The sun., 1915-10-13
WOMAN AS A VOTER.
She Would Elevate Our Politics -
She Cleaned the Pioneer West.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str. Ad-
vertising cards have made their appear
ance in the street cars OF New Jersey.
one reads: Gentlemen! You trust us
with your honor, you trust us with the
rearing OF your children and the care OF
with your" Another reads. Dear Sirs
You ask us to marry you; to walk with
you; to dance with you; will you not
ask us to vote with your"
The women seek to impress the fact
that a good mother. good wife. a
splendid daughter. share equally with
man every responsibility and care of
life. realize that there are some
women enlisted In the cause OF suffrage
who arc self-seekers, some looking
merely for notoriety. others intent for
como form Of excitement to relieve the
boredom Of a lazy life Of affiuence, yet
others who neglect their home duties.
Some there are who will not sew the
missing button on the garment. But the
great majority Of womankind Is to be
trusted In all the important AFFAIRS OF
life. OF course the delightful whims and
lnconsi sistencies OF the gentler sex are
familiar to us. Suppose We grant them
the vote and they should not avail them
selves OF the privilege az their opponents
have SO often predicted There are thou
lect their duty on every election day.
There are other thousands whose vote
is bought and paid for by the political
bosses There are still thousands to
whom the election day Is but a grand
opportunity to become saturated with
booze.
Perhaps the rotten atmosphere Of our
politics would he purified by the vote
OF clean womanhood.
In the old frontier days II was woma n
who invariably brought some decency
and morality into the wild. abandoned
towns of the West. So she would in all
probability elevate our politics II she
had opportunity.
Woman cannot bear arms, but she can
bear armies she can and does nurse
the poor. shattered wrecks OF war and Is
to be found on every battlefield right In
the line OF fire on her mission OF mercy.
Men may make war but It Is woman
who pays the price. II war were de-
clared to-day n woman's say would count
for naught. With the power of the vote
in woman's hands there would he fewer
wars OF greed and folly such as the
present world war. Most wars are
caused by political reasons and the
crooked schemings and aspirations OF
men seeking greater power and influence.
To such creatures OF my own sex the
vote In the hands of woman would be a
menace.
With regard to the Intellectual ability
and common sense of the fair sex let me
point out that II Is common knowledge
and press report that men when troubled
with some knotty. vexatious questions
OF everyday life are In the habit OF taxi
Ing such problems home to be settled
with the aid and efficient counsel OF the
wife or mother Judges, lawyers. bus-
ness men, YES, laborers. have with profit
availed themselves of the counsel OF
their respective family circles of which
woman Is constituent part.
Some men say that they hate TO see
woman dragged into the miro Of poll
ties Well. II we men have made such
a failure OF politics and II this business
OF governing our lives has grown foul
and odorous II Il high time TO give
woman chance 10 clean house Woman
is the natural enemy Of Nth and cor
ruption In every form. That IS why
some politicians fear her vote,
The women hghting for the vote COM
pei admiration for having the courage
OF their convictions. for presenting facts
that appeal 10 ones intelligence, for
refraining from slurs and seedlings for
the pluck Of signing their real names
70 newspaper communications Most Of
their opponents are fond Of the nom de
plume. CHARLES A. GEu.1r
South ORANGE. y. j., October II.