
prosperity and the we'll being OF
each, from the greatest to the least.
SIS it to be done by voting the
Democratic ticket, or the Republi-
can ticket or the Progressive ticket
or the Socialist ticket? No; but by
voting for principles, the principles
that extend to the glory of nation
all that constitutes the true man
J and carries the heart and mind of
: our citizenship to it's loftiest emf
!, nence and natural goodness.
} $50 then. my friends, the func-
ton through which we exercise the
responsibility as our brothers
Keeper. the vote-is not political
but sacred, because it is the emans
whereby we throw in our lot with
the builders of a nation, in order to
keep that nation strong, pure. rich.
patriotic, God fearing and liberty
!; loving.
Calls Vote Sacred Function.
Now then we come to the point
we want to emphasize. The vote be-
ing a sacred function of government
why not grant the right to use it to
the women where manhood suffrage
, now exists?
, II realize, as do you men, that
when we thus enter the home, we
deal with the imperial character of
the most sacred institution on the
earth. But listen; when the COM
: partnership of man and woman was
instituted,the immortal precepts for
the governance of the home were
} also proclaimed. Why? Because
family life is the germ of our very
: existence. the basis of all social pro-
: gress and the prosperity of our
; mother land. That spot on Gods
J earth where wife and child, hus-
band and father labor to the ut
most to fulfill the beauties OF the
, moral law and the duties of domes-
, tic life, is of higher origin than
mans destiny. The virtues and the
l laws that determine the structure
of society and regulate its action
are the same virtues and laws that
7 the child learns to practice in the
: home circle.
will love, virtue, honor, manly
: and womanly qualities essential to
) the highest forms of citizenship be
found in any home where the faith
er or mother have lost their love or
7 respect for that home? Both father
, and mother then are the custodians
} of heaven-born trust. Why then
s..ould We be afraid to make them
; co-partners in that other and most
| sacred responsibility if casting the
vote?
Indian and His Squaw.
r 1T was done more or less in
primitive society. Take for exam
, pie the simple form of the only or
= iginal American citizen. the Ameri-
can Indian and his squaw. They
5 had form of democracy in which
men and women each had an i'm
: portant and equal voice. Today
A my work takes me among the 1ndi-
r ans Of the West. In all grave mat
f tiers we consult our women says
8 the Indian. Their women have the
!, right to q voice. If the American
6 Indian woman mr. cnuou con pivr