El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-22

enough TO enforce LntlE QEulauA1r aLlC
Z woman will never be allowed this right
which is hers by right of birth-uu-
I til enough brave and powerful men
! come 10 her assistance, and enforce her
I demands.
Where Might Is Right.
Until might ceases to be considered
right; and until perfect equality be-
| tween the weak and the strong Is def
nitely agreed on, your justice viii re-
main only a beautiful theory, and Wo-
man Will continue to be a slave. All
Of this injustice as we'll as that in
famy-the double standard Of morals
will exist as long as woman is denied
her right to vote.
So will continue the despicable Gus
tom of PAYNE to man more wages than
TO woman for the same service. Give
to woman her rights and these shames
on our manhood Will disappear like
clouds before the morning sun I DO
not wish to be considered as censuring
I the individuals who take advantage Of
these vicious customs, but 1 attack the
Infamous laws that permit such palpa-
bic Injustice. The curse Of our times
is the abiect servitude of both men and
women TO the inherited customs.
Declaration OF independence.
When. on our national holiday, 4 hear
read that grand and glorious declara-
ton that "all men have the inalisaable
right TO life, liberty and the pursuit Of
happiness 1 hang my head in shame
not meant for my sister, woman.
What right has man that woman, as
human being, does not equally snare2
Equity says that all human beings
born on this earth have the inalienabls
right to live their life according to their
own ideas, so long as in so doing, they
do not infringe the equal right OF some
other being. To deny to anyone the
right to representation in the common
government is TO wrong that person
Not a Sex Question
The suffrage movement is not a sex
question, / again assert; but one Of
vital interest TO the whole Of humanity
IN the righuul solution Of which man
is as vitality interested as woman. for
his liberty is at stake; you cannot en-
slave another without enslaving your
The act Of enslaving another viii re-
act upon the enslaver just so sure as
the great law Of cause and effect" viii
make you reap as you SOW And IL IS
because men are coming to the DeTcep-
ton Of the universally Of this great
law Of compensation" that they are
giving their support to the liberation
OF woman from her age long bondage.
Selfish INSTINCTS of Man.
One OF the arguments that has ap-
pealed to the selfish instincts Of man
IN order TO prevent the grant to woman
OF her Just privileges, has been the idea
that when she comes into her own, that
all the wrongs l have heretofore men
toned will be abolished and mans
privileges curtailed.
Society tries 10 make all human be-
ings alike, tries TO make them think
and act along the lines that custom
has fixed; but experience has SHOWN
that IN order to get the best results in
human character each individual
should be allowed 10 develop along the
lines Of least sistance-according TO
the thoughts that originate in their
minds, as the inspiration comes 20 each
soul-to cut out a path for itself across
the Imitless plains OF life, and make
the most Of its opportunities
Enhancement OufIaETed.
So settled has become the belief Of
mankind in the injury to humanity Of
the enslavement Of man, that every
civilized country in the world has abol-
ished it so far as chatteI slavery is
concerned. but it has left woman still
social and legal slave. This subjec-
ton Of woman has persisted mainly
because IL was based on feeling in
stead Of reason II is the oldest Of all
systems Of slavery, and is so intimate
" Identified with our every gay life,
from our earliest childhood, that it has
seemed 10 us almost impossible for the
custom TO be wrong.
Human character is the product Of
two forces which act and react upon
each other-heredity and environment.
And we are all prone TO think that the
customs under which we are reare1
are the very best possible, and others
are wrong. Al
When Others Differ.
It takes a large and varied expert
ence TO convince US that others may
differ from US and still be right This