The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-04-16
OEMOCRACY'S
LONG SLIDE

tDy S8In0er8 D. MOOu.b
The result of the Chicago municipal
election 10 clearly indicative Of the trend
of the public mind. The significance that
must be attached 10 the Windy City's"
swinging into the Republican column,
gathers additional interest from the fact
rhss the women voters were foremost in
iashing the Democratic donkey. The
feminine mind has . "kink" that defies
the understanding; its conclusions are
reached, not by the ploddine methods Of
reasoning Of men, but by q kind of ment-
al somersault- With the coming of wo-
man suffrage in all of the states land il
will surely come, and that soon) the DO
litcal prophet will be put out Of business
Every indication pointed TO Q Democrat
&c victory in Chicago. For the womer
bad supported the Democratic candidate
for mayor in the primary, and according
70 the political ethics Of man, they were
in honor bound TO support him at the
Regular election; but tie women had
cen their error and they declined TO let
such little matter ~ regularity deter
them from wrapping horses in the mid
lie OF the stream" The woman voter
Sill never be obedient 70 party whip
and sne wifi worry the professional pol
'ticians into their graves
The very fickleness Of the woman vo-
srr will b terror TO the ofice seekers
ssd sai pssssas ossy un~orsny- sspir-
snts from catering the political arena
There will never be real government
BY the people - long as the fetish Of
party obligation hangs like a millstone
from the neck OF the voter. The woman
voter will wear party obligation as .
loose garment and her attitude will be:
''Show me-"
Tie Democratic party will find an
enemy in the woman voter that will cause
the undoing of that party ~ il is now or
eanized and constituted. The fat years
Of Republican rule and the lean years of
Democratic swsv will not be 30 lightly
regarded BY the female as by the male at
voting time. There 10 about man q kind
OF benevolent forgetfulness that often
leads him into the same error again and
again. and - long as men do all the vot-
ing IN most OF the states, the Democratic
party will be allowed TO slip into power
OCCASIONALLY. but with the coming of suf-
frage for both sexes alike all over the
country, the Democratic party will start
f1ron a l<.no did 49, Ill - =. =.
utter disruption, tor the women will
never forgive or trust the second time
that party which is responsible for the
stringent times in which the comforts and
pleasure 30 dear TO the feminine heart
cannot be had for want OF funds. The
bard times OF the Wilson Administration
have been felt bv the women the most
scutely and v every state in which wo-
men vote in 1916 the Democratic party
will find that it 10 . serious matter 10 de-
Prive the eentier ser even of o paper of
pins. We have an abiding conviction
that real, frss government will gain an
Impetus from universal suffrage; the
blupders Of pen will less frequently be
30 patient; courage will take up IL res-
idence where . shrinking submission 10
foreign sfrons now has its hsbitstion !;
Orders IN council sdpted By Great
Britain viii sspss 10 bring on "sdmin-
is;ration blues" And when all Of this
is trsnspiring the present occupant Of the
White House viii be back in his beloved
New Jerry dedging mosquitoes and writ
ing nev book. The Democratic party
has had - last chance and hss failed
The future gill not take that party into
cousidersfion the new scheme Of thing.
viii have no radically wrong party 10
~orry vith me two great parties that
are b he when the cIods have fallen upon
The corp<e Of the wil-on-Brysn Dem
osratic party wall be equally safe and