The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-02-16
tBs Mary I)axissefl)

SH4Y NAtIS DtNIcSUtlJe
Editors of the 1,elegrain
In reading Your column on woman
suffrage fnat Ray, a Mortan's friend.
K. X. w. and the other woman, have
written ON suffrage for the women
Of West Virginia. ! for one woman
in West Virginia think Y they have
missed THE mark We don't need
any man to tell US that a woman.
would lose any OF her woman1y mod
.esty in simply walking to the polls
and scratching pencil narsk on a
small piece of paper, when, prechancs
the same woman has he'd to lead 6
drunken husband, father. son or
brother, or bends her weary back
over the washtub to earn living for
herself and children while the male
members OF her family sare spending
their earning In some gambling den,
which they (naleS suttrage) have
voted to license. No We don't need
anyone to call the men parrots nor
idiots. Parrots can be taught and
Idiots are not held responsible for
what they do. Bu; gentlemen and
voters Of West Virginia, you are, and
you class your mother, wife and
daughter with the felon and idiot as
they are the only classes exempt froT
voting. Again women are taxed on
their property the same as men. g
taxation without representation, try
that on the mem and listen at them
howl. Neither do we need Someone
to tell us that the home is q woman's
i phere Some OF our sex have NOS
got much. for; home uIid our pres:
snt day age, brought about BY the
ballot OF the tmale suffrage), and NO
other way. Az our United States OF
America lie a government for the pet.
PIE and by the people, and then the
same men Will sit around and howl
about trusts and corporations, low
wage scale and things too numerous
10 mention. You men VIII know lust
what they are when you read this.
*. x. WIS version does not tally with
the one we have Of the states that
have female suffrage. Maybe the
little fellow left out some of 1t, and
,California,s wet vote irethinks was
partly on account Of her foreign male;
suffrage, which can come over here
and stay awhile and then cast ball
lot for anything he chooses that is on
the ballot over the gray-haired moth {.
ers of the United States. rs It right.
/ am glad he is bringing those things
to light Again he trys to make out
that a nation is q gone one sure II
she succnnibs to fenlinism. Poor lit
Tie man, where did you spring from ?
Study the history OF the nation, see,
Il Washington, Lincoln and other
great men have not been quoted to
have been closely In touch with the
fenenine side Of life. Again, Sir, our
women are not, nor do they expect to-
become militant suffragets as the
English women have. The men there
and the conditions are different from
ours, but Mrs. Pankhurst found her
self lady on American soil whilp;
featuring in our states.
Lastly, to the women would say,
l am woman housewife and mother
OF Ave, hale, hearty sons. Thank Coo
l can III my sphere herb and / can fill
ii at the polls and know what am
going for too i have always lived
in West Virginia. Sister, do YOU
kuOWi LAC laws that 6uNSTu tVuI sex III
West Virginia? II not, post yourseif
end see II you need the ballot. Go to
the jail over here in Clafksburg ana
see your own sex cast IN there without
q. police matron,s or one Of Her own
sex to assist her. Come to the Clarks-
bu9g Baltimore and Ohio depot some
cold night with a tired, cross child,
and the ladies' waiting room closet:.
Wait until the small hours OF the
right for a gambling husband; weep
over q son gone astray In the many
pitfalls that our voters have licensed:
watch the prisoners out OF the county
Jail some cold, raw day as i have this
winter; think they. are some mothers
son. Do we need juvenile courts:
Who knows better than q woman how
to deal with the youth OF our land ?
You called our wonaen's conduct al
Washington diskraceftii, II adiffer1
from you. They hid a right there.
II w cannot Be repre- ektsd. ist us
not tA taxed nor Dtla4 shed kbF 4 crime,
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